Longest-Running Broadway Shows of All Time

About This Dataset

Broadway's most-performed productions by total number of performances. The Phantom of the Opera leads with 13,981 shows before closing in 2023. Chicago, The Lion King, Wicked and The Book of Mormon remain in active runs and continue to climb.

✨ AI Insight

The Phantom of the Opera (13,981) still leads the all-time list even after closing in 2023, holding a roughly 2,300-performance cushion over the currently running Chicago revival (11,680) and The Lion King (11,305). Those two are the only other productions past 11,000 and, still active, may eventually challenge Phantom. A clear tier break drops to Wicked (8,843) and then Cats (7,485), after which the field settles below 7,000. Musicals overwhelmingly dominate - nine of the ten are sung-through or score-driven shows - and four titles remain open, meaning this ranking is still being rewritten performance by performance every week.

Source: Wikipedia - List of the Longest-Running Broadway Shows

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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The Phantom of the Opera leads with 13,981 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 8,350 · median: 7,083.

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Gap in All Time: The Phantom of the Opera is 2.5× larger than The Book of Mormon.