Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#1Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:09pm
Today I was trying to remember every musical I've seen on Broadway, and tried to figure out how many, but I just couldn't think of everything, so I used this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musicals:_A_to_L
110 in the Shade
42nd Street
9 to 5
Aida
All Shook Up
Annie Get Your Gun
Avenue Q
Beauty and the Beast
Big
The Boy From Oz
Chicago
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A Chorus Line
Dance of the Vampires
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Drowsy Chaperone
Fiddler on the Roof
Footloose
The Frogs
Grey Gardens
Guys and Dolls
Gypsy
Hairspray
In the Heights
The King and I
Kiss Me, Kate
Les Miserables
The Light in the Piazza
The Lion King
The Little Mermaid
Little Shop of Horrors
Little Women
Mamma Mia
Man of La Mancha
Mary Poppins
Oklahoma!
Pal Joey
Peter Pan
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
Saturday Night Fever
Shrek
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
Sunday in the Park with George
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Charity
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The Wedding Singer
West Side Story
Wicked
The Woman in White
Wonderful Town
Young Frankenstein
That totals to 54(!), and there are probably some missing from the list in addition to the ones I noticed (Shrek, SNF, Big). I can't believe I've seen that many in my 20 years of life (and 14 years of theatregoing), and that doesn't count off-Broadway, straight plays, seeing shows multiple times, national tours, regional, school, film, etc.
#2re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:20pm
Mine should be fairly easy.
Mamma Mia!
Chicago
Spamalot
In the Heights
Xanadu
Hairspray
Gypsy
Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
West Side Story
Shrek
Avenue Q
Bye Bye Birdie
Next to Normal
That excludes off-Broadway, 1 tour, multiple viewings, and City Center productions.
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#2re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:35pm
Bobbi Boland
Thou Shalt Not
Into the Light
Raggedy Ann
The Wind in the Willows
Whoop-Up
Rachel Lily Rosenbloom
Glory Days
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#3re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:36pmAh! Spamalot makes 55.
#4re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:39pm
This list is not complete, but it's the most I can think of off the top of my head (and limiting it to Broadway only):
Bye Bye Birdie
Guys and Dolls
West Side Story
Next to Normal
The Apple Tree
Curtains
110 in the Shade
The Pirate Queen
Spamalot
[title of show]
Les Miserables (original and revival)
Grey Gardens
Chicago
LoveMusik
Gypsy (2003 and 2008 revivals)
Little Shop of Horrors
Beauty and the Beast
Mary Poppins
Xanadu
Hair
A Tale of Two Cities
Duran Duran: Red Carpet Massacre (not sure if this counts)
The Drowsy Chaperone
La Cage Aux Folles
Sunday in the Park with George
Pacific Overtures
Passing Strange
A Catered Affair
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spring Awakening
Pal Joey
Ragtime (original)
A Chorus Line
The Boy from Oz
Jekyll and Hyde
The Scarlett Pimpernel
Cats
The Light in the Piazza
The Wedding Singer
The Woman in White
Wonderful Town
Wicked
Fiddler on the Roof
The Pajama Game
South Pacific
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Grease (1990s revival)
Jesus Christ Superstar
La Boheme
Sweeney Todd
The Threepenny Opera
Company (John Doyle production)
Caroline, or Change
The Color Purple
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#5re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:42pm
Musicals seen live on Broadway: 0.
That was difficult.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 11/7/09 at 07:42 PM
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#6re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 7:56pm
The Lion King
The Music Man
Beauty and The Beast
The Little Mermaid
Mary Poppins
Legally Blonde
Ragtime
Hair
Rent
The Phantom of the Opera
Gypsy (2008 Revival)
Billy Elliot
13
9 to 5
Young Frankenstein
Wicked
Curtains
Jersey Boys (Tour)
Sweeney Todd (Tour)
Spelling Bee (Tour)
Hairspray
Next to Normal
Chicago
Shrek
[title of show]
Xanadu
In The Heights
Tarzan
A Chorus Line
I'm probably forgetting one or two...
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May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
Updated On: 11/7/09 at 07:56 PM
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#7re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:04pm
I've only been to NYC twice, so my list is rather short.
