* "The Phantom of the Opera" 10169
"Cats" 7485
"Les Misérables" 6680
* "Chicago" (Revival) 6496
"A Chorus Line" 6137
* "The Lion King" 6094
"Oh! Calcutta!" (Revival) 5959
"Beauty and the Beast" 5461
"Rent" 5124
* "Mamma Mia!" 4446
"Miss Saigon" 4097
* "Wicked" 3604
"42nd Street" 3486
"Grease" 3388
"Fiddler on the Roof" 3242
"Life With Father" 3224
"Tobacco Road" 3182
"Hello, Dolly!" 2844
* "Jersey Boys" 2758
"My Fair Lady" 2717
"Hairspray" 2641
"Avenue Q" 2534
"The Producers" 2502
"Cabaret" (Revival) 2378
"Annie" 2377
* "Mary Poppins" 2350
"Man of La Mancha" 2328
"Abie's Irish Rose" 2327
"Oklahoma!" 2212
"Smokey Joe's Cafe" 2036
"Pippin" 1944
"South Pacific" 1925
"The Magic Show" 1920
"Aida" 1852
"Gemini" 1819
"Deathtrap" 1793
"Harvey" 1775
"Dancin'" 1774
"La Cage Aux Folles" 1761
"Hair" 1750
"The Wiz" 1672
"Born Yesterday" 1642
"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" 1639
"Crazy for You" 1622
"Ain't Misbehavin'" 1604
"Monty Python's Spamalot" 1574
"Mary, Mary" 1572
"Evita" 1567
"The Voice of the Turtle" 1557
"Jekyll & Hyde" 1543
"Barefoot in the Park" 1530
"Brighton Beach Memoirs" 1530
"42nd Street" (Revival) 1524
"Dreamgirls" 1522
"Mame" 1508
"Grease!" (Revival) 1501
"Same Time, Next Year" 1453
"Arsenic and Old Lace" 1444
"The Sound of Music" 1443
"Me and My Girl" 1420
"How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" 1417
"Hellzapoppin" 1404
"The Music Man" 1375
"Funny Girl" 1348
"Mummenschanz" 1326
"Oh! Calcutta!" 1314
"Movin' Out" 1303
"Angel Street" 1295
"Lightnin'" 1291
"Promises, Promises" 1281
"Billy Elliot: The Musical" 1304
* "Rock of Ages" 1274
"The King and I" 1246
"Cactus Flower" 1234
"Sleuth" 1222
"Torch Song Trilogy" 1222
"1776" 1217
"Equus" 1209
"Sugar Babies" 1208
"Guys and Dolls" 1200
"In the Heights" 1184
"Amadeus" 1181
"Cabaret" 1165
"Mister Roberts" 1157
"Annie Get Your Gun" 1147
"Guys and Dolls" (Revival) 1144
"The Seven Year Itch" 1141
"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" 1136
* "Memphis" 1133
"Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk" 1130
"Butterflies Are Free" 1128
"Pins and Needles" 1108
"Fosse" 1100
"Plaza Suite" 1097
"They're Playing Our Song" 1082
"Grand Hotel" 1077
"Kiss Me, Kate" 1070
"Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" 1065
"The Pajama Game" 1063
"Shenandoah" 1050
"Annie Get Your Gun" (Revival) 1046
"The Teahouse of the August Moon" 1027
"Damn Yankees" 1019
"Contact" 1010
"Never Too Late" 1007
"Big River" 1005
"South Pacific" (2009 Revival) 996
"The Will Rogers Follies" 983
"Any Wednesday" 982
"Sunset Boulevard" 977
"Urinetown" 965
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" 964
"The Odd Couple" 964
"Anna Lucasta" 957
"Kiss and Tell" 956
"Show Boat" (Revival) 951
"Dracula" (Revival) 925
"Bells Are Ringing" 924
"The Moon Is Blue" 924
"Beatlemania" 920
"Proof" 917
"The Elephant Man" 916
"The Color Purple" 910
"Kiss of the Spider Woman" 906
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" 904
"Luv" 901
"The Who's Tommy" 900
"Chicago" 898
"Applause" 896
"Can-Can" 892
"Carousel" 890
"I'm Not Rappaport" 890
"Hats Off to Ice" 889
"Fanny" 888
"Children of a Lesser God" 887
"Kiss Me, Kate" (Revival) 885
"Follow the Girls" 882
"City of Angels" 878
"Camelot" 873
"I Love My Wife" 872
"The Bat" 867
"My Sister Eileen" 864
"No, No, Nanette" (Revival) 861
"Ragtime" 861
"Song of Norway" 860
"Spring Awakening" 859
"Chapter Two" 857
"A Streetcar Named Desire" 855
"Barnum" 854
"Comedy in Music" 849
"Raisin" 847
"Blood Brothers" 839
"You Can't Take It With You" 837
"La Plume de Ma Tante" 835
"Three Men on a Horse" 835
"The Subject Was Roses" 832
"Black and Blue" 824
"The King and I" (Revival) 807
"Inherit the Wind" 806
"Anything Goes" (1989 Revival) 804
"Titanic" 804

These figures come from The Broadway League and "The Otis Guernsey/Burns Mantle Theatre Yearbook: The Best Plays of 2000-2001," edited by Otis L. Guernsey Jr., as updated by Playbill.com. The totals for number of performances do not include previews. For comparison, Broadway shows generally play eight performances a week, or about 416 performances per year.

LONG RUNS OFF-BROADWAY (as of Jan. 11, 2007 unless noted)
"The Fantasticks" 17,162
*"Perfect Crime" 8,021
*"Blue Man Group: Tubes" 8,006
*"Stomp" 5,418
*"Tony n' Tina's Wedding" 4,905 (as of May 1, 2004)
*"I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" 4,345
"Nunsense" 3,672
"Threepenny Opera" 2,611
"De La Guarda" 2,475
"Forbidden Broadway (1982-87)" 2,332
"Little Shop of Horrors" 2,209

LONG RUNS IN OTHER CITIES

Here are the long-run records in selected other cities. Performance schedules vary:

BOSTON: Shear Madness; Opened January 29, 1980 at the Charles Playhouse, 11,303 performances as of Jan. 17, 2007.

CHICAGO: Shear Madness; Opened Sept. 22, 1982 at the Mayfair Theatre, closed, after 7,232 performances, Nov. 11, 1999 when the hotel that housed the theatre closed down. (The show returned to play at the Chicago Theatre Downstairs Sept. 19, 2006.)

LONDON: The Mousetrap; Opened Nov. 25, 1952 at the Ambassadors Theatre. Now at St. Martin's Theatre, 20,913 performances as of Feb. 27, 2003.

TORONTO: The Mousetrap; Opened Aug. 19, 1977 at the Toronto Truck Theatre, "over 9000 performances" (closed Jan. 18, 2004) according to a production spokesperson.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Shear Madness; Opened Aug. 12, 1987 at the Theater Lab Cabaret/JFK Center for the Performing Arts, 8,399 performances as of Jan. 1, 2007.