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ENTERTAINMENT
Theatre - Broadway
Longest-Running Plays
This list features the longest-running plays to appear on Broadway in New York City - including revivals.
RANK | PLAY | PERFORMANCES | YEARS |
1 | Tobacco Road | 3,289 | 1933–1941 1942; 1943; 1950 |
2 | Life with Father | 3,224 | 1939–1947 |
3 | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | 2,471 | 2018–present |
4 | Abie’s Irish Rose | 2,327 | 1922–1927 1937; 1954 |
5 | Harvey | 1,916 | 1944–1989 1970; 2012 |
6 | Born Yesterday | 1,868 | 1946–1949 1989; 2011 |
7 | Gemini | 1,819 | 1977–1981 |
8 | Deathtrap | 1,793 | 1978–1982 |
9 | Arsenic and Old Lace | 1,665 | 1941–1944 1986 |
10 | Barefoot in the Park | 1,639 | 1963–1967 |
11 | Mary, Mary | 1,572 | 1961–1964 |
12 | Same Time, Next Year | 1,453 | 1975–1978 |
References
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Life with Father. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/life-with-father-1720 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Tobacco Road. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/tobacco-road-1065 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Abie's Irish Rose. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/abies-irish-rose-1064 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-514844 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Gemini. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/gemini-4005 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Deathtrap. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/deathtrap-4042 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Harvey. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/harvey-1593 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Born Yesterday. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/born-yesterday-1768 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Mary, Mary. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/mary-mary-2296 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Barefoot in the Park. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/barefoot-in-the-park-3036 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Same Time, Next Year. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/same-time-next-year-3735 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
Internet Broadway Database. (n.d.). Arsenic and Old Lace. Available at: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/arsenic-and-old-lace-1056 (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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