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Celebrating 40 years of The Phantom of the Opera!

Dame Elaine marks 40 years of the chandelier rising and falling in The Phantom of the Opera! Plus, there's all the latest stage news and your Break A Leg messages.

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1 hour, 57 minutes

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Last Sunday13:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Tom Chambers & The 2012 Top Hat Company

    Top Hat, White Tie And Tails

    • Top Hat: The Musical (Original London Cast Recording).
    • First Night Records.
    • 9.

  • Arnold Soboloff, Harold Pierson, Eddie Gasper & Original Broadway Cast of Sweet Charity

    The Rhythm of Life

    • Sweet Charity (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 11.

  • Olly Dobson & Hugh Coles

    Put Your Mind To It

    • Back to the Future: The Musical.
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 15.

  • Bernadette Peters

    Last Midnight

    • Into The Woods (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • RCA Victor.
    • 16.

  • Calendar Girls Original London Cast

    Dare

    • Calendar Girls (2017 Original London Cast).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 10.

  • Bette Midler

    Everything's Coming Up Roses

    • Gypsy.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 12.

  • Charles Gray, Richard O’Brien, Little Nell & Patricia Quinn

    The Time Warp

    • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Original Film Soundtrack).
    • Essential.
    • 4.

  • Cast of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    Rollin' Away

    • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Original West End Cast Recording).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Jennifer Holliday

    And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

    • The Best Of.
    • Geffen.

  • The 2015 Revival Company of The Color Purple

    Shug Avery Comin' To Town

    • The Color Purple: 2015 Broadway Cast Recording.
    • Broadway Records.
    • 11.

  • "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast

    The Jellicle Ball

    • Highlights From Cats (Original London Cast Recording / 1981).
    • Polydor Records.
    • 7.

  • Paul Nicholas, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wayne Sleep & "Cats" 1981 Original London Cast

    Mr. Mistoffelees

    • Cats (Original London Cast Recording).
    • LW Entertainment Ltd.
    • 19.

  • "The Phantom Of The Opera" Original London Cast

    Prologue

    • The Phantom of the Opera.
    • LW Entertainment Ltd..
    • 1.

  • "The Phantom Of The Opera" Original London Cast

    Masquerade

    • Highlights From The Phantom Of The Opera.
    • Polydor Records.
    • 11.

  • The Main Street Band and Orchestra

    I Wanna Be Like You

    • The Jungle Book And 19 Other Children'S Favourites.
    • Pegasus Entertainment.
    • 1.

  • Honk! Original Demo Cast

    A Poultry Tale

    • Honk!.
    • The Connoisseur Collection Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Andrew Lloyd Webber & "The Phantom Of The Opera" Original London Cast

    The Phantom Of The Opera (The Andrew Lloyd Webber 2026 Mix)

    • (CD Single).
    • The Other Songs Records.

  • Emily Blunt, Lin‐Manuel Miranda & Company - Mary Poppins Returns

    A Cover Is Not the Book

    • Mary Poppins Returns (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 7.

  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Abba Gold (40th Anniversary Edition).
    • Polar.
    • 001.

  • Richard Calkin & "Saturday Night Fever" Original London Cast

    Disco Inferno

    • Saturday Night Fever (Original Cast Recording).
    • Polydor Records.
    • 12.

  • Aaron Tveit & CHESS 2025 Broadway Company

    One Night In Bangkok

    • CHESS the Musical (2025 Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records/Rhino.
    • 20.

  • Carrie Hope Fletcher

    Somewhere That's Green

    • When The Curtain Falls.
    • Club 11 London Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Anthony Newley

    Gonna Build a Mountain

    • Stop the World - I Want to Get Off.
    • Bringins Music.
    • 6.

  • Michael Feinstein

    There's A Small Hotel

    • The Sinatra Project.
    • Concord Records.
    • 2.

  • Clive Rowe

    Guessing Alone

    • Safehouse Recordings.

Broadcast

  • Last Sunday13:00
    BBC Radio 2