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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critic-proof megahit had a profound effect on musical theatre. Based on Gaston Leroux’s tragic love story, ‘The Phantom’ revolves around a beautiful novice Christine, Raoul, her adoring fan, and a masked mentor who keeps lurking in the wings. At the end, the Phantom gives up his life and sits on his throne, waiting for a lynch mob to break into his lair. You can knock Webber all you want but audiences still leave the theatre humming ‘Music of the Night’.