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The chandelier crashes for a final time as Broadway’s longest-running musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s extremely ’80s Phantom of the Opera, closes after 35 years and nearly 14,000 performances. Vulture’s Andrea Long Chu assesses its cultural staying power. This episode was produced ...  Show more

Jamie and Caitlin emerge from their candlelit swamp apartment to teach singing lessons, wiggle a chandelier, and discuss The Phantom of the Opera (2004) with special guest Lindsay Ellis!

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How did the musical manage to run for a record breaking 35 years? And why is it closing? As the curtain comes down on the Phantom in New York's famous Broadway theatre district, we look at what this means for the theatre industry.The Phantom of the Opera has played to more than 1 ...  Show more