10 Longest Running Broadway Shows Revealed, 1 Musical About to Rise in Ranks!

1. The Phantom of the Opera

Opened: January 26, 1988
No. of Shows: 13,973
Description: With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and based on Gaston Leroux’s horror novel, the show “tells the enticing story of The Phantom, who haunts the stage of the Paris Opera and subsequently falls in love with a beautiful young soprano.”

The longest-running musical will close April 16, 2023 after a 35-year run and 13,981 performances.

It was just revealed that the show might be coming back…