The Boys and Broadway

Here's a photo that I wanted to share with you all.  There are a lot of autographed pics around of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, some of which they actually signed.  The signatures on this one look genuine, and it's one of the sharpest prints I've seen of what may be the best photograph ever taken of the gents who may be the best comedians to ever grace the Silver Screen.  In a month or three, I'll be adding a Laurel and Hardy filmography to this site — a listing of all their films and what I think of each of them.

The longest-running show in the history of Broadway is still Cats and, since Les Miserables is closing in March, that record will not soon be broken.  The only contender is Phantom of the Opera, which would have to run three more years to snag the title.  That's unlikely.  So is the notion that either Beauty and the Beast or Rent will stick around long enough to log more performances than Cats.  So it'll be a long time before a show that anyone liked takes the top spot.  Here's the full list of long runs on Broadway.