Phantom closing soon? (HYPOTHETICAL)

The news of the music box tour coming to an end after 18 years got me thinking...

The broadway production is 22 years old now, holding it's own, but hardly selling out...Will ALW pull a Disney and close down one long running show to free up the theatre for a new project?

Thoughts?

Phantom is not closing on broadway. It has great numbers and makes a profit. Just stupid to think that he would close that to make way for "Phantom 2 - Electric Bogaloo"

Furthermore, unlike Disney with Little Mermaid, he has a different theatre in mind for Love Never Dies On Broadway. There is no need for him to close down one to make room for the other the same way Disney did.

For Disney, they really only had one theatre that they could use so it was a case of out with the old in with the new. Whereas, the Nederlanders basically let Webber put a hold on The Neil Simon until the fall when Love Never Dies is slated to open there.

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^ To make room for the highly anticipated Lestat revival! DUH!

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It's weird thinking that a show and it's sequel will probably be on broadway at the same time. Is it just me?

Wicked4l, no. That's the point. That Webber thought it would be great for both shows to be running at once. At least on Broadway and in London.

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That was never even an option up for consideration. Webber wanted The Neil Simon for a long time.

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Mmmmmmmm, I wish Karimloo would electrify me...if you know what I mean.

"The broadway production is 22 years old now, holding it's own, but hardly selling out...Will ALW pull a Disney and close down one long running show to free up the theatre for a new project?"

What would be the point? Disney's "one princess" rule was a contrived excuse to explain while they were closing a profitable show. Disney WAS concerned about cannibalizing its own shows, so BatB was the logical show to close. Disney couldn't close the fairly new Mary Poppins, and at the time Tarzan was doing decently. The idea at the time was to close BatB and bring it back as a holiday engagement (like the Grinch).

Family shows tend to be seen as a "pick one" choice. A family, generally speaking, will choose ONE of the shows to see. However, if you had five ALW shows, people aren't going to categorize them and would see more than one. Plus the people seeing Love Never Dies will have more than likely have already seen The Phantom of the Opera, so he isn't losing audience members. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see packages that include BOTH shows.