beth: welcome back. the phantom of the opera celebrated 30 years on the great white waythis week with a very special performance of the andrew lloyd webber classic at themajestic theatre, and the stars came out for it, including original christine daae sarahbrightman, who offered up a surprise performance. we hit the red carpet on the big night tochat to the stars about this amazing milestone. --i've brought for you tonight the kids from school of rock! [cheers][music] [sarah brightman singing "the phantom of the opera"] the performance tonight was mind-blowing.
--tonight was wonderful! i was joking thatit felt like it was an opening night, but like without the pressure of reviews. butyou know i was certainly nervous. i actually surprised myself at how nervousi was, but the audience was incredible. and it just ended up being a reallyspecial really special evening. --oh my god. 30 years. who knew? and i've been a fan ofthe show forever and i'm just so glad that i was a part of it, just part ofthat this this history of beautiful musical theater. it's writtenso well.
--it really has aged well, you know, in in the 30 years that it'sbeen around. --it's kind of like a generational thing, you know, that we'vepassed the mantle on to new generations and people still love it. --people come andthey bring their children, and the children bring their children. it's anever going everlasting love story. --how long how old were any of you out therewhen phantom opened? [laughs]
--it's amazing. it doesn't seem possible that it's 30 years. --afterplaying christine for 10 years, to be back and just celebrate tonight, i'm sofull of gratitude for the way this show has changed my life. beth v/o: the phantom of theopera is the longest-running show in broadway history. members of the phantomfamily shared just what makes his musical such a record-breaking smash. --phantom is one of those rare occasions where
everything came together, where theproduction, the design suited the music completely in the story and it allor wove together in an extraordinary way. doesn't happen very often. i mean you seeit happen with hamilton, you see the lion king, you see it i think with phantom. andit's one of those things that's every ingredient came together and it worked. --at intermission sierra's like are you humming along? and i'm like i feel thatthe cues come and i want to move because i'm like that's my cue,but we're all you know we were all part of
it, and it was just so exciting to bea part of that family and it will continue for a very longtime to come. --i think phantom has become synonymous with broadway. i think it's the show that peoplereally want to see because they've heard about it, and they've heard aboutbroadway, and you know they come in from all over the world and get to see it. --i mean it is the ultimate romance and you know it's it's the great legend of beautyand the beast and it's it's always captivated people, and i think the brilliantthing that andrew has done,
he's brought an incredible heart and soulto it with the music. it's you know one of his finest scores. --the music is beautiful,lyrics are great, the sets the costumes, hal's directions. it's the story about themask. we all carry masks you know it's it's it'san ongoing theme you know. --everything will will be remembered and i thinkthe legacy of phantom of the opera is not one that's any time soon going to be forgotten.
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