Longest Runs on Broadway
Longest Runs on Broadway
The Pud
Stand-by Joined: 3/14/09
#1Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 9:04am
http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222-Long-Runs-on-Broadway
No surprise, Phantom is number one.
#2Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 10:21amSo more than 2 1/2 years is considered a long run now?
#2Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 10:37am
ADDAMS FAMILY hit 500 
They should update... even though this was written only about a week ago.
The Pud
Stand-by Joined: 3/14/09
#3Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 1:44pmI thought that Lion King would have more, hasen't it been over 10 years now with no sign of slowing down.
#4Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 2:02pm8 shows a week times 52 weeks = 416 performances a year. It takes less than 2 years to get on that playbill list. It takes about 2 1/2 years to reach 1,000.
After Eight
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/09
#5Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 10:28pmWhat I've always found strange about this list is the off Broadway entry on Tony 'n Tina's Wedding. We're told its performance count is 4,905 as of May 1,2004. Well, what I wonder is why did they stop counting after that date? And who does the counting, anyway?
#6Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 10:41pmSeems to me like Chicago is in prime position to move to number three on the list!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#7Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 10:46pmI think two and a half years is a long run, realistically. It's not until you get to the 90s where shows seem to start running FOREVER.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#8Longest Runs on Broadway
Posted: 6/19/11 at 11:28pmNow and forever, you might say.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
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