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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#25
Posted: 7/2/16 at 11:22am

Child's play. Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen ("Ring Cycle" Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show is 15 hours long.

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#26
Posted: 7/2/16 at 11:58am

The Ring Cycle uncut is over 15 hours long...but presented as four operas on four successive evenings. That's not really what is being discussed here. (And when we discuss opera, it should be acknowledged that a lot of the length of some opera evenings come from the long intermissions)

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#27
Posted: 7/2/16 at 12:04pm

Camelot was way past the usual 2.5 hour mark, no?

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#28
Posted: 7/2/16 at 1:43pm

I seem to recall reading that Camelot was running close to, if not over, four hours up in Toronto before it first came to Broadway. I believe most current productions do come in under three hours, though close.

Most productions of Gypsy and My Fair Lady clock in at close to 3 hours as well.

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#29
Posted: 7/3/16 at 12:19pm

As I recall, Nicholby could only be see in a single day. We had a one hour dinner break and restaurants had special Nicolby tables. You reserved your place and ordered from a special menu before the noon performance. At the dinner break, you rushed to the restaurant where your names were on the table and your 1st course was waiting for you. Service was swift and we were back in our seats in plenty of time for Part Two.

I think we paid for our dinners in advance, too.

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Updated On: 7/3/16 at 12:19 PM

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#30
Posted: 7/4/16 at 7:44pm

Wasn't there a Coast of Utopia marathon few times -- 8-9 hours total?

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#31
Posted: 7/4/16 at 11:25pm

They did marathon days of the three parts of The Norman Chronicles. I remember that the first one started at 11am. I seem to recall that the last one didn't get over until almost 11pm. There were, however, lunch and dinner breaks in there.

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Longest Running Time of a Broadway Show#32
Posted: 7/5/16 at 1:06am

Phantom of the Opera was 15 hours, right?

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