How many shows did you see last year?
How many shows did you see last year?
#1How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:18pm
I didn't find a thread asking this EXACT question, so, how many have you seen?
Including the one off-broadway I saw, I hit 25 right on the nose.
Updated On: 1/3/07 at 10:18 PM
SNLMedia
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#2re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:22pm
*checks Excel spreadsheet* 55. Holy cow! Some of those are repeats, however.
And yes, I keep a spreadsheet of my Broadway "record". 
"The world is a better place because of hairspray." - Michael Ball
Updated On: 1/3/07 at 10:22 PM
#2re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:22pm
I garnered 13 myself, working in a few here and there when I wasn't busy performing, rehearsals, concerts, etc.
March 10 - Forbidden Broadawy
May 10 - Jersey Boys
May 30 - The Wedding Singer
July 19 - RENT
July 20 - Spring Awakening
August 29 - Martin Short...
October 25 - Mimi le Duck
November 12 - Jacques Brel
November 21 - Les Miserables
November 30 - Evil Dead
December 5 - Company
December 20 - How to Save the world...
It was a successful year for me.
Best,
- Mike
#3re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:25pm
97
My List:
1. Dog Sees God
2. Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life
3. Bridge & Tunnel
4. The Pajama Game
5. Rabbit Hole
6. The Public Sings
7. Kismet at City Center Encores
8. Bernarda Alba
9. Grey Gardens
10. Fanny Hill
11. Measure for Pleasure
12. Entertaining Mr. Sloane
13. Show People
14. Festen
15. Three Days of Rain
16. Landscape of a Body
17. The Wedding Singer
18. The Threepenny Opera
19. Stuff Happens
20. Faith Healer
21. Awake and Sing!
22. Shining City
23. Based on a Totally True Story
24. The Lieutenant of Inishmore
25. Of Thee I Sing! at City Center Encores
26. The History Boys
27. Satellites
28. Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
29. Macbeth
30. Some Girl(s)
31. The Water's Edge
32. The House In Town
33. Pig Farm
34. Getting Home
35. The Busy World is Hushed
36. Little Fish
37. Spring Awakening
38. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
39. Mother Courage and Her Children
40. Sweeney Todd
41. Kiki and Herb
42. Seven Guitars
43. Everythings Turning Into Beautiful
44. Pain and the Itch
45. Asylum: The Strange Case of Mary Lincoln
46. [title of show]
47. Suburbia
48. The Treatment
49. Richard II
50. Sisters
51. Lawnchair Man
52. Warrior
53. Have a Nice Life
54. Birth and After Birth
55. Heartbreak House
56. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
57. Losing Louie
58. A Chorus Line
59. 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother
60. Wrecks
61. The Times They Are A-Changin'
62. Butley
63. Mimi Le Duck
64. The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
65. Mary Poppins
67. Suddenly Last Summer
68. Carmelina (Musicals in Mufti)
69. Les Miserables
70. The Internationalist
71. The Little Dog Laughed
72. Company
73. Spamalot
74. The Clean House
75. My Deah
76. Dark Matters
77. The Vertical Hour
78. The Voysey Inheritance
79. an oak tree
80. High Fidelity
81. The American Pilot
82. Floyd and Clea Under the Western Sky
83. The Apple Tree
84. Torch Song Trilogy
85. Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
86. Dai (Enough)
87. The Fantasticks
88. No Child...
89. How to Save the World and Find Love in 90 Minutes
90. Rags
91. The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
92. The Agony and The Agony
93. Post Mortem
94. Murder Mystery Blues
95. The Scene
96. My Name is Rachel Corrie
97. Two Trains Running
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Updated On: 1/4/07 at 10:25 PM
MissElphie
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/05
#4re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:25pm
Um...
Lord of the rings - 1 time in Toronto
Wicked Tour - 1 time in Detroit
RENT Tour - 1 time in Toronto
Spamalot Tour - 1 time in Toronto
Wicked Tour - 13 times in Toronto
so four shows, but 17 performances...
