A FASCINATING & EXCITING NEW PLAY COMPETITION!

Boys of Winter IRNE 2008 Nominated!

2009-02-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

Congratulations Dean Kaner & Crew!

IRNE AWARDS 2008 - The Independent Reviewers of New England Awards (IRNE'S) will take place on Monday, April 6, 2009, at 7:30pm at the Boston Center for the Arts. Here are the IRNE Nominations for productions January 1 through December 31, 2008.

SMALL THEATER CATEGORIES - Best New Play

THE BOYS OF WINTER by Barry Brodsky, Dean Kaner & Eric Small (BKS Prods.)

THE OIL THIEF by Joyce Van Dyke (Boston Playwrights' Theatre)

ACCORDING TO TIP by Dick Flavin (New Repertory Theatre)

Boys of Winter is a rock solid story and the runner up for The Last Play Standing 2. I am truly happy for Dean and his crew and happy for the crew from A.C.T. Company the work they did to put this play in motion was fantastic! Does this validate the process of the LPS? I told someone a long time that "once is luck and anything more then that is .... something else." The finalist's from the LPS 1 & 2 have set a benchmark for the new play scripts. Going forward since the average scores from LPS 1 & 2 were higher then LPS 3 the LPS 4 will only select those plays for the final round that have a score equal to or greater then the scores from the LPS 1 & 2. Again hats off to Dean and the Boys of Winter, If everything works out I may be directing the Boys of Winter in Chicago sometime this year, keep your fingers crossed. But If I don't and you hear of a production of the Boys of Winter buy a ticket I guarantee you will not be disappointed!

Script in hand (SIH) format for rehearsal & performance

2009-02-02T11:54:00.000-08:00

So I go to see this event in Chicago this past week-end and I watch 2 groups perform scripts in hand, and while the work was ok the professional production aspects specific to a SIH reading where lacking in a huge way. Different colors of paper, 3 ring notebooks (great for jugglers not for actors) papers held loose without the benefit of a staple, different color hi-lights, different color papers, notes it was all just a mess. Yes, I understand its the struggle for the art and money is tight. Unfortunately these items that everyone takes for granted take away from the struggle of creating and growing a new script. How can you find the truth of the written work in the early stage of development if your not giving the newly written text every chance to have a life that can stand on its own. The work the playwright created must be dare I say respected with clean format and structure. Here are some basics to keep in mind the next time you do any cold reading or script in hand work.

DUMP the 3 ring binders..Why? They are clumsy, distracting for the actor and the audience, they fall more often then you think and when they do papers fly in all directions like a grenade and that explosion of sounds will just take everyone right out of the moment. Not to mention the fact that every time I see a 3 ring in SIH work the side pockets are filled with hand written notes, receipts, and fast food menus! I could go on and on but I think I have made my point. Here are some other things to keep in mind.

Everyone in the cast please please use

The same color paper
A yellow hi-lighter
A stapler to keep the pages stapled together (no paperclips)
Number the pages at the center not to the left or right corner.

These are just a couple of tips to keep your focus on your SIH work as your working with a new scipt and the script moves to aspects of rehearsal & performance

More later Keith.

Trust your gut: Too much thinking leads to bad choices

2009-01-26T20:13:00.000-08:00

Trust your gut: Too much thinking leads to bad choices

January 26th, 2009 in General Science / Other

Don't think too much before purchasing that new car or television. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people who deliberate about decisions make less accurate judgments than people who trust their instincts.

"Whether evaluating abstract objects (Chinese ideograms) or actual consumer items (paintings, apartments, and jellybeans), people who deliberated on their preferences were less consistent than those who made non-deliberative judgments," write authors Loran F. Nordgren (Northwestern University) and Ap Dijksterhuis (Radboud University, The Netherlands).

In five separate studies, the researchers found that better judgments can often be made without deliberation. In the first study, participants rated Chinese ideograms for attractiveness. In a following study, participants were asked to judge paintings that were widely considered high- or low-quality. Subsequent groups of participants rated jellybeans and apartments. In all the studies, some participants were encouraged to deliberate and others to go with their gut.

The more complex the decision, the less useful deliberation became. For example, when participants rated apartments on just three primary characteristics (location, price, and size) deliberation proved useful. But when the decision became more complex (with nine characteristics) the participants who deliberated made worse decisions.

The authors believe this study has consequences for the marketplace. "If deliberative attention naturally gravitates toward highly salient or novel aspects of an object, marketers might use a deliberative mindset to focus consumers' attention toward particular aspects," explain the authors.

"For example, if a car boasts one particularly good feature (for example, safety) but has a number of other negative features (for example, expensive, bad gas mileage, poor handling), a car salesman might encourage a potential car buyer to deliberate over the pros and cons of the car, while at the same time emphasizing the importance of safety. In this way, the disturbed weighting of attributes created by deliberation might be used to highlight the one sellable feature and draw attention away from the unattractive features," write the authors.

Paper: Loran F. Nordgren and Ap Dijksterhuis. "The Devil Is in the Deliberation: Thinking too Much Reduces Preference Consistency." Journal of Consumer Research: June 2009.

Source: University of Chicago

2008-12-13T08:14:00.000-08:00

Conscious and competence

There are four stages of competence.

Stage 1. Unconsciously incompetent -- you really don't know what you don't know.

Stage 2. Consciously incompetent -- you really do know how much you don't know.

Stage 3. Consciously competent -- you know stuff, but you have to really think about it to act on it correctly.

Stage 4. Unconsciously competent -- you know stuff and you no longer have to think about it. You just do it.

What is the % of Conscious vs. Sub-Conscious in the LPS work

2008-07-20T17:18:00.000-07:00

I would propose the goal to live in "flow" / "in the moment" specific to "cold" or even "warm" reading the is....

10% Conscious
90% Sub-Conscious (What you as a Director should look to fuel and encourage are the following)

1. Creative Imagination
2. Intuition
3. Automatic Behavior
4. Habitual Behavior

Keeping on your directors palette the following ...

" The thoughts that I am guiding the actors to work toward if not anchored in any of the above 4 areas will allow the actor to repeatedly imprint the sub-conscious or the "programing" with all that crap which "feels" like good acting but usually has no foundation in the truth of the script or the truth of the moment.

Why LPS works - Scientific evidence of something..

2008-07-04T10:44:00.000-07:00

Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink - What is Blink? First impressions and the power of intuition and where judgment comes from and the kinds of things that happen in the blink of an eye.

SCIENCE JOURNAL By ROBERT LEE HOTZ

Get Out of Your Own Way

Studies Show the Value of Not Overthinking a DecisionJune 27, 2008; Page A9, fishing in the stream of consciousness, researchers now can detect our intentions and predict our choices before we are aware of them ourselves. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its mind 10 seconds before we become conscious of a decision -- an eternity at the speed of thought.
Their findings challenge conventional notions of choice.

"We think our decisions are conscious," said neuroscientist John-Dylan Haynes at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, who is pioneering this research. "But these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg. This doesn't rule out free will, but it does make it implausible." Through a series of intriguing experiments, scientists in Germany, Norway and the U.S. have analyzed the distinctive cerebral activity that foreshadows our choices. They have tracked telltale waves of change through the cells that orchestrate our memory, language, reason and self-awareness.

In ways we are only beginning to understand, the synapses and neurons in the human nervous system work in concert to perceive the world around them, to learn from their perceptions, to remember important experiences, to plan ahead, and to decide and act on incomplete information. In a rudimentary way, they predetermine our choices.

To probe what happens in the brain during the moments before people sense they've reached a decision, Dr. Haynes and his colleagues devised a deceptively simple experiment, reported in April in Nature Neuroscience. They monitored the swift neural currents coursing through the brains of student volunteers as they decided, at their own pace and at random, whether to push a button with their left or right hands. In all, they tested seven men and seven women from 21 to 30 years old. They recorded neural changes associated with thoughts using a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine and analyzed the results with an experimental pattern-recognition computer program. While inside the brain scanner, the students watched random letters stream across a screen. Whenever they felt the urge, they pressed a button with their right hand or a button with their left hand. Then they marked down the letter that had been on the screen in the instant they had decided to press the button. Studying the brain behavior leading up to the moment of conscious decision, the researchers identified signals that let them know when the students had decided to move 10 seconds or so before the students knew it themselves. About 70% of the time, the researchers could also predict which button the students would push.

With co-author Giulio Tononi, Nobel laureate Gerald Edleman explores his biology-based theory of consciousness in A Universe Of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination11.
"It's quite eerie," said Dr. Haynes. Other researchers have pursued the act of decision deeper into the subcurrents of the brain. In experiments with laboratory animals reported this spring, Caltech neuroscientist Richard Anderson and his colleagues explored how the effort to plan a movement forces cells throughout the brain to work together, organizing a choice below the threshold of awareness. Tuning in on the electrical dialogue between working neurons, they pinpointed the cells of what they called a "free choice" brain circuit that in milliseconds synchronized scattered synapses to settle on a course of action. "It suggests we are looking at this actual decision being made," Dr. Anderson said. "It is pretty fast." And when those networks momentarily malfunction, people do make mistakes. Working independently, psychologist Tom Eichele at Norway's University of Bergen monitored brain activity in people performing routine tasks and discovered neural static -- waves of disruptive signals -- preceded an error by up to 30 seconds. "Thirty seconds is a long time," Dr. Eichele said.
Such experiments suggest that our best reasons for some choices we make are understood only by our cells. The findings lend credence to researchers who argue that many important decisions may be best made by going with our gut -- not by thinking about them too much.

Dutch researchers led by psychologist Ap Dijksterhuis at the University of Amsterdam recently found that people struggling to make relatively complicated consumer choices -- which car to buy, apartment to rent or vacation to take -- appeared to make sounder decisions when they were distracted and unable to focus consciously on the problem. Moreover, the more factors to be considered in a decision, the more likely the unconscious brain handled it all better, they reported in the peer-reviewed journal Science in 2006. "The idea that conscious deliberation before making a decision is always good is simply one of those illusions consciousness creates for us," Dr. Dijksterhuis said.

Does this make our self-awareness just a second thought? All this work to deconstruct the mental machinery of choice may be the best evidence of conscious free will. By measuring the brain's physical processes, the mind seeks to know itself through its reflection in the mirror of science. "We are trying to understand who we are," said Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, "by studying the organ that allows you to understand who you are."

WSJ - Is your Freedom of Choice an Illusion?

2008-07-04T10:12:00.000-07:00

MIND READING

Your brain knows what you're going to do 10 seconds before you are aware of it, neuroscientist John-Dylan Haynes3 and his colleagues reported recently in Nature Neuroscience4. Last year In the journal Current Biology5, the scientists reported they could use brain wave patterns to identify your intentions before you revealed them.

Their work builds on a landmark 1983 paper in the journal Brain6 by the late Benjamin Libet7 and his colleagues at the University of California in San Francisco, who found out that the brain initiates free choices about a third of a second before we are aware of them. Together, these findings support the importance of the unconscious in shaping decisions. Psychologist Ap Dijksterhuis8 and his co-workers at the University of Amsterdam reported in the journal Science9 that it is not always best to deliberate too much before making a choice. Nobel laureate Francis Crick -- co-discoverer of the structure of DNA -- tackled the implications of such cognitive science in his 1993 book The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul10. With co-author Giulio Tononi, Nobel laureate Gerald Edleman explores his biology-based theory of consciousness in A Universe Of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination11.

Syntax & Language

2008-05-29T17:52:00.000-07:00

Innate "Communication" is the key - The lexicon and syntax between women and men is distinctly different don't under estimate this difference know that often what is thought to be clear and cleanly understood quite often is not the case. Ask yourself how do you communicate to assure and insure your direction is clearly, cleanly understood and accepted. Use VAK.

Ladies - Identify your 3 top, all time favorite, over the top, heat stopping best ever scenes, the ones that you can't help but stop to watch when you pass the flat screen display at Best Buy

Anchors - in Acting

2008-05-29T17:49:00.000-07:00

LPS Directing - The cold reading work will require the director to request the actor to get to specific locations in the space. When the actor gets to that location go over the specifics of the character in that specific moment, make sure the fighting for has a sharp edge. or maybe an opposite. Request the actor to remember the fighting 4 when they cross to the location, sit, stand, breath etc.

By creating Anchors using any of the guideposts in the set space your maintianing the fighting for of the scene and often charging it back up or "raising the stakes" into the scene rapidly and clearly. Identify a chair, a space on the wall, even as simple as standing, sitting and a big breath. That becomes the "Anchor" tie have the actor touch / hear / or feel that action to a specific line or script location bottom of the first column. Then step back and see what happens. The actors will move with intention (because you told them to) and when they get to the directed location the scene should get a pop or shot in the arm.

This is way more interesting then having the actor look to organically feel the best movements or just wander within the space until their next line. Most of the time the actor is still trying to feel / see / or hear the character.

Using anchors will

Keep the directing from encourageing wandering generalities
Encourage meaningful specifics.

Being in the moment or being in "FLOW"

2008-05-29T16:39:00.000-07:00

Flow with Soul is an interview with Csikszentmihalyi (btw, his name is pronounced “Chicks sent me high”).

"The fact that you were completely immersed in what you were doing, that the concentration was very high, that you knew what you had to do moment by moment, that you had very quick and precise feedback as to how well you were doing, and that you felt that your abilities were stretched but not overwhelmed by the opportunities for action.
In other words, the challenges were in balance with the skills and when those conditions were present.

You began to forget all the things that bothered you in everyday life, forget the self as an entity separate from what was going on — you felt you were a part of something greater and you were just moving along with the logic of the activity. Everyone said that it was like being carried by a current, spontaneous, effortless like a flow. You also forget time and are not afraid of being out of control. You think you can control the situation if you need to.

But it’s hard because the challenges are hard. It feels effortless and yet it’s extremely dependent on concentration and skill. So it’s a paradoxical kind of condition where you feel that you are on a nice edge, between anxiety on the one hand and boredom on the other. You’re just operating on this fine line where you can barely do what needs to be done."

In the moment or in "FLOW"? (pt 2)

2008-05-29T16:12:00.000-07:00

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,” describes flow as “being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.”
Csikszentmihalyi’s ideas on flow stemmed from his attempt to discover a path to happiness. He wanted to figure out “how to live life as a work of art, rather than as a chaotic response to external events.”

