The Most Popular Broadway Musicals of All Time
The Most Popular Broadway Musicals of All Time
These are 80+ of the most popular Broadway musicals in history, listed according to their durations on the stage. The longest running Broadway musicals are part of the American musical canon with familiar songs that people hum to themselves or sing out loud, featuring stories generations know and love. Each of these productions has been performed at least 1,000 times in New York's famous Broadway theaters.
So what are the most popular Broadway shows? From well-known classic shows like Les Misérables and Cats to newer hits like Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen, these famous musicals with the most performances still gain new fans each year. Many of them are still running to this day, such as The Phantom of the Opera, which has been performed on Broadway more times than any other production. Among the top 20 most performed shows list below, there are iconic examples of the best of the form and major works from some of the best musical theater writers, choreographers, and performers of all time.
The biggest Broadway shows have toured America and the world alike, with long runs in London's West End and the Chicago Theatre District. Others have been adapted into live TV events. And there are plenty more that would make great movies if only someone would take a shot. This list features only musicals, so you won't find any of your favorite Neil Simon plays or more recent non-musical hits. So, what are the greatest Broadway musicals of all time? Check out the list below for your answer.
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Opened on January 26, 1988. Has featured more than 13,000 performances as of the start of 2020.
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart. Richard Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber wrote the musical's book together. Stilgoe also provided ...more
Opened on November 14, 1996. Has featured more than 9,600 performances as of the start of 2020.
Chicago (Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville) is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Jazz-age Chicago, the musical is based on a ...more
Opened on November 13, 1997. Has featured more than 9,200 performances as of the start of 2020.
The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated feature film of the same name with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Roger Allers and ...more
Opened on October 30, 2003. Has featured more than 6,700 performances as of the start of 2020.
Wicked: The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life ...more
Opened on March 12, 1987. Closed on May 18, 2003. Featured 6680 performances.
Les Misérables, colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz is a sung-through musical based on the novel Les Misérables by French poet and novelist Victor Hugo. It has music by ...more
Opened on July 25, 1975. Closed on April 28, 1990. Featured 6,137 performances.
A Chorus Line is a musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Centred on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for ...more
Opened on September 24, 1976. Closed on August 6, 1989. Revival featured 5,959 performances.
Opened on June 17, 1969. Closed on August 12, 1972. Original run featured 1,314 performances.
Opened on October 18, 2001. Closed September 12, 2015. Featured 5,758 performances.
Mamma Mia! is a jukebox musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The ...more
Opened on April 18, 1994. Closed on July 29, 2007. Featured 5,461 performances.
Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton. Adapted from Walt Disney Pictures' Academy Award-winning 1991 ...more
Opened on November 6, 2005. Closed on January 15, 2017. Featured 4,642 performances.
Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe, and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is presented in a documentary-style format that dramatizes the ...more
Opened on April 11, 1991. Closed on January 28, 2001. Featured 4,092 performances.
Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly ...more
Opened on March 24, 2011. Has featured more than 3,600 performances as of the start of 2020.
The Book of Mormon is a musical comedy. First staged in 2011, the play is a satirical examination of Mormon beliefs and practices that ultimately endorses the positive power of love and service. ...more
Opened on August 25, 1980. Closed on January 8, 1989. Original run featured 3,486 performances.
Opened on May 2, 2001. Closed on January 2, 2005. Revival featured 1,524 performances.
Opened on February 14, 1972. Closed on April 13, 1980. Original run featured 3,388 performances.
Opened on May 11, 1994. Closed on January 25, 1998. Revival featured 1,505 performances.
Opened on September 22, 1964. Closed on July 2, 1972. Featured 3,242 performances.
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and ...more
Opened on January 16, 1964. Closed on December 27, 1970. Featured 2,844 performances.
Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilder's 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled ...more
Opened on March 15, 1956. Closed on September 29, 1962. Featured 2,717 performances.
My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower ...more
Opened on November 16, 2006. Closed on March 3, 2013. Featured 2,619 performances.
Mary Poppins is a musical with music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman (the Sherman Brothers) and additional music and lyrics by George Stiles and Anthony Drewe, and a ...more
Opened on July 31, 2003. Closed on September 13, 2009. Featured 2,534 performances.
Avenue Q is an American musical in two acts, conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book was written by Jeff Whitty and the show was directed by Jason ...more
Opened on April 4, 2013. Closed on April 7, 2019. Featured 2,505 performances.
Kinky Boots is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth and ...more
Opened on April 19, 2001. Closed on April 22, 2007. Featured 2,502 performances.
The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of the same name, with lyrics written by Brooks and music composed by Brooks and arranged by Glen Kelly ...more
Opened on January 12, 2014. Closed on October 27, 2019. Featured 2,416 performances.
