Longest time actor has played a show on Broadway?

Most actors get a vacation every year, and wisely use them. I doubt you're going to find someone who did a show for years and years without taking a week's vacation when they were entitled to it.

That one guy has been in Phantom since it opened (can't remember his name). He's obviously taken vacations, but in terms of being in one show for a long period of time, he obviously would hold the record, since Phantom is the longest running show in Broadway history.

Updated On: 5/17/08 at 07:18 PM

adamgreer, that's what I meant when I tried to clarify that, of course, vacations would not take away from being on the show "continuosly".
TomMonster, thanks for the answear, unless anyone else can contest that...

Updated On: 5/17/08 at 07:26 PM

Wow! You know your Broadway!
Thanks :) I believe it, since POTO is definitely the longest running. Is that second place a sure bet also...?

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George Lee Andrews left Phantom for a while to do the role of Frederick in New York City Opera's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC around 1994 (?). But he then went back to Phantom directly, I think. So he probably still holds any length of service record.