“Flow” & Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discusses what it feels like to be in flow:

1. Completely involved, focused, concentrating – with this either due to innate curiosity or as the result of training.
2. Sense of ecstasy – of being outside everyday reality.
3. Great inner clarity – knowing what needs to be done and how well it is going.
4. Knowing the activity is doable – that the skills are adequate, and neither anxious or bored.
5. Sense of serenity – no worries about self, feeling of growing beyond the boundaries of ego – afterwards feeling of transcending ego in ways not thought possible.
6. Timeliness – thoroughly focused on present, don’t notice time passing.
6. Intrinsic motivation – whatever produces “flow” becomes its own reward.

So how do you get there? Wikipedia’s entry on the subject says the following conditions help:

1. Clear goals (expectations and rules are discernable).
2. A high degree of concentration on a limited field of attention (a person engaged in the activity will have the opportunity to focus and to delve deeply into it).
3. Direct and immediate feedback (successes and failures in the course of the activity are apparent, so that behavior can be adjusted as needed).
4. Balance between ability level and challenge (the activity is neither too easy nor too difficult).
5. A sense of personal control over the situation or activity.
6. The activity is intrinsically rewarding, so there is an effortlessness of action.

The Audience - Group environment matters too.

1. A couple of flow friendly space attributes:
2. Creative spatial arrangements: Chairs, pin walls, charts, however no tables, therefore primarily work in standing and moving.
3. Playground design: Charts for information inputs, flow graphs, project summary, craziness, safe place (people can say what is usually only thought), result wall, and open topics.

Enemies of flow include fearing what other people think…

1. A major constraint on people enjoying what they are doing is always being conscious

a. Of a fear of how they appear to others

b. What these others might think.

Ecstasy includes rising above these constraining concerns of the ego. ...and mundane daily routines. Stepping outside of normal daily routines is an essential element…This might be obtained through diverse routes or activities, such as reading a novel or becoming involved in a film.

World Wide Gross (Adj for inflation)

2008-05-27T10:22:00.002-07:00

DOMESTIC GROSSES
Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation*

Note: Use the adjuster tool in the upper right-hand corner to adjust into any year's dollars.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Adjusted Gross	Unadjusted Gross	Year^
1	Gone with the Wind	MGM	$1,390,067,000	$198,676,459	1939^
2	Star Wars	Fox	$1,225,462,800	$460,998,007	1977^
3	The Sound of Music	Fox	$979,817,800	$158,671,368	1965
4	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Uni.	$975,957,800	$435,110,554	1982^
5	The Ten Commandments	Par.	$901,280,000	$65,500,000	1956
6	Titanic	Par.	$883,019,700	$600,788,188	1997
7	Jaws	Uni.	$881,182,300	$260,000,000	1975
8	Doctor Zhivago	MGM	$854,051,900	$111,721,910	1965
9	The Exorcist	WB	$760,712,400	$232,671,011	1973^
10	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Dis.	$749,920,000	$184,925,486	1937^
11	101 Dalmatians	Dis.	$687,430,700	$144,880,014	1961^
12	The Empire Strikes Back	Fox	$675,482,800	$290,475,067	1980^
13	Ben-Hur	MGM	$674,240,000	$74,000,000	1959
14	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$647,128,700	$309,306,177	1983^
15	The Sting	Uni.	$613,302,900	$156,000,000	1973
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Par.	$606,416,000	$242,374,454	1981^
17	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$593,096,200	$357,067,947	1993
18	The Graduate	AVCO	$588,731,200	$104,901,839	1967^
19	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$583,601,600	$431,088,301	1999
20	Fantasia	Dis.	$571,339,100	$76,408,097	1941^
21	The Godfather	Par.	$542,987,300	$134,966,411	1972^
22	Forrest Gump	Par.	$540,393,800	$329,694,499	1994
23	Mary Poppins	Dis.	$537,890,900	$102,272,727	1964^
24	The Lion King	BV	$531,354,700	$328,541,776	1994^
25	Grease	Par.	$529,221,700	$188,389,888	1978^
26	Thunderball	UA	$514,624,000	$63,595,658	1965
27	The Jungle Book	Dis.	$506,917,800	$141,843,612	1967^
28	Sleeping Beauty	Dis.	$500,011,300	$51,600,000	1959^
29	Shrek 2	DW	$488,830,400	$441,226,247	2004
30	Ghostbusters	Col.	$486,626,600	$238,632,124	1984^
31	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Fox	$485,438,000	$102,308,889	1969
32	Love Story	Par.	$481,587,200	$106,397,186	1970
33	Spider-Man	Sony	$478,055,100	$403,706,375	2002
34	Independence Day	Fox	$476,569,900	$306,169,268	1996
35	Home Alone	Fox	$466,011,300	$285,761,243	1990
36	Pinocchio	Dis.	$463,734,900	$84,254,167	1940^
37	Cleopatra (1963)	Fox	$462,222,200	$57,777,778	1963
38	Beverly Hills Cop	Par.	$461,992,100	$234,760,478	1984
39	Goldfinger	UA	$456,144,000	$51,081,062	1964
40	Airport	Uni.	$454,845,600	$100,489,151	1970
41	American Graffiti	Uni.	$452,114,300	$115,000,000	1973
42	The Robe	Fox	$450,327,300	$36,000,000	1953
43	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$444,643,200	$423,315,812	2006
44	Around the World in 80 Days	UA	$444,553,800	$42,000,000	1956
45	Bambi	RKO	$438,341,600	$102,247,150	1942^
46	Blazing Saddles	WB	$435,005,300	$119,500,000	1974
47	Batman	WB	$433,127,800	$251,188,924	1989
48	The Bells of St. Mary's	RKO	$431,686,300	$21,333,333	1945
49	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$423,382,400	$377,027,325	2003
50	The Towering Inferno	Fox	$422,264,600	$116,000,000	1974
51	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$413,892,200	$373,585,825	2004
52	My Fair Lady	WB	$412,800,000	$72,000,000	1964
53	The Greatest Show on Earth	Par.	$412,800,000	$36,000,000	1952
54	National Lampoon's Animal House	Uni.	$412,045,000	$141,600,000	1978^
55	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$410,769,300	$370,782,930	2004^
56	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$408,153,100	$380,270,577	2005
57	Back to the Future	Uni.	$406,268,500	$210,609,762	1985
58	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$396,497,300	$341,786,758	2002^
59	The Sixth Sense	BV	$396,144,400	$293,506,292	1999
60	Superman	WB	$394,623,900	$134,218,018	1978
61	Tootsie	Col.	$391,499,100	$177,200,000	1982
62	Smokey and the Bandit	Uni.	$391,010,500	$126,737,428	1977
63	Finding Nemo	BV	$387,601,800	$339,714,978	2003
64	West Side Story	MGM	$385,075,600	$43,656,822	1961
65	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$384,681,300	$317,575,550	2001
66	Lady and the Tramp	Dis.	$383,456,000	$93,602,326	1955^
67	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Col.	$382,359,700	$132,088,635	1977^
68	Lawrence of Arabia	Col.	$381,038,800	$44,824,144	1962^
69	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	Fox	$378,877,600	$112,892,319	1975
70	Rocky	UA	$378,675,000	$117,235,147	1976
71	The Best Years of Our Lives	RKO	$378,400,000	$23,650,000	1946
72	The Poseidon Adventure	Fox	$377,725,500	$84,563,118	1972
73	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$376,363,000	$314,776,170	2001^
74	Twister	WB	$376,254,300	$241,721,524	1996
75	Men in Black	Sony	$375,762,700	$250,690,539	1997
76	The Bridge on the River Kwai	Col.	$374,272,000	$27,200,000	1957
77	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	MGM	$370,662,900	$46,332,858	1963
78	Swiss Family Robinson	Dis.	$370,199,000	$40,356,000	1960
79	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	UA	$369,355,300	$108,981,275	1975
80	M.A.S.H.	Fox	$369,347,400	$81,600,000	1970
81	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Par.	$368,305,800	$179,870,271	1984
82	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$367,863,100	$310,676,740	2002^
83	Mrs. Doubtfire	Fox	$362,468,600	$219,195,243	1993
84	Aladdin	BV	$360,803,300	$217,350,219	1992
85	Ghost	Par.	$354,080,700	$217,631,306	1990
86	Duel in the Sun	Selz.	$351,020,400	$20,408,163	1946
87	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	BV	$348,464,400	$305,413,918	2003
88	House of Wax	WB	$347,659,600	$23,750,000	1953
89	Rear Window	Par.	$346,440,600	$36,764,313	1954^
90	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Uni.	$343,380,500	$229,086,679	1997
91	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Par.	$339,985,500	$197,171,806	1989
92	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$336,530,300	$336,530,303	2007
93	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	TriS	$334,755,900	$204,843,345	1991
94	Sergeant York	WB	$331,087,600	$16,361,885	1941
95	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$330,974,900	$260,044,825	2000
96	Toy Story 2	BV	$329,115,300	$245,852,179	1999^
97	Top Gun	Par.	$327,841,700	$176,786,701	1986
98	Shrek	DW	$325,359,600	$267,665,011	2001
99	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$322,719,900	$322,719,944	2007
100	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$321,268,000	$281,576,461	2003

Longest-Running TV Shows

2008-05-27T10:14:00.000-07:00

The first television drama aired in 1928, but it wasn't until after World War II that TV really took off. Today, satellite and cable options provide a TV smorgasbord. Although many news programs and soap operas have lasted longer, we've narrowed this list down to longest-running dramas and sitcoms in United States television history. Grab the remote and take a trip down TV's memory lane.

1. Gunsmoke (1955-1975)

Gunsmoke tops the list as the longest-running dramatic series in network television history with 635 episodes. Set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the 1870s, Gunsmoke began as a radio program in 1952, switched to the land of visual entertainment in 1955, and finally ended its 20-year run in 1975.

2. Lassie (1954-1972)

Running for 588 episodes, Lassie centered around a loyal canine companion who rescued her human family from various predicaments. Over the years, Lassie was portrayed by nine different male dogs, all descendants of the original Lassie, whose real name was Pal. During the show's run, Lassie had various owners, most notably Timmy and Jeff. Only three dogs have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Strongheart.

3. Death Valley Days (1952-1970)

In 1952, Death Valley Days, which aired as a radio show from 1930 to 1945, evolved into a successful TV show that lasted 18 seasons. A host introduced each of the 451 episodes, which were based on actual pioneer stories that took place in southeastern California and western Nevada during the late 1800s. Future President Ronald Reagan and country singer Merle Haggard were among the hosts during the show's run.

4. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966)

What began as a radio program in 1944 became a movie (Here Come the Nelsons) in 1952 and then a successful television program that ran for 435 episodes. In this wholesome show, the characters played themselves -- Ozzie and Harriet Nelson and their two sons, David and Ricky. Ozzie's roots were in music, so when Ricky's talent started to emerge, Ozzie wrote it into the story line, ending each show with a performance by his younger son. These weekly, televised performances helped skyrocket Ricky onto the pop charts, making him a teen idol as well as a successful recording artist.

5. Bonanza (1959-1973)

Airing for 430 episodes, this Western was set in the mid-1800s on a Nevada ranch called "The Ponderosa." The show revolved around the life of Ben Cartwright and his sons, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe (played by Michael Landon). Bonanza was the first series to tape all of its shows in color, and it held the number one spot on the Nielsen ratings chart from 1964 to 1967.

6. Law & Order (1990-????)

With 390 episodes (and counting) under its belt since it premiered in 1990, the key to this show's success may lie in its ever-revolving cast. None of the original actors remain on the show, and most cast members only stick around a couple of seasons. Still, the show must go on, and the New York City Police Department and District Attorney's office have their hands (and squad cars and jail cells) full as they clean up the streets of Manhattan on this award-winning drama. Halfway through each episode, the focus shifts from investigation to prosecution of the same case.

7. Dallas (1978-1991)

You'd think life on a Texas oil ranch and mansion named "Southfork" would be sublime, but not so for this feuding bunch. For 357 episodes, Dallas revolved around the wealthy Ewing family -- oil baron and patriarch Jock Ewing; his wife, Miss Ellie; and their sons, JR, Bobby, and black sheep Gary. When JR was shot in the finale of the third season, "Who Shot JR?" mania swept across the country -- and much of the world. But viewers had to wait until four episodes into the new season to find out who pulled the trigger. The episode titled "Who Done It?" was the second-most-watched show in the history of television.

8. Knots Landing (1979-1993)

These were the original desperate housewives. (In fact, Nicollette Sheridan was among the cast!) The show's premise centered on Gary Ewing (from Dallas) and his lovely bumpkin wife, Valene, who moved to California. Their neighbors included a host of dysfunctional families and through marriages, affairs, births, stolen babies, murders, novels, new business enterprises, and even a televangelist brother, this show kept viewers watching for 344 episodes.

