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Longest-running Broadway Shows Quiz

How well do you know the longest-running Broadway shows? Floored turns the ranking into a building: floor 1 is the top of the list. We name a floor, you guess what's on it, and the lift rides to whatever you picked so you know to go higher or lower.

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You get a few guesses per floor. Land it on your first guess for 10 points; a near miss still scores. After the broadway runs round, four more lists keep the ride going.

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  1. The Phantom of the Opera 13,981 performances
    Sarah Brightman, the first Christine, was married to composer Andrew Lloyd Webber at the time.
  2. Chicago 11,792 performances
    This revival began as a one-off concert staging in the Encores! series at New York City Center in 1996.
  3. The Lion King 11,417 performances
    Julie Taymor became the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for it.
  4. Wicked 8,955 performances
    It is loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel retelling the Oz story from the witch's side.
  5. Cats 7,485 performances
    It is based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, a 1939 poetry collection by T. S. Eliot.
  6. Les Miserables 6,680 performances
    The show first appeared as a French-language concept album released in 1980.
  7. A Chorus Line 6,137 performances
    It grew out of taped workshop sessions in which real Broadway dancers talked about their lives.
  8. Oh! Calcutta! 5,959 performances
    This nude revue included sketches by writers such as John Lennon and Samuel Beckett.
  9. The Book of Mormon 5,779 performances
    It was created by South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone with Robert Lopez.
  10. Mamma Mia! 5,758 performances
    Playwright Catherine Johnson wrote its story around existing songs by ABBA.
  11. Beauty and the Beast 5,462 performances
    It was Disney's first Broadway venture, opening at the Palace Theatre in April 1994.
  12. Rent 5,123 performances
    Creator Jonathan Larson died suddenly the morning of its first off-Broadway preview in 1996.
  13. Jersey Boys 4,642 performances
    It tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and won the 2006 Tony for Best Musical.
  14. Aladdin 4,581 performances
    James Monroe Iglehart won a Tony Award for playing the Genie in the original cast.
  15. Miss Saigon 4,092 performances
    It moves the plot of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly to Saigon during the Vietnam War.
  16. Hamilton 4,021 performances
    It earned a record-breaking 16 Tony nominations and won 11 awards.
  17. 42nd Street 3,486 performances
    Producer David Merrick announced director Gower Champion's death from the stage on opening night.
  18. Grease 3,388 performances
    It was first performed in 1971 at Kingston Mines, a nightclub in Chicago.
  19. Fiddler on the Roof 3,242 performances
    Its title and original set design were inspired by the paintings of Marc Chagall.
  20. Life with Father 3,224 performances
    Co-writer Howard Lindsay played the father, with his real-life wife Dorothy Stickney as the mother.
  21. Tobacco Road 3,182 performances
    This play was adapted from Erskine Caldwell's 1932 novel about poor farmers in Georgia.
  22. Hello, Dolly! 2,844 performances
    Pearl Bailey took over the lead in 1967 in an all-Black version with Cab Calloway.
  23. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2,788 performances
    First staged in two parts, it reopened on Broadway in November 2021 as a single show.
  24. My Fair Lady 2,717 performances
    Julie Andrews originated Eliza Doolittle in this adaptation of Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion.
  25. Hairspray 2,642 performances
    Harvey Fierstein won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad.
  26. Mary Poppins 2,619 performances
    It was produced jointly by Disney Theatrical Productions and Cameron Mackintosh.
  27. Avenue Q 2,534 performances
    This musical with a cast of puppets and humans won the 2004 Tony for Best Musical.
  28. Kinky Boots 2,505 performances
    Cyndi Lauper wrote the score and became the first woman to win the Best Score Tony alone.
  29. The Producers 2,502 performances
    It won 12 Tony Awards, breaking a record that had stood for 37 years.
  30. Hadestown 2,492 performances
    An early version was staged in 2006 in the small Vermont towns of Barre and Vergennes.

Source: Wikipedia: List of the longest-running Broadway shows · as of 2026-10

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