Playbill Long Runs
Playbill Long Runs
theatreboi11
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#0Playbill Long Runs
Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:15pm
Why does playbill still have Fiddler running? Every week they keep adding the shows to its total as if it were still open? This week it made it onto the list.
http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/75222.html
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#1re: Playbill Long Runs
Posted: 2/28/06 at 5:39pmI've actually e-mailed Ernio Hernandez to tell him that Fiddler closed on Jan. 8 two weeks ago, but I guess he never read it or didn't do anything about it. By the summer it'll be over 1,000.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#2re: Playbill Long Runs
Posted: 3/1/06 at 12:09am
Also the performance totals for Beauty and the Beast, Rent, Chicago, and the Lion King don't match up with ibdb.com.
I'm not sure which site is correct though, but I'd think ibdb.com would be somewhat more reliable.
I'd really like to know if any is sure about Chicago's performance totals because I'd like to go to the 4000th show, which would be sometime in mid-June. If anyone knows I'd really appreciate it, CJR maybe?
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: Playbill Long Runs
Posted: 3/1/06 at 12:11amAccording to Theatermania, Lion King is still running in Boston; it's an open run. Any other mistakes anyone catch anywhere?
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#5re: Playbill Long Runs
Posted: 3/12/06 at 9:23pm
Wow, I actually just found this thread. Im a slacker.
Alright, so I don't know the answer to that question but I can definitely find out and get back to you, frogs!
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Vespertine1228
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/30/05
#7re: Playbill Long Runs
Posted: 3/12/06 at 9:57pmI think there's parts of the Playbill site that many members of this board could do a better job with than the writers who work there. For example, why hasn't the Rush/SRO page been updated since November 15th? Surely it couldn't have been THAT hard to put together.
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