Annie
Les Mis (including the 10th anniversary performance)
Miss Saigon
Rent
Sunset Boulevard (closing performance)
#8re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:28pm
110 in the Shade
13
42nd Street
9 to 5
Annie Get Your Gun
The Apple Tree
Avenue Q
Beauty and the Beast
Bells Are Ringing
Billy Elliot
Bye Bye Birdie
Chicago
A Chorus Line
The Coast of Utopia (Voyage)
Company
Coram Boy
Cry-Baby
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Drowsy Chaperone
Equus
Fiddler on the Roof
Finian's Rainbow
Fosse
Guys and Dolls
Grey Gardens
Gypsy
Hair
Hairspray
Hamlet (Jude Law)
Henry IV
In the Heights
Is He Dead?
The King and I
Kiss Me, Kate
Legally Blonde
Lennon
The Lion King
Man of La Mancha
Mary Poppins
Memphis
The Music Man
Next to Normal
Oklahoma!
Peter Pan
Ragtime (both the original production and the current revival)
Rent
Shining City
Shrek
The Sound of Music
South Pacific
Spring Awakening
The Story of My Life
Sunday in the Park With George
Sweeney Todd
Swing!
[title of show]
Urinetown
The Wedding Singer
Wicked
Wonderful Town
Xanadu
61 different shows total if I've counted right...I'm not counting off-Broadway or things I've seen in DC, just Broadway.
eta: Oops, forgot the just musicals part so my list includes some plays too.
Updated On: 11/7/09 at 08:28 PM
#9re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:34pm
I too have only been to NY once and it was with my school. We got to see Wicked.
I see a lot of the stuff that comes through Seattle though
Wicked
Cats
Evita
Beauty and the Beast
Aida
Jersey Boys (Tour and Vegas)
Phantom
Shrek
Hello Dolly
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Rent
Lion King
Xanadu
South Pacific
Million Dollar Quartet
Catch Me if You Can
Not too sure if those last two count yet
Updated On: 1/31/10 at 08:34 PM
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#10re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:37pm
Beauty and the Beast
Wicked
Spring Awakening
Mary Poppins
Avenue Q
Phantom of the Opera
Gypsy
[title of show]
Xanadu
In the Heights
Billy Elliot
The Story of My Life
Hair
9 to 5
Next to Normal
15! Not bad considering I got into theatre in 2006 and I live far away from NYC.
#11re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:44pm
Annie Get Your Gun
Gypsy (Bernadette Peters)
The Phantom of the Opera
Spamalot
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Hairspray
Rent
Gypsy (Patti LuPone)
White Christmas
In the Heights
Most of the stuff I see is in the DC area, but these are the one's I've actually been able to go up to NYC to see.
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Updated On: 11/7/09 at 08:44 PM
wickedfan11
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/06
#12re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:45pm
Beauty and the Beast
Cats (tour)
Riverdance (tour...not sure if this counts)
Wicked (twice on Broadway, once on tour)
Lion King (tour, once on Broadway)
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (tour, guest speller)
Avenue Q
Rent (twice on tour)
Phantom of the Opera
A Catered Affair
Hairspray
Legally Blonde (tour)
A Chorus Line (tour)
Mamma Mia!
Hair
9 to 5
That is 11 on Broadway and 9 on tour.
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#13re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:49pm
I've tried to do this before but I don't think I've been able to do it.
I did it by theatre, trying to think of all the ones I've seen in each.
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#14re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 8:51pm
Well I've only seen one show on Broadway:
Rent
Tour:
Hairspray
The Lion King
The Phantom of the Opera
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#15re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:01pmI have seen too many to remember but as long as I saw Lestat I am content - hee hee.
Poster Emeritus
#16re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:09pm
Broadway Musicals:
Rent
Mary Poppins (x2)
Young Frankenstein
Gypsy (LuPone) (8x)
In The Heights (x7)
The Lion King
Spamalot
Phantom of the Opera
Avenue Q
13
A Chorus Line
The Little Mermaid (x2)
Xanadu (x3)
A Tale of Two Cities (x2)
Grease
A Catered Affair (x2)
Spring Awakening
Chicago
Wicked
Hairspray
Shrek (x2)
Sunday in the Park with George
Legally Blonde (x3)
Title of Show
South Pacific
Jersey Boys
Pal Joey
Billy Elliot
9 to 5
West Side Story
Hair (x2)
Broadway Plays:
Les Liasions Dangeresus
Equus
All My Sons
Dividing the Estate
Speed the Plow
Boeing Boeing
The Seagull
The 39 Steps
August: Osage County
Hamlet
A Steady Rain
God of Carnage
Off-Broadway Musicals:
Adding Machine
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
Altar Boyz
Naked Boys Singing
Bash'd
Damn Yankees
Off-Broadway Plays:
My First Time
Blasted
Mouth to Mouth
Language of Trees
Fifty Words
Tours:
Beauty & the Beast
Chicago
Rent (x2)
The Color Purple
Wicked (x3)
Jersey Boys
Mamma Mia
The History Boys (technically not a tour)
Updated On: 11/9/09 at 09:09 PM
heo1128
Broadway Star Joined: 7/9/08
#17re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:17pm
Mine's relatively short, unfortunately:
Lion King
Spamalot
Next to Normal
August: OC
Avenue Q
Billy Elliot
9-5
Hair
Reasons to be Pretty
In the Heights
God of Carnage
K8eeyore
Stand-by Joined: 8/24/04
#18re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:19pm
Avenue Q (a lot)
Urinetown (a lot)
Fiddler on the Roof
Chicago
Once Upon a Mattress
Jersey Boys
Mamma Mia!
