Shortest Running Time of a Broadway Show

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:31pm

So... What is it?

Updated On: 7/1/16 at 04:31 PM

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:32pm

I wonder if there was ever a show that never finished its first performance and closed after.

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:34pm

Mr. Nowack said: "I wonder if there was ever a show that never finished its first performance and closed after."

Glory Days comes to mind.

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:34pm

Mr. Nowack said: "I wonder if there was ever a show that never finished its first performance and closed after."

The Hurt Locker

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:37pm

I heard Hughie was only 40-45 minutes long. Is that true? (I skipped it). If so, I definitely can't think of any shorter than that. 


In terms of ones I've seen on Broadway, I can't remember which one was THE shortest, but Old Times, Fool For Love and Constellations all hovered around 65-75 minutes. The shortest professional show I've seen was "Bull" in London - something like 50-55 minutes

Updated On: 7/1/16 at 04:37 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:43pm

HUGHIE was 59 painful minutes long.

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:51pm

The shortest standalone professional play I've ever seen was Caryl Churchill's Drunk Enough to Say I Love You at the Public. It was 40 minutes start to finish.

Mamet's The Anarchist was about 65 minutes long.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:53pm

GLORY DAYS didn't finish its one performance??

[theoriginoflove]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 4:55pm

GENIUS

[MichelleCraig]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 5:06pm

Weren't there a few billboards in NYC that advertised the play, ART, with the tagline: "If you had seen ART, you'd be home by now."?

[Crazy NooNooHead]

Posted: 7/1/16 at 5:08pm

ChildofEarth said: "Mr. Nowack said: "I wonder if there was ever a show that never finished its first performance and closed after."

The Hurt Locker"

Drat, you beat me to it.