re: Longest Musical You've seen- Page 2
re: Longest Musical You've seen
Longest running ANYTHING#25
Posted: 11/1/06 at 4:16pm
MisterMatt - I saw Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar twice while I studied abroad in Madrid. What blew my mind was that the cast was able to do a 4 hour 20 minute dance-heavy rock musical back to back (at 4pm and 9pm). Amazing stamina.
I freakin' love that show!!
Longest running ANYTHING#26
Posted: 11/1/06 at 5:59pmThe Music Man. I like the show, but it felt like an ETERNITY!
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
Longest running ANYTHING#27
Posted: 11/1/06 at 6:47pmLes Miserables, if counting operas, however, i have to say Carmen...
Longest running ANYTHING#28
Posted: 11/1/06 at 6:55pmBilly Elliot was very very long, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
Longest running ANYTHING#29
Posted: 11/1/06 at 6:56pmI sat through Nicholas Nickleby. It had a dinner break in the middle, plus two intermissions. My ass was numb by the curtain from sitting so long.
Leading Actor Joined: 7/31/06
Longest running ANYTHING#30
Posted: 11/1/06 at 7:04pm
Kristina från Duvemåla. It was around 4 hours with intermission i think. It will be shortened with an hour for Broadway though. I read that someone who participated in the workshop and who was very positive overall, had called the journey to the states "a long one", so i guess that's what they will cut.
Updated On: 11/1/06 at 07:04 PM
Longest running ANYTHING#31
Posted: 11/1/06 at 7:08pmI also saw Lord of the Rings, but I saw it when it was in previews. It was five hours long then. And there were two intermissions.
Longest running ANYTHING#32
Posted: 11/2/06 at 9:57amAHH. At our community theatre about 3 years ago they did South Pacific...and uggh. Soooo long.
Longest running ANYTHING#33
Posted: 11/2/06 at 9:57amAHH. At our community theatre about 3 years ago they did South Pacific...and uggh. Soooo long.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/06
Longest running ANYTHING#34
Posted: 11/2/06 at 1:30pm
I didn't see Les Mis yet, but I know the original was about 4 hours long.
They changed it to 3 this time.
The longest I have seen was Gypsy- just about 3 hours.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
Longest running ANYTHING#35
Posted: 11/2/06 at 1:35pm
The current Les Miz running time is 2:55.
Longest shows I've seen:
Les Miz
Nathan Lane/Matthew Broderick's The Producers (every other cast has it down to about 2 1/2, compaired to thir 2:50)
Oklahoma
Mary Poppins
Longest running ANYTHING#36
Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:06pm
Fiorello.
that first act... geez...
Joined: 12/31/69
Longest running ANYTHING#37
Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:08pmLes Miserables is pretty long, but nothing can compare to Guys and Dolls.
Longest running ANYTHING#38
Posted: 11/2/06 at 2:31pmI've heard that the first preview of Nick & Nora was interminable...
Featured Actor Joined: 3/24/06
Longest running ANYTHING#39
Posted: 11/2/06 at 3:35pm
Mary Poppins was pretty long when it first opened...
The West End show "Acorn Antiques" was OVER LONG - about 3 or 3 1/4 hours (groans). The longest PLAY I've ever seen is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf...
Swing Joined: 9/11/06
Longest running ANYTHING#40
Posted: 11/2/06 at 3:52pmI went to a community theatre performance of Amadeus once ... it had to be around three hours and it felt like it would never end. My old high school did Kiss Me Kate once and, though it was probably the best show they've pulled off in the four years I went there, it dragged itself out. I don't remember the final time but it was quite long. I did like it though so it wasn't too bad.
Broadway Star Joined: 6/6/06
Longest running ANYTHING#42
Posted: 11/3/06 at 8:42pmA production of Gypsy I saw recently...I swear the scene changes took five minutes EACH. It ran for more than 3 1/2 hours. It was a shame, as Mama Rose was fabulous. But it was dreadful sitting through those scene changes...
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