Congrats to POTO!

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 9:15am

Just read in the paper this morning that POTO is now #2 in the "Broadway's longest running shows" category.

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[Michelleruth]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 9:30am

So very COOL!!!

[Elphie]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 9:42am

How many more performances until they crush CATS!?

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 9:49am

According to the paper--

Cats ran 18 years and 7485 performances

Le Miz closed after 6680 performances

POTO stands at 6681 performances as of Wednesday evening.

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[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 11:33am

Eight Hundred Four for the mathematically impaired...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 11:45am

As the brilliant, talented and superfantabulous Miss Bebe Newirth points out in the interview on this very site: A Chorus Line is still the longest running Broadway musical. CATS, Les Miz and PO(ta?)TO are West End musicals.

As she said, "Cats all but destroyed humanity of theatre- everything was special effects... Theatre is a visceral experience for the audiences as well as performers. The more effects and machinery, the more you remove the audiences from their experience. I blame Cats for that."

AMEN, Bebe, I will love you for the rest of my life for saying that out loud and on the record.

[Sumofallthings]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 11:54am

Cameron Mackintosh (sp?): She's a witch! Get the electric chair and burn her! Only use the remote controlled electric chair. And actually we're only going to use 2 guards instead of the usual 4 the other 2 will be replaced by robots.

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 12:07pm

Beg pardon, Sum? What the heck are trying to say?

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[Juliette Capulet]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:06pm

I think that's supposed to be "his reply" to what Bebe said.

I don't really see how CATS was all speical affects though...eh *shrug*

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:08pm

I saw Cats on tour yesterday and there was barely any special effects. I enjoyed the show based on the performers.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:22pm

Yes. And the moral of that story is, non-equity productions tend not to have the production values that Bebe was talking about when the litter box was the Winter Garden Theater.

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 4:35pm

All I can say about CATS. Saw it. Didn't like it. Don't care to ever see it again. POTO, on the other hand, would be a different story. One would hope they would be able to keep the production values up either way.

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[son_of_a_gunn_25]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 5:15pm

Well the question is would you rather have POTO or Cats in that number 1 slot? It's like some posters stance on this board about Bush. Anything to get Cats out of that top spot! Even if it is POTO.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 5:22pm

Saw both. Hated both. A Chorus Line: The longest running Broadway Musical ever.

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 7:44pm

Well, you can't please everone. That just leaves another mid center front seat open for me!

Where’s that pesky chandler?

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[Phantom05]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 8:26pm

Phantom of the Opera is my favorite musical! I am very happy for the current (And AMAZING) cast, that's quite an honor.....CONGRATS!!!

See Ya!

Phantom05

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 8:33pm

Yes, if you disqualify the shows that have run longer than it, 'A Chorus Line' is the longest-running Broadway show ever.

Also, if you discount the extra points the New England Patriots scored, the Carolina Panthers won The Super Bowl.

[DofB5]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 8:39pm

"If"--one of the most powerful words in the dictionary. There is a world of possibilities in that index file.

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[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 9:00pm

yay! Go Phantom!!

[EddieVarley]

Posted: 2/8/04 at 11:06pm

I wish it all the best, it's gone up and down in quality over the years, but the current cast has truly tightened it to a entertaining level.

[MegGiry]

Posted: 2/14/04 at 11:55am

Phantom of the Opera is my favorite musical, too!!! I'll be seeing it with a friend of mine, maybe several friends!!

Meg

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 2/14/04 at 2:32pm

Go POTO!! I'm seeing it in March -- can't wait!!

As for A Chorus Line being the longest running bway show ever, does anyone know how many performances there were?

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 2/14/04 at 5:41pm

I thought Cats was the longest running show ever so far??

[Juliette Capulet]

Posted: 2/14/04 at 6:01pm

It is on Broadway. 18 years and 7,485 performances.

Tendres Baisers,
Juliette Capulet Updated On: 2/14/04 at 06:01 PM

[eponine88]

Posted: 2/14/04 at 9:07pm

Finally going to see POTO on Wednesday. Got third row center seats. Wohoooo!!!!!!!!!!