What is The Phantom of the Opera (musical)?
{{Infobox musical | name = The Phantom of the Opera | subtitle = | image = Her Majestys Theatre - Haymarket, London - The Phantom of the Opera (6438904139).jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Her Majesty's Theatre | music = [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] | lyrics = [[Charles Hart]]<br />[[Richard Stilgoe]] | book = Andrew Lloyd Webber<br />Richard Stilgoe | basis = ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'', a 1910 [[novel]] by Gaston Leroux | productions = [[West End theatre|West End]], 1986<br />[[Broadway]], 1988<br />Movie, 2004 | awards = [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical]] (1986)<br />[[Tony Award for Best Musical]] (1988) }} '''''The Phantom of the Opera''''' is a 1986 [[musical]]. [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and [[Richard Stilgoe]] wrote the book. [[Charles Hart]] and Stilgoe wrote the lyrics. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music. The musical is based on the 1910 [[novel]], ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' by [[Gaston Leroux]]. ==West End and Broadway premieres== ''Phantom'' opened at [[Her Majesty's Theatre]] in the [[West End of London|West End]] on 9 October 1986. [[Michael Crawford]] originated the titular role, with [[Sarah Brightman]] played Christine and [[Steve Barton]] as Raoul. The musical opened on [[Broadway]] on 26 January 1988 at the [[Majestic Theatre]]. Crawford, Brightman, and Barton played their West End roles in the Broadway production. ==Main roles== * The Phantom of the Opera, a disfigured man * Christine Daaé, a young [[opera]] singer * Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, Christine's love interest ==Story== The story is about a deformed musical genius who lives in a sewer beneath the opera house in Paris. Obsessed with a young soprano by the name of Christine, he terrorizes everyone at the opera in an effort to make her a star. ==Awards== The musical won various awards over the years, including the 1986 [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical]] and the 1988 [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]. Michael Crawford won the Olivier and Tony