History reveals the secret to the next British musical hit: investment
Killian Donnelly and Lucy St Louis in The Phantom of the Opera. Photo: Johan Persson
The Phantom of the Opera has celebrated its 35th birthday, but what seemed like an unstoppable succession of smash-hit British musicals in the 1980s in fact needed serious funding and faith, says Richard Jordan
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