Song And Dance

Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Phantom of the Opera will become the longest running show in Broadway history this Monday night.

It is also the most successful entertainment venture of all time, with worldwide box office takings of more than $3.2bn (£1.8bn).

This greatly exceeds the $1.2bn (£670m) taken by Titanic, the world's highest-grossing movie.

Over 65,000 performances of Phantom of the Opera have been staged in 119 cities in 24 countries.