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Phantom Closing?
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#1150Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 5:40pm
Dylan Smith4 said: "Oh those alone will be worth something one day! Hope she frames them!"
They'll be on ebay tomorrow.
#1151Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 5:46pm
Now if anyone finds a place, other than eBay, to get the final souvenir program, post it here! ☺️
Alyssa213
Swing Joined: 5/11/22
#1152Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 5:58pm
Jordan Catalano said: "Playbill Store Link"
They are available to buy now
#1153Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 5:59pm
Just ordered it!
#1154Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 6:02pm
I’m looking for the final souvenir program that was available only at today’s performance. Not the final playbill. Thanks though!
BoringBoredBoard40
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/27/21
#1155Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 6:02pm
Does that picture on the playbill have some significance?
pmensky
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
#1156Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 6:07pm
BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Does that picture on the playbill have some significance?"
It’s a great photo. One of the most iconic street views of a theatre in the history of Broadway. It’ll be torn down tomorrow and never seen like that again.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#1157Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 6:41pm
Tonite's playbill looked like this - from my daughter's posting. I don't know what the gold seal is:
veronicamae
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/09
#1158Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:01pm
^^ It's an embossed sticker that says FINAL PERFORMANCE with today's date and the mask.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1159Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:08pm
ggersten - Thank you for sharing these photos - will be eager to hear any information your daughter shares with you!!
#1160Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:22pm
Lot 666 rises for the final time to Lloyd Webber’s glorious score:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrHXLOvMz57/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
defenses
Stand-by Joined: 1/6/23
#1161Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:22pm
Looks like Ben Crawford and his wife are at the final performance.
(Although according to some people here, he was fired. Gotta love the rumors!)
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/22
#1162Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:35pm
jacobsnchz14 said: "BorisTomashevsky said: "Can something be called a performance if you can’t actually buy tickets to it (aside from some lottery seats)? Sounds more like a closed, private, corporate event.
Last night’s crowd who went with their hearts and memories completely bared were at the final performance more than today’s inner circle of invites and people who “happen to know someone who was slightly involved and got invited last minute."
No different than an opening night performance."
LOL sure but different from every other closing night of anything in history.
#1163Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:48pm
April 16, 2023, 7:49 p.m. ET . It’s over now, the music of the night…
#1164Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 7:49pm
Defenses - exactly. Gotta love the rumors. For him to be fired, and then attend makes no sense whatsoever. Yet, there are those who want to believe non-truths.
#1165Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:01pm
There was a color insert in the Playbill saying that Ben is on vocal rest per doctor’s orders. He was not fired. The insert reads:
We regret to announce that our wonderful leading man, Ben Crawford, has been put on vocal rest, per doctor's orders. We are assured he'll be well soon, but, unfortunately, not in time for tonight's closing performance.
In his absence, we are delighted that Laird Mackintosh has agreed to step in and perform the title role of The Phantom tonight.
And then it’s Laird’s headshot and bio.
defenses
Stand-by Joined: 1/6/23
#1166Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:12pm
HeyMrMusic said: "There was a color insert in the Playbill saying that Ben is on vocal rest per doctor’s orders. He was not fired. The insert reads:
We regret to announce that our wonderful leading man, Ben Crawford, has been put on vocal rest, per doctor's orders. We are assured he'll be well soon, but, unfortunately, not in time for tonight's closing performance.
In his absence, we are delighted that Laird Mackintosh has agreed to step in and perform the title role of The Phantom tonight.
And then it’s Laird’s headshot and bio."
Thank you for sharing! I was at Ben’s final shows, and it was obvious he wasn’t well because he was losing his voice. But because Phantom has been quiet about his health situation, some people have claimed that illness wasn’t the real reason he hasn’t been on in two weeks.
anonanimal1218
Swing Joined: 4/13/21
#1167Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:20pm
Some photos from those in attendance show Ben onstage after curtain call
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#1169Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:29pm
willep said: "After curtain call? Wasn’t it a seven o’clock show?"
No. 5:00.
willep
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/08
#1171Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:52pm
Curtain call:
https://twitter.com/MrDavidGordon/status/1647751957115699201?s=20
BCfitasafiddle
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/20
#1172Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:57pm
TaffyDavenport said: "Curtain call:
https://twitter.com/MrDavidGordon/status/1647751957115699201?s=20"
Anxiously waiting for the full video with speeches, etc. Looks like Cameron Mackintosh spoke and there was a projector onstage as well.
Still doesn't feel real.
#1174Phantom Closing?
Posted: 4/16/23 at 8:59pm
Someone please tell me that Cam Mack was booed...... it will really help me sleep tonight to know that he was
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