Rent
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Gypsy (Bernadette's)
Les Miserables
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamalot
The Producers
Curtains
The Times They Are A-Changin'
MelissaF
Leading Actor Joined: 2/5/08
#19re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:33pm
Hairspray
Nine
Movin Out
Man of La Mancha
Avenue Q
The Boy From Oz
Spamalot
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Fiddler on the Roof
Beauty and the Beast
Tarzan
Wedding SInger (3 times)
Drowsy Chaperone
A Chorus Line
Spelling Bee
Mary Poppins
Legally Blonde
Jersey Boys
The Pirate Queen
Little Mermaid
Young Frankenstein
Grease
Shrek
9 to 5
Billy Elliot
Hair
And about 30+ more in Toronto
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trombonist
Featured Actor Joined: 9/17/09
#20re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:36pm
Broadway:
110 in the Shade
13
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
9 to 5
Avenue Q
Beauty and the Beast
Billy Elliot
A Catered Affair
Chicago
A Chorus Line
The Color Purple
Company (revival)
Curtains
The Drowsy Chaperone
Grey Gardens
Guys and Dolls (most recent revival)
Gypsy
Hair (revival)
Hairspray
In the Heights
Legally Blonde
Les Miserables (original and half of revival)
The Little Mermaid
Mary Poppins
next to normal
Pal Joey (revival)
Passing Strange
Ragtime (revival)
RENT
Shrek
South Pacific
Spamalot
Spring Awakening
Starlight Express
Sunday in the Park with George (revival)
A Tale of Two Cities
Tarzan
[title of show]
West Side Story
White Christmas
Wicked
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein
Off-Broadway:
Coraline
Everyday Rapture
The Fantastiks (at Sullivan Street)
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Next to Normal (Second Stage)
Rooms: A Rock Romance
Sessions
Tours:
Evita
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Lion King
Miss Saigon
The Phantom of the Opera
Regional:
Ace: A New Musical Adventure (Signature)
Chess (some dinner theater near Estes Park, CO)
Next to Normal (Arena)
The Sound of Music (some dinner theater near Estes Park, CO)
Tapestry (Tennessee Rep)
Updated On: 11/7/09 at 09:36 PM
AwesomeDanny
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/30/09
#21re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:39pm
Well, I've only been to New York once--with my family, so here goes:
Rock of Ages
Billy Elliot
In the Heights
sgv123
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/16/06
#22re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 9:53pm
Not too many....
Broadway--
Mary Poppins
Avenue Q
Billy Elliot x9
Legally Blonde x2
Next to Normal
Spring Awakening
Skrek
Hair x5
13 x2
In the Heights
Little Mermaid
Tour:
Rent x2
Wicked
Wedding Singer x3
Legally Blonde x2
hairspraydude1962
Leading Actor Joined: 7/20/09
#23re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 10:05pm
Broadway:
Avenue Q
Hairspray (x3)
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Monty Python's Spamalot
The Producers
RENT
Wicked
Xanadu
Young Frankenstein
Next to Normal
Tour:
Hairspray (x3)
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Wicked (x2)
Peter Pan
RENT
The Drowsy Chaperone
EDIT: Added The Drowsy Chaperone
Updated On: 2/2/10 at 10:05 PM
Harpz2006
Broadway Star Joined: 1/3/08
#24re: Try to list every Broadway musical you've ever seen.
Posted: 11/7/09 at 10:11pm
Beauty and the Beast
Wicked
The Lion King
next to normal
Brooklyn
Hairspray
Les Miserables
Mamma Mia
The Little Mermaid
Xanadu
Legally Blonde
Updated On: 11/7/09 at 10:11 PM
