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Phantom breaks a record, The Little Dog Laughed opens, and celebs participate in The New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend.

(Photo © Joseph Marzullo)

Better than Cats: With its 7,486th performance on Monday, January 9, The Phantom of the Opera became the longest running show in Broadway history. The event garnered much media attention and was celebrated with a masked ball at the Waldorf-Astoria following the performance. The man behind the mask in this photo is Howard McGillin, who's currently starring as the Phantom.

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Here's another shot of McGillin, sans mask.

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Among the celebrants was Michael Crawford, who created the title role of the Phantom in the original London and Broadway productions of Phantom.

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And here's original cast member George Lee Andrews, who's still in the show!

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Also on Monday, Douglas Carter Beane's The Little Dog Laughed opened at Second Stage. The after-party was held at Planet Hollywood. Here's TV, film, and stage star Johnny Galecki, who plays a hustler with a heart of gold in the comedy.

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Here's the fabulous Julie White, whose brilliant performance as a Hollywood agent in the show is the stuff of theater legend.

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And here are Neal Huff and Zoe Lister-Jones, who respectively play (1) a closeted gay movie star who falls in love with the hustler, and (2) the hustler's girlfriend.

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Among those who turned out for the Little Dog opening: TV notable Kelly Ripa...

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...Faith Ford, Ripa's co-star in the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith...

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...Victor Garber, star of TV's Alias and such Broadway shows as Deathtrap, Sweeney Todd, and Damn Yankees...

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...Andrea Martin, most recently seen on Broadway as Golde in Fiddler on the Roof...

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...and S. Epatha Merkerson, who has been lauded for her performance in the TV version of Lackawanna Blues.

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We leave you with photos of three of the participants in the recent New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend at the CUNY Graduate Center: Film star Viggo Mortensen...

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...opera diva Deborah Voigt, who will soon be featured in Lincoln Center's American Songbook series...

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...and Robert Redford, who appeared on Broadway in five shows (including the original production of Barefoot in the Park) before becoming a major film star.

 

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