Can you guess the longest running shows in Broadway history… guess a few and then see if you were right. Some might surprise you.
- The Phantom of the Opera- 8,221 performances (currently running)
- Cats- 7,485 performances
- Les Miserables- 6,680 performances
- A Chorus Line- 6,137
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Calcutta! (1976 Revival)- 5,959 - Beauty and the Beast- 5,520 performances
- Rent- 4,785 performances (currently running)
Chicago (Revival)- 4,538 performances (currently running) - The Lion King- 4,170 performances (currently running)
- Miss Saigon- 4,097 performances
- 42nd Street- 3, 486 performances
- Grease- 3,388 performances
- Fiddler on the Roof- 3, 242 performances
- Life With Father- 3,224 performances
- Tobacco Road- 3,182 performances
- Hello, Dolly!- 2,844 performances
- My Fair Lady- 2,717 performances
- Mamma Mia!- 2,508 performances (currently running)
- The Producers- 2,502 performance
- Cabaret (Revival)- 2,378 performances
- Annie- 2,377 performances
- Man of La Mancha- 2,328 performances
- Abie’s Irish Rose- 2,327 performances
- Hairspray- 2,144 performances (currently running)
Oklahoma!- 2,212 performances - Smokey Joe’s Café- 2,036 performances
- Pippin- 1,944 performances
- South Pacific- 1,925 performances
- The Magic Show- 1,920 performances
- Aida- 1,852 performances
- Gemini- 1,819 performances
- Deathtrap- 1,793 performances
Harvey- 1,775 performances - Dancin’- 1,774 performances
- La Cage Aux Folles- 1,761 performances
- Avenue Q- 1,756 performances
- Hair- 1,750 performances
- The Wiz- 1,672 performances
- Wicked- 1,652 performances (currently running)
- Born Yesterday- 1,642 performances
- The Best Little Whorehouse in
Texas- 1,639 performances - Crazy for You- 1,622 performances
- Ain’t Misbehavin- 1,604 performances
- Mary, Mary- 1,572 performances
- Evita- 1,567 performances
- The Voice of the Turtle- 1,557 performances
- Jekyll & Hyde- 1,543 performances
- Barefoot in the Park- 1,530 performances
- Brighton
Beach Memoirs- 1,530 performances - 42nd Street (Revival)- 1,524 performances
- Dreamgirls- 1,522 performances
- Mame- 1,508 performances
- Grease! (Revival)- 1,501 performances
- Same Time, Next Year- 1,453 performances
- Arsenic and Old Lace- 1,444 performances
- The Sound of Music- 1,443 performances
- Me and My Girl- 1,420 performances
- How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying- 1,417 performances
- Hellzapoppin- 1,404 performances
- The Music Man- 1,375 performances
- Funny Girl- 1,348 performances
- Mummenschanz- 1,326 performances
- Oh!
Calcutta!- 1,314 performances - Movin’ Out- 1,303 performances
- Angel Street- 1,295 performances
- Lightnin’- 1,291 performances
- Promises, Promises- 1,281 performances
- The King and I- 1,246 performances
- Cactus Flower- 1,234 performances
- Sleuth- 1,222 performances
- Torch Song Trilogy- 1,222 performances
- 1776- 1,217 performances
- Equus- 1,209 performances
- Sugar Babies- 1,208 performances
- Guys and Dolls- 1,200 performances
- Amadeus- 1,181 performances
- Cabaret- 1,165 performances
- Mister Roberts- 1,157 performances
- Annie Get Your Gun- 1,147 performances
- Guys and Dolls (Revival)- 1,144 performances
- The Seven Year Itch- 1,141 performances
- Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk- 1,130 performances
- Butterflies Are Free- 1,128 performances
- Pins and Needles- 1,108 performances
- Fosse- 1,100 performances
- Plaza Suite- 1,097 performances
- They’re Playing Our Song- 1,082 performances
- Monty Python’s Spamalot- 1,077 performances
- Grand Hotel- 1,077 performances
- Kiss Me, Kate- 1,070 performances
- Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope- 1,065 performances
- Shenandoah- 1,050 performances
- Annie Get Your Gun (Revival) 1,046 performances
- The Teahouse of the August Moon- 1,027 performances
- 25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee- 1,024 perf. - Damn Yankees- 1,019 performances
- Contact- 1,010 performances
- Never Too late- 1,007 performances
- Big River- 1,005 performances
- The Will Rogers Follies- 983 performances
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