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Phantom Of The Opera is back: Andrew Lloyd Webber returns with immersive spin-off Masquerade

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Andrew Lloyd Webber (centre) at a recent preview performance of Masquerade, a new version of The Phantom of the Opera in Manhattan, New York on Sept. 12, 2025.

Andrew Lloyd Webber (second from left) at a preview performance of Masquerade, a new version of The Phantom Of The Opera, in Manhattan in New York on Sept 12.

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NEW YORK – Andrew Lloyd Webber is still unhappy that The Phantom Of The Opera is no longer on Broadway. “Ludicrous,” he calls it.

But the English composer, one of the most successful in the history of musical theatre, is moving on.

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