Amysteriousmanwhocovershisdeformedfacewithamask.Abeautifulyoungsingerwhofallsundertheman'scontrol.Herlover,whodoesnotbelievethatthisphantomexists.
Thestoryhasmade“ThePhantomoftheOpera”thelongest-runningshoweverperformedonBroadway.
Itssuccessistoldinnumbers:asofMondaynight,seventhousandfourhundredeighty-sixperformancesinNewYorkCityalone.Therehavebeentensofthousandsofperformancesaroundtheworld.'Phantom'hasbroughtinmorethanthreethousandmilliondollarsinticketsales.