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Says she has hope and she is waiting for the next time that she speaks to her daughter. camila burnell, cnn, los angeles. it s the end of an era on broadway. the curtain has come down for the final time on phantom of the opera. the show ran for 35 years, making it the longest running play in broadway history, but it became a victim of the post pandemic economy and cost nearly a million dollars a week to fund follow. sandoval has more now from new york. you can t be the longest running show on broadway and pick up some fans along the way, in fact , since it first debuted back in 1990 88 all the way down to this past sunday when the curtain closed one last time, the phantom of the opera and broadway entertained roughly 20 million audience members here at the historic majestic theater in times square, all of them drawn here by andrew lloyd webber s oregon heavy score those

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom Live 20240604 07:54:00

Points as they got the win on the road against the league s top team. over in the western conference, the los angeles clippers beat the phoenix suns 115 to 110 clippers superstar chi wai leonard scored 38 points while kevin durant led the suns with 27 in his first playoff game with the team. well, it is the end of an era on broadway. the curtain has come down for the final time on phantom of the opera show ran for 35 years, making it the longest running play in broadway history, but it was a victim of the post pandemic economy. and cost nearly a million dollars a week to fund follow. sandoval has more now from new york. well, you can t be the longest running show on broadway and pick up some fans along the way, in fact, since it first debuted back in 1990 88 all the way down to this past sunday when the curtain closed one last time,

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