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By Alicia Powell<\/p>\n

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Musical “The Phantom of the Opera” ended a record-breaking 35-year Broadway run on Sunday when, amid predictions that the show would one day return, teary-eyed cast members took a final bow alongside its original stars.<\/p>\n

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber dedicated the final Broadway performance to his son Nicholas, who died of gastric cancer last month.<\/p>\n

“In the last few months I don’t think… any of us thought that ‘The Phantom’ would go out quite with the bang it has. And so maybe it may come back, you never know…,” Lloyd Webber told a packed audience from the stage after the show. <\/p>\n

“It couldn’t have gone out with a better performance.”<\/p>\n

His production, whose closure date was set last year following a sharp drop in ticket sales, is based on a novel by Gaston Leroux.<\/p>\n

It was originally directed by Harold Prince and Broadway legends including Michael Crawford, who was the first to play the Phantom, Sarah Brightman and Judy Kaye have taken lead roles.<\/p>\n

Set in the 19th century, it tells the story of aspiring opera singer Christine Daae who is taught by the mysterious Phantom to hone her vocal skills. However, things take a dark turn when the Phantom chooses Christine as his muse, and she falls in love with arts benefactor Raoul.<\/p>\n

A staple of the Broadway world with nearly 14,000 performances since it debuted there in 1988, the show has won over 70 major awards. <\/p>\n

Brightman, who joined cast members on stage on Sunday, described the production as “a very special piece”. <\/p>\n

“Being there at its inception, it was written with a huge amount of love and passion and understanding of the human soul, actually. So, I think this is why people are so connected to it,” she told Reuters on the red carpet.<\/p>\n

“I think that people will miss it so much that… it will reopen at some point. That’s my instinct about it.”<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Alicia Powell; editing by John Stonestreet)<\/p>\n

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