Can you name the longest running Broadway shows?

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Longest-Running Broadway Quiz

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Created by: PhilSandifer -
Published: December 17th, 2008
Category: Entertainment
Plays: 69,712

Tags: Show Quizzes, Broadway Quizzes, longest, running, debuted, longest-running, performance

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	Rackie:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 16:04 GMT	1 point
	Ooh will there be a West End one too?

	Tim_Allen:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 16:13 GMT	9 points
	Loved this quiz. Well done.

	ku_sucks:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 16:17 GMT	4 points
	damn! no spamelot. i'm not much of a theater type...

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	bluesixstring:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 17:57 GMT	9 points
	Considering I make a good portion of my living playing these shows in San Francisco, it is really sad that I only got 19! I'd never even heard of 1976 and 1922. I was also shocked that Showboat wasn't on the list. Great quiz though.

	CarpeDiem:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 18:00 GMT	6 points
	GREAT quiz, Phil!!! Can't believe I didn't think of doing this one. I, too, am shocked at what wasn't on the list: Show Boat, Music Man, Guys & Dolls, etc. Anyway, terrifically fun and a brilliant idea!

	Annie1:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 18:08 GMT	4 points
	I could've sworn that 1976 was off-broadway so I didn't even try it. 18 right. Great quiz!

	hsox05:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 18:45 GMT	1 point
	Cool, i got my shoutout. Thanks sporcle! lol

	yankeessuck8991:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 19:33 GMT	1 point
	and with the economy right now, everything is closing :(

	Kyle :	Dec 17th, 2008 at 20:43 GMT	1 point
	great quiz, got me in the mood for my theatre final tomorrow... 17/30. not too shabby in my opinion

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	shel99:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 21:19 GMT	2 points
	got exactly half...and felt pretty dumb at seeing some that I missed!

	ruffnerj:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 21:32 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz. I'm a total B'way dork and I only got 25/30. Missed some of the old plays and a few I should have known. How about a quiz for the Best Musical Tony winners?

	ruffnerj:	Dec 17th, 2008 at 21:39 GMT	4 points
	Regarding 1976, a lot of people question whether the Edison Theater was a true Broadway house. It is the longest running Broadway revival, though the marquee over 1996 (#8) makes that claim, erroneously...at least until around 2012.

	drza:	Dec 18th, 2008 at 01:08 GMT	-2 points
	The Simpsons led me to believe a Streetcar named desire was a broadway play....oh well,i got 9 right which is 9 more than the amount of plays I've ever seen

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	cls121389:	Dec 18th, 2008 at 04:49 GMT	0 points
	Mamma Mia!

	davidr:	Dec 18th, 2008 at 09:30 GMT	2 points
	@annie: You were an M short.

	sethmurphy:	Dec 18th, 2008 at 19:33 GMT	3 points
	i have actually seen 16 of those shows... not bad

	Link:	Dec 20th, 2008 at 02:24 GMT	2 points
	Woo Hoo! I Got Two! Some Of Them Were Obvious But I Couldn't Get Them. All In All Great, Quiz!

	hsox05:	Dec 22nd, 2008 at 12:58 GMT	2 points
	I am actually a little surprised no one has mentiuoned this yet, but you might want to consider making "Les Mis" and "Les Miz" acceptable answers for Les Miserables. Almost nobody calls that show the full name... everyone calls it "Les Miz"

	truth in advertising:	Dec 24th, 2008 at 07:17 GMT	3 points
	I have a quibble with including "Chicago" in this list. As it says in the directions given above, "Revivals and re-runs are not counted toward performance totals". The original run began in 1975 and went about 1000 performances. The 1996 production was a revival, and it was this that went on for more than 5000 performances. I'm not trying to remove this wonderful show from the list, but perhaps the rules could be clarified for its inclusion.

	hsox05:	Dec 24th, 2008 at 13:54 GMT	2 points
	That threw me a bit at first the way it was worded too. It's saying the revival run is not included in the original run, as in no cumulative performance totals are going to count if it has had more than one broadway run. So in the case of Chicago.. it ran 936 originally. The note was to show that Chicago has run 5012 shows... not 5,948 shows by including the original run. There are shows that would probably make the list if you ADDED their original run to the revival.

	mike3316:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 19:19 GMT	-2 points
	Got 24/30 ... not bad considering when I saw the names for 76/39/33/65/22/95 I'd never heard of any of them.

	newenglander:	Feb 19th, 2009 at 01:38 GMT	0 points
	Wicked!

	ruffnerj:	Mar 24th, 2009 at 13:42 GMT	2 points
	The #8 show surpasses #7 tonight! Time for an update.

	Amanda:	May 17th, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	2 points
	Maybe the exclamation marks shouldn't be necessary for certain titles? I know I missed a couple because of it.

	JesusFreak:	Jun 10th, 2009 at 23:19 GMT	0 points
	21/30. I was very happy to see phantom of the opera at the top. Real happy to see wicked up there too.:) was sad that west side story did not make it.

	btroup1:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 15:08 GMT	7 points
	At least have a bonus answer for those who spent a minute typing "Joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat." :-)

	ruffnerj:	Aug 11th, 2009 at 05:49 GMT	0 points
	Dec 2009: Wicked gets revenge for Tony night when it passes Ave Q...

	webmaestro2000:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 00:28 GMT	1 point
	wow was I terrible at this. Still, fun quiz!

	Shotgunnova:	Oct 7th, 2009 at 19:16 GMT	1 point
	Haha, I did horribly -- still fun though.

	Veghead:	Oct 8th, 2009 at 17:14 GMT	1 point
	I couldn't believe West Side Story didn't make the list. I looked it up - a mere 732 Broadway performances. Not even close. Phantom was obvious. I can't believe I missed Cats.

	fortunateizzi:	Jun 14th, 2010 at 04:13 GMT	2 points
	20/30. I was a little surprised there was no Sondheim.

	zlb33:	Jun 22nd, 2010 at 21:24 GMT	1 point
	my favorite one (West Side Story) didnt even make the list. I saw Wicked over in England's WestEnd. Pretty damn good show.

	analyzethis:	Sep 18th, 2011 at 17:56 GMT	1 point
	This really needs to be updated.

	yearsofsilence:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 05:39 GMT	1 point
	@fortunateizzi I was also surprised at the lack of Sondheim. Really great quiz!