9. Star Trek - The world of ...

Television series - 571 episodes
1 The Original Series (1966–1969) 80 episodes
2 The Animated Series (1973–1974) 22 episodes
3 The Next Generation (1987–1994) 178 episodes
4 Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) 176 episodes
5 Voyager (1995–2001) 172 episodes
6 Enterprise (2001–2005) 98 episodes

Film Grosses = $755,595,722
Films Title Release date
Star Trek: The Motion Picture December 7, 1979
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan June 4, 1982
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock June 1, 1984
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home November 26, 1986
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier June 9, 1989
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country December 6, 1991
Star Trek Generations November 18, 1994
Star Trek: First Contact November 22, 1996
Star Trek: Insurrection December 11, 1998
Star Trek Nemesis December 13, 2002
Star Trek Star Trek May 8, 2009

10. Star Wars - 4.3 Billion (not counting TV shows)

Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace	$ 431.1 million	$ 494.4 million	$ 925.5 million
Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones	$ 310.7	$ 337.6	$ 648.3
Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith	$ 380.3	$ 468.1	$ 848.4
Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope	$ 461.0	$ 339.1	$ 798.0
Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back	$ 290.2	$ 243.7	$ 533.9
Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi	$ 309.1	$ 263.7	$ 572.9

11. Dr. Who - The world of... ??? 10 Doctors total.

Worldwide Box Office - Film

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nk	TITLE	WGrossesice
1.	Titanic (1997)	$1,835,300,000
2.	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	$1,129,219,252
3.	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)	$1,060,332,628
4.	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)	$968,657,891
5.	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)	$958,404,152
6.	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)	$937,000,866
7.	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)	$922,379,000
8.	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)	$921,600,000
9.	Jurassic Park (1993)	$919,700,000
10.	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)	$892,194,397
11.	Spider-Man 3 (2007)	$885,430,303
12.	Shrek 2 (2004)	$880,871,036
13.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)	$866,300,000
14.	Finding Nemo (2003)	$865,000,000
15.	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)	$860,700,000
16.	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)	$848,462,555
17.	Independence Day (1996)	$811,200,000
18.	Spider-Man (2002)	$806,700,000
19.	Star Wars (1977)	$797,900,000
20.	Shrek the Third (2007)	$791,106,665
21.	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)	$789,458,727
22.	Spider-Man 2 (2004)	$783,577,893
23.	The Lion King (1994)	$783,400,000
24.	The Da Vinci Code (2006)	$757,236,138
25.	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	$756,700,000
26.	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)	$738,809,845
27.	The Matrix Reloaded (2003)	$735,600,000
28.	Transformers (2007)	$700,759,914
29.	Forrest Gump (1994)	$679,400,000
30.	The Sixth Sense (1999)	$661,500,000
31.	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)	$653,200,000
32.	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)	$648,200,000
33.	The Incredibles (2004)	$624,037,578
34.	Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)	$623,829,763
35.	Ratatouille (2007)	$615,935,493
36.	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)	$614,300,000
37.	The Passion of the Christ (2004)	$604,370,943
38.	War of the Worlds (2005)	$591,377,056
39.	Casino Royale (2006)	$587,607,184
40.	Men in Black (1997)	$587,200,000
41.	I Am Legend (2007)	$583,986,216
42.	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)	$572,700,000
43.	Night at the Museum (2006)	$571,063,268
44.	Armageddon (1998/I)	$554,600,000
45.	King Kong (2005)	$547,051,260
46.	Mission: Impossible II (2000)	$545,300,000
47.	Home Alone (1990)	$533,800,000
48.	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	$533,800,000
49.	Monsters, Inc. (2001)	$528,900,000
50.	The Day After Tomorrow (2004)	$527,939,919
51.	The Simpsons Movie (2007)	$525,532,370
52.	Ghost (1990)	$517,600,000
53.	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)	$516,800,000
54.	Aladdin (1992)	$501,900,000
55.	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	$494,800,000
56.	Twister (1996)	$494,700,000
57.	Toy Story 2 (1999)	$485,700,000
58.	Troy (2004)	$481,228,348
59.	Saving Private Ryan (1998)	$479,300,000
60.	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)	$471,856,431
61.	Jaws (1975)	$470,600,000
62.	Iron Man (2008)	$463,818,000
63.	Pretty Woman (1990)	$463,400,000
64.	Bruce Almighty (2003)	$458,900,000
65.	300 (2006)	$456,592,590
66.	The Matrix (1999)	$456,300,000
67.	Gladiator (2000)	$456,200,000
68.	X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)	$455,260,014
69.	Shrek (2001)	$455,100,000
70.	Cars (2006)	$454,752,771
71.	National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)	$453,739,808
72.	Mission: Impossible (1996)	$452,500,000
73.	Pearl Harbor (2001)	$450,400,000
74.	Ocean's Eleven (2001)	$444,200,000
75.	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	$440,725,045
76.	The Last Samurai (2003)	$435,400,000
77.	Tarzan (1999)	$435,200,000
78.	Meet the Fockers (2004)	$432,667,575
79.	Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)	$427,936,103
80.	Men in Black II (2002)	$425,600,000
81.	Die Another Day (2002)	$424,700,000
82.	Dances with Wolves (1990)	$424,200,000
83.	The Matrix Revolutions (2003)	$424,000,000
84.	Cast Away (2000)	$424,000,000
85.	Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)	$423,200,000
86.	The Mummy Returns (2001)	$418,700,000
87.	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)	$418,200,000
88.	The Mummy (1999)	$413,300,000
89.	Batman (1989)	$413,200,000
90.	Rain Man (1988)	$412,800,000
91.	The Bodyguard (1992)	$410,900,000
92.	Signs (2002)	$407,900,000
93.	Madagascar (2005)	$406,800,000
94.	X2 (2003)	$406,400,000
95.	Mission: Impossible III (2006)	$395,382,309
96.	Gone with the Wind (1939)	$390,500,000
97.	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)	$390,500,000
98.	Superman Returns (2006)	$389,569,408
99.	Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)	$383,900,000
100.	Grease (1978)	$379,800,000
101.	Happy Feet (2006)	$378,992,827
102.	Beauty and the Beast (1991)	$378,300,000
103.	Ice Age (2002)	$378,300,000
104.	Live Free or Die Hard (2007)	$377,520,804
105.	Godzilla (1998)	$375,800,000
106.	Click (2006/I)	$373,040,146
107.	What Women Want (2000)	$370,800,000
108.	The Fugitive (1993)	$368,700,000
109.	Hitch (2005/I)	$367,600,000
110.	True Lies (1994)	$365,200,000
111.	Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)	$365,000,000
112.	The Golden Compass (2007)	$364,083,519
113.	Notting Hill (1999)	$363,000,000
114.	Jurassic Park III (2001)	$362,900,000
115.	There's Something About Mary (1998)	$360,000,000
116.	Planet of the Apes (2001)	$358,900,000
117.	The Flintstones (1994)	$358,500,000
118.	Toy Story (1995)	$358,100,000
119.	Minority Report (2002)	$358,000,000
120.	A Bug's Life (1998)	$357,900,000
121.	Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)	$357,508,635
122.	The Exorcist (1973)	$357,500,000
123.	My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)	$356,500,000
124.	Basic Instinct (1992)	$352,700,000
125.	The World Is Not Enough (1999)	$352,000,000
126.	Batman Begins (2005)	$352,000,000
127.	GoldenEye (1995)	$351,500,000
128.	Ocean's Twelve (2004)	$351,331,634
129.	Back to the Future (1985)	$350,600,000
130.	Se7en (1995)	$350,100,000
131.	Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)	$349,200,000
132.	Hannibal (2001)	$349,200,000
133.	Deep Impact (1998)	$348,600,000
134.	Dinosaur (2000)	$347,800,000
135.	Pocahontas (1995)	$347,100,000
136.	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)	$346,600,000
137.	Top Gun (1986)	$344,800,000
138.	I, Robot (2004)	$342,795,350
139.	How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)	$340,400,000
140.	Enchanted (2007)	$339,906,877
141.	National Treasure (2004)	$337,605,002
142.	Catch Me If You Can (2002)	$337,400,000
143.	American Beauty (1999)	$336,000,000
144.	Batman Forever (1995)	$335,000,000
145.	Apollo 13 (1995)	$334,100,000
146.	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)	$333,000,000
147.	Back to the Future Part II (1989)	$332,000,000
148.	The Rock (1996)	$330,500,000
149.	Over the Hedge (2006)	$329,619,340
150.	Fantastic Four (2005)	$329,295,569
151.	Rush Hour 2 (2001)	$329,100,000
152.	Crocodile Dundee (1986)	$328,000,000
153.	The Perfect Storm (2000)	$327,000,000
154.	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)	$325,500,000
155.	The Devil Wears Prada (2006)	$324,432,962
156.	Schindler's List (1993)	$321,200,000
157.	The Mask (1994)	$320,900,000
158.	Fatal Attraction (1987)	$320,100,000
159.	Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)	$319,700,000
160.	Beverly Hills Cop (1984)	$316,400,000
161.	Air Force One (1997)	$315,000,000
162.	As Good as It Gets (1997)	$313,300,000
163.	A Beautiful Mind (2001)	$312,100,000
164.	Ocean's Thirteen (2007)	$311,144,465
165.	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)	$309,600,000
166.	Ransom (1996)	$308,700,000
167.	Runaway Bride (1999)	$307,900,000
168.	Chicago (2002)	$306,400,000
169.	Liar Liar (1997)	$306,300,000
170.	Shark Tale (2004)	$306,162,022
171.	101 Dalmatians (1996)	$304,200,000
172.	Mulan (1998)	$303,500,000
173.	Hook (1991)	$300,800,000
174.	Rocky IV (1985)	$300,400,000
175.	Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)	$300,400,000
176.	Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)	$300,000,000
177.	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)	$300,000,000
178.	Chicken Little (2005)	$298,181,507
179.	The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)	$297,986,036
180.	Stuart Little (1999)	$297,600,000
181.	Look Who's Talking (1989)	$297,100,000
182.	Meet the Parents (2000)	$295,500,000
183.	X-Men (2000)	$294,100,000
184.	Ghost Busters (1984)	$291,600,000
185.	Doctor Dolittle (1998)	$290,100,000
186.	Superman (1978)	$289,400,000
187.	The Departed (2006)	$289,373,442
188.	Shakespeare in Love (1998)	$289,100,000
189.	Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)	$289,000,000
190.	Coming to America (1988)	$288,800,000
191.	Horton Hears a Who! (2008)	$288,067,226
192.	My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)	$286,900,000
193.	Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)	$284,700,000
194.	Speed (1994/I)	$283,200,000
195.	Bee Movie (2007)	$283,197,121
196.	Batman Returns (1992)	$282,800,000
197.	Wedding Crashers (2005)	$282,718,368
198.	Casper (1995)	$282,300,000
199.	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)	$279,600,000
200.	The Polar Express (2004)	$277,810,096
201.	4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)	$277,520,333
202.	American Pie 2 (2001)	$276,400,000
203.	What Lies Beneath (2000)	$275,500,000
204.	Van Helsing (2004)	$275,025,245
205.	Jerry Maguire (1996)	$273,600,000
206.	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	$272,700,000
207.	The Bourne Supremacy (2004)	$272,549,130
208.	The Nutty Professor (1996)	$269,300,000
209.	The Green Mile (1999)	$268,700,000
210.	Bambi (1942)	$268,000,000
211.	Scooby-Doo (2002)	$267,600,000
212.	xXx (2002)	$267,200,000
213.	Indecent Proposal (1993)	$266,600,000
214.	10,000 BC (2008)	$266,044,025
215.	American Gangster (2007)	$264,627,620
216.	Jumanji (1995)	$264,600,000
217.	The Fifth Element (1997)	$263,600,000
218.	Lilo & Stitch (2002)	$262,700,000
219.	The Firm (1993)	$262,300,000
220.	Bad Boys II (2003)	$261,900,000
221.	Total Recall (1990)	$261,400,000
222.	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)	$260,405,958
223.	Scary Movie (2000)	$259,900,000
224.	Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)	$259,200,000
225.	Charlie's Angels (2000)	$258,500,000
226.	The Full Monty (1997)	$256,900,000
227.	Erin Brockovich (2000)	$256,500,000
228.	The Village (2004)	$255,395,633
229.	Waterworld (1995)	$255,200,000
230.	Cliffhanger (1993)	$255,000,000
231.	Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)	$254,400,000
232.	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)	$252,500,000
233.	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)	$251,600,000
234.	You've Got Mail (1998)	$250,700,000
235.	Hercules (1997)	$250,600,000
236.	The Truman Show (1998)	$249,200,000
237.	Babe (1995)	$249,000,000
238.	Unbreakable (2000)	$248,900,000
239.	Dumb & Dumber (1994)	$246,200,000
240.	Robots (2005)	$245,600,000
241.	Eragon (2006)	$245,230,163
242.	Rush Hour (1998)	$245,200,000
243.	Enemy of the State (1998)	$245,100,000
244.	The Godfather (1972)	$244,900,000
245.	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)	$244,100,000
246.	Back to the Future Part III (1990)	$243,700,000
247.	Wild Hogs (2007)	$243,213,584
248.	8 Mile (2002)	$242,300,000
249.	Hulk (2003)	$241,700,000
250.	Face/Off (1997)	$241,600,000
251.	The Blair Witch Project (1999)	$240,500,000
252.	'Crocodile' Dundee II (1988)	$239,600,000
253.	Out of Africa (1985)	$239,500,000
254.	Love Actually (2003)	$239,200,000
255.	Die Hard 2 (1990)	$237,700,000
256.	A Few Good Men (1992)	$237,300,000
257.	Batman & Robin (1997)	$237,200,000
258.	Saturday Night Fever (1977)	$237,113,184
259.	Dead Poets Society (1989)	$235,900,000
260.	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)	$234,400,000
261.	Eraser (1996)	$234,400,000
262.	Big Daddy (1999/I)	$233,500,000
263.	The Mask of Zorro (1998)	$233,400,000
264.	Bean (1997)	$232,000,000
265.	Hauru no ugoku shiro (2004)	$231,710,455
266.	The English Patient (1996)	$231,700,000
267.	Sister Act (1992)	$231,600,000
268.	American Wedding (2003)	$230,700,000
269.	Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)	$230,500,000
270.	The Ring (2002)	$230,100,000
271.	Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)	$230,000,000
272.	Constantine (2005)	$229,500,000
273.	Vita è bella, La (1997)	$228,900,000
274.	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)	$228,203,020
275.	Sleepless in Seattle (1993)	$227,900,000
276.	Something's Gotta Give (2003)	$227,500,000
277.	Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)	$227,300,000
278.	Juno (2007)	$226,953,030
279.	Brother Bear (2003)	$226,029,248
280.	Good Will Hunting (1997)	$225,800,000
281.	Space Jam (1996)	$225,400,000
282.	Rocky (1976)	$225,000,000
283.	One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)	$224,000,000
284.	Con Air (1997)	$223,100,000
285.	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)	$222,700,000
286.	The Little Mermaid (1989)	$222,300,000
287.	Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)	$221,953,210
288.	Presumed Innocent (1990)	$221,300,000
289.	Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)	$221,300,000
290.	Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)	$220,078,393
291.	Ghost Rider (2007)	$219,702,596
292.	Elf (2003)	$219,700,000
293.	Knocked Up (2007)	$218,734,225
294.	The Prince of Egypt (1998)	$218,400,000
295.	Flightplan (2005)	$218,306,988
296.	The Terminal (2004)	$217,845,279
297.	Wild Wild West (1999)	$217,700,000
298.	Twins (1988/I)	$216,600,000
299.	Ghostbusters II (1989)	$215,400,000
300.	The Patriot (2000)	$215,300,000
301.	The Bourne Identity (2002)	$213,500,000
302.	Pulp Fiction (1994)	$212,900,000
303.	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)	$212,300,000
304.	Vertical Limit (2000)	$212,300,000
305.	Disclosure (1994)	$212,000,000
306.	Entrapment (1999)	$211,700,000
307.	Jumper (2008)	$210,826,738
308.	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)	$210,326,386
309.	The Others (2001)	$209,700,000
310.	End of Days (1999)	$209,300,000
311.	Wo hu cang long (2000)	$209,000,000
312.	Jaws 2 (1978)	$208,900,000
313.	Red Dragon (2002)	$208,600,000
314.	Kingdom of Heaven (2005)	$208,300,000
315.	Collateral (2004)	$208,003,492
316.	Clear and Present Danger (1994)	$207,500,000
317.	Million Dollar Baby (2004)	$207,400,000
318.	Miss Congeniality (2000)	$207,000,000
319.	The Jungle Book (1967/I)	$205,800,000
320.	JFK (1991)	$205,400,000
321.	Traffic (2000)	$204,800,000
322.	Braveheart (1995)	$204,000,000
323.	Moonraker (1979)	$202,700,000
324.	The Break-Up (2006)	$202,483,135
325.	Sleepy Hollow (1999)	$202,000,000
326.	Kindergarten Cop (1990)	$202,000,000
327.	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)	$201,900,000
328.	American Pie (1999)	$201,700,000
329.	Philadelphia (1993)	$201,300,000
330.	Vanilla Sky (2001)	$201,000,000

