EditorialRyan Green, center, in a “Phantom” mask, joins a sold-out crowd as they file in for the final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater in New York on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Green, center, in a “Phantom” mask, joins a sold-out crowd as they file in for the final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater in New York on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Green, center, in a “Phantom” mask, joins a sold-out crowd as they file in for the final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater in New York on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Green, center, in a “Phantom” mask, joins a sold-out crowd as they file in for the final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater in New York on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialRyan Green, center, in a “Phantom” mask, joins a sold-out crowd as they file in for the final performance of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Majestic Theater in New York on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialAlice Dyches, who fell in love with “The Phantom of the Opera” while growing up in South Carolina, wears a “Phantom” mask at her home in New York on April 12, 2023. (Lucia Buricelli/The New York Times)
EditorialAlice Dyches, who fell in love with “The Phantom of the Opera” while growing up in South Carolina, wears a “Phantom” mask at her home in New York on April 12, 2023. (Lucia Buricelli/The New York Times)
EditorialAlice Dyches, who fell in love with “The Phantom of the Opera” while growing up in South Carolina, wears a “Phantom” mask at her home in New York on April 12, 2023. (Lucia Buricelli/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)
EditorialThe marquee of the Majestic Theater in New York just before a May 31, 1988 performance of “The Phantom of the Opera.” (Jack Manning/The New York Times)