Can you name the longest running West End shows?

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NOTE: The year run is based on the year of running the current show is in, not the number of full years completed.

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Year debuted	Show	Years Run
1952		57
1985		24
1986		23
1988		22
1981		21
1989		21
1984		17
1971		16
1989		15
1997		12

Year debuted	Show	Years Run
1999		11
1999		11
1962		10
1989		10
1972		8
2002		8
1978		7
2002		7
1966		6
1960		6

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West End Shows Quiz

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Published: July 12th, 2009
Category: Entertainment
Plays: 18,747

Tags: Show Quizzes, longest, running, west, debuted, run, end

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	Supernuke:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 04:29 GMT	2 points
	I saw longest running show on this list when I went to London as a child! I just couldn't remember the name... darn!

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	CANDM:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 04:47 GMT	15 points
	"The Lion King" should count for "Disney's The Lion King"

	DerekH:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 06:15 GMT	20 points
	At the speed I type, I was extremely disappointed that 'Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat' wasn't on the list...

	livfred:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 06:30 GMT	1 point
	Argh! I couldn't remember the name of the Queen tribute musical! I kept typing The Show Must Go On, but I knew that was wrong...

	lulubelles:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 06:41 GMT	-4 points
	Why isn't joseph on here? I saw it as a kid with Jason Donovan in it, that must have been at least 15 years ago

	jism:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 07:27 GMT	1 point
	I think the Joseph show with Jason Donovan from the early 1990's won't count because it wasn't the same version as the original Joseph musical. The newer version was extended, so it would probably come under the "no revival" rule.

	Caesar:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 10:46 GMT	-2 points
	I'm surprised Jesus Chrsit Superstar is as low down compared to the top two ... I thought it was equally as well known if not more so ... I was wrong obviously!

	Freddie:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 10:57 GMT	0 points
	I can understand why 'The Black and White Minstrel Show' didn't have 'Moustraps' longevity.

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	chambers:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 11:54 GMT	0 points
	cats?!?! cats is rubbish

	Zalx:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 12:36 GMT	-4 points
	there's loads of these that show that they have been running too long. the year started and the no. of years runnign just don't tally! and @jack - i couldn't agree more!

	davidr:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 13:20 GMT	-2 points
	There are several errors here. It's impossible for a show that opened in 1988 to have run 22 years in 2009. Likewise, 1989+21, 1999+11 and 2002+8=2010. On the other hand, the 1952 debut is still running, now in its 57th year.

	Bonzai:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 14:27 GMT	3 points
	@davidr - you are correct about the 1952 debut, it is now in its 57th year rather than 55th, but the rest of the examples you have given are not errors. The 1988 debut has been running for 21 FULL years and is now in its 22nd year, based on the opening date. Same with the other 3. So the number of years running for those shows that are currently still open are based on the year of running it is in, not the number of full years completed.

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	zalagreensbury:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 17:41 GMT	3 points
	I knew my almost insane love of Sarah Brightman would come in handy one day.

	chikka2:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 20:56 GMT	2 points
	Broadway long-runners compared to those in the West End bring home how profoundly our English-speaking cultures can differ. After typing many learned in Sporcle's Broadway quiz, I realized...Rent and Annie Get Your Gun mightn't appeal...and I had no idea what the Black and White Minstrel Show was about. Fascinating.

	k3lit0:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 05:03 GMT	2 points
	@Milkmeister- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. I'm sure the performances for the rest of this and probably next year are already scheduled. :)

	hannah:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 14:42 GMT	2 points
	the show stomp is AMAZING!!!!!

	RobH:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 17:20 GMT	3 points
	14/20. If only I had a better Memory for these things!

	Reed:	Jul 13th, 2009 at 23:15 GMT	0 points
	Lady in Black is a fantastic show. Also saw Les Mis which was fantastic as well. Stomp was well done. Starlight express? meh. I am surprised that as many times as I have been to the West End district, I have never even heard of Moustrap.

	madhatter:	Aug 28th, 2009 at 21:13 GMT	1 point
	Monk episodes!

	gollob:	Dec 24th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT	0 points
	The Black and White minstrel show was never in the West End. it was on at the Victoria Palace ,victoria. Oliver has been in the west End for at least 25 years although not contentiously ,much the same as Joseph

	alna:	Feb 23rd, 2011 at 16:56 GMT	1 point
	I would like to point out that Me and My Girl is Missing! It ran for 8 years!!