This Day In History

 

January 26, 1988 The Phantom of the Opera

1988 : Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical The Phantom of the Opera ( Based on the French novel Le Fantome de lOpera 1909 by Gaston Leroux ) has its first performance on Broadway at the Majestic Theatre in New York and is now the longest running Broadway show in history.

Taken from: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/january26th.html