One has been running since 1952; another opened last decade and sells out anyway. Sung-through spectacle against two actors and a ghost.
1The MousetrapAgatha Christie's whodunit, running in London since 1952 and the longest-running play in theatre history.
2Les MisérablesThe Boublil and Schönberg musical, running in the West End since 1985.
3The Phantom of the OperaLloyd Webber's 1986 musical, still playing at His Majesty's Theatre.
4CatsThe 1981 Lloyd Webber musical built from T.S. Eliot's poems.
5HamiltonLin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop history, which opened in London in 2017.
6WickedThe Oz prequel musical, at the Apollo Victoria since 2006.
7The Woman in BlackThe two-hander ghost play that ran for more than three decades at the Fortune.
8The Lion KingJulie Taymor's staging, at the Lyceum since 1999.
9Matilda the MusicalThe RSC's Roald Dahl adaptation with songs by Tim Minchin.
10Blood BrothersWilly Russell's Liverpool tragedy, which ran in the West End for 24 years.
11Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildThe two-part play at the Palace Theatre since 2016.
12An Inspector CallsStephen Daldry's revival of the Priestley thriller, revived repeatedly since 1992.
13Mamma Mia!The ABBA jukebox musical, in London since 1999.
14SixThe pop musical giving Henry VIII's wives the microphone.
15The 39 StepsThe four-actor comic version of the Hitchcock thriller.
16Witness for the ProsecutionChristie's courtroom drama, staged inside London County Hall since 2017.
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Eight actors in a guest house, running in London since November 1952, against every musical the West End has built since: https://youpick.best/articles/agatha-christie-ranked-many-ways
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