Longest Running TV Comedies

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By number of seasons:

19 The Simpsons (Spring 2008) 14 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie And Harriet

12
My Three Sons,
King Of The Hill (Spring 2008),
South Park (Spring 2008)

11 M*A*S*H,
Cheers,
The Danny Thomas Show
Make Room For Daddy
Happy Days
The Jeffersons
Married ... With Children
Frasier
10
Murphy Brown
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Friends
9
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Love Boat
Alice
Roseanne
Family Matters
Coach
All In The Family
Night Court
The Drew Carey Show
Everybody Loves Raymond
The King Of Queens
By number of episodes: 435 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie & Harriet
420 The Simpsons (Spring 2008) 380 My Three Sons 336 The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy 275 The Donna Reed Show, Cheers
274 The Beverly Hillbillies
264 Frasier 259 Married ... With Children 256 M*A*S*H 255 Happy Days 253 The Jeffersons 252 Bewitched 249 The Andy Griffith Show 247 Murphy Brown
245 The Love Boat
238 Friends 235 King Of The Hill (Spring 2008) 234 Leave It To Beaver
233 The Drew Carey Show 222 Roseanne 214 Family Matters 210 All In The Family 209 The Facts Of Life, Everybody Loves Raymond 207 The King Of Queens 204 Home Improvement 202 Alice 201 The Cosby Show 200 Coach
193 Night Court, Will & Grace

Best Selling Music of all time - Albums

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1. Eagles: Their Greatest Hits Asylum | 1976
2. Michael Jackson: Thriller Epic | December 1982 Thriller
3. Pink Floyd: The Wall Columbia | 1979
4. Led Zeppelin: Untitled (IV) Atlantic | 1971
5. AC/DC: Back in Black Atlantic | 1980
6. piano man Billy Joel: Greatest Hits Volume I & II Columbia | 1985
7. Shania - Shania Twain:Come on Over Mercury Nashville| 1997
8. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours Reprise | 1977
9. The Beatles: The Beatles [White Album] Apple | 1968
10. Whitney Houston &Various Artists: The Bodyguard Arista | 1992
11. Boston Boston: Boston Epic | 1976
12. Alanis Morissette : Jagged Little Pill Maverick | 1995
13. Garth Brooks: No Fences Capitol | 1990
14. Hootie & the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View Atlantic | 1995
15. Eagles: Hotel California Asylum | 1976
16. Elton John: Greatest Hits MCA | 1974
17. 1967-70The Beatles: 1967-70 Apple | 1973
18. Born in the USA at MBBruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. Columbia | 1984
19. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon Harvest | 1973
20. Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Destruction Geffen | 1987
21. The Bee Gees & Various Artists: Saturday Night Fever RSO| 1977
22. Santana: Supernatural / Supernatural Arista | 1999 [Grammy Winner: Album of 1999]
23. Physical GraffitiLed Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti Swan Song | 1975
24. The Beatles: 1962-66 Apple | 1973
25. Garth Brooks: Double Live Double Live Capitol Nashville | 1998
26. Garth Brooks: Ropin' the Wind ropin' the wind Capitol | 1991
27. Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell Cleve. Int. | 1977
28. Metallica
29. Backstreet Boys: Backstreet Boys Jive| 1997
30. ... baby one more time Britney Spears: ...Baby One More Time Jive| 1999
31. O(+>Prince &the Revolution: Purple Rain Warner Bros. | 1984
32. Whitney Houston: Whitney Houston Arista | 1985
33. Backstreet Boys: Millenium Millenium Jive | 1999
34. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Columbia | 1972
35. Metallica
36. Metallica: Metallica Elektra| 1991
37. Steve Miller Band: Greatest Hits 1974-78led zeppelin ii Atlantic| 1969
38. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band: Live/1975-85 Columbia | 1986
39. Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet Mercury | 1986
40. Boyz II Men: II Motown | 1994
41. Kenny RogersKenny Rogers: Greatest Hits Liberty | 1980
42. Kenny G: Breathless Arista | 1992
43. Def Leppard: Hysteria Mercury | 1987
44. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IIled zeppelin ii Atlantic| 1969
45. Shania TwainShania Twain: The Woman In Me Mercury Nashville| 1995
46. The Beatles: Abbey Road Apple | 1969
47. Phil Collins: No Jacket Required Atlantic | 1985
48. Matchbox 20: Yourself or Someone Like You Lava/Atlantic | 1996
49. Wide Open SpacesDixie Chicks: Wide Open Spaces Open Wide/Monument/Sony | 1998
50. Forrest Gump Soundtrack: Forrest Gump Epic | 1994
51. Hot Rocks 1964-1971Rolling Stones: Hot Rock Abkco | 1971
52. Various Artists: Dirty Dancing Mercury | 1988
53. James TaylorJames Taylor: James Taylor's Greatest Hits Warner | 1976
52. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 11 Capitol | 1967 peak position: 1
54. TLC: CrazySexyCool,11, LaFace| 1994, peak position: 3
54. Ten, Pearl Jam, 11, Epic
55. Pieces of You, Jewel, 11, Atlantic
56. Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin, 11, Atlantic
57. Titanic, Various/Soundtrack, 11
58. No Strings Attached, 'N Sync, 11, Jive
59. Falling Into You, Celine Dion, 11 [Grammy Winner, Record of the Year]
60. Creed: Human Clay, 11 Wind-Up | 1999 peak position: 1
60. Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, M.C. Hammer, 10, Capitol, 1990
61. Tapestry, Carole King, 10
62. Daydream, Mariah Carey, 10, Columbia
63. Unplugged, Eric Clapton, 10
64. Eliminator, ZZ Top, 10
65. Van Halen, Van Halen, 10
58. Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, M.C. Hammer, 10, Capitol, 1990
59. Tapestry, Carole King, 10
60. Daydream, Mariah Carey, 10, Columbia
61. Unplugged, Eric Clapton, 10
62. Eliminator, ZZ Top, 10
63. Van Halen, Van Halen, 10
64. Best of the Doobies, Doobie Brothers, 10
65. Faith, George Michael, 10
66. The Joshua Tree, U2, 10
67. Can't Slow Down, Lionel Richie, 10
68. The Lion King, Elton John & Various Artists, 10 (see Best Selling Soundtracks, too!)
69. Music Box, Mariah Carey, 10
70. Like a Virgin, Madonna, 10
71. The Hits, Garth Brooks, 10
72. Dookie, Green Day, 10, 1994, Reprise
73. Greatest Hits, Journey, 10, 1988, Columbia
74. 1984(MCMLXXXIV), Van Halen, 10, 1984, Warner Bros.
75. Nevermind, Nirvana, 10
76. Legend, Bob Marley, 10, Island
77. Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt, 10, Trauma/Interscope
78. 'N Sync, 'N Sync, 10, RCA
79. Aerosmith's Greatest Hits, Aerosmith, 10, Columbia
80 The Eagles: Eagles Greatest Hits Volume II, 10 Elektra | 1982 peak position: 52
81. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin, 10 Atlantic | 1969 peak position: 10
82. Kid Rock: Devil Without A Cause, 10 Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic | 1998 peak position: 4
83. Madonna: The Immaculate Collection, 10 Sire | 1990 peak position: 2
84. Dixie Chicks: Fly, 10 Monument/Sony | 1999 peak position: 1
85. Life After Death, The Notorious B.I.G., 10/2, Bad Boy/Arista

Best Selling Single Song of all time

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Single(s) claimed to have sold at least 40 Million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
Bing Crosby	White Christmas	1942	Ballad	50 ^[1]

¹ - The actual single by all (various) artists is 70 million. The single sung by only Bing Crosby is 50 million^[2]^[3]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 30 million and 40 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
Bing Crosby	Silent Night	1935	Ballad	30 ^[4]
Elton John	Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight	1997	Pop	37 ^[1]
Shoukichi Kina	Subete No Hito No Kokoro Ni Hana Wo	1980	JPop	30 ^[5]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 20 million and 30 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
Bill Haley & His Comets	Rock Around The Clock	1954	Rock	25 ^[6]
Elvis Presley	It's Now or Never	1960	Rock	24 ^[4]
Domenico Modugno	Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare)	1958	Pop	22 ^[7]
Teixeirinha	Coracao de Luto	1960	Folk	25 ^[8]
USA for Africa	We Are the World	1985	Pop	20 ^[9]
Zager & Evans	In The Year 2525	1969	Pop	20 ^[10]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 10 million and 20 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
ABBA	Fernando	1976	Pop	10 ^[4]
Ace of Base	The Sign	1993	Pop	19 ^[11]
Alla Pugacheva	Arlekino	1974	Pop	15 ^[12]
Band Aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?	1984	Pop	10^[13] ~ 12^[14]
Barbra Streisand	Woman In Love	1980	Pop	10
The Beatles	Hey Jude	1968	Rock	10 ^[1]
The Beatles	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1964	Rock	12 ^[1]
Brotherhood of Man	Save Your Kisses for Me	1976	Pop	10 ^[4]
Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You	1991	Pop	10 ^[4]^[15]
Carl Douglas	Kung Fu Fighting	1974	Rock	10 ^[16]
Celine Dion	My Heart Will Go On	1998	Pop	10 ^[17]^[18]
Cher	Believe	1998	Pop/Dance	10 ^[19]^[20]
Cowboy Copas	Tennessee Waltz	1948	Country	10 ^[4]
Daniel Powter	Bad Day	2006	Pop
Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1956	Rock	13 ^[4]
George McCrae	Rock Your Baby	1974	Rock	11 ^[4]
Goombay Dance Band	Song Of Jamaica	1979	Pop	11 ^[4]
The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	1936	Doo-Wop	19 ^[21]
Kyu Sakamoto	Sukiyaki	1961	JPop	13 ^[22] ^[23]
Los Del Rio	Macarena	1995	Latin Pop	10^[24] - 11 ^[4]
Lou Bega	Mambo No. 5	1999	Latin Pop	12 ^[25]
Middle of the Road	Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep	1971	Pop	10 ^[4]
Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	1943	Country	11 ^[4]
Modern Talking	You're My Heart, You're My Soul	1984	Pop
Patti Page	Tennessee Waltz	1950	Country	10 ^[26]
Patrick Hernandez	Born to Be Alive	1979	Rock	11 ^[4]
Procol Harum	A Whiter Shade of Pale	1967	ballad	10 ^[4]
Roger Whittaker	The Last Farewell	1975	ballad	11 ^[4]
Roy Acuff	Wabash Cannonball	1942	Country	10 ^[4]
Shakira feat Wyclef Jean	Hips Don't Lie	2006	Latin pop	10 ^[27]
Terry Jacks	Seasons In The Sun	1974	Pop	11.5 ^[28]
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	1992	Pop	10 ^[1]
Van McCoy	The Hustle	1977	Pop/Disco	10 ^[4]
Village People	YMCA	1978	Pop/Disco	12 ^[4]

