The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The musical opened in London's West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is the longest running show in Broadway history by a wide margin, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so. It is the second longest-running West End musical, after "Les Misérables", and the third longest-running West End show overall, after "The Mousetrap".
Harriet Chung
She broke into musical theatre with a featured role in the world premiere production of Tiananmen Dreams. Immediately afterwards she joined the Toronto cast of The Phantom of the Opera. She left the show to join the German production of "Cats" in Hamburg. She then returned to Canada and returned for the final year of the Toronto production of The Phantom of the Opera.