New Record Set on Broadway

Last night, The Phantom of the Opera played on Broadway for the 7,486th time, making it the longest-running show in Broadway history. Even more amazing is that Cats is in second place with 7,485 performances. Behind that is Les Miserables, which closed in May 2003 with 6,680. How is that possible?

In case you hadn't heard, The Light in the Piazza is scheduled to close on July 2nd of this year, only a year and three months after it opened. And yet The Lion King and Mamma Mia! are still going as strong as ever. I guess audiences aren't interested in substance anymore. Sigh.