[edit] Singles claimed to have sold between 5 million and 10 million copies

Artist	Single	Released	Genre	Sales
1910 Fruitgum Company	Simon Says	1968	Pop	5 ^[4]
a-ha	Take On Me	1985	Synth-Pop	5^[29] ~ 7 ^[30]
a-ha	The Sun Always Shines On T.V.	1985	Synth-Pop	5
ABBA	Dancing Queen	1976	Pop	6 ^[4]
ABBA	Waterloo	1974	Pop	5 ^[4]
Adamo	Tombe la Neige	1964	Pop	7 ^[4]
Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman	Time To Say Goodbye	1998	Pop	5 ^[4]
The Animals	The House Of The Rising Sun	1964	Pop	5 ^[4]
Archies	Sugar, Sugar	1969	Pop	6 ^[4]
The Beatles	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	Rock	7 ^[4]
The Beatles	Get Back	1969	Rock	5 ^[4]
The Beatles	Let It Be	1970	Rock	7 ^[4]
The Beatles	She Loves You	1963	Rock	6 ^[4]
Bee Gees	Massachusetts	1967	Pop	5 ^[4]
Billy Vaughn	Sail Along Silv'ry Moon	1957	Pop	5 ^[4]
Bing Crosby	Jingle Bells	1943	Pop	6 ^[4]
Bobby Goldsboro	Honey	1968	Pop	7 ^[4]
Boney M	Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring	1978	Pop	5 ^[4]
Britney Spears	...Baby One More Time	1999	Pop	9 ^[4]
Britney Spears	Oops!...I Did It Again	2000	Pop	^{[citation needed]}
Britney Spears	Toxic	2003	Pop	5 ^[4]
Britney Spears	Me against the music	2003	Pop	5 ^[4]
C+C Music Factory	Gonna Make You Sweat	1991	Dance	5 ^[4]
Cher	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)	1990	Pop/Rock	5 ^[15]
Cher	Strong Enough	1999	Pop	^{[citation needed]}
Chic	Le Freak	1979	Pop/Disco	5^[31] ~ 6^[4]
Chipmunks	The Chipmunk Song	1958	Children/Pop	6 ^[4]
Christina Aguilera	Genie In A Bottle	1999	Pop	^{[citation needed]}
Coolio	Gangsta's Paradise	1995	hip hop	5 ^[4]^[32]
Culture Club	Do You Really Want To Hurt Me	1982	Rock	6.5 ^[33]
Daddy Yankee	Gasolina	2004	Reggaeton	5
Danyel Gérard	Butterfly	1971	Pop	7 ^[4]
Dawn	Knock Three Times	1971	Pop	7 ^[4]
Dawn	Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree	1973	Pop	6 ^[4]
Debbie Boone	You Light Up My Life	1977	Pop	6 ^[4]
Donny Osmond	Puppy Love	1971	Pop	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	A Fool Such As I/I Need Your Love Tonight	1961	Rock	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957	Rock	7 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	1960	Rock	9 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957	Rock	9 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender/Any Way You Want Me	1956	Rock	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Surrender	1961	Rock	6 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Good Luck Charm	1962	Rock	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Return To Sender	1962	Rock	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Suspicious Minds	1969	Rock	7 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Teddy Bear	1957	Rock	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Way Down	1977	Rock	5 ^[4]
Elvis Presley	Wooden Heart	1961	Rock	5 ^[4]
Engelbert Humperdinck	Release Me	1967	Pop	5 ^[4]
Enigma	Sadeness Part 1	1990	New Age	7^{[citation needed]}
Europe	The Final Countdown	1986	Hard-rock	8^{[citation needed]}
Father Abraham	The Smurf Song	1978	Pop	5 ^[4]
The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup	1969	Pop	5 ^[4]
Freddy Quinn	Heimweh	1956	Pop	8 ^[4]
Gene Autry	My Blue Heaven	1927	Pop	5 ^[4]
Gene Autry	Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer	1949	Pop	8 ^[4]
Gene Autry	That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine	1939	Pop	5 ^[4]
George Baker Selection	Una Paloma Blanca	1975	Pop	6 ^[4]
George Harrison	My Sweet Lord	1970	Pop	5 ^[4]
Georgie Fame	The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde	1968	Pop	8 ^[4]
Harry Simeone Chorale	Little Drummer Boy	1958	Pop	6 ^[4]
Hikaru Utada	Flavor of Life	2007	Jpop	8 ~ 9 ^[34]^[35]
Jackson 5	I'll Be There	1970	Pop	6 ^[4]
Janet Jackson	Together Again	1997	Pop	6 ^[36]
Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley PTA	1968	Pop	6 ^[4]
John & Sandra Steele	My Happiness	1948	Pop	5 ^[4]
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John	You're The One That I Want	1978	Pop	7 ^[4]
Julie Rogers	The Wedding	1964	Pop	7 ^[4]
Juanes	Me Enamora	2007	Latin Pop	6 ^[37]
Kylie Minogue	Can't Get You Out Of My Head	2001	Pop	5 ^[38]
Lobo	I'd Love You To Want Me	1972	Pop	5 ^[4]
Machiko Soga	Oba-Q Ondo	1966	Children/Anime/Ondo	6 ^[39]
Madonna	Vogue	1990	Dance-Pop/House	6^[40] ^[4]
Mary Hopkin	Those Were the Days	1968	Pop	8 ^[4]
Michael Jackson	Billie Jean	1983	Pop	5^[41]^[42]
Mitch Miller	March from Bridge On The River Kwai	1957	March	5 ^[4]
The Monkees	I'm a Believer	1966	Pop	8 ^[43]
Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	1968	Soul/R&B	5 ^[4]
Morris Albert	Feelings	1975	Pop	7 ^[4]
Mungo Jerry	In the Summertime	1970	Pop	6 ^[4]
Neil Diamond	Cracklin' Rosie	1970	Pop	6 ^[4]
New Seekers	I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing	1971	Pop/Folk	6 ^[4]
Nick Straker Band	A Walk In The Park	1980	Pop	9 ^[4]
Nini Rosso	Il Silenzio	1965	Pop	5 ^[4]
Nirvana	Smells Like Teen Spirit	1991	Rock	8 ^[44]
Partridge Family	I Think I Love You	1970	Pop	5 ^[4]
Pat Boone	Love Letters In The Sand	1957	Pop	5 ^[4]
Paul Anka	Diana	1957	Pop	9 ^[1]
Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra	Love Is Blue	1968	Pop	5 ^[4]
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans	I'll Be Missing You	1997	Pop	5 ^[4]
Pussycat	Mississippi	1977	Pop	7 ^[4]
Queen	Another One Bites the Dust	1980	Rock	7^{[citation needed]}
R. Kelly	I Believe I Can Fly	1996	R&B	7 ^[45]
The Rolling Stones	(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	1965	Pop	5 ^[4]
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards	Amazing Grace	1972	Pop	7 ^[4]
Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)	1967	Pop	7 ^[4]
Shakira	Whenever, Wherever	2002	Latin Pop	5^{[citation needed]}
Shocking Blue	Venus	1969	Pop	8 ^[4]
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1970	Pop	6 ^[4]
Spice Girls	Wannabe	1996	Pop	7 ^[4]
Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler	Ballad of the Green Berets	1966	Pop Ballad	6 ^[4]
Survivor	Eye of the Tiger	1982	Rock	5^[4]^[46]
Ted Daffan & His Texans	Born To Lose/No Letter Today	1943	Country	7 ^[4]
Tee Set	Ma Belle Amie	1969	Pop	6 ^[4]
Three Dog Night	Joy To The World	1971	Rock	5 ^[4]
Tino Rossi	Petit Papa Noel	1946	Christmas	5.711 ^[47]
The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight	1961	Pop	6 ^[48]
Tom Jones	Delilah	1968	Pop	5 ^[4]
The Tornados	Telstar	1962	Pop	5 ^[4]
Trini Lopez	If I Had a Hammer	1963	Pop	5 ^[4]
Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	1924	Country	6 ^[4]

Best Selling Novels of all time

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The following is a list of the fifteen best-selling novels of all time in any language.

Title	Author	Language	Approximate sales
Don Quixote	Miguel de Cervantes	Spanish	500 million
The Pilgrim's Progress	John Bunyan	English	250 million
A Tale of Two Cities	Charles Dickens	English	200 million
The Count of Monte Cristo	Alexandre Dumas	French	200 million
The Lord of The Rings	J R R Tolkien	English	150 million
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	J K Rowling	English	120 million
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie	English	100 million
The Hobbit	J R R Tolkien	English	100 million
Dream of the Red Chamber	Cao Xueqin	Chinese	100 million
The Little Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry	French	80 million
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	J K Rowling	English	77 million
The Da Vinci Code	Dan Brown	English	72 million
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	J K Rowling	English	66 million
The Catcher in the Rye	J D Salinger	English	65 million
The Alchemist	Paulo Coelho	Portuguese	65 million

Longest Running Chicago Runs

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The totals for number of performances do not include previews. Off-Broadway shows generally play, like Broadway, eight performances a week, or about 416 performances per year

Chicago Theatres - number of performances are from a number of sources, and accuracy is somewhat limited, and certain shows like Too Much Light, Lend Me a Tenor, and Forever Plaid is difficult to guesstimate as limited performances each week, but this will give some idea of the long runs in this major theatre town

10,816 *Shear Madness (1980 Chicago Theatre - downstairs)

5,408+ Flanagan's Wake (1995 Soho Playhouse)

1,948 Pump Boys and Dinettes (1948)

18th year - Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (1993 Apollo)

Lend Me a Tenor (2003 Athenaeum)

Forever Plaid (Royal George)

1,500 *Wicked (as of closing Jan 25/09) (2005 Ford Centre)

800 Good Night Ladies (1945 Blackstone)

712 Kiss and Tell (2005 Bailiwick)

630+ Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1993 Chicago)

616 Odd Couple (1966 Drury Lane)

560+ Showboat (1996 Auditorium)

528 Life With Father (1940 Blackstone)

525 Godspell (1972 Studebaker)

525 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee (2006 Dury Lane)

500+ *Color Purple (2007 Cadillac Palace)

500+ *Blue Man Group (Briar St. Theatre)

490 Cats (1985 Shubert)

455 Music Man (1959 Shubert)

420 Hair (1969 Shubert)

420 Hello Dolly (1966 Shubert)

420 Chorus Line (1978 Shubert)

385 Producers (2002 Ford Centre)

350 Promises Promises (1970 Shubert)

385 Evita (1980 Shubert)

385 Oklahoma (1943 Erlanger)

350 Cactus Flower (1968 Blackstone)

315 How to Succeed in Business (1963 Shubert)

315 Miss Saigon (1992 Auditorium)

315 Phantom of the Opera (1990 Auditorium)

280 His Way-A Tribute to the Man and His Music (Mercury)

280 Kiss Me Kate (1949 Shubert)

280 Lion King (2003 Cadillac Palace)

280 Ragtime (1998 Oriental)

210 1776 (1971 Shubert)

210 Carousel (1947 Subert)

210 Les Miserables (1988 Auditorium)

175 Flower Drum Song (1960 Shubert)

175 Pajama Game (1955 Shubert)

175 They're Playing Our Song (1979 Shubert)

175 Grease (1973 Shubert)

140+ Can Can (1955 Shubert)

140+ Lion King (revival) (2005 Cadillac Palace)

105 Mamma Mia (2001 Cadillac Palace)

105 Aida (1999 Cadillac Palace)

105 Buddy (1999 Shubert)

105 Chicago (1997 Shubert)

105 Funny Girl (1965 Shubert)

105 A Funny Thing Happened (1964 Shubert)

105+ Hats (2007 Royal George Theatre)

100+ A Steady Rain (May 4/08) (2007 Royal George Theatre)

Longest Running Off Broadway Runs

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As of January 11, 2007

17,162 Fantasticks (1960 Sullivan Street Playhouse)

8,006 *Tubes (Blue Man Group) (1991 Astor Place Theatre)

8,613 *Perfect Crime (May 27/08) (now in 20th year) (1987 Courtyard Playhouse/Second Stage/47th Street Theatre/Intar/Harold Clurman/moved to Duffy in 1994/Snapple Theatre 2005)

8,300+ (as of May 1/04) *Tony n' Tina's Wedding (1988 Washington Square Church, moved to St. Luke's and then to St. John's Church, with reception at Vinnie Black's Coliseum in Edison Hotel)

5,800+ *Stomp (13th anniversary Feb 27, 2007) (1994 Orpheum)

5,003 *I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (as of closing July 27/08) (starts 12th year as of Aug 1/08) (1996 Westside Theatre, Upstairs)

3,672 Nunsense (1985 Cherry Lane)

2,611 Threepenny Opera (1955 Theatre de Lys)

2,475 De La Guarda (1998 Daryl Roth Theatre)

2,371+ (now in 9th year July 28,2007) *Naked Boys Singing(2000 Actor's Playhouse - show moving to Theatre 4, 424 West 55th Street, on March 10/04; John Houseman Theatre Sept 2004; Julia Miles Theatre (3 perf a week; Oct 14 moves to Dodger Stages)

2,332 Forbidden Broadway (1982-87 Edition - Palssons Supper Club)

2,209 Little Shop of Horrors (1982 opened at WPA Theatre & transferred to Orpheum)

2,124 Godspell (1971 Cherry Lane; 1971 Promenade - 1976 moved to Broadway's Broadhurst, transferred to Plymouth 1976, transferred to Ambassador 1977 for additional 527 performances - total on and off Broadway - 2,645)

2,024 Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (1985 Provincetown Playhouse)

1,847 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1968 Village Gate)

1,811 Forever Plaid (1990 Steve McGraws)

1,785 Vanities (1976 Chelsea Westside)

1,702 *Donkey Show (Club El Flamingo)

1,604+ Menopause the Musical (closes May 14/06)(2002 Theatre Four,Playhouse 91)

1,597 You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (1967 Theatre 80 St. Marks)

1,408 Blacks (1961 St. Marks Playhouse)

1,381 Vagina Monologues (1999)

1,372 One Mo' Time (1979 Village Gate)

1,360 Grandma Sylvia's Funeral (1994 Soho Playhouse)

1,327 Let My People Come (1974 Village Gate)

1,268 Late Night Catechism (1996 St. Luke’s Church)

1,248+ *Altar Boys (July 22/07) (2 yrs as of Mar 1/07) (2005 New World Stages - formerly Dodger)

l,200 Donkey Show (1999 Club El Flamingo)

1,195 Driving Miss Daisy (1987 Playwrights Horizon)

1,166 Hot L Baltimore (1973 Circle in the Square)

1,165 I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It On the Road (1978 Public Theatre)

1,143 Little Mary Sunshine (1959 Orpheum)

1,126 Steel Magnolias (1987 Lucille Lortel)

1,115 Late Night Catechism (1996)

1,114 El Grande de Coca Cola (1973 Mercer Arts Center)

1,109 Proposition (2001 )

1,105 Vagina Monologues (1996 Westside Theater)

1,096 Our Sinatra (Alconquin’s Oak Room 1999, Blue Angel 1999, 1999 Reprise Room @ Dillon’s, 2003 Birdland (142))

1,069 Beau Jest (1991 Lambs)

1,052 Jewtopia (as closing Apr 29/07) (2004 Westside Theatre)

1,036 Tamara (1987 Park Avenue Armory)

1,025 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1971 Mercer-Hansberry)

1004 Slava's Snowshow (2004 Union Square Theatre) (closed Jan 14/07)

1,000 Boys in the Band (1968 Theatre Four)

1,000 Fool For Love (1983 Circle Repertory)

