Revivals that outran the original

Revivals that ran longer than the original. Chicago managed 936 performances in 1975 and 9,999 when it came back. Candide ran 73 nights in 1956 and returned for 740.

247 in the catalogue.

The Firefly	1912	14 → 120
The Fortune Teller	1898	40 → 68
The Gang’s All Here	1931	23 → 132
The Gay Life	1961	8 → 113
The Golden Age	1928	6 → 29
The Golden Butterfly	1870	20 → 48
The Good Woman of Setzuan	1956	24 → 44
The Grand Tour	1979	8 → 61
The High Road	1912	71 → 144
The Importance of Being Earnest	1895	40 → 189
The Inspector General	1923	8 → 69
The Jolly Bachelors	1882	8 → 165
The Kreutzer Sonata	1906	29 → 38
The Lion in Winter	1966	92 → 93
The Male Animal	1940	243 → 333
The Man Who Had All the Luck	1944	4 → 62
The Mask and the Face	1924	13 → 40
The Master Builder	1900	1 → 76
The Merry Countess	1895	10 → 135
The Millionairess	1949	13 → 83
The Misanthrope	1905	8 → 94
The New Yorkers	1930	64 → 168
The Pearl of Pekin	1888	80 → 136
The Perfect Marriage	1932	13 → 92
The Philanthropist	1971	64 → 73
The Plough and the Stars	1927	32 → 44
The Price	1911	77 → 429
The Prima Donna	1901	36 → 72
The Real Thing	1911	60 → 566
The Red Mill	1906	274 → 531
The Rehearsal	1952	1 → 110
The Robber Bridegroom	1976	14 → 145
The Rocky Horror Show	2026	45 → 437
The School for Husbands	1905	48 → 116
The School for Wives	1951	22 → 120
The Silent Witness	1916	52 → 80
The Storm	1900	1 → 282
The Stranger	1911	16 → 28
The Street Singer	1904	24 → 191
The Three Musketeers	1928	5 → 318
The Three Sisters	1923	10 → 123
The Threepenny Opera	1954	95 → 307
The Traitor	1930	17 → 67
The Trip to Bountiful	1953	39 → 187
The Truth	1907	34 → 55
The Warrior's Husband	1924	1 → 83
The Way of the World	1901	35 → 120
The White Cat	1870	20 → 46
The Wild Duck	1918	32 → 103
Three’s a Crowd	1930	12 → 272
Time and the Conways	1938	32 → 56
Tommy	1993	232 → 899
Too True to Be Good	1932	57 → 94
Translations	1995	25 → 53
Trial by Jury	1875	8 → 15
Troilus and Cressida	1932	8 → 14
Twentieth Century	1932	152 → 233
Two By Two	1970	16 → 343
Two Gentlemen of Verona	1971	28 → 614
Under Cover	1903	90 → 349

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