The Curtain Closes on Phantom of the Opera
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The Wall Street Journal
4.2 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 17 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Last night, I stood outside the Majestic Theater on 44th Street New York City, where |
| 0:15.2 | Broadway's longest running show was being performed. |
| 0:19.4 | You can hear the applause from out here. |
| 0:27.0 | The show, the Phantom of the Opera. |
| 0:30.5 | After 35 years on Broadway, it will come to an end Sunday. |
| 0:35.5 | And as the audience members left the theater, I asked them why they love the show. |
| 0:41.3 | There was Connie Markham from Oregon. |
| 0:43.8 | Just I'm obsessed with it. |
| 0:45.2 | I've seen it so many times. |
| 0:47.2 | Like 50 times. |
| 0:49.5 | Everywhere from Canada to New York to Portland, Oregon to Canada. |
| 0:58.0 | Alex Salerno from Michigan. |
| 1:01.6 | What does it mean to you that it's closing? |
| 1:04.1 | It's heartbreaking, but I know it'll come back someday. |
| 1:08.1 | I'm hoping it's a publicity stunt, but I'm sure it's not. |
| 1:12.8 | And Aaron Grimm from Alabama. |
| 1:15.4 | I'm a major Phantom fan. |
| 1:17.6 | I actually saw a show in Birmingham, Alabama several years ago, but my dream was to always |
| 1:22.8 | come here. |
| 1:24.3 | Did the show meet your expectations? |
| 1:26.6 | Totally exceeded my expectations. |
| 1:28.5 | It was amazing. |
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