990 Other Peoples Money (1989 Minetta Lane)

983 Forbidden Broadway's 20th Anniversary

971 Cloud 9 (1981 Theatre de Lys)

953 Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know (2001 Triad - moved to Ibis Theatre)

947 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You (1981 Playwrights Horizon)

933 Your Own Thing (1968 Orpheum)

931 Curly McDimple (1967 Bert Wheeler)

928 Leave It to Jane (revival) (1959 Sheridan Square Playhouse)

871 Mad Show (1966 New)

857 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998 Jane Street Theater)

850 Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back (2001 Douglas Fairbanks)

840 When Pigs Fly (1996 Phoenix)

832 Mono (2000 Surf Reality)

831 Mad Show (1966 New/moved to Mark Hellinger)

831 Scrambled Feet (1979 Village Gate)

819 Effect of the Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1970 Mercer-O'Casey

800 Over the River and Through the Woods (1998 John Houseman)

796 Late Night Catechism (1997 St. Luke’s Church)

780 View From the Bridge (revival) (1965 Sheridan Square Playhouse)

763 Boyfriend (revival)(1958 Cherry Lane)

762 True West (1982 Cherry Lane)

754 Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act (1998)

733 Isn't It Romantic (1983 Playwrights Horizon)

728 Dime a Dozen (1962 Plaza 9 Music Hall)

725 Pocket Watch (1966 Actors Playhouse)

722 Connection (1959 Living Theatre)

714 Passion of Dracula (1977 Cherry Lane)

713 Love, Janis – (2001 Village Theatre)

707 Adaptation/Next (1969 Greenwich Mews)

704 Oh Calcutta (1969 Eden)

692 Scuba Duba (1967 New)

686 Foreigner (1984 Astor Place)

685 Knack....(1964 New)

675 Fully Committed (2003 Lyric Stage)

674 Club (1976 Circle in the Square Downtown)

672 Balcony (1960 Circle in the Square Downtown)

666 Penn and Teller (1985 Westside Arts)

654 Dinner With Friends (2001 Variety Arts)

638+ Vagina Monologues – (closed Jan 26/03) (1996 Here/1999 Westside Theatre)

634 Countess (1999 Greenwich St. Theatre - moved to Samuel Beckett 1999)

634 America Hurrah (1966 Pocket Theatre)

632 Cookin'(closing Aug/05) (2004 Minetta Lane)

628+ *Fantasticks (revival) as of closing Feb 24/08 (2006 Snapple Theater Center-Jerry Orbach Theater)

626 Oil City Symphony (1987 Circle in the Square Downtown)

624 Prince and the Pauper (2002 Lambs Theatre)

618 Countess ( 2004 Samuel Beckett)

615 Wit (1998 MCC Theatre)

608 Exonerated (2002 45 Bleecker)

608 Exonerated (

607 Drumstick (2005 New World Stages)

607 Hogan's Goat (1965 St. Clement's Church)

601 Master Class ( )

600 Trojan Women (1963 Circle in the Square)

600 Criss Angel: Mindfreak (2001 World Underground Theater)

600 Beehive (1986 Top of the Gate - Village Gate Upstairs)

600 Trojan Women (1963 Circle in the Square Downtown)

592 Six Characters in Search of an Author (1963 Martinique)

586 Syringa Tree (2000 NY Theater Workshop)

583 Dining Room (1982 Astor Place)

582 Three Tall Women (1994 Vineyard Theater)

582 Krapp's Last Tape/Zoo Story (1960 Provincetown Playhouse)

578 Pinter Plays (Dumbwaiter and The Collection) (1962 Cherry Lane)

576 Forbidden Broadway (1990-91 edition - Palsson's Supper Club)

575 Dames at Sea (1968 Bouwerie Lane)

574 Musical of Musicals-the Musical (2004 York,Dodger Stages)

571 Crucible (revival/transfer) (1958 Martinique)

565 Iceman Cometh (revival) (1956 Circle in the Square Downtown)

557 Last Night of Ballyhoo ( )

552 Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey (2001 Douglas Fairbanks)

545 Wit (1998 Union Square Theatre/MCC Theater)

545 Hostage (revival/transfer)(1961 One Sheridan Square)

543 What's a Nice Country Like You Doing in a State Like This? (1973 Upstairs at Jimmys)

534 Forbidden Broadway (1988-89 edition - Palsson's Supper Club)

534 Gross Indecency: Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (1997 Minetta Lane)

533 Sound of Music (revival) ( )

533 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1987 Westside Arts)

529 Six Characters in Search of an Author (revival) (1963 Martinique/Repertory Actors Theatre)

526 Forbidden Broadway: 20th Anniversary Celebration (2002 Apollo Theater)

526 All in the Timing (1994 )

513 Oleanna (1992 Orpheum)

511 Making Porn (1995 Actor's Playhouse)

509 Dirtiest Show in Town (1970 Astor Place)

504 Happy Ending/Day of Absence (1965 St. Mark's Playhouse)

501 A Shayna Maidel (1987 Westside Arts)

501 Greater Tuna (1982 Circle in the Square Downtown)

500 *My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, and I'm in Therapy (Jan 17/08) (2006 Little Shubert,Westside Theatre)

500 Fantasticks (revival) (2006 Snapple Theatre Centre (Jerry Orbach Theatre)

500 Boys From Syracuse (revival) (1963 Theatre Four)

500 Syringa Tree (Mar 9/02) (2001 Playhouse 91)

494 Sideman ( 1998 Criterion Center Stage/transfer John Golden)

493 Doubt (2005 Walter Kerr)

452 Puppetry of the Penis (2001 John Houseman)

450 How I Learned to Drive (1998 Century Theatre)

425 Marijuana-Logues (2004 Actors Playhouse)

400 Underneath the Lintel (2001 Soho Playhouse)

384 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (2006 Zipper)

100 *Fuerzabruta (Jan 18/08) (2007 Daryl Roth)

100 *Walmartopia (Dec 4/07)(closes Dec 30/07)(2007 Minetta Lane)

Longest Running Broadway Runs

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As of Sunday, June 1, 2008 - Broadway shows that have run more than 400 performances.

Shows marked with an asterisk (*) are still running.

*8,463 The Phantom of the Opera (20th Anniversary Jan 26/08) (1988 Majestic)

7,485 Cats (1982 Winter Garden)

6,680 Les Miserables (as of closing performance May 18/03) (1987 Broadway)

6,137 A Chorus Line (1975 Shubert)

5,959 Oh! Calcutta! (Revival) (1971 Belasco; 1976 Edison)

5,465 Beauty and the Beast (1994 Palace)

*5,027 Rent (1996 Nederlander)

*4,780 Chicago(Revival) (1996 Shubert)

*4,412 The Lion King (1997 New Amsterdam)

4,097 Miss Saigon (1991 Broadway)

3,486 42nd Street (1980 Winter Garden)

3,388 Grease (Original production) (1972 Eden)

3,242 Fiddler on the Roof (1964 Imperial)

3,224 Life With Father (1939 Empire)

3,182 Tobacco Road (1933 Masque)

2,844 Hello, Dolly! (1964 St. James)

*2,750 Mamma Mia (2001 Winter Garden)

2,717 My Fair Lady (1956 Mark Hellinger)

2,502 The Producers (closes Apr 22/07 with 2,502)(2001 St. James)

*2,385 Hairspray (2002 Neil Simon)

2,378 Cabaret (Revival) (1998 Kit Kat (Henry Miller) – moved to Studio 54)

2,377 Annie (1977 Alvin)

2,328 Man of La Mancha (1965 Anta Washington Square)

2,327 Abie's Irish Rose (1922 Fulton)

2,212 Oklahoma! (1943 St. James)

2,036 Smokey Joe's Cafe (1995 Virginia)

*1,998 Avenue Q (2003 Vineyard Theatre/John Golden)

1,944 Pippin (1972 Imperial)

1,925 South Pacific (1949 Majestic)

1,920 The Magic Show (1974 Cort)

*1,894 Wicked (2003 Gershwin)

1,852 Aida (2000 Palace)

1,793 Deathtrap (1978 Music Box)

1,788 Gemini (1977 Little)

1,775 Harvey (1944 48th Street)

1,774 Dancin' (1978 Broadhurst)

1,761 La Cage Aux Folles (1983 Palace)

1,750 Hair (1968 Biltmore)

1,672 The Wiz (1975 Majestic)

1,642 Born Yesterday (1946 Lyceum)

1,639 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978 46th Street)

1,622 Crazy for You (1992 Shubert)

1,604 Ain't Misbehavin' (1978 Longacre)

1,572 Mary, Mary (1961 Helen Hayes)

1,567 Evita (1979 Broadway)

1,557 Voice of the Turtle (1943 Morosco)

1,543 Jekyll & Hyde (1997 Plymouth)

1,540 42nd Street (Revival) (2001 Ford Center for the Performing Arts)

1,530 Barefoot in the Park (1963 Biltmore)

1,530 Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983 Alvin)

1,522 Dreamgirls (1981 Imperial)

1,508 Mame (musical) (1966 Winter Garden)

1,501 Grease! (revival) (1994 Eugene O’Neill)

1,453 Same Time, Next Year (1975 Brooks Atkinson)

1,444 Arsenic and Old Lace (1941 Fulton)

1,443 The Sound of Music (1959 Lunt Fontanne)

1,420 Me and My Girl (1986 Marquis)

1,417 How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961 46th Street)

1,404 Hellzapoppin (1938 46th Street)

1,375 The Music Man (Original production) (1957 Majestic)

1,348 Funny Girl (1964 Winter Garden)

1,326 Mummenschanz (1977 Bijou)

*1,320 Monty Python's Spamalot (2005 Shubert)

1,303 Movin’ Out (as of closing Dec 11/05) (2002 Richard Rodgers)

1,295 Angel Street (1941 John Golden)

1,291 Lightnin' (1918 Gaiety)

1,281 Promises, Promises (1968 Shubert)

1,246 The King and I (Original production) (1951 St. James)

1,234 Cactus Flower (1965 Royale)

1,222 Sleuth (1970 Music Box)

1,222 Torch Song Trilogy (1982 Little)

1,217 1776 (Original production) (1969 46th Street)

1,209 Equus (1974 Plymouth)

1,208 Sugar Babies (1979 Mark Hellinger)

1,200 Guys and Dolls (Original production) (1950 46th Street)

1,181 Amadeus (1980 Broadhurst)

1,165 Cabaret (Original production) (1966 Broadhurst)

1,157 Mister Roberts (1948 Alvin)

1,147 Annie Get Your Gun(Original production) (1946 Imperial)

1,144 Guys and Dolls (Revival) (1992 Martin Beck)

1,141 The Seven Year Itch (1952 Fulton)

1,128 Butterflies Are Free (1969 Booth)

1,136 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (closes Jan 20/08) (2005 Barrington Stage/Second Stage/Circle in the Square)

1,115 Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (1996 Ambassador)

1,108 Pins and Needles (1937 Labor Stage)

1,100 Fosse (1998 Broadhurst)

1,097 Plaza Suite (1968 Plymouth)

1,082 They're Playing Our Song (1979 Imperial)

1,077 Grand Hotel (1989 Martin Beck)

1,070 Kiss Me, Kate (Original production) (1948 New Century)

1,065 Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (1972 Playhouse)

1,063 Pajama Game (1954 St. James)

*1,051 *Jersey Boys (2005 August Wilson)

1,050 Shenandoah (1975 Alvin)

1,046 Annie Get Your Gun (revival) (1998 Marquis)

1,027 Teahouse of the August Moon (1953 Martin Beck)

1,019 Damn Yankees (1955 46th Street)

1,010 Contact (1999 Mitzi Newhouse)

1,007 Never Too Late (1962 Playhouse)

1,005 Big River (1985 Eugene O’Neill)

983 Will Rogers Follies (1991 Palace)

982 Any Wednesday (1964 Music Box)

977 Sunset Boulevard (1994 Minskoff)

965 Urinetown (closed January 18/04) (2001 Henry Miller's)

964 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Original Prod) (1962 Alvin)

964 Odd Couple" (1965 Plymouth)

957 Anna Lucasta (1944 Mansfield)

956 Kiss and Tell (1943 Biltmore)

953 Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know (1997)

951 Show Boat (Revival) (1995 Gershwin)

925 Dracula (Revival) (1977 Martin Beck)

924 Bells Are Ringing (1956 Shubert)

924 The Moon Is Blue (1951 Henry Miller’s)

920 Beatlemania (1977 Winter Garden)

917 Proof (2000 Walter Kerr)

916 The Elephant Man (1979 Booth)

910 Color Purple (as of closing Feb 24/08) (2006 Broadway)

906 Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Broadhurst)

904 Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Marquis)

901 Luv (1964 Booth)

900 The Who's Tommy (1993 St. James)

898 Chicago (Original production) (1975 46th Street)

896 Applause (1970 Palace)

892 Can-Can (1953 Shubert)

890 Carousel (Original production) (1945 Majestic)

890 I'm Not Rappaport (1985 Booth)

889 Hats Off to Ice (1944 Center)

888 Fanny (1954 Majestic)

887 Children of a Lesser God (1980 Longacre)

885 Kiss Me, Kate (Revival) (2000 Martin Beck)

882 Follow the Girls (1944 Century)

878 City of Angels (1989 Virginia)

873 Camelot (1960 Majestic)

872 I Love My Wife (1977 Ethel Barrymore)

867 The Bat (1920 Morosco)

864 My Sister Eileen (1940 Biltmore)

861 No, No, Nanette (Revival) (1971 46th Street)

861 Ragtime (1998 Ford Center for the Performing Arts)

860 Song of Norway (1944 Imperial)

857 Chapter Two (1977 Imperial)

855 A Streetcar Named Desire (1947 Ethel Barrymore)

854 Barnum (1980 St. James)

849 Comedy in Music (1953 John Golden)

847 Raisin (1973 46th Street)

839 Blood Brothers (1993 Music Box))

837 You Can't Take It With You (1983 Plymouth)

835 La Plume de Ma Tante (1958 Royale)

835 Three Men on a Horse (1935 Playhouse)

832 The Subject Was Roses (1964 Royale)

830 Stars on Ice (1942 Center)

824 Black and Blue (1989 Minskoff)

807 The King and I (Revival) 807 (1996 Uris)

806 Inherit the Wind (1955 National)

804 Titanic (1997 Lunt Fontanne)

804 Anything Goes (Revival) (1987 Vivian Beaumont)

796 No Time For Sergeants (1955 Alvin)

796 Fiorello (1959 Broadhurst)

792 Where’s Charley (1948 St. James)

789 Ladder (1926 Mansfield)

781 Fiddler on the Roof (revival - 2004 Minskoff)

780 Prisoner of Second Avenue (1971 Eugene O’Neill)

780 Forty Carats (1968 Morosco)

780 Lost in Yonkers (1991 Richard Rodgers)

777 The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" (2000 Ethel Barrymore)

777 M. Butterfly (1988 Eugene O’Neill)

774 Oliver (1963 Imperial)

772 Scarlet Pimpernel (1997 Minskoff)

772 Pirates of Penzance (1981 Uris)

770 Woman of the Year (1981 Palace)

769 The Full Monty (2000 Eugene O’Neill)

767 My One and Only (1983 St. James)

767 Sophisticated Ladies (1981 Lunt-Fontanne)

766 Bubbling Brown Sugar (1976 ANTA)

765 Into the Woods (1987 Martin Beck)

765 State of the Union (1945 Hudson)

761 Starlight Express (1987 Gershwin)

760 First Year (1920 Little)

756 Broadway Bound (1986 Broadhurst)

755 You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running (1967 Ambassador)

750 Two For the Seesaw (1958 Booth)

747 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1982 Royale)

