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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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The second longest running show in Off-Broadway history and the longest running comedy ever!
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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HISTORY Special Midtown District The Department has over the past three decades undertaken several initiatives to preserve the Theater Subdistrict and the Broadway theater industry.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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The longest running show in the history of Broadway, Cats captivates audiences around the globe, and the show’s most popular tune, Memory inspires and haunts with every note.
Black Broadway: A Twentieth Century Black Musical Review - A virtual playhouse designed to celebrate the history and future of African-American musical theatre and dance.
In 1996 the London production of CATS became the longest running musical in the West End and in 1997 the longest running musical in Broadway theatre history.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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Eliot, the man whose book of poems about his Cats inspired the longest running musical in Broadway history, has also written a poem called ‘Journey of the Magi’ that I think says a lot about this question.
Kim Criswell, a Broadway singer, guides the listener through the history of the musical along with extracts from many musicals.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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The show is the second longest running show in Broadway history behind Cats.
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