What was Broadway’s all-time longest-running show?
Broadway’s all-time longest-running show was A Chorus Line.
It ran 6,137 performances from 1975 to 1990.
Its nearest competitor is Oh! Calcutta! with 5,959 performances between 1976 and 1989.
Yes, the U.S. has attacked Canada. The U.S. attempted to conquer Canada, then a British colony, in 1813, during the War of 1812. American forces got as far as burning the city of York (now Toronto) before being turned back. In retribution, the British burned much of Washington, D.C., the following year.
A New York disc jockey named Jerry Carroll (also known as Dr. Jerry) did the radio and TV ads for the chain of electronics stores “Crazy Eddie” in the Northeast, which began with a store on Kings Highway in Brooklyn in 1972. Although he screamed and yelled at the camera, Carroll himself was not “Crazy…
For late 19th-century immigrants from Europe, to travel to America in “steerage” meant a passage below decks, near the ship’s steering gear. The price for these uncomfortable but low-fare accommodations was about $15.
Most states outlawed or restricted abortion during the period 1830-1880. Before then, abortion in the first months of pregnancy (until “quickening”, or the first perception of fetal movement) was legal throughout most of the country in keeping with colonial common law. The drive to prohibit abortion came from a variety of sources, including the desire…
F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “There are no second acts in American lives”.
The first game on record played by English colonists in America was a game of bowls played in the streets of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1611.