Productions7 on Broadway
| 1979 | Broadway Theatre Original. September 25, 1979 · Harold Prince | 1,567 performances · 7 Tony wins |
| 1980 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2001 | Sondheim Theatre Transfer. | |
| 2008 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2012 | Marquis Theatre Revival. April 5, 2012 · André Ptaszynski | 337 performances |
| 2012 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2025 | London Palladium Transfer. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals ALW Collection | available |
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In the literature62 passages
Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, which opened in London in 1960, held the West End long-run record for a musical until overtaken by Jesus Christ Superstar, and its Broadway facsimile—also directed by Peter Cole and designed by Sean Kenny—was the longest running musical import until overtaken by Evita. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-green-stanley-green-kay-5th-ed-rev-and-updated-by#p225
As the decades passed, music itself emerged as the primary method of telling a musical’s story, and the public became accustomed to sung-through musicals (Evita and Les Miserables ) book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p3
Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard) and Tim Rice were introduced to Broadway with this show. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p314
In this category are Sammy Glick of What Makes Sammy Run/?, Joey Evans of Pal Joey, Eva Peron of Evita, and Harry Bogen of I Can Get It for You Wholesale. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p165
In 1983, an Off-Broadway production and London run starring Evita superstar Patti Lupone (doubling as Moll and Sister Mister) and directed by John Houseman, who produced the premiere, generated a second complete recording and a television broadcast. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p153
Of these, no less than eight were bestowed in his capacity as director: Cabaret, Company, Follies (shared with Michael Bennett), the Candide revival of 1974, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Phantom of the Opera, and the Show Boat revival of 1994. book:enchanted-evenings-the-broadway-musical-from-show-boat-block-geoffrey-oxford-new#p407
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