The infamous chandelier crash also is true. The underground “lake” that he wrote about, in reality an enormous cistern, does exist beneath the opera house, and it is still used for training firefighters to swim in the dark. The details about the Palais Garnier, and rumours surrounding it, are closely linked in Leroux's writing. Using this accident paired with rumors of a ghost in that same opera house, Leroux wrote Le Fantôme de l'Opéra and published it in 1910, which was later published in English as The Phantom of the Opera. Leroux had heard the rumours about the time the opera house was finished: Act One of the opera Helle had just finished when a fire in the roof of the opera house melted through a wire holding a counterweight for the chandelier, causing a crash that injured several and killed one. The setting of The Phantom of the Opera is the actual Paris opera house, Palais Garnier. The novel was first published in newspapers before finally being published as a book. Because of his fascination with both Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he wrote a detective mystery entitled The Mystery of the Yellow Room in 1907, and four years later he published Le Fantôme de l’Opéra. With his job, he was able to travel frequently, but he returned to Paris where he became a writer. At the paper, he wrote about and critiqued dramas, as well as being a courtroom reporter. It is a currently running show.Leroux initially was going to be a lawyer, but after spending his inheritance gambling he became a reporter for L'Écho de Paris. The musical is award-winning of Outer Critics Circle, Tony, Drama Desk & Laurence Olivier. Roles of Phantom, Christine and viscount sang by G. Director of the film was Joel Schumacher. In 2004, the film adaptation of the musical was performed. Production took place in 30 countries on all continents – a show has been watched by at least 150 million people across the globe. End of touring was in California Pantages Theatre. As of 2016, the show still continues in several countries worldwide.ġst American national tour started in 1991 in LA. Translation of the lyrics was realized by A. Asian premiere of the musical was presented in the MDM theater in early October 2014. In May 2016, the show continues on Broadway. As of February 2016, it survived through 11,670 performances. The same actors were starring that have been involved in the London production.

In late January 1988, Majestic Theatre hosted the Broadway’s premiere of this production. It is the 1st longest show ever running in the history of both, West End and Broadway, passing by the mark of 23 000 plays in total on these main scenes and more that 2000 on other scenes of the world (2nd place holder ‘Les Miserables’ counts only 19000+ plays of both WE+BW scenes). As of May 2016, production continues to go in the West End. Lynne, the leading role were played by M. Premiere took place in early October 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre. First act of the musical was shown for the first time in 1985 during a festival in Sydmonton, starring C. The script was designed by Lloyd Webber and R. For the lyrical part of the work were responsible R.

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