We also got the runaround, trying to nail down these details. We were bounced from one London office of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group to another, before eventually arriving, via the New York office, with the Las Vegas promoters of the show, who were finally able to give us the official scoop.
The first paid performance (preview) of the show will be on Sunday, June 4. The gala opening performance will take place on Saturday, June 24. On-sale and casting announcements will be made officially in early February, while group-sales reservations are currently being accepted at 866/633-0195 or at [email protected] (groups have flexible payment plans and receive a 10% discount). Although ticket prices have not yet been officially announced, our persistence paid off and we were eventually informed that they will be $75-$150, plus tax.
For those unfamiliar with the show, the musical is based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux and tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano and devotes himself to turning her into a star by employing all the devious methods at his command.
Since it premiered in London in 1986, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s multi-award winning musical adaptation has been seen by an estimated 100 million people in more than 20 countries worldwide. The New York production became the longest running show ever on Broadway when it overtook Cats with its 7,486th performance on January 6 of this year.
For the Las Vegas debut, a custom-built $40 million theater has been constructed at the Venetian and the show has been re-worked into a 90-minute continuous format (no intermission), featuring a full orchestra of live musicians.