Updated On: 1/3/07 at 10:25 PM
#5re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:26pm
erm..I see tours mostly. I live in the midwest.
I saw..
RENT tour
Spamalot broadway
Les Miserables tour
Cats tour
And a regional show created and directed by one of my professors. The Probe.
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"Interesting choice"
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#6re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/3/07 at 10:41pm
Ha, I keep a list too.
I saw 23 Broadway, 1 Off-Broadway, and 1 Tour.
1. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- January 15, 2 pm
2. The Odd Couple- February 1, 8 pm
3. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- February 22, 2 pm
4. Sweeney Todd- March 25, 8 pm
5. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- May 20, 8 pm
6. The Wedding Singer- June 3, 8 pm
7. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- June 22, 8 pm
8. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- July 23, 3 pm
9. The Drowsy Chaperone- August 25, 8 pm
10. The Wedding Singer- August 27, 3 pm
11. Rent- September 9, 2 pm
12. The History Boys- September 9, 8 pm
13. The Fantasticks (Off)- September 23, 3:15 pm
14. Beauty and the Beast- October 4, 8 pm
15. The Wedding Singer- October 14, 2 pm
16. Avenue Q- October 28, 8 pm
17. Wicked- November 9, 8 pm
18. Spring Awakening- November 18, 2 pm
19. The Wedding Singer- November 18, 8 pm
20. High Fidelity- December 9, 2 pm
21. Company- December 9, 8 pm
22. Aida (Tour)- December 16, 2 pm
23. Mary Poppins- December 23, 8 pm
24. Jersey Boys- December 24, 3 pm
25. The Wedding Singer- December 31, 3 pm
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#8re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:10am
1) Phantom of the Opera (Tour Cincy) January 1
2)Hairspray Tour February 19th
3) Wicked (Chicago) March 19th
4) A Little Night Music 3x (Summer Production, absolutely amazing)
5) Fantasticks (Can't remember exact dates)
6) Pirate Queen (Chicago)
7) Wicked (Chicago) 
Chita Rivera (Cincy December 30)
Not to bad for someone who didn't really like Broadway til this year
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#9re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:27am
1 off-Bway and 23 Bway shows 2006; in order:
The History Boys
Spelling Bee
The Wedding Singer
Awake & Sing!
The Drowsy Chaperone
Sweeney Todd
Stuff Happens (off-Bway)
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Tarzan
The Color Purple
A Chorus Line
Grey Gardens
Rent
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Avenue Q
The Producers
Jersey Boys
Losing Louie
Company
Spring Awakening
The Apple Tree
High Fidelity
Les Miserables
Mary Poppins
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Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#10re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 5:08am
I saw my first shows in November. 5 shows in a 4 day period, one being a repeat.
Well, I guess 6. I also saw an uber tiny production of Last Five Years here at home. That was literally the first live musical I ever saw.
#11re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:38am
Wow, some of you guys are detailed!!
I'd guess I saw about 200. Give or take 100. So 300.
#12re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 7:48am
not enough.
...unless you count NYU productions in which case...too many.
I keep all of my programs, but I do not keep a list on my computer...I never thought of doing that but maybe now I will :0)
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Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#13re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:12am
i saw.... 5 shows woot woot.
wicked( 3rd time)
avenue q
spamalot
drowsy chaperone
les miserables revival
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
Zeitoujo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/3/06
#14re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:12am
i saw.... 5 shows woot woot.
wicked( 3rd time)
avenue q
spamalot
drowsy chaperone
les miserables revival
"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#15re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:24am
CHICAGO
DOUBT
REGRETS ONLY
GREY GARDENS
BERNARDA ALBA
SPRING AWAKENING
RED LIGHT WINTER
THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE
SWEENEY TODD
That's it??? Huh. I'm dissapointed with myself.
