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‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1943): The Movie Musical Before Andrew Lloyd Webber

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‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1943): The Movie Musical Before Andrew Lloyd Webber
Publicity still of the 1943 film "Phantom of the Opera" starring Claude Rains and Susanna Foster. MovieStillsDB
Tiffany Brannan
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“The Phantom of the Opera” closed on April 16 after 13,981 performances on Broadway. With 35 years on the Great White Way, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s wildly popular musical has held the record for the longest-running show on Broadway since 2006. However, this was by no means an original story when it debuted in London’s West End in 1986. It started as a 1910 Gothic French novel by Gaston Leroux, and it’s remained a very popular story since then, having been adapted multiple times.

Tiffany Brannan
Tiffany Brannan
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Tiffany Brannan is a 23-year-old opera singer, Hollywood historian, vintage fashion enthusiast, and journalist. Her classic film journey started in 2016 when she and her sister started the Pure Entertainment Preservation Society to reform the arts by reinstating the Motion Picture Production Code. Tiffany launched Cinballera Entertainment in June 2023 to produce original performances which combine opera, ballet, and old films in historic SoCal venues. Having written for The Epoch Times since 2019, she became the host of a YouTube channel, The Epoch Insights, in June 2024.
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