Phantom Milestones
1985 Andrew Lloyd Webber stages a performance of the first act in its early draft form at the private music festival held every summer at his country home Sydmonton
9 Oct 1986 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA opens at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End
26 Jan 1988 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA opens at the Majestic Theatre, New York
April 1988 THE PHANTOM goes on tour in Japan, opening in Tokyo
Dec 1988 THE PHANTOM opens at Theater an der Wien, Vienna
May 1989 THE PHANTOM goes on tour in America opening with a 4 year run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles
Sept 1989 THE PHANTOM goes on tour in Canada opening at the Pantages Theatre
in Toronto
Oct 1989 THE PHANTOM opens at the Oscarsteatern in Stockholm
June 1990 The second PHANTOM US tour opens at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
June 1990 THE PHANTOM opens at the Neue Flora Theater in Hamburg where it runs for 11 years until June 2001
Dec 1990 THE PHANTOM opens at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne
Dec 1992 The third PHANTOM US tour opens at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle
July 1993 THE PHANTOM opens at the Theatre Royal, Sydney
August 1993 THE PHANTOM opens at the Circustheater in Scheveningen, Holland. It played for 1,094 performances and became the longest running show in the Netherlands
Oct 1993 The first PHANTOM UK tour opens at the Opera House, Manchester
Feb 1995 THE PHANTOM opens in Singapore
June 1995 THE PHANTOM opens in Hong Kong
Oct 1995 THE PHANTOM opens at The Musical Theatre Basel, Switzerland
9 Oct 1996 THE PHANTOM celebrates the 10th anniversary of its original opening in London
August 1997 THE PHANTOM opens in Auckland, New Zealand
26 Jan 1998 THE PHANTOM celebrates the 10th anniversary of its opening in New York
May 1998 The second PHANTOM UK tour opens at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Sep 1998 THE PHANTOM tour of Australia and New Zealand (opened 8 December 1990) closed in Perth after a record 3,073 performances
Oct 1999 THE PHANTOM opens at the Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp
Dec 1999 THE PHANTOM opens at the Teatro Alameda, Mexico City
Sept 2000 THE PHANTOM opens at the Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen
April 2001 THE PHANTOM opens at the Miyagi Kenmin Kaikan, Sendai
Dec 2001 THE PHANTOM opens at the LG Arts Center, Yoksam-dong, Seoul
Feb 2002 THE PHANTOM wins the Laurence Olivier Audience Award for the Most Popular Show
Sept 2002 THE PHANTOM opens at the Lope de Vega Theatre, Madrid
Nov 2002 THE PHANTOM opens at the Palladium Theatre, Stuttgart
Jun 2003 THE PHANTOM opens at the Madach Theatre, Budapest
4 Feb 2004 THE PHANTOM overtakes LES MISERABLES to become the second longest running show on Broadway
June 2006 PHANTOM: THE LAS VEGAS SPECTACULAR opens in Las Vegas
Oct 2006 PHANTOM London celebrated the 20th anniversary of its London opening
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