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 shows in the catalogue.

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

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