742 Death of a Salesman (1949 Morosco)

742 Sons O’ Fun (1941 Winter Garden)

742 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enough (1976 Booth)

740 Candide (revival) (1974 Broadway)

740 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949 Ziegfeld)

739 Man Who Came to Dinner (1939 Music Box)

734 Call Me Mister (1946 National)

732 West Side Story (1957 Winter Garden)

732 Nine (1982 46th Street)

727 High Button Shoes (1947 New Century)

725 Finian’s Rainbow (1947 46th Street)

722 Claudia (1941 Booth)

720 Jesus Christ Superstar (1971 Mark Hellinger)

720 Gold Diggers (1919 Lyceum)

719 Carnival (1961 Imperial)

717 Diary of Anne Frank (1955 Cort)

714 I Remember Mama (1944 Music Box)

712 Tea and Sympathy (1953 Ethel Barrymore/Longacre/48th Street)

710 Junior Miss (1941 Lyceum)

709 Footloose (1998 Richard Rodgers)

706 Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969 Eugene O’Neill)

706 Secret Garden (1991 St. James)

704 Seventh Heaven (1922 Booth)

702 Gypsy (1959 Broadway)

700 Miracle Worker (1959 Playhouse)

700 That Championship Season (1972 Booth)

699 Music Man (revival) (2000 Neil Simon)

697 Da (1978 Morosco)

696 Most Happy Fella (1956 Imperial)

696 King and I (1977 Uris)

694 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955 Morosco)

693 L’il Abner (1956 St. James)

691 Children’s Hour (1934 Maxine Elliot’s)

690 Company (1970 Alvin)

688 Purlie (1970 Broadway)

687 Dead End (1935 Belasco)

686 Lion and the Mouse (1905 Lyceum)

686 White Cargo (1923 Greenwich Village Theatre)

683 Dear Ruth (1944 Henry Miller)

680 East is West (1918 Astor)

677 Come Blow Your Horn (1961 Brooks Atkinson)

674 Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Marquis) (2 yr May 1/07)

674 Defending the Caveman (1995 Helen Hayes/Booth)

*671 Chorus Line (Jan 4/08) (revival) (2006 Schoenfeld)

671 Doughgirls (1942 Lyceum)

670 Six Degrees of Separation (1990 Mitzi Newhouse/Vivian Beaumont)

670 Irene (1919 Vanderbilt)

670 Impossible Years (1965 Playhouse)

669 Tap Dance Kid (1983 Broadhurst)

669 Boy Meets Girl (1935 Cort)

667 Beyond the Fringe (1962 John Golden)

664 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962 Billy Rose)

657 The Women (1936 Barrymore)

657 Blithe Spirit (1941 Morosco)

657 Trip to Chinatown (1891 (Hoyt’s Madison Square Theatre)

654 Bloomer Girl (1944 Shubert)

654 Fifth Season (1953 Cort)

648 Rain (1922 Maxine Elliott)

645 Witness for the Prosecution (1954 Henry Miller)

644 Call Me Madam (1950 Imperial)

642 Janie (1942 Henry Miller)

640 Green Pastures (1930 Mansfield)

639 Auntie Mame (1956 Broadhurst)

637 Man For All Seasons (1961 ANTA)

634 Jerome Robbin’s Broadway (1989 Imperial)

632 Fourposter (1951 Ethel Barrymore)

627 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971 St. James)

627 Music Master (1904 Belasco)

623 Tenth Man (1959 Booth)

621 Heidi Chronicles (1989 Plymouth)

619 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005 Imperial)

618 Is Zat So? (1925 39th Street)

615 Anniversary Waltz (1954 Broadhurst)

615 Wit (1998 MCC)

614 Happy Time (1950 Plymouth)

613 Separate Rooms (1940 Maxine Elliot’s)

610 Affairs of State (1950 Royale)

609 Star and Garter (1942 Music Box)

608 Sweet Charity (1966 Palace)

608 Student Prince (1924 Jolson)

608 Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985 Imperial)

607 Bye Bye Birdie (1960 Martin Beck)

605 Riverdance on Broadway (2000 Gershwin)

604 Irene (1973 Minskoff)

603 Peg O’ My Heart (1912 Cort)

603 Broadway (1926 Broadhurst)

603 Adonis (1884 Bijou Opera House)

601 Master Class (1995 John Golden)

601 Litle Night Music (1973 Shubert)

601 Street Scene (1929 Playhouse)

600 Flower Drum Song (original) (1958 St. James)

600 Art (1997 Royale)

600 Kiki (1921 Belasco)

599 Agnes of God (1982 Music Box)

598 Wish You Were Here (1952 Imperial)

598 Don’t Drink the Water (1966 Morosco)

597 Sarafina (1988 Cort)

596 Society Circus (1905 Hippodrome)

592 Absurd Person Singular (1974 Music Box)

588 Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine (1980 John Golden)

587 Me Nobody Knows (1970 Helen Hayes)

586 The Lion and the Mouse (1905 Lyceum)

585 Two Mrs. Carrolls (1943 Booth)

583 Kismet (1953 Ziegfeld)

582 Gypsy (revival - Tyne Daly) (1989 St. James)

581 Brigadoon (1947 Ziegfeld)

581 Detective Story (1949 Hudson)

580 No Strings (1962 54th Street Theatre)

577 Brother Rat (1936 Biltmore)

576 Blossom Time (1921 Ambassador)

573 Pump Boys and Dinettes (1982 Princess)

572 Showboat (1927 Ziegfeld)

571 Show Off (1924 Playhouse)

570 Sally (1920 New Amsterdam)

569 Jelly’s Last Jam (1992 Virginia)

569 Golden Boy (1964 Majestic)

567 One Touch of Venus (1943 Imperial)

566 Real Thing (1984 Plymouth)

564 Look Homeward Angel (1957 Ethel Barrymore)

564 Morning’s at Seven (1980 Lyceum)

564 Happy Birthday (1946 Broadhurst)

561 Glass Menagerie (1945 Playhouse)

560 I Do I Do (1966 46th Street Theatre)

559 Wonderful Town (1953 Winter Garden)

558 Sweeney Todd (1979 Uris)

558 Jamaica (1957 Imperial)

557 Last Night of Ballyhoo (1997 Helen Hayes Theatre)

557 Rose Marie (1924 Imperial)

557 Strictly Dishonorable (1929 Avon Theatre)

556 Sisters Rosensweig (1993 Ethel Barrymore)

556 Great White Hope (1968 Alvin)

556 Sunrise at Campobello (1958 Cort)

556 Majority of One (1959 Shubert)

556 Toys in the Attic (1960 Hudson)

555 Stop the World I Want to Get Off (1962 Shubert)

553 Noises Off (1983 Brooks Atkinson)

553 Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 (1943 Winter Garden)

553 Floradora (1900 Casino Theatre)

552 Dial M For Murder (1952 Plymouth)

551 Peter Pan (revival) (1979 Lunt-Fontanne)

551 Good News (1927 46th Street)

548 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (revival) (1995 Richard Rodgers

547 Let’s Face It (1941 Imperial)

541 Milk and Honey (1961 Martin Beck)

541 Within the Law (1912 Eltinge)

540 Sunday in the Park With George (1984 Booth)

540 Sound of Music (revival Richard Chamberlain) (1998 Martin Beck)

540 Pal Joey (1952 Broadhurst)

540 What Makes Sammy Run? (1964 54th Street Theatre)

538 Sunshine Boys (1972 Broadhurst)

538 What a Life (1938 Biltmore)

535 Crimes of the Heart (1981 John Golden)

532 Unsinkable Molly Brown (1960 Winter Garden)

533 Damn Yankees (revival) (1994 Marquis)

531 Red Mill (revival) (1945 Ziegfeld)

531 Rumors (1989 Broadhurst)

530 Raisin in the Sun (1959 Ethel Barrymore)

527 Godspell (1976 Broadhurst; moved to Plymouth 1976; moved to Ambassador 1977 - total performances on and off Broadway 1971 Cherry Lane; 1971 Promenade) 2,645)

526 Solid Gold Cadillac (1953 Belasco)

526 Fences (1987 46th Street)

525 Doubt (2005 Walter Kerr)

524 Irma La Douce (1960 Plymouth)

524 Biloxi Blues (1985 Neil Simon)

522 Follies (1971 Winter Garden)

522 The Boomerang (1915 Belasco)

521 Rosalinda (1942 44th Street)

520 Best Man (1960 Morosco)

520 Chauve Souris (1922 49th Street Theatre)

518 Blackbirds of 1928 (1928 Liberty Theatre)

517 Side Man (1998 John Golden)

517 Gin Game (1977 John Golden)

517 Sunny (1925 New Amsterdam)

517 Victoria Regina (1935 Broadhurst)

512 Half a Sixpence (1965 Broadhurst)

511 *Curtains - as of closing June 29/08 (2007 Al Hirschfeld)

511 Fifth of July (1980 New Apollo)

511 Vagabond King (1925 Casino Theatre)

509 New Moon (1928 Imperial)

508 World of Suzie Wong (1958 Broadhurst)

507 Wonderful Town(revival – Donna Murphy, Brooke Shield) (2004 Al Hirschfeld)

507 Rothchilds (1970 Lunt-Fontanne)

505 On Your Toes (revival) (1983 Virginia)

505 Sugar (1972 Majestic)

504 Up in Central Park (1945 New Century)

504 Shuffle Along (1921 63rd Street Music Hall)

502 Carmen Jones (1943 Broadway)

501 Saturday Night Fever (1999 Minskoff)

501 Member of the Wedding (1950 Empire)

501 Personal Appearance (1934 Henry Miller)

501 Panama Hattie (1940 46th Street)

500+ *Mary Poppins (Jan 27/08)(1 year Nov 16/07)(2006 New Amsterdam)

500 Tomorrow the World (1943 Ethel Barrymore)

500 Room Service (1937 Cort)

500 Bird in Hand (1929 Booth)

500 Sailor Beware (1933 Lyceum)

500 Saturday Night Fever (1999 Minskoff)

497 Wonderful Town (2003 Hirschfeld)

496 Man From Home (1908 Astor)

494 Sideman (1999 CSC/Roundabout/John Golden)

494 Rio Rita (1927 Ziegfeld)

493 Golda's Balcony (2003 Manhattan Ensemble Theatre - moved 2003 Helen Hayes-record for longest running one person show)

492 Maytime (1917 Shubert)

486 Matchmaker (1955 Royale)

486 Hazel Kirke (1880 Madison Square)

485 Journey's End (1929)

485 Cradle Snatchers (1925 Music Box)

483 Humpty Dumpty (1868 Olympic)

481 Mexican Hayride (1944 Winter Garden/Majestic)

479 Les Miserables (revival - closes Jan 6/08) (2006 Broadhurst)

478 Silk Stockings (1955 Imperial)

478 Streamers (1976 Mitzi E. Newhouse)

478 Bus Stop (1955 Music Box)

477 Middle of the Night (1956 ANTA)

477 Deep are the Roots (1945 Fulton)

474 Pleasure of His Company (1958 Longacre)

472 Skidding (1928 Bijou)

472 Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1938 Plymouth)

468 Soldier’s Play (1981 Theatre Four)

468 Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1957 Music Box)

467 Lady in the Dark (1941 Alvin)

465 A Life (1997 Ethel Barrymore)

465 Desert Song (1926 Casino)

464 Boy From Oz (2003 Imperial)

463 Apple Tree (1966 Shubert)

463 On the Town (1944 Adelphi)

463 Oh, Boy! (1917 Princess)

461 Swing (1999 St. James)

461 Plain and Fancy (1955 Mark Hellinger)

461 Lulu Belle (1926 Belasco)

460 Once Upon a Mattress (1959 Phoenix)

457 Man Who Came Back (1916 Playhouse)

454 Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad (1962 Phoenix)

453 Play It Again Sam (1969 Broadhurst)

453 Claudia (1941 Booth)

451 Gypsy (revival Bernadette Peters) (2003 Shubert)

441 Potash and Perlmutter (1913 Cohan)

441 Of Thee I Sing (1931 Music Box)

440 Friendly Enemies (1918 Hudson)

437 Rocky Horror Show (2000 Circle in the Square)

437 Trial of Mary Dugan (1927 National)

435 What Price Glory (1924 Plymouth)

435 Turn to the Right (1916 Gaiety)

431 Bought and Paid For (1911 Playhouse)

431 New Girl in Town (1957 46th Street)

430 Six-Cylinder Love (1921 Sam H. Harris)

426 Strange Interlude (1928 John Golden)

425 Hip! Hip! Hooray (1915 Hippodrome)

424 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1910 Gaiety)

420 Anything Goes (1934 Alvin)

418 A Connecticut Yankee (1927 Vanderbilt)

417 Philadelphia Story (1939 Shubert)

416 Tarzan (2006 Richard Rodgers) - 1 yr May 10/07

415 Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1954 Plymouth)

