When a musical or play comes back to Broadway in a revival, it almost always stays for a shorter period than the original run. These 23 shows, however, all had revival runs that lasted longer than their original productions.
Flip through photos of the 23 shows below:
Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert in a promotional photo for the 1957 production of West Side Story
©NYPL for the Performing Arts
Josefina Scaglione and Matt Cavenaugh
Joan Marcus
She Loves Me: Original Production (1963): 301 performances
1993 revival: 354 performances
Carol Rosegg
Zorba: Original Production (1968): 305 performances
Zorba: 1983 Revival: 362 performances
The Male Animal: Original Production (1940): 243 performances
1952 Revival: 317 performances
La Bête: Original Production (1991): 25 performances
Joanna Lumley, Mark Rylance and David Hyde Pierce in La Bete
Vivienne Segal and Gene Kelly in Pal Joey.
Vandamm Studio / The New York Public Library
Harold Lang, Patricia Northrup, Gordon Peters, and Vivienne Segal in Pal Joey.
John Bennewitz / The New York Public Library
Todd Duncan and Anne Brown in Porgy and Bess
1942 Revival: 286 performances
Porgy and Bess Playbill - April 1953
Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, 2012
Michael J. Lutch
On Your Toes Playbill - Jan 1937
1983 Revival: 505 performances
The Red Mill: Original Production (1906): 274 performances
1945 Revival: 531 performances
Wendy Hiller, Franchot Tone, and Cyril Cusack in A Moon for the Misbegotten
1973 Revival: 313 performances
Cast of Threepenny Opera
Lotte Lenya in the 1955 production of The Threepenny Opera.
1966 Revival: 13 performances
1976 Revival: 307 performances
Threepenny Opera
2006 Revival: 77 performances
Photo by Joan Marcus
A scene from the original 1927 production of Show Boat.
White Studio / The New York Public Library
1994 Revival: 947 performances
David Cooper
Tim Curry, the original Dr. Frank-N-Furter
2000 Revival: 437 performances
Carol Rosegg
An Inspector Calls: Original Production (1947): 95 performances
1994 Revival: 454 performances
Photo by Joan Marcus
Anything Goes: Original Production (1934): 420 performances
Photo by from the collection of Louis Botto
1987 Revival: 784 performances
Photo by Photop by Brigitte Lacombe
Sutton Foster and cast in Anything Goes
Joan Marcus
Mary Martin in Peter Pan.
Sandy Duncan and George Rose
Morning's at Seven: Original Production (1939): 44 performances
1980 Revival: 564 performances
No, No, Nanette: Original Production (1925): 321 performances
1971 Revival: 861 performances
Dracula Playbill - February 1928
1977 Revival: 925 performances
Barbara Cook in Candide
1974 Revival: 740 performances
Joel Grey and company in Cabaret
Friedman-Abeles
Alan Cumming and The Kit Kat Girls in Cabaret.
Joan Marcus
Oh! Calcutta!: Original Production (1969): 1,314 performances
Oh! Calcutta! 1976 Revival
Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in Chicago.
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth
Dan Chavkin
