Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!

By: Feb. 12, 2012
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The longest-running show in Broadway history, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, offered its 10,000th performance yesterday at 2 PM as a special benefit for The Actors Fund.

Winner of seven 1988 Tony Awards including Best Musical, the show is based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. It tells the story of the hideously deformed Phantom who lurks beneath the stage of the Paris Opera, exercising a reign of terror over its occupants. The phantom falls in love with the young Soprano devoting himself to creating a new star for the Opera by nurturing her extraordinary talents and employing all the skills at his disposal.

Trista Moldovan stars as Christine Daaé, joined onstage by Hugh Panaro (The Phantom), Kyle Barisich (Raoul), Michele McConnell (Carlotta), Aaron Galigan-Stierle (Monsieur André), Kevin Ligon (Monsieur Firmin) and Christian Sêbek (Piangi). At certain performances, Marni Raab plays Christine.

Now in its 24th year, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is the first Broadway show to reach 10,000 performances, and yesterday's matinee marked the historic event. View photos of the celebration below!

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
The Ballet Girls take a bow

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Cristin J. Hubbard

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Aaron Galligan-Stierle and Kevin Ligon

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Michele McConnell

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Trista Moldovan

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich and Trista Moldovan

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Hugh Panaro and Trista Moldovan

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Michele McConnell, Kyle Barisich, Hugh Panaro and Trista Moldovan

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Gillian Lynne and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Trista Moldovan, Gillian Lynne and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro and Gillian Lynne

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro and Gillian Lynne

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Gillian Lynne

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich and Gillian Lynne

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Heather McFadden, Cristin J. Hubbard, Michele McConnell, Gillian Lynne, Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan, Hugh Panaro, Kevin Ligon, Aaron Galligan-Stierle and Christian Sebek

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Gillian Lynne, Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Brian Stokes Mitchell

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kyle Barisich, Trista Moldovan and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Hugh Panaro and Tracey Shayne

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Tracey Shayne and Trista Moldovan

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Tommy Tune

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Teri BibbTrista Moldovan, Marni Raab and Tracey Shayne

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Elizabeth Loyacano, Mary D'Arcy, Teri Bibb, Tracey Shayne, Hugh Panaro, Trista Moldovan, Marni Raab and Rebecca Pitcher

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Peter Scolari

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
James Romick

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
James Romick

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Kyle Barisich and Richard Ridge

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Cris Groenendaal and Hugh Panaro

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
Trista Moldovan and Stephen Tewksbury

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!



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