414 Eyes of Youth (1917 Maxine Elliotts)

413 Hold Everything (1928 Broadhurst)

411 Twin Beds (1914 Fulton)

410 Little Foxes (1939 National)

410 Heiress (1947 Biltmore)

409 Command Decision (1947 Fulton)

408 DuBarry Was a Lady (1939 46th Street)

407 Gentleman From Mississippi (1908 Bijou)

406 Once in a Lifetime (1930 Music Box)

402 Follow Thru (1929 46th Street)

400 As Thousands Cheer (1933 Music Box)

400 Gypsy (revival Bernadette Peters) (2003 Shubert)

400 Metamorphoses (2001 Circle in the Square)

398 Merton of the Movies (1922 Cort)

395 Cat and the Fiddle (1927 Globe)

390 Queen High (1926 Ambassador)

385 Little Jesse James (1923 Longacre)

384 My Fair Lady (revival) (1976 St. James)

384 Late George Apley (1944 Lyceum)

383 Mr. Wonderful (1956 Broadway)

380 Early to Bed (1943 Broadhurst)

379 Whoopee (1928 New Amsterdam)

378 Watch on the Rhine (1941 Martin Beck)

378 It's a Wise Child (1928 Belasco)

376 High Spirits (1964 Alvin)

375 Sweet Bird of Youth (1958 Martin Beck)

375 Cocoanuts (1925 Lyric)

375 School For Brides (1944 Royale)

373 Scarlet Pimpernel (1997 Minskoff)

372 Beauty Queen of Leename (1998 Walter Kerr)

372 Burlesque (1927 Plymouth)

368 Sweet Charity (revival) (1986 Minskoff)

367 Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993 Ritz)

367 She Loves Me Not (1939 46th Street)

366 Captain Applejack (1921 Cort)

365 New Faces of 1952 (1952 Royale)

364 Boy From Oz (2003 Imperial)

364 J.B. (1958 Anta)

360 I Am My Own Wife (2003 Lyceum)

358 Me and Juliet (1953 Majestic)

355 Flying High (1930 Apollo)

352 Hit the Deck (1927 Belasco)

349 Under Cover (1914 Cort)

348 Dream Girl (1945 Coronet)

347 Pigs (1924 Little)

347 Politically Correct (1993 John Golden)

346 Poppy (1923 Apollo)

345 Royal Family (1927 Selwyn)

343 Hurlyburly (1984 Ethel Barrymore)

341 West Side Story (revival) (1980 Minskoff)

340 Heiress (1995 Cort)

340 Daddies (1918 Belasco)

334 Bad Seed (1954 46th Street)

333 Follies (1922 New Amsterdam)

332 Coco (1969 Mark Hellinger)

332 Northing But the Truth (1916 Longacre)

332 Say Darling (1958 Anta)

328 All My Sons (1947 Coronet)

327 Rosalie (1927 New Amsterdam)

326 Copenhagen (2000 Royale)

326 Best Foot Forward (1941 Ethel Barrymore)

324 Shirley Valentine (1989 Booth)

323 Diamond Lil (1929 Royale)

322 Carousel (revival)(1994 Vivian Beaumont)

321 Merry Widow (1943 Majestic)

321 On Borrowed Time (1938 Longacre)

320 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1993 Richard Rodgers)

319 Illya Darling (1967 Mark Hellinger)

318 Deputy (1964 Brooks Atkinson)

318 Dark of the Moon (1945 46th St)

315 Jazz Singer (1925 Fulton/Cort)

315 Allegro (1947 Majestic)

315 Polly With a Past (1917 Belasco)

312 Pink Lady (1910 New Amsterdam)

311 Little Old New York (1920 Plymouth)

309 An Ideal Husband (revival) (1996 Ethel Barrymore)

308 Moon Over Buffalo (1995 Martin Beck)

308 Having Our Say (1994 Booth)

308 Miss Liberty (1948 Imperial)

308 Angel in the Wings (1947 Coronet)

306 Evening with Micke Nichols and Elaine May (1960 John Golden)

200 *Xanadu (Dec 31/07) (2007 Helen Hayes)

167 Sail Away (1961 Broadhurst)

Highest Grossing Films Annually

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ear	Movie	Worldwide gross
1918	Mickey	$&0000000018000000.00000018,000,000
1919	The Miracle Men	$&0000000003000000.0000003,000,000
1920	Way Down East	$&0000000004500000.0000004,500,000
1921	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	$&0000000009200000.0000009,200,000
1922	Robin Hood	$&0000000002500000.0000002,500,000
1923	The Covered Wagon	$&0000000003800000.0000003,800,000
1924	The Sea Hawk
1925	The Big Parade	$&0000000005000000.0000005,000,000
1926	Aloma of the South Seas	$&0000000003000000.0000003,000,000
1927	The Jazz Singer	$&0000000003000000.0000003,000,000
1928	The Road to Ruin	$&0000000002500000.0000002,500,000
1929	The Broadway Melody	$&0000000004400000.0000004,400,000
1930	Tom Sawyer	$&0000000011000000.00000011,000,000
1931	Frankenstein	$&0000000012000000.00000012,000,000
1932	Shanghai Express	$&0000000003700000.0000003,700,000
1933	I'm No Angel	$&0000000002900000.0000002,900,000
1934	The Painted Veil	$&0000000001700000.0000001,700,000
1935	Top Hat	$&0000000003200000.0000003,200,000
1936	Camille	$&0000000002800000.0000002,800,000
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	$&0000000184900000.000000184,900,000
1938	You Can't Take It With You	$&0000000005300000.0000005,300,000
1939	Gone with the Wind	$&0000000390600000.000000390,600,000
1940	Pinocchio	$&0000000084300000.00000084,300,000
1941	Sergeant York	$&0000000016400000.00000016,400,000
1942	Bambi	$&0000000026800000.00000026,800,000
1943	A Guy Named Joe	$&0000000005400000.0000005,400,000
1944	Meet Me in St. Louis	$&0000000007600000.0000007,600,000
1945	The Bells of St. Mary's	$&0000000021300000.00000021,300,000
1946	Song of the South	$&0000000056400000.00000056,400,000
1947	Golden Earrings	$&0000000007000000.0000007,000,000
1948	Easter Parade	$&0000000006800000.0000006,800,000
1949	Samson and Delilah	$&0000000029300000.00000029,300,000
1950	Cinderella	$&0000000085000000.00000085,000,000
1951	Quo Vadis	$&0000000030000000.00000030,000,000
1952	This Is Cinerama	$&0000000041600000.00000041,600,000
1953	Peter Pan	$&0000000087400000.00000087,400,000
1954	Rear Window	$&0000000026000000.00000026,000,000
1955	Lady and the Tramp	$&0000000093600000.00000093,600,000
1956	The Ten Commandments	$&0000000085400000.00000085,400,000
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	$&0000000033300000.00000033,300,000
1958	South Pacific	$&0000000036800000.00000036,800,000
1959	Ben-Hur	$&0000000073000000.00000073,000,000
1960	Let's Make Love	$&0000000044800000.0000-044,800,000
1961	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	$&0000000224000000.0000-0224,000,000
1962	Dr. No	$&0000000059600000.00000059,600,000
1963	From Russia with Love	$&0000000078900000.00000078,900,000
1964	Goldfinger	$&0000000124900000.0000-0124,900,000
1965	The Sound of Music	$&0000000163200000.000000163,200,000
1966	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	$&0000000028000000.00000028,000,000
1967	The Jungle Book	$&0000000205800000.000000205,800,000
1968	Funny Girl	$&0000000058500000.00000058,500,000
1969	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	$&0000000096700000.00000096,700,000
1970	Love Story	$&0000000106400000.000000106,400,000
1971	Diamonds Are Forever	$&0000000116000000.000000116,000,000
1972	The Godfather	$&0000000135000000.000000135,000,000
1973	The Exorcist	$&0000000357600000.000000357,600,000
1974	Blazing Saddles	$&0000000119500000.000000119,500,000
1975	Jaws	$&0000000470600000.0000-0470,600,000
1976	Rocky	$&0000000117200000.000000117,200,000
1977	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	$&0000000782400000.000000782,400,000
1978	Grease	$&0000000386500000.000000386,500,000
1979	Moonraker	$&0000000210300000.0000-0210,300,000
1980	Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back	$&0000000538375067.000000538,375,067
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$&0000000384100000.000000384,100,000
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	$&0000000756900000.000000756,900,000
1983	Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	$&0000000572900000.000000572,900,000
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$&0000000333100000.000000333,100,000
1985	Back to the Future	$&0000000350600000.000000350,600,000
1986	Top Gun	$&0000000344800000.000000344,800,000
1987	Fatal Attraction	$&0000000320100000.000000320,100,000
1988	Rain Man	$&0000000412800000.000000412,800,000
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$&0000000474200000.000000474,200,000
1990	Ghost	$&0000000505700000.0000-0505,700,000
1991	Terminator 2: Judgement Day	$&0000000519800000.0000-0519,800,000
1992	Aladdin	$&0000000504100000.0000-0504,100,000
1993	Jurassic Park	$&0000000914691118.000000914,691,118
1994	The Lion King	$&0000000783841776.000000783,841,776
1995	Toy Story	$&0000000362000000.000000362,000,000
1996	Independence Day	$&0000000816969268.000000816,969,268
1997	Titanic	$&0000001845034188.0000001,845,034,188
1998	Armageddon	$&0000000553709788.000000553,709,788
1999	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	$&0000000924317558.000000924,317,558
2000	Mission: Impossible II	$&0000000546388105.000000546,388,105
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	$&0000000976556263.000000976,556,263
2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$&0000000926287400.000000926,287,400
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$&0000001118888979.0000001,118,888,979
2004	Shrek 2	$&0000000919838758.000000919,838,758
2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$&0000000896016159.000000896,016,159
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$&0000001066179725.0000001,066,179,725
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$&0000000960996492.000000960,996,492
2008	Iron Man (Currently)

The highest Grossing theatricals

2008-05-27T06:02:00.000-07:00

(how many have you read, seen, directed and or performed in)

COMEDIES

1. 45 Seconds from Broadway
2. Accomplice (Thriller/ Other)
3. Actor's Comedy
4. Are You Being Served
5. Beginners Luck
6. Beside Yourself
7. Biloxi Blues
8. Bleacher Bums
9. Breaking Legs
10. Brighton Beach Memoirs
11. Corpse (Comic Thriller/Other)
12. Done to Death
13. Frank's Life (Other)
14. God's Man in Texas
15. Good Help is So Hard to Murder
16. Great All American Musical Disaster
17. Having a Wonderful Time, Wish You Were Her
18. Hot L Baltimore
19. I Hate Hamlet
20. Importance of Being Earnest
21. Laffing Room Only
22. Last Night of Ballyhoo, The (Other)
23. Laughter on the 23rd Floor
24. Lost in Yonkers
25. Marriage Counselor
26. Matchmaker
27. Middle Aged White Guys
28. Murder Among Friends
29. Mystery of Irma Vep, The
30. On the Verge
31. Plaza Suite
32. Rock-a-Good-Bye
33. Shear Madness
34. Stop the World I Want to Get Off
35. Tell Me you Love Me, Junie Moon
36. The 8: Reindeer Monologues
37. The Dinner Party
38. Under the Yum Yum Tree

DRAMA/MYSTERY

1. Accomplice
2. All's Quiet on the Western Front
3. Baby Dance
4. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
5. Crucible, The
6. Da
7. David's Mother
8. Death by Chocolate
9. Death of a Salesman
10. Defiled
11. Doctor Cook's Garden
12. First Night
13. Flowers for Algernon
14. Glass Menegerie
15. God's Man in Texas
16. Grace & Glory
17. Home
18. Iceman Cometh
19. K2
20. Keeping Dixie
21. Lady House Blues
22. Last Night of Ballyhoo, The (Other)
23. Long Days Journey into Night
24. Love Letters
25. Master Class
26. Night of January 16
27. Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The
28. Nighthawk
29. Our Town
30. Poe's Midnight Dreary
31. Red Letter Day
32. Talent for Murder, A
33. The Marriage Counselor
34. To Kill a Mockingbird

MUSICALS

110 in the Shade
Beauty and the Beast
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Children of Eden
Fantasticks
Crazy for You
Godspell
How to Succeed in Business Without…
HMS Pinafore
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Jesus Christ Superstar
Little Shop of Horrors
Man of LaMancha
King and I, The
My Fair Lady
Of Thee I Sing
Sitting Pretty
Very Warm for May
Victor Victoria
Working
Family
Kamikaze Kate
Many Moons
Oliver Twist
School House Rocks Live
Skin of Our Teeth
Where the Lilies Bloom
Christmas
Christmas Story, A
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street

Working with Flow

2008-05-26T08:02:00.000-07:00

Does "Flow" exist in the audience?

The Persuasive Effect of Host and Audience Reaction Shots in Television Talk Shows

¹Robin L. Nabi (PhD, 1998, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania) is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Arizona. ²Alexandra Hendriks (PhD, 2002, University of Arizona) is a research coordinator at the University of Ottawa.

Participants viewed 1 of 4 versions of a talk show segment in which host and studio audience reactions shots were manipulated to be either neutral or positive. Results suggested that positive audience or host reactions can enhance persuasive influence; however, if those cues are incongruent, persuasive influence may be negated. Path analysis suggested that the host reaction's impact on attitude was indirectly experienced through both its interaction with audience response valence and its impact on perceptions of source trustworthiness. The article also addresses implications for the impact of multiple cues in persuasive messages.

Based on this study if an actor is "incongruent" you get a negative audience response. If the goal is to have an audience in a state of "flow" to create the timeless passing of 2 hours, one of the cornerstones of "flow" and the incongruence is fueled by a weak script the theatrical experience for the audience is wasted to ability to create a persuasive influence is lost. The persuasive influence of an audience reaction is a major component in the hunt for a successful theatrical run due to the fact that to the best of my knowledge no one has ever measured how long the persuasive influence of a positive audience will last. My speculation is the persuasive influence of a positive audience experience will last as long as memory exists although I believe the intensity will diminish over time.