For some reason, IBDB lists Torch Song Trilogy at 1,230 performances now. I cannot attest that it once listed it at 1,222 because I did not ever look at it. I knew TST and Sleuth both were 1,222 because I'd seen those figures in so many sources. Only discovered this IBDB quirk earlier this year when I ran a search for plays over 1,000 performances.
I also find it interesting that the original run of Nicholas Nickleby is counted at 49 performances, because both parts were performed 49 times - but other multi-part productions have been counted by combining parts 1 and 2 or parts 1, 2, and 3 (i.e., Wolf Hall, Harry Potter--during most of its run before it was slimmed down, Angels revival, Norman Conquests, Coast of Utopia). The 1986 revival of Nickleby was likewise counted as only 4 performances a week as had its original version. |
