Longest Running Broadway Musicals Ever

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Cats
3. Les Miserables
4. A Chorus Line
5. Oh! Calcutta!
6. Chicago
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. The Lion King
9. Rent
10. Miss Saigon
11. Mama Mia!
12. 42nd Street
13. Grease
14. Fiddler on the Roof
15. Life with Father
16. Tobacco Road
17. Wicked
18. Hello, Dolly
19. My Fair Lady
20. Hairspray

27 Weird Theater Superstitions

• You can't wear blue onstage unless you counter it with silver
• Having 3 lit candles onstage is bad luck
• Peacock feathers & real flowers/jewelry shouldn't be used onstage, because they will cause chaos
• It is good luck to give the director or leading lady flowers from a graveyard
• Never give the director or leading lady flowers before the performance
• It's bad luck to have mirrors onstage
• Ghosts haunt theaters and should be given one night a week onstage alone
• There should always be a light on when the theater to ward off ghosts
• If you whistle in a theater, someone will be fired
• To wish an actor "Good luck" is bad luck, but you can say "Break a leg"
• Saying the word "Macbeth" in a theater is extremely unlucky; people call it "The Scottish Play"
• Saying the last line without an audience is bad luck
• Sleeping with your script under your pillow will help you learn your lines
• If a dress rehearsal is bad, the first show will be too
• Practicing bows before the performances is bad luck
• Never wear brand-new makeup on opening night
• Wearing blue and yellow will cause actors to forget their lines
• Wearing green on stage is unlucky
• Never clean your makeup holder
• You should use a rabbit's foot to apply your makeup
• Never put shoes or hats on tables or chairs in the dressing rooms
• Always exit the dressing room left foot first
• Never knit in the wings of the stage
• Never open a show on a Friday night
• No real money should be used on stage
• Wearing a t-shirt advertising the play during a performance is bad luck
• Any mischief that happens on the night of the show is the Ghost of Thespis' fault