Opened on March 19, 1998. Closed on January 4, 2004. Revival featured 2,377 performances.
Opened on November 20, 1966. Closed on September 6, 1969. Original run featured 1,165 performances.
Opened on November 22, 1965. Closed on June 26, 1971. Featured 2,328 performances.
Opened on April 7, 2009. Closed on January 18, 2015. Featured 2,328 performances.
Opened on March 2, 1995. Closed on January 16, 2000. Featured 2,036 performances.
Opened on April 7, 1949. Closed on January 16, 1954. Featured 1,925 performances.
Opened on May 28, 1974. Closed on December 31, 1978. Featured 1,920 performances.
Opened on August 6, 2015. Has featured more than 1,800 performances as of the start of 2020.
Opened on August 21, 1983. Closed on November 15, 1987. Featured 1,761 performances.
Opened on April 29, 1968. Closed on July 1, 1972. Featured 1,750 performances.
Opened on February 19, 1992. Closed on January 7, 1996. Featured 1,622 performances.
Opened on May 9, 1978. Closed on February 21, 1982. Featured 1,604 performances.
Opened on June 19, 1978. Closed on March 27, 1982. Featured 1,584 performances.
Opened on March 17, 2005. Closed on January 11, 2009. Featured 1,575 performances.
Opened on September 25, 1979. Closed on June 26, 1983. Featured 1,567 performances.
Opened on April 11, 2013. Closed on January 1, 2017. Featured 1,554 performances.
Opened on April 28, 1997. Closed on January 7, 2001. Featured 1,543 performances.
Opened on December 20, 1981. Closed on August 11, 1985. Featured 1,521 performances.
Opened on November 16, 1959. Closed on June 15, 1963. Featured 1,443 performances.
Opened on August 10, 1986. Closed on December 31, 1989. Featured 1,420 performances.
Opened on October 14, 1961. Closed on March 6, 1965. Featured 1,417 performances.
Opened on September 22, 1938. Closed on December 17, 1941. Featured 1,404 performances.
Opened on December 19, 1957. Closed on April 15, 1961. Featured 1,375 performances.
Opened on March 26, 1964. Closed on July 1, 1967. Featured 1,348 performances.
Opened on November 13, 2008. Closed on January 8, 2012. Featured 1,312 performances.
Opened on December 6, 2015. Closed on January 20, 2019. Featured 1,309 performances.
Opened on December 4, 2016. Has featured more than 1,300 performances as of the start of 2020.
Opened on October 24, 2002. Closed on December 11, 2005. Featured 1,303 performances.
Opened on December 1, 1968. Closed on January 1, 1972. Featured 1,281 performances.
Opened on March 29, 1951. Closed on March 20, 1954. Featured 1,246 performances.
Opened on October 8, 1979. Closed on August 28, 1982. Featured 1,208 performances.
Opened on November 24, 1950. Closed on November 28, 1953. Original run featured 1,200 performances.
Opened on April 14, 1992. Closed on January 8, 1995. Revival featured 1,143 performances.
Opened on March 12, 2017. Has featured more than 1,150 performances as of the start of 2020.
Opened on March 30, 2008. Closed on January 9, 2011. Featured 1,184 performances.
Opened on May 16, 1946. Closed on February 12, 1949. Original run featured 1,147 performances.
Opened on March 4, 1999. Closed on September 1, 2001. Revival featured 1,045 performances.
Opened on May 2, 2005. Closed on January 20, 2008. Featured 1,136 performances.
Opened on April 25, 1996. Closed on January 10, 1999. Featured 1,135 performances.
Opened on November 27, 1937. Closed on June 22, 1940. Featured 1,108 performances.
Opened on January 14, 1999. Closed on August 25, 2001. Featured 1,093 performances.
Opened on February 11, 1979. Closed on September 6, 1981. Featured 1,082 performances.
Opened on December 30, 1948. Closed on July 28, 1951. Featured 1,077 performances.
Opened on June 14, 2011. Closed on January 4, 2014. Featured 1,066 performances.
Opened on April 19, 1972. Closed on October 27, 1974. Featured 1,065 performances.
Opened on May 13, 1954. Closed on November 24, 1956. Featured 1,063 performances.
Opened on January 7, 1975. Closed on August 7, 1977. Featured 1,050 performances.
Opened on May 5, 1955. Closed on October 12, 1957. Featured 1,019 performances.
Opened on November 12, 1989. Closed on April 25, 1992. Featured 1,017 performances.
Opened on March 30, 2000. Closed on September 1, 2002. Featured 1,010 performances.
Opened on May 31, 1977. Closed on October 17, 1979. Featured 1,006 performances.
Opened on April 25, 1985. Closed on September 20, 1987. Featured 1,005 performances.
Opened on March 29, 2012. Closed on August 24, 2014. Featured 1,004 performances.
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