Hammerstein II, b Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse (2,385 in London, the second-longest-running musical in West End history at that time, after Oliver!; 1,442 on Broadway) (1960 Tony Award winner) (1965 film became one of the most popular movie musicals) South Pacific, 1949 Broadway, 1951 London, m Richard Rodgers, lb Oscar Hammerstein II, b Joshua Logan (1,925, the second longest-running Broadway musical up to that time) (1950 Tony Award winner) The Threepenny Opera, 1954, m Kurt Weill lb Marc Blitzstein (from the German of Bertolt Brecht) (2,707) (longest-running off-Broadway musical until The Fantasticks) A Trip to Chinatown, 1891, m Percy Gaunt, lb Charles H. Hoyt (657) (first Broadway musical to exceed 500 performances, although London had already had a few longer-running musical theatre pieces. It held the Broadway record until Irene in 1919) See also Lists of musicals List of the longest-running Broadway shows List of the longest-running West End shows Long runs on the London stage, 1700–2020 List of Tony Award and Olivier Award winning musicals AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals Notes References Longest-running plays in London and worldwide Longest Running Shows in the West End – 2019 List of longest-running Broadway productions from Playbill.com List of longest-running plays in London and New York, 1875 to 1920 "Musical Stage & Screen Chronologies" at Musicals101.com External links Ganzl, Kurt. The Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre (3 Volumes). New York: Schirmer Books, 2001. The Broadway Musical Home The Cyber Encyclopedia of Musical Theatre, TV and Film Musical theatre Entertainment-related lists of superlatives Long running M