The Most Successful and Longest Running Broadway Show
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Seeing a Broadway Show is an activity a tourist must experience while visiting the city of new York. Producers of musicals or stage play casts well-know actors to attract audience and ensure the success of the production.Based on Broadway records musicals seems to run longer in the theaters compared to straight stage plays. The success of a show depends on how long it runs in the theater. What do you think is the most successful and longest running show in the history of Broadway?
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1.
The Phantom of Opera
Number of Performances- 7,486
Winner of seven Tony Awards in 1988 The Phantom of the Opera is a timeless story of seduction and despair and considered the World's Most Haunting Love Story.
Directed by Hal Price and Music by Andre Lloyd Webber
49 points - added 13 years ago by samutsari - 1 comment
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The musical also won 7 Drama Desk Awards in 1988
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Cats
Number of Performances- 7,485; Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Directed by Trevor Nunn
Awards-Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book, Best Original Score,Best Featured Actress - Betty Buckley,Best Costume Design,Best Lighting Design
Best Direction,
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Other awards include:
3 Drama Desk Awards in 1983
Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album in 1984
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3.
Les Miserables
Number of Performances- 7,176
Music by- Claude-Michel Schönberg; Directors- Trevor Nunn and John Caird; Awards- 1987 Tony Awards for Best Musical,Best Book of a Musical,Best Original Score,Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Michael Maguire, Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Frances Ruffelle, Best Scenic Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Direction of a Musical
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Other awards:
5 Drama Desk Awards in 1987, including Outstanding Musical
Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Show Album in 1988
Musical was revived in 2006
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4.
A Chorus Line
Number of Performances- 6,137
Music by- Marvin Hamlisch
Director- Michael Bennett
Awards- 1976 Tony Awards
Tony Award for Best Musical (Joseph Papp)
Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical (Michael Bennett)
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical (James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante)
Tony Award for Best Original Score (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban)
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Donna McKechnie)
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Sammy Williams)
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (Kelly Bishop)
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Tharon Musser)
Tony Award for Best Choreography (Michael Bennett, Bob Avian)
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5.
Oh! Calcutta!
Number of Performances- 5,959
Music by- Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis and Stanley Walden
Director-Jacques Levy
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6.
Chicago
Number of Performance- 5,868
Music by- John Kander
Directed by Rob Marshall
Awards- 6 Tony Awards in 1997, including Best Revival of a Musical
6 Drama Desk Awards in 1997, including Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1998
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7.
Beauty and the Beast
Number of Performances- 5,464 still running
Music- Alan Menken
Director- Robert Jess Roth
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8.
The Lion King
Number of Performaces - 5,453 currently running
Awards-
6 Tony Awards in 1998, including Best Musical
8 Drama Desk Awards in 1998
Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1999
Music by Elton John
Directed by- Julie Taymor
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9.
Miss Saigon
Number of Performances- 4,092
Music by- Claude-Michel Schönberg
Director- Nicholas Hytner
Awards- 1991 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical (Jonathan Pryce), Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical (Lea Salonga), Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical (Hinton Battle
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Rent
Number of Performances- 5,123
Music- Jonathan Larson
Awards- 4 Tony Awards in 1996, including Best Musical
6 Drama Desk Awards in 1996, including Outstanding Musical
Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1996
Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1996
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11.
Wicked
Number of Performances- 2,974 still running
Awards- 3 Tony Awards in 2004
7 Drama Desk Awards in 2004, including Outstanding Musical
Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2005
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12.
Mama Mia!
Number of Performaces- 3,816 Currently Running
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13.
42nd Street
Number of Performances- 3,486
Awards-2 Tony Awards in 1981, including Best Musical
2 Drama Desk Awards in 1981
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14.
Fiddler on the Roof
Number of Performances- 3,242
Awards- 9 Tony Awards in 1965, including Best Musical
A Special Tony Award in 1972 for becoming Broadway's longest-running musical
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15.
Grease
Number of Performaces- 3,388
Recipient of 2 Drama Desk Awards
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Tobacco Road
Number of Performances- 3,182
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17.
My Fair Lady
Number of Performances- 2,717
Recipient of 6 Tony Awards
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18.
Hello, Dolly!
Number of Performances- 2844
Awards-10 Tony Awards in 1964, including Best Musical
A Drama Desk Award in 1970
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Life with Father
Number of Performances-3,224
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20.
Hairspray
Number of Performances-2,642
Awards- 8 Tony Awards in 2003, including Best Musical
10 Drama Desk Awards in 2003, including Outstanding Musical
Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 2003
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