Dancers from 'Phantom Las Vegas' Take Part in 7/5 Benefit
By: BWW News Desk
Dancers from the cast of "PHANTOM: The Las Vegas Spectacular" will present "HOPE: An Afternoon of Classical Ballet" to benefit Family Promise of Las Vegas, a local non-profit organization that assists Las Vegas homeless families. This concert will take place on Saturday, July 5, 2008 at 2PM at the Clark County Library Theater, on Flamingo Road just east of Maryland Parkway. Admission is a $20 donation per person.
Tickets to the event are very limited, and may be purchased at www.familypromiselvtickets.com.Andrew Lloyd Webber's original The Phantom of the Opera, was directed by theater legend Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, Inc., is the most successful stage musical of all time, with worldwide ticket sales exceeding $3.2 billion (far surpassing the highest-grossing film of all time, Titanic, which has grossed $1.2 billion worldwide). Phantom is also the longest-running show in Broadway history. On January 9, 2006, it played performance #7,486, surpassing the then-record run of Cats. It has since surpassed that milestone by over two years.The winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the New York production has been seen by over 12.5 million people and grossed over $675 million. On April 4, 2007, it became the first show in Broadway history to reach 8,000 performances (it has since played over 8,300), and earlier this year, on January 26, 2008, it became the first show in Broadway history to celebrate 20 years
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