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".
Hong Kwang-ho
The same year Hong appeared in "The Phantom of the Opera" as Viscount Raoul de Chagny. A year after he was chosen to portray the title character of the show, making him one of the youngest actors in the world to portray The Phantom. In 2012, Hong portrayed Yuri Zhivago in the Korean production of the show "Doctor Zhivago" after reprising his role as Doctor Jekyll. After "Zhivago" he played the main character (Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote) on "The Man of La Mancha", and the male lead Bae Bijang on the show "Saljjaki Opseoye" (Sweet, Come to Me Stealthily). A year after he also starred in "Notre-Dame de Paris" as Quasimodo.