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FALSETTOS at the Golden Theatre, March 17, 1993 starring Mandy Patinkin, Chip Zien, Stephen Bogardus, Barbara Walsh, Susan Goodman (u/s for Heather MacRae), Maureen Moore, and Jeffrey Landman. I was on a high school journalism trip that included tickets to PHANTOM, but got special permission to skip some of the seminars and go see a show on my own. I chose FALSETTOS because of Patinkin!
Fiddler on the Roof - 1965 - with Zero Mostel Graduation present from Elementary School. What other show are you going to bring a 12 year old Jewess from NYC to.
Camelot -matinee Richard Burton reprised his role as Arthur in a revival that ran from July 8, 1980 to August 23, 1980 at the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. Christine Ebersole played Guenevere, and Richard Muenz was Lancelot.
West Side Story - evening The Broadway revival opened at the Minskoff Theatre on February 14, 1980 and closed on November 30, 1980 It starred Ken Marshall as Tony, Hector Jamie Mercado as Bernardo, Josie de Guzman as Maria, and Debbie Allen as Anita.
Mine was Beauty and the Beast, but I can't remember if it was in 1994 or 1995.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
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Pammy- That sounds amazing. I grew up watching the film version. I would have killed to see Zero Mostel as Tevye live. (Had I been alive at the time...)
The Leaf People, at its first performance in the mid 70's-Joe Papp came out beforehand to welcome us to this adventure. I bought tickets because novice that I was, I knew he produced A Chorus Line and I couldn't get in, so- The Leaf People was my intro to Broadway. I still have the Playbill!
The plot concerned the first interaction between the natives in the Amazon and the 'civilized' caucasians, I seem to recall. The natives talked "leaf-talk" throughout while two people were suspended over the stage in test tube like cylinders to translate. It was very disjarring, to say the least. When natives carried Totems onto the stage, a couple got enmeshed in the hanging vines and after much tugging, were magically pulled straight up and out of sight. I also recall a rather vulgar scene when a young woman was finger poked to check her virginity status. My first nudity on stage followed by Oh, Calcutta the following day (how dismal).
One of the worst productions I've ever seen! I've never, in all my years of theatre going heard anyone else ever even refer to this turkey. Perhaps any astounding reputation was with insiders since it was a completely forgettable experience. Joe Papp tried to soften the blow beforehand much like the director did before Women on the Verge when I attended the second preview. Updated On: 5/27/11 at 11:23 AM
The Goodbye Girl -- sadly, sans Bernadette -- in July 1993. I believe Betsy Joslyn did the role at that performance, but I'm not sure, as I didn't keep the Playbill and had no idea who she was at the time.
Evita, 1981 The same weekend I also say Woman of the Year, Barnum and Pirates of Penzance.
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My parents took me to NYC in early 1986 (freshman in HS) and we saw "A Chorus Line" and (off-Broadway) "Little Shop of Horrors." Also went to a David Letterman taping. Was a great trip.
once a month, thanks so much for that story. Yeah, that show was in the days when Papp was using A CHORUS LINE profits to fund all sorts of silliness on Broadway -- and THE LEAF PEOPLE was considered the most bizarre of the lot. I just remember hearing it was an incomprehensible mess and that it employed its own unique language. Lordy! That playwright was never heard from again. Gee, I wonder why?
I'm with others here who are excited to hear from someone who actually got to see Zero Mostel in FIDDLER in 1965! What I would have given!
The Music Man, November of 2001 with Robert Sean Leonard as Harold Hill- don't remember much about his performance but I remember Rebecca Luker being as glorious as ever!
I had no idea at Promises Promises in 1969 (I had just turned 13) that I was seeing so much greatness with Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara, Edward Winter along with Kelly Bishop, Graciela Daniele, Ken Howard, Baayork Lee, Donna McKechnie, Margo Sappington, AND Marian Mercer.