After much dispute, the school committee decided that all backpacks would have to be stored in lockers during class hours. Synonyms of dispute altercation, argument, battle royal, bicker, brawl, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
Currently, the longest running play of all time on Broadway is The Phantom of the Opera; it obtained that status on January 9, 2006. Not included below is the 1976 revival of the revue Oh!
If the music itself isn't a patch on the originals, that doesn't matter so much. No wonder it became a hit. Grease went on to a run of 3,388 performances, making it the longest-running Broadway musical in history up to its time. In 1978, it was adapted into a movie.