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It's Marlene Danielle.
Were you thinking of George Lee Andrews? He's not there anymore, but he might be the longest-running cast member.
http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea4-d936-a7fd-eef4dee60001&type=op#oc
Actually, it's Marlene Danielle. George Lee Andrews was in Phantom for over 20 years.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
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Marian Seldes in Deathtrap. Four years, 1,793 performances.
Just checked the interview again (where I got most of the information from) and they got her name wrong in the title but right in the interview. My mistake. Could be him. How long was he there for?
ANNIE original Broadway cast member Raymond Thorne played FDR for that musical's entire Broadway run: 1977 to 1983.
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Catherine Russell is in the Guinness Book of World Records. 29 years of Perfect Crime without ever having missed a performance.
Richard Poole has been in Phantom for an extremely long time, almost near the beginning if I'm not mistaken, as has Donna Marie Asbury with Chicago.
Then there's Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly! God knows how many performances she gave in various incarnations. Similar story with Cathy Rigby and Peter Pan.
I now remember hearing about Donna Marie Asbury. I'll have to look-up Catherine Russel. Never knew anybody did that. Missing no performances! And I know what you mean with Carol Channing, she's well known for doing Hello Dolly! so many times.
Saying that Catherine Russell hasn't missed a performance isn't entirely true. She has been out of 4 performances, all pre-scheduled absences for family weddings.
There are several cast members in THE LION KING and WICKED and CHICAGO who have been with it since the beginning. Why do they stay? It's a job! And like 'every-day people' -- actors have mortgage payments, kids to put through university, retirement savings to build, etc.
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AC126748 said: "Saying that Catherine Russell hasn't missed a performance isn't entirely true. She has been out of 4 performances, all pre-scheduled absences for family weddings.
You might very well be correct. It's been awhile since I've looked up anything about her. Still....4 performances over 29 years is pretty damn impressive.
From an interview:
Have you still only missed four performances?
Yeah. The last ones that I missed were in 1995, when my brother got married. No vacations, no sick days. I'm really healthy. I get Tuesday night off. I think I'm probably getting married this year, and I'm gonna get married on a Tuesday, at City Hall. (laughs) We'll have a honeymoon of one night, so I can work on Wednesday.
Link to said interview:
http://backstage.blogs.com/blogstage/2009/04/actress-catherine-russell-celebrates-recordbreaking-22-years-and-9000-performances-in-perfect-crime.html


joined:5/17/03
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Yul Brynner stayed with King his entire life.
He also stayed with Home Sweet Homer for its entire run and did not take a day off. The fact that it ran 1 performance helped.
God love Catherine Russell who has basically devoted her entire life to a play your local community theater would likely throw into the rubbish bin. But then if stayed in NYC for 22 years with no vacation, I think I would be a little crazy too. But I really do admire her moxie.
joined:12/29/08
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I believe Todd Michel Smith and Judine Somerville were both in Hairspray for its entire run. Todd opened and closed as IQ. Judine was a Dynamite at points throughout and an ensemble/swing I believe
The article about the newest cast changes in Phantom mentioned that Michele McConnel just recently hit her 1,700 performance as Carlotta, making her the longest running Carlotta in the Broadway company, and the actor who just left the show as Piangi had played it for over 1,500 performances.
joined:5/3/12
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Judy McClane was with Mamma Mia! for s long time although not in the same role.
I'm not sure, but she might have even been in the OBC
Tshidi Manye has been playing Rafiki on Broadway on and off for over 10 years









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Posted: 3/28/16 at 10:35am