Everybody knows that The Phantom of the Opera is the longest-running show on Broadway, but you might be surprised to learn the longest-running show at each of our 41 currently operating individual Broadway theatres. The winners range from the expected Broadway mega hits to some true surprises.

Broadway’s third-longest running show, The Lion King, holds the house record at both venues it has played: the New Amsterdam and the Minskoff. Beauty and the Beast similarly holds records at both the Palace and the Lunt-Fontanne. The Hudson Theatre holds the distinction of having the shortest-running winner, with State of the Union’s 765 performances.

The full list is below!

(A few caveats: Because of incomplete data in limited cases—specifically when a production that ran before 1998 played its run in multiple venues—we’ve had to approximate performance counts in some instances as marked. This approximation was derived by taking the total number of weeks the production played the venue and multiplying that by eight. It’s also important to note that if a production played multiple venues, we have only listed the dates and performance counts that pertain to the production’s time in that venue.)

Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Currently home to: Moulin Rouge!
Longest run: Kinky Boots (April 4, 2013–April 7, 2019, 2,505 performances)

Ambassador Theatre
Currently home to: Chicago (January 29, 2003—Currently running)
Longest run: Chicago

American Airlines Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: The Royal Family (December 28, 1927–October 20, 1928: 345 performances)

August Wilson Theatre
Currently home to: Mean Girls
Longest run: Jersey Boys (October 4, 2005–January 15, 2017: 4,642 performances)

Belasco Theatre
Currently home to: Girl From the North Country
Longest run: Dead End (October 28, 1935–June 12, 1937: 687 performances)

Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
Currently home to: Company
Longest run: Grease (November 21, 1972–January 27, 1980: approx. 3,000 performances)

Booth Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Butterflies Are Free (October 21, 1969—July 2, 1972: 1,128 performances)

Broadhurst Theatre
Currently home to: Jagged Little Pill
Longest run: Amadeus (December 11, 1980—October 16, 1983: 1,181 performances)

Broadway Theatre
Currently home to: West Side Story
Longest run: Miss Saigon (March 23, 1991—January 28, 2001: 4,092 performances)

Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Currently home to: Six
Longest run: Waitress, 1,544 performances

Circle in the Square Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (April 15, 2005—January 20, 2008: 1,136 performances)

Cort Theatre
Currently home to: The Minutes
Longest run: The Magic Show (May 16, 1974—December 31, 1978: 1,920 performances)

Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: I Love My Wife (April 13, 1977—May 20, 1979: 857 performances)

Eugene O’Neill Theatre
Currently home to: The Book of Mormon (February 24, 2011—Currently running)
Longest run: The Book of Mormon (3,618 performances as of November 17, 2019)

Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
Currently home to: Come From Away
Longest run: Jekyll & Hyde (March 21, 1997—January 7, 2001: 1,543 performances)

Gershwin Theatre
Currently home to: Wicked
Longest run: Wicked (6,704 performances as of November 17, 2019)

Helen Hayes Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Gemini (May 21, 1977—September 6, 1981: 1,819 performances)

Hudson Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: State of the Union (November 14, 1945—September 13, 1947: 765 performances)

Imperial Theatre
Currently home to: Ain't Too Proud
Longest run: Les Misérables (October 17, 1990—May 18, 2003: approx. 5,256 performances)

John Golden Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Avenue Q (July 10, 2003—September 13, 2009: 2,534 performances)

Longacre Theatre
Currently home to: Diana
Longest run: Children of a Lesser God (March 22, 1980—May 16, 1982: 887 performances)

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Currently home to: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Longest run: Beauty and the Beast (November 12, 1999–July 29, 2007: approx. 3,265 performances)

Lyceum Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Born Yesterday (February 4, 1946–November 6, 1948: approx. 1,152 performances)

Lyric Theatre
Currently home to: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Opened April 22, 2018)
Longest run: 42nd Street (May 2, 2001–January 2, 2005: 1,524 performances)

Majestic Theatre
Currently home to: The Phantom of the Opera (January 9, 1988–Currently running)
Longest run: The Phantom of the Opera (13,238 performances as of November 17, 2019)

Marquis Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Me and My Girl (August 1, 1986—December 31, 1989: 1,420 performances)

Minskoff Theatre
Currently home to: The Lion King (June 13, 2006—Currently running)
Longest run: The Lion King

Music Box Theatre
Currently home to: Dear Evan Hansen (December 4, 2016—Currently running)
Longest run: Deathtrap (February 26, 1978—January 5, 1982: approx. 1,610 performances)

Nederlander Theatre
Currently home to: The Lehman Trilogy
Longest run: Rent (April 16, 1996—September 7, 2008: 5,123 performances)

Neil Simon Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Hairspray (July 18, 2002—January 4, 2009: 2,642 performances)

New Amsterdam Theatre
Currently home to: Aladdin
Longest run: The Lion King (November 13, 1997—June 4, 2006: 3,563 performances)

Palace Theatre
Currently dark
Longest run: Beauty and the Beast (April 18, 1994—September 5, 1999: approx. 2,196 performances)

Richard Rodgers Theatre
Currently home to: Hamilton
Longest run: Hamilton, 1,788 performances as of November 17, 2019

Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Hair (April 29, 1968—July 1, 1972: 1,750 performances)

Shubert Theatre
Currently home to: To Kill a Mockingbird
Longest run: A Chorus Line (July 25, 1975—April 28, 1990: 6,137 performances)

Stephen Sondheim Theatre
Currently home to: Mrs. Doubtfire
Longest run: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (2,416 performances)

St. James Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Hello, Dolly! (January 15, 1964—December 27, 1970: 2,844 performances)

Studio 54
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Cabaret (November 12, 1998—January 4, 2004: 2,144 performances)

Vivian Beaumont Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Contact (March 2, 2000—September 1, 2002: 1,010 performances)

Walter Kerr Theatre
Currently home to: Hadestown
Longest run: Proof (October 24, 2000—January 5, 2003: 917 performances)

Winter Garden Theatre
Currently home to: Dark
Longest run: Cats (September 23, 1982—September 10, 2000: 7,485 performances)