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~ Muhammad Ali
Updated On: 1/4/07 at 09:24 AM
#16re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 9:32am
33 I think. Maybe more.
The Drowsy Chaperone 5 times
Spring Awakening 3 times
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 2 times
Jacques Brel 2 times
Grey Gardens
Spelling Bee
Avenue Q
The Fantasticks
Mimi Le Duck
The Apple Tree
High Fidelity
The Scene
Threepenny Opera
The Producers
Lion King (Tour)
Company
Lieutenant of Inishmore
Butley
The Wedding Singer
Sweeney Todd
Evil Dead
Drumstruck 2 times
Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas
...not including Community Theatre or high school/college shows I saw.
Updated On: 1/8/07 at 09:32 AM
worrell4077
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#17re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:39pm
Let's See...
1. The Phantom of The Opera- February 1st(My Dad's B-day,8pm
2. The Drowsy Chaperone- April 10th, 8pm
3. Jersey Boys(2nd Time)- April 12th, 2pm
4. Jersey Boys(3rd Time)- May 2th, 2pm
5. Sweeney Todd- July 6th, 8pm
6. Jersey Boys(4th Time)- August 23rd, 2pm
7. Jersey Boys(5th Time)- September 24th, 3pm
8. Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas- December 10th, 2pm
One a whole different thing, in between Sweeney and Jersey during the summer, I saw Frankie Valli in Concert at the State Theatre on August 18th.
hauntedcoffeepot
Chorus Member Joined: 6/13/06
#18re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 12:51pm40 shows (mostly broadway, some repeats)
#19re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 3:39pm
This time last year, I had a long list of things to see...I didn't get to a fraction of it. Some closed before I could, sometimes I was too busy. I'd have managed more if I lived closer.
A Touch of the Poet
The Phantom of the Opera (record-breaking performance)
Sweeney Todd
Lestat
Bucks County Cabaret - Hugh Panaro
Company (Seattle)
Hairspray
Aida (tour)
BWW's own Broadway On Ice
I know there's one other show...but I can't remember what!
Some were multiple performances so it's about 24 shows, give or take one.
Updated On: 1/4/07 at 03:39 PM
#20re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:07pmIf we're counting shows seen multiple times (which I don't, but hey), then my number is around 130.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#21re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:12pm
85 shows in 2006
124) Beauty and the Beast – January 3, 2006
125) Wicked – January 4, 2006
126) The Pajama Game – January 19, 2006
127) Rabbit Hole – January 21, 2006
12 The Pajama Game – January 21, 2006
129) Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life – January 25, 2006
130) Barefoot in the Park – January 28, 2006
131) Sweeney Todd – January 28, 2006
132) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – January 29, 2006
133) The Pajama Game – January 29, 2006
134) Wicked – January 31, 2006
135) Fanny Hill – February 3, 2006
136) The Pajama Game – February 4, 2006
137) Kismet – February 10, 2006 (Encores)
13 Ring of Fire – February 11, 2006
139) The Pajama Game – February 18, 2006
140) The Woman in White – February 19, 2006
141) Entertaining Mr. Sloane – February 24, 2006
142) Bernarda Alba – March 8, 2006
143) Well – March 10, 2006
144) Hairspray – March 18, 2006
145) Awake and Sing! – March 24, 2006
146) Festen – March 29, 2006
147) 70, Girls, 70 – March 31, 2006 (Encores)
14 Lestat – April 1, 2006
149) Spamalot – April 8, 2006
150) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – April 8, 2006
151) The History Boys – April 14, 2006
152) Three Days of Rain – April 15, 2006
153) The Drowsy Chaperone – April 15, 2006
154) Hot Feet – April 20, 2006
155) Tarzan – April 21, 2006
156) The Lieutenant of Inishmore – April 22, 2006
157) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial – April 22, 2006
15 The Threepenny Opera – April 26, 2006
159) The Wedding Singer – April 28, 2006
160) Shining City – May 5, 2006
161) Faith Healer – May 10, 2006
162) Of Thee I Sing – May 12, 2006 (Encores)
163) Tryst – May 13, 2006
