Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
#1Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 4:07pm
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LePetiteFromage
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#2re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 4:20pmGlory Days...yeah (hangs head in shame). If it wasn't such a crappy show, i'd be convinced that the King of Flop Musical Lovin' (me) jinxed the show.
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#3re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 4:52pmI saw "The Drowsy Chaperone" in Los Angeles before Broadway.
#4re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:03pmI was involved in the Beautiful Game w shop
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#5re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:07pm
Hot Feet and Glory Days. Nice combo, right? I also saw August: Osage County in Chicago. In addition, I saw the Visit at Signature (hopefully it gets to broadway...). I also saw Sunday in the Park with George and Mary Poppins in London, prior to them coming to Broadway.
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Updated On: 6/29/08 at 06:07 PM
#6re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:23pmPirate Queen Chicago Run
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#7re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:34pmthe wedding singer
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#8re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:44pmTHE VISIT!! ::crosses fingers::
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#9re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:48pmCivil War in Connecticut, and ditto re: The Visit.
#10re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 6:54pm
I was quite pleased with this year's Tony awards; thanks to transferring things from the UK, I saw 'Sunday In The Park With George', 'Macbeth', 'The 39 Steps', and 'The Seafarer' before they hit Broadway, so I actually had opinions on plays! Gasp! I've also seen 'Equus' already and you haven't, haha. :3
#11re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 9:02pm
I have seen a few..
Young Frankenstein
The Wedding Singer
Light in the Piazza
Cry Baby
Princesses (which I dont think ended up opening on Broadway- thankfully)
AND SOON I WILL SEE SHREK THE MUSICAL
edit: ALSO: HAIRSPRAY
Updated On: 7/1/08 at 09:02 PM
pc1145N2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/07
#12re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 9:03pmLuPone's Gypsy at Ravinia.
#13re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 9:47pmLestat, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lennon, and Wicked.
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#14re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 10:04pm
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#15re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 10:40pmI saw the world premiere of "Camelot" in Toronto as a very young boy and every iteration of "Drowsy Chaperone" up to and including London.
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jwsel
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#16re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 10:48pm
I've seen a number of shows in LA before they transferred -- Ragtime (but without Audra), Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, Mail (Pasadena Playhouse), Big River (the revival), Come Back Little Sheba (the current revival), Beauty and the Beast, Biloxi Blues, Angels in America, The Kentucky Cycle, and Radio Golf.
Next year, the Ahmanson will be premiering 9 to 5 and Minsky's, both of which I expect to go to Broadway after their LA runs.
#17re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 10:56pm
Mr. President (Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray)
Come On Strong (Van Johnson and Carroll Baker)
Tchin-Tchin (Anthony Quinn and Margaret Leighton)
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Hermione Baddeley)
Photo Finish (Peter Ustinov)
Tovarich (Vivian Leigh and Jean Pierre Aumont)
My Mother, My Father, and Me (Rith Gordon and Walter Matthau)
Rattle of a Simple Man(Tammy Grimes and Edward Woodward)
Jennie (Mary Martin)
110 in the Shade (Inga Swenson and Robert Horton)
The Girl Who Came to Supper (Jose Ferrer and Florence Henderson)
Funny Girl (Barbra Streisand and Sydney Chaplin)
High Spirits (Tammy Grimes and Bea Lillie)
Hamlet (Richard Burton)
Fade Out-Fade In (Carol Burnett and Jack Cassidy)
#18re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 11:14pm
In The Heights Off Broadway, that's all. I don't get to see Out of town try outs because I am in town 
#19re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 11:23pmI need to add Spring Awakening. Saw the final preview performance before opening night at The Atlantic. I got to talk to Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik about the show and I got to tell Duncan Sheik how "Home At the End of the World" was still in heavy rotation in my CD player. He was pleasantly surprised and we chated briefly about it. Mr Sater gave me this hughe hug at intermission when I told him I was loving the show. And we discussed where the show was going next. At that point he knew it was going somewhere (Moving to another theater after the Atlantic run possibly). I don't think they had any clue what was to come at that point! What a fun and memorable evening! Thought I would share. Have shared this in other posts.
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#20re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 11:34pmI saw Aida at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. I still don't see how that show made it to Broadway.
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#21re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/28/08 at 11:38pm
Curtains in LA. In the Heights off-Broadway. Just saw Reasons to be Pretty which will be on Broadway. Saw "Dolly, a Damned Exasperating