Is it possible???? 10,000??? — Page 2

I'd rather go with a selection of shows I want to see and I'd pick whichever one I could get the best seats and prices for.

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You can bet any money that Phantom will be still there smirking from under that mask for proberbly longer than 4 and half years. Its the only show of all the long runners- Les Miz, Cats, Miss Saigon etc etc that has never been mentioned as haveing the posslibilty of closeing. Im still surprised by the number of English people i meet here in the UK who surprise me by saying that theyve just seen the show for the first time -its in its 21st year. Im sure thats the same in NY.

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"Im still surprised by the number of English people i meet here in the UK who surprise me by saying that theyve just seen the show for the first time -its in its 21st year. Im sure thats the same in NY."

WickedBoy2 - Interesting you say that because I've lived in London my entire life and seen a lot of West End musicals, but I only saw Phantom for the first time last week. It was actually a lot better than I thought it'd be, and the theatre seemed completely full.

I suppose if people are visting London or NY and decide to see a show, Phantom is the show they think of.

I love the phantom..it's responsable for getting me interested in scenic design. And one thing you HAVE to give Phantom credit for: no stunt casting - EVER.

About a year ago word around the theatre was "at least five years." So that would take it right about to 10,000. And in the last year things have been going fine, so I see no reason that estimate should be shortened.

People have been saying "Oh, Phantom will run forever" for like, well, 20 years. But I don't think there's a soul involved with the show who really expected to be here and not only still be running but keeping pace with all but the hugest of hits. Especially after the lagging sales in the first couple years of this decade, the show made a huge recovery to get where it is, basically starting with the release of the movie, despite the fact that the movie kind of sucked.

I don't try to explain it anymore. There's something supernatural about it. There are only a limited number of people on earth, but every week there are asses in the seats, and the show goes on. Every week that I check the grosses and see numbers like 97%, it blows my mind. I don't question it, because I've gotten so much more out of this run than I deserve, I'm afraid to break the spell. The gods of the theatre (and the foreign tourists) have been insanely good to us.

Id like to the Vegas production.

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I think PHANTOM can definitely reach 10,000 performances

To think, the show has never even done stunt-casting before. If they ever even had to reach that point where they had to, I'm sure they'd be able to find celebs pretty easily that'd want to do (the question would be if they could do it well...), but thats beside the point.

But yeah, I think PHANTOM will keep running, even if they started having lower attendance/ticket sales, the producers still have loads of money to keep it going.

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