This chart provides a ranking of the longest running musicals on the West End in London by number of performances as of February 2020. Les Misérables with over 14 thousand performances, and The Phantom of the Opera with nearly 13.9 thousand performances, are two of the longest running musicals in West End History since they began in the 1980s.
Longest-running musicals on the West End in London by number of performances as of February 2020
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Society of London Theatre. (February 25, 2020). Longest-running musicals on the West End in London by number of performances as of February 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 24, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/690152/longest-running-west-end-musicals-uk/
Society of London Theatre. "Longest-running musicals on the West End in London by number of performances as of February 2020." Chart. February 25, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 24, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/690152/longest-running-west-end-musicals-uk/
Society of London Theatre. (2020). Longest-running musicals on the West End in London by number of performances as of February 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 24, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/690152/longest-running-west-end-musicals-uk/
Society of London Theatre. "Longest-running Musicals on The West End in London by Number of Performances as of February 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/690152/longest-running-west-end-musicals-uk/
Society of London Theatre, Longest-running musicals on the West End in London by number of performances as of February 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/690152/longest-running-west-end-musicals-uk/ (last visited January 24, 2021)