When Audra McDonald made her Broadway debut in The Secret Garden at the St. James Theatre in 1992, her across-the-street neighbor, The Phantom of the Opera, was already four years into its run at the Majestic Theatre. By the time the musical moved out of the Majestic in 2023, McDonald had six Tony Awards. It's hard to imagine the sprawling 1,600-plus-seat house without its glass-shattering sopranos and haunte…
