Tickets to THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center on Sale 3/7

Tickets will go on sale Friday, March 7 for Cameron Mackintosh's spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, which makes its premiere at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center June 11-22 as part of a new North American tour. With newly reinvented staging and stunning scenic design, this new version of PHANTOM, the most successful musical of all-time, will be performed by a cast and orchestra of 52, making this one of the largest productions on tour in North America.

Tickets for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA start at $49 and go on sale Friday, March 7. From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. tickets will be available for purchase in-person only at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center's ticket office. The first 100 ticket buyers will receive a free gift with purchase and parking will be available in the Green Ramp for $2 (cash only). At 10 a.m. tickets will be available for purchase through Ticketmaster by calling (800) 982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com. There is an eight ticket limit for all ticket buyers. Orders for groups of 15 or more may be placed now by calling (920) 730-3786. Additional fees may apply.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said, "It's wonderful to have a new production of PHANTOM touring America now that the show has celebrated over 25 years on Broadway. Director Laurence Connor has done an amazing job and this production has received huge critical acclaim in the UK."

Cameron Mackintosh said, ''After a glorious celebration of 25 phenomenal years on Broadway with no end in sight, I'm delighted to be able to bring this dazzling new production of PHANTOM -- which has been phenomenally well-received by both audiences and critics in the U.K this past year -- to America. With an exciting new design and staging, retaining Maria Björnson's amazing costumes, I am confident American audiences will fall in love with the PHANTOM in his new guise -- for the first time or all over again."

This new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is directed by Laurence Connor (the 25th Anniversary LES MISERABLES now on Broadway, Jesus Christ Superstar) with choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, Tony Award-winning original costume design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter and musical supervision by John Rigby. The production is overseen by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh. THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics are by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) and the book is by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Orchestrations are by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

There are currently six productions of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA around the world: the flagship London production (27 Years and counting), New York (approaching 26 years), Budapest (Hungary), Hamburg (Germany), the Asian Pacific Tour and the all-new North American Tour.

Since its debut, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA has grossed over $5.6 billion worldwide, with over 65,000 performances that have been seen by 130 million people in 29 countries and 150 cities in 13 languages. The show has won more than 70 major theater awards.

The new touring production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will be the first to tour the U.S. in three years. There have been three previous U.S. National Tours that grossed over $1.5 billion in combined box office sales and played 216 engagements in 77 cities for an unprecedented total of 36 years and over 14,500 performances to 31 million people.

Based on the classic novel Le Fantôme de L'Opéra by Gaston Leroux, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 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, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will play June 11-22 at the Fox Cities P.A.C. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Matinees will be held Saturdays at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m. A special mid-week matinee will take place on June 12 at 2 p.m.

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is part of the Kimberly-Clark Broadway Across America - Fox Cities Series, which is supported by the title sponsor, Kimberly-Clark Corporation.

For more information, visit ThePhantomOfTheOpera.com.