#1
Posted: 11/25/10 at 12:59pm
Elling will be at 9 performances when it closes. I saw that other people were curious, like myself, what other shows have had short runs recently, so I put together a quick list of other recent shows with short runs. Please add and/or correct – I did it very quickly.
Recent Broadway shows with fewer than 50 performances according to IBDB (not including previews):
(Note that some of these shows, such as Liza’s at the Palace, were limited runs that were only scheduled to have a small number of performances.)
New Musicals:
Glory Days – 1
Story of My Life - 5
High Fidelity – 13
All About Me – 20
Liza’s at the Palace…. - 22
Kiki and Herb – 27
Times They Are A-Changin’ – 28
Lestat - 39
Lennon – 49
New Plays:
Bobbi Boland (2003) - closed in previews
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (2003) - 1
Prymate (2004) - 5
The Blonde in the Thunderbird (2005) – 9
Sixteen Wounded (2004) - 12
Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only (2003) - 14
Enron (2010) – 16
Soul of Shaolin (2009)- 21
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2003) - 28
Marc Salem's Mind Games on Broadway (2004) - 30
Coram Boy – 30
Primo – 35
The Good Body - 40
Festen - 49
Play Revivals:
American Buffalo – 8
Brighton Beach Memoirs – 9
Mark Twain Tonight! – 15
Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - 17
Desire Under the Elms – 32
Musical Revivals:
??
Recent Broadway shows with fewer than 50 performances according to IBDB (not including previews):
(Note that some of these shows, such as Liza’s at the Palace, were limited runs that were only scheduled to have a small number of performances.)
New Musicals:
Glory Days – 1
Story of My Life - 5
High Fidelity – 13
All About Me – 20
Liza’s at the Palace…. - 22
Kiki and Herb – 27
Times They Are A-Changin’ – 28
Lestat - 39
Lennon – 49
New Plays:
Bobbi Boland (2003) - closed in previews
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (2003) - 1
Prymate (2004) - 5
The Blonde in the Thunderbird (2005) – 9
Sixteen Wounded (2004) - 12
Jackie Mason's Laughing Room Only (2003) - 14
Enron (2010) – 16
Soul of Shaolin (2009)- 21
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2003) - 28
Marc Salem's Mind Games on Broadway (2004) - 30
Coram Boy – 30
Primo – 35
The Good Body - 40
Festen - 49
Play Revivals:
American Buffalo – 8
Brighton Beach Memoirs – 9
Mark Twain Tonight! – 15
Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - 17
Desire Under the Elms – 32
Musical Revivals:
??
"What was the name of that cheese that I like?"
"you can't run away forever...but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start"
"well I hope and I pray, that maybe someday, you'll walk in the room with my heart"
Updated On: 11/25/10 at 12:59 PM
