The Phantom of the Opera, currently playing at the Majestic Theater, is the longest-running show on Broadway, but do you which shows hold the records for the longest run in each Broadway house?
Flip through the gallery below:
Al Hirschfeld Theatre: Kinky Boots (2,074 performances as of March 25, 2018)
Matthew Murphy
Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre
Marc J. Franklin
American Airlines Theatre: The Royal Family (December 28, 1927—October 20, 1928: 345 performances)
August Wilson Theatre: Jersey Boys (October 4, 2005—January 15, 2017: 4,642 performances)
Joan Marcus
Belasco Theatre: Dead End (October 28, 1935—June 12, 1937: 687 performances)
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre: Grease (November 21, 1972—January 27, 1980: approx. 3,000 performances)
Booth Theatre: Butterflies Are Free (October 21, 1969—July 2, 1972: 1,128 performances)
Broadhurst Theatre: Amadeus (December 11, 1980—October 16, 1983: 1,181 performances)
Broadway Theatre: Miss Saigon (March 23, 1991—January 28, 2001: 4,092 performances)
Michael Le Poer Trench/Joan Marcus
Brooks Atkinson Theatre: Same Time, Next Year (March 15, 1975—May 16, 1978: approx.. 1,328 performances)
Circle in the Square Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (April 15, 2005—January 20, 2008: 1,136 performances)
Cort Theatre: The Magic Show (May 16, 1974—December 31, 1978: 1,920 performances)
Ethel Barrymore Theatre: I Love My Wife (April 13, 1977—May 20, 1979: 857 performances)
Eugene O’Neill Theatre: The Book of Mormon (2,930 performances as of March 25, 2018)
Joan Marcus
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre: Jekyll & Hyde (March 21, 1997—January 7, 2001: 1,543 performances)
Gershwin Theatre: Wicked (6,012 performances as of March 25, 2018)
Joan Marcus
Helen Hayes Theatre: Gemini (May 21, 1977—September 6, 1981: 1,819 performances)
Photo by Ken Howard
Hudson Theatre: State of the Union (November 14, 1945—September 13, 1947: 765 performances)
Imperial Theatre: Les Misérables (October 17, 1990—May 18, 2003: approx. 5,256 performances)
John Golden Theatre: Avenue Q (July 10, 2003—September 13, 2009: 2,534 performances)
Carol Rosegg
Longacre Theatre: Children of a Lesser God (March 22, 1980—May 16, 1982: 887 performances)
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: Beauty and the Beast (November 12, 1999—July 29, 2007: approx. 3,265 performances)
Joan Marcus/Walt Disney Theatrical Productions
Lyceum Theatre: Born Yesterday (February 4, 1946—November 6, 1948: approx. 1,152 performances)
Lyric Theatre: 42nd Street (May 2, 2001—January 2, 2005: 1,524 performances)
Majestic Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera (12,550 performances as of March 25, 2018)
Marquis Theatre: Me and My Girl (August 1, 1986—December 31, 1989: 1,420 performances)
Minskoff Theatre: The Lion King (4,834 performances as of January 14, 2018)
Joan Marcus
Music Box Theatre: Deathtrap (February 26, 1978—January 5, 1982: approx. 1,610 performances)
Nederlander Theatre: Rent (April 16, 1996—September 7, 2008: 5,123 performances)
Photo by Joan Marcus
Neil Simon Theatre: Hairspray (July 18, 2002—January 4, 2009: 2,642 performances)
New Amsterdam Theatre: The Lion King (November 13, 1997—June 4, 2006: 3,563 performances)
Joan Marcus
Palace Theatre: Beauty and the Beast (April 18, 1994—September 5, 1999: approx. 2,196 performances)
Joan Marcus
Richard Rodgers Theatre: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (June 19, 1978—March 27, 1982: 1,584 performances)
Samuel J. Friedman Theatre: Hair (April 29, 1968—July 1, 1972: 1,750 performances)
Shubert Theatre: A Chorus Line (July 25, 1975—April 28, 1990: 6,137 performances)
Stephen Sondheim Theatre: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (1,752 performances as of March 25, 2018)
St. James Theatre: Hello, Dolly! (January 15, 1964—December 27, 1970: 2,844 performances)
Studio 54: Cabaret (November 12, 1998—January 4, 2004: 2,144 performances)
Vivian Beaumont Theatre: Contact (March 2, 2000—September 1, 2002: 1,010 performances)
Walter Kerr Theatre: Proof (October 24, 2000—January 5, 2003: 917 performances)
Photo by Photo by Joan Marcus
Winter Garden Theatre: Cats (September 23, 1982—September 10, 2000: 7,485 performances)
