Chicago's Longest Running Broadway Shows- REVISED

The Chicago Tribune, after being swamped with corrections apparently, has corrected and re-listed the longest running "Broadway" shows in Chicago. It's an illuminating list.

24 months — "Wicked" at Oriental Theatre, from 2005
18 months — "Joseph" at Chicago Theatre, 1993-95
16 months — "Show Boat" at Auditorium Theatre, 1996-97
15 months — "Godspell" at Studebaker Theatre, 1972-73
15 months — "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," Drury Lane Water Tower, from 2006
14 months — "Cats" at Shubert Theatre, 1985-86
13 months — "The Music Man" Shubert Theatre 1959-60
12 months — "Hair" at Shubert Theatre, 1969-70
12 months — "Hello, Dolly!" at Shubert Theatre, 1966
12 months — "A Chorus Line" at Shubert Theatre, 1978
11 months — "Evita" at Shubert Theatre, 1980-81
11 months — "Oklahoma!" at Erlanger Theatre, 1943
10 months — "Cactus Flower" at Blackstone Theatre, 1968
9 months — "Miss Saigon" at Auditorium Theatre, 1992-93
9 months — "The Phantom of the Opera" at Auditorium Theatre, 1990-91
8 months — "The Lion King" at Cadillac Palace Theatre, 2003
8 months — "Ragtime" at Oriental Theatre, 1998
6 months — "Les Miserables" at Auditorium Theatre, 1988


Tribune's Theater Blog

Updated On: 7/2/07 at 03:31 PM

do they have a long run show there? something that is not "broadway?"

in washington, dc it is Shear Madness....

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Shear Madness plays downstairs at the Chicago Theatre but I don't know how long it's been running.

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