164) Lestat – May 28, 2006
165) Wicked – May 30, 2006
166) Sweeney Todd – June 22, 2006
167) Jersey Boys – June 30, 2006
16 The Light in the Piazza – July 2, 2006
169) Tarzan – July 21, 2006
170) [Title of Show] – July 22, 2006
171) Hot Feet – July 23, 2006
172) Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me – August 5, 2006
173) Anais Nin: One of Her Lives – August 11, 2006
174) The Fantasticks – August 12, 2006
175) Side Show – August 31, 2006
176) [Title of Show] – September 1, 2006
177) Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – September 3, 2006
17 Heartbreak House – September 16, 2006
179) A Chorus Line – September 22, 2006
180) Losing Louie – September 23, 2006
181) The Times They Are A-Changin’ – September 29, 2006
182) Mamma Mia – September 30, 2006
183) Grey Gardens – October 6, 2006
184) The Times They Are A-Changin’ – October 7, 2006
185) Wicked – October 10, 2006
186) Take Me Along – October 14, 2006
187) The Coast of Utopia: Voyage – October 20, 2006
18 Carmelina – October 21, 2006
189) Mary Poppins – October 22, 2006
190) Les Miserables – October 24, 2006
191) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! – October 27, 2006
192) The Little Dog Laughed – October 28, 2006
193) Plain and Fancy – October 29, 2006
194) Company – November 3, 2006
195) Suddenly Last Summer – November 4, 2006
196) Butley – November 5, 2006
197) Spamalot – November 10, 2006
19 Mimi le Duck – November 11, 2006
199) Spring Awakening – November 18, 2006
200) The Times They Are A-Changin’ – November 19, 2006
201) High Fidelity – November 21, 2006
202) The Vertical Hour – November 22, 2006
203) The Apple Tree – December 1, 2006
204) The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck – December 8, 2006
205) The Happiest Girl in the World – December 15, 2006
206) High Fidelity – December 16, 2006
207) Mary Poppins – December 19, 2006
20 The Wedding Singer – December 31, 2006
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#22re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:22pm
January 20: Piano Man (a concert of Elton John and Billy Joel songs)
February 4: The first act of Pink Voyd (a tribute band doing Pink Floyd songs. I left early in the second act. Huh, apparently I HAVE walked out of shows. But seriously, it was loud and terrible).
February 18: Ain't Misbehavin'
March 17 and 31: Aida
April 15: The Light in the Piazza
April 16: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
May 5: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
August 4 and 18: The Will Rogers Follies
August 5: A god-awful production of The Taming of the Shrew
August 11: The Color Purple
August 12: Jersey Boys
August 13: The Wedding Singer
October 14 and 27: To Kill A Mockingbird
December 1 and 8: It's A Wonderful Life
So that's 14 shows in all. And I got to see the ones that weren't on Broadway for free (I ushered)
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#23re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:36pm
Uh, I think it was 17. I have to check my playbills :-P
1.Light in the Piazza
2.The Woman in White
3.Sweeney Todd
4.Ring Of Fire
5.The Wedding Singer
6.Avenue Q
7.The Drowsy Chaperone
8.Altar Boyz
9.The History Boys
10.Spelling Bee
11.Tarzan
12.RENT
13.The Fantasticks
14.A Chorus Line
15.The Grinch
16.Les Misrables
17.The Color Purple
I liked all of these shows, especially Avenue Q, A Chorus Line, and The Color Purple. :)
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#24re: How many shows did you see last year?
Posted: 1/4/07 at 4:37pm
DEFF not enough, but that will be blamed on the fact that i dont live near the city. and i dont even have a good list, just one great show, one decent show, and one horrible show. but ive seen the one multiple times, so does that count? lol
April 26: Tarzan (in previews)
April 27: The Wedding Singer and Lestat
Oct 14: The Wedding Singer
Nov 15: The Wedding Singer (twice)
Dec 16:The Wedding Singer (twice)
Dec 17:The Wedding Singer
Dec 20:The Wedding Singer (twice)
hopefully ill be seeing more this year though!
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