Off-Broadway’s Longest-Running Show To Close After 51 Years

The beloved show will close on May 3 after a total of 51 years in New York City, the last nine at the Jerry Orbach Theater, named for the screen and stage legend who was its first star.

It’s the Energizer Bunny of musical theater, still holding the world record for its original 42-year run at the tiny Sullivan Street Playhouse in Greenwich Village, where it premiered in 1960…

The show has helped launch the careers of Liza Minnelli, Glenn Close, F. Murray Abraham, Kristin Chenoweth, and even Ricardo Montalbán.

It’s been performed in 82 countries, and each year some 250 productions are mounted worldwide, many in high schools and community theaters.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.