Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted that he was ‘sad’ to see The Phantom Of The Opera end its run on Broadway after entertaining theatergoers for 35 years.

The 75-year-old English composer during an appearance on Monday on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon was asked about being in the Majestic Theatre on Sunday for the final performance of the musical on Broadway.

‘Well, it was strange really, because, you know, one of the funny things that’s happened with Phantom is that over the last few years…well, few months really, a young audience found it. And it’s, I don’t know, it was sad last night because I just felt it could run on. But there you go,’ Webber told Fallon, 48.

The musical theater impresario said it was ‘very unusual’ for everything to come together for a musical.

‘Like the production, the whole thing meshes, it’s just one of those moments. I mean, it happened with The Lion King, it’s happened with Hamilton, it’s happened with me with Phantom. It doesn’t happen very often,’ Webber said.

Famous composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted on a talk show Monday that he was 'sad' to see The Phantom Of The Opera end its run on Broadway after 35 years

Famous composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted on a talk show Monday that he was 'sad' to see The Phantom Of The Opera end its run on Broadway after 35 years

Famous composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted on a talk show Monday that he was ‘sad’ to see The Phantom Of The Opera end its run on Broadway after 35 years

Broadway show: The Phantom Of The Opera cast is shown on Sunday at the curtain call following the final Broadway performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City

Broadway show: The Phantom Of The Opera cast is shown on Sunday at the curtain call following the final Broadway performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City

Broadway show: The Phantom Of The Opera cast is shown on Sunday at the curtain call following the final Broadway performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City

Fallon shared some statistics about the play, including that it holds the record for the longest-running show in Broadway history with 13,981 performances.

He also noted that The Phantom of the Opera has been the largest generator of income and jobs in Broadway and US theatrical history.

Fallon then asked Webber about his long-running Broadway show Cats and he hilariously took the opportunity to ridicule the 2019 box-office bomb Cats based on his 1981 stage musical.

‘How does one come up with an idea like Cats and are you a cat person?,’ Fallon said.

‘Well, I am a cat person. Well, I was a total cat person until I saw the Cats movie,’ Webber quipped.

Fallon and the studio audience burst into laughter as he poked fun of the box-office bomb that starred English comedian James Corden, 44.

‘But what happened in the Cats movie was during the course of it being, as it were, shot, which I hoped the whole movie would have been…,’ Webber added to more laughter. ‘I bought this little puppy. And he’s called Mojito and he’s a little Havanese dog. He comes from Cuba.’

Webber then shared that he tried to take Mojito on a plane with him as his ‘little therapy companion dog’.

Cats play: Fallon then asked Webber about his long-running Broadway show Cats and he hilariously took the opportunity to ridicule the 2019 box-office bomb Cats based on his 1981 stage musical

Cats play: Fallon then asked Webber about his long-running Broadway show Cats and he hilariously took the opportunity to ridicule the 2019 box-office bomb Cats based on his 1981 stage musical

Cats play: Fallon then asked Webber about his long-running Broadway show Cats and he hilariously took the opportunity to ridicule the 2019 box-office bomb Cats based on his 1981 stage musical

‘And they said, “You need a a doctor’s letter. And so, I just said, “I saw the Cats movie and bought a puppy. And they said, “No doctor’s letter required”,’ Webber shared.

Webber also promoted his new Broadway play Bad Cinderella that opened in March after a month of previews.

He said he liked the idea of an ‘alternative Cinderella’ and thought it would be a fun story.

‘I don’t know, I just let my hair down a bit,’ Webber said.

A grand piano was later wheeled out and Webber treated Fallon and his audience to songs from Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats.

Bad Cinderella is currently playing at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway with music by Webber, lyrics by David Zippel and a book by Emerald Fennell. 

On piano: A grand piano was later wheeled out and Webber treated Fallon and his audience to songs from Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats

On piano: A grand piano was later wheeled out and Webber treated Fallon and his audience to songs from Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats

On piano: A grand piano was later wheeled out and Webber treated Fallon and his audience to songs from Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats

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