Into the next decade
22 productions opened in one decade and closed in another. Cats managed eighteen years, Les Misérables sixteen, A Chorus Line fifteen. Everything else on Broadway is a rounding error next to these.
22 in the catalogue.
| The Charlatan Harlem Opera House | 1889 | 82 perf. |
| The Merry Widow New Amsterdam Theatre | 1907 | 416 perf. |
| Shuffle Along 63rd St. Music Hall | 1921 | 504 perf. |
| Of Thee I Sing Music Box | 1931 | 441 perf. |
| Music in the Air Alvin Theatre | 1932 | 342 perf. |
| Squaring the Circle Lyceum Theatre | 1935 | 108 perf. |
| On Your Toes Imperial Theatre | 1936 | 315 perf. |
| Pal Joey Ethel Barrymore Theatre | 1940 | 374 perf. |
| Carmen Jones Broadway Theatre | 1943 | 502 perf. |
| Street Scene Adelphi Theatre | 1947 | 148 perf. |
| Chu Chem Locust Theatre | 1966 | run not recorded |
| A Chorus Line Shubert Theatre | 1975 | 6,137 perf. |
| Oh! Calcutta! Edison Theatre | 1976 | 5,959 perf. |
| Cats Winter Garden Theatre | 1982 | 7,485 perf. |
| Les Miserables Broadway Theatre | 1987 | 6,680 perf. |
| Les Misérables Broadway Theatre | 1987 | 6,680 perf. |
| Miss Saigon Broadway Theatre | 1991 | 4,092 perf. |
| Beauty and the Beast Palace Theatre | 1994 | 5,461 perf. |
| Rent Nederlander Theatre | 1996 | 5,123 perf. |
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch Jane Street Theatre (Off-Broadway) | 1998 | 857 perf. |
| Mamma Mia ! Winter Garden Theatre | 2001 | 5,758 perf. |
| Jersey Boys August Wilson Theatre | 2005 | 4,642 perf. |