The longest running play on Broadway was called Life with a Father. It closed in 1947 with a total of 3,224 performances.
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.
"Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.
CATS is not a play, it is a musical. The first production of CATS opened in the West End in 1981 and a year later in Broadway. The London production ran for 21 years, ending in 2002 whilst the Broadway production ran for 18 years and closed in 2000.
Longest Shakespeare PlayHamlet is the longest play in Shakespeare. When the lines from the various versions are cobbled together into one play, it runs for about four hours (see Ken Branagh's "uncut" version to see what that looks like)
The longest running play on Broadway was called Life with a Father. It closed in 1947 with a total of 3,224 performances.
Broadway shows are shown in New York, not Chicago. While Chicago is the name of a musical, there is no place to see a Broadway play in Chicago. However, the longest running play is A Chorus line which ran from 1975 until 1990.
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.
If you mean Broadway (which I think you do) it's The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King is at a close second
CATS
The Phantom Of The Opera.
"Our Town" by Thornton Wilder.
Les Misarable
"The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie is recognized as the longest running play in the world. It premiered in London's West End in 1952 and has been running continuously ever since.
The Phantom of the Opera is still playing on Broadway, now in its 20th year after opening on January 26th 1988. C.J
Anne of Green Gables
April 1988. It is only seen at NY Library of Arts. Only people involved in the Broadway play is allowed to see it.