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

5. Cats

Opened: October 7, 1982
Closed: September 10, 2000
No. of Shows: 7,485
Description: Based on the TS Eliot poetry book, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” the musical features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and centers on a tribe of cats as they come together for the Jellicle Ball to decided who will ascend to the Heaviside Layer (aka Heaven) and be reborn.