we're hoping to compile a list of every long-running production in chicago's history

Remounts/return engagements do not count toward the original run, but can be counted separately. 
​Don't see your production, or want us to link? Contact us.

active productions

Blue Man Group
1997 - 
Briar Street Theater
Bye Bye Liver
2006 - 
BBL Productions
The Magic Parlour
Feb 2012 - 
The House Theatre of Chicago
Tony 'n Tina's Wedding
Revival
Hamilton
Sept 2016 -
​Chicago Theatre Works
October 2016 -
PrivateBank Theater
The Infinite Wrench
March 3, 2017 - 
The Neo-Futurists

closed productions

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
336 months, Dec 2, 1988 - Dec 31, 2016.  The Neo-Futurists
Shear Madness
210 months, 1989 - Nov 1999
The Blackstone Hotel
Co-Ed Prison Sluts
134 months, April 1989 - June 2000. The Annoyance
Hellcab
108 months, 1992 - 2001
Famous Door Theatre
Million Dollar Quartet
94 months, 2007 - 2015
​The Apollo Theater
Forever Plaid
78 months, 1996 - 2003
The Royal George Theater
El Stories
72 months, 2010 - 2016
Waltzing Mechanics
Naked Boys Singing
60 months, Aug 2001 - Aug 2007
Bailiwick Repertory
Wicked 
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Jersey Boys
52 months, June 2005 - Jan 2009
The Oriental Theatre
27 months, Oct 2007 - Jan 2010
Cadillac Palace Theatre
Joseph and the... Technicolor Dreamcoat
18 months, 1993 - 1995
The Chicago Theater
Show Boat
16 months, 1996 - 1997
The Auditorium Theater
Co-Ed Prison Sluts
Revival
15 months, Jul 2008 - Dec 2009
The Annoyance
Godspell
15 months, 1972 - 1973
The Studebaker Theater
Cats
14 months, 1985 - 1986
The Schubert Theatre
Shear Madness
​Revival
14 months, Oct 2006 - Dec 2007
Chicago Theater Downstairs
The Music Man
13 months, 1959 - 1960
The Schubert Theatre
We Gotta Bingo
13 months, June 2015 - July 2016
Chicago Theatre Works
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
12 months, April 2006 - Mar 2007
Drury Lane
Hair
12 months, 1969 - 1970
The Schubert Theatre
Hello, Dolly!
12 months, 1966
The Schubert Theatre
A Chorus Line
12 months, 1978
The Schubert Theatre
Oklahoma!
11 months, 1943
The Erlanger Theater
Evita
11 months, 1980 - 1981
The Schubert Theatre
Cactus Flower
10 months, 1968
Blackstone Theatre
Vampire Lesbians
of Sodom
Miss Saigon
10 months, 1990
​Edge Productions
9 months, 1992 - 1993
The Auditorium Theater
The Phantom of the Opera
9 months, 1990 - 1991
The Auditorium Theater
Bad Jews
8 months, April - Dec 2016
​Theatre Wit
The Lion King
8 months, 2003
Cadillac Palace Theater
Thrones!
​The Musical Parody
8 months, July 2016 - March 2017
The Apollo Theater
Ragtime
8 months, 1998
Oriental Theatre
Avenue Q
6 months, April - Oct 2014
​The Mercury Theater
The History Boys
6 months, April - Oct, 2009
TimeLine Theatre Co.
Les Miserables
6 months, 1988
The Auditorium Theater
Spamilton
6 months, Mar 3 - Oct 8, 2017
​The Royal George Theater
Ring of Fire
6 months, April - Nov 2015
​The Mercury Theater