[angelfan]

I was just reading that Darlene Love will be leaving the role of Motormouth Maybelle in the Broadway production of Hairspray. Darlene has played the role since 2005 which made me wonder which actor or actress has played one role for the longest in the West End?

[AJS]

I'm sure that the same actor has played one of the Opera Managers in the Broadway production of Phantom since it opened... thats pretty long!

As for London then imagine that John Owen Jones run in Phantom must be one of the longer runs?

[Felix]

I know it's on and off, but Amra Faye Wright in Chicago?

[Gavin]

Hannah Jane Fox played the role of Scaramouche from 2002 - 2006

[Matthew Winn]

Steven Wayne was in Cats from its opening through to October 2000, spending 19½ years in the show. He played more than one role, although in that show it doesn't make a heck of a lot of difference given that only someone who knows the show well can tell the roles apart.

[Orchestrator]

Steven Wayne was in Cats from its opening through to October 2000, spending 19½ years in the show. He played more than one role, although in that show it doesn't make a heck of a lot of difference given that only someone who knows the show well can tell the roles apart.

I think Carole Ball was in Me And My Girl for its entire run and, I suspect, played the same role throughout. Not quite the same but Kevin Amos was the Musical Director of 42nd Street at Drury Lane for the entire run of, what, 4 or 5 years. And some members of the orchestra at Phantom have been there since it started.

[if_i_only_had_a_heart]

I was once told that there was a member of the Starlight Express band who did the whole run, and used it as an opportunity to read the complete works of Proust whilst not playing. I don't know if its true, but I hope it is.

[bananafrit]

I was once told that there was a member of the Starlight Express band who did the whole run, and used it as an opportunity to read the complete works of Proust whilst not playing. I don't know if its true, but I hope it is.

That's true.

All of (apart from one I believe) the booth singers were there from day one to the last day as well.