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Les Miserables is the longest running musical in the West End. It opened on the 8th October 1985 and is still on today with over 11,500 performances.
The longest running show on Broadway is Phantom of the Opera. It has been running since January 26, 1988. It celebrated its 10,000th performance on February 11, 2012.
Cats was a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It became the longest running musical on Broadway. Basic plot: A bunch of alley cats, singing by the light of the full moon, about the stories of other cats. They are trying to decide who will go to the "Heaviside Lair". There is a particular cat, Grizabella, who is rejected because of how she looks. In the end, she teaches the other cats the meaning of what happiness is, and "Old Deuteronomy chooses her to go to the Heaviside lair.
The longest running Broadway show in the U.S. is The Phantom of the Opera (which is still playing on Broadway today!)The 2nd longest show is Cats (Which left the Broadway stage on Sept 10, 2000 I believeI think that The Fantasticks is the longest running show in American history. It closed in 2002 after a 42-year run (more than twice as long as Cats). It is also credited with being the longest running musical in the world.Actually the longest running play in the USA is "The Lost Colony" which has been running I believe since the late 1930's in Manteo NC...about the Sir Walter Raleigh colony that disappeared with only the engraved word "Croatan" on a tree remaining.
It was surpassed by "The Phantom of the Opera"
The longest running musical is The Phantom of the Opera.Currently running at the Majestic Theatre7 Tony Awards in 1988, including Best Musical7 Drama Desk Awards in 1988Broadway's longest-running show and musicalReference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_longest-running_Broadway_shows
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Les Miserables is the longest running musical in the West End. It opened on the 8th October 1985 and is still on today with over 11,500 performances.
The longest running show on Broadway is Phantom of the Opera. It has been running since January 26, 1988. It celebrated its 10,000th performance on February 11, 2012.
Cats was a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It became the longest running musical on Broadway. Basic plot: A bunch of alley cats, singing by the light of the full moon, about the stories of other cats. They are trying to decide who will go to the "Heaviside Lair". There is a particular cat, Grizabella, who is rejected because of how she looks. In the end, she teaches the other cats the meaning of what happiness is, and "Old Deuteronomy chooses her to go to the Heaviside lair.
The longest running Broadway show in the U.S. is The Phantom of the Opera (which is still playing on Broadway today!)The 2nd longest show is Cats (Which left the Broadway stage on Sept 10, 2000 I believeI think that The Fantasticks is the longest running show in American history. It closed in 2002 after a 42-year run (more than twice as long as Cats). It is also credited with being the longest running musical in the world.Actually the longest running play in the USA is "The Lost Colony" which has been running I believe since the late 1930's in Manteo NC...about the Sir Walter Raleigh colony that disappeared with only the engraved word "Croatan" on a tree remaining.
Dogs The Longest Running Musical in Off-Off Broadway History - 2002 was released on: USA: 20 October 2002 (Los Angeles International Short Film Festival)
The musical, Aida, premiered on Broadway on March 23, 2000. Performances continued through 2004 and was the 34th longest running musical in Broadway history.
Mamma Mia :) I think this is right :):):)
Yes, Grease was very successful. It remains Broadway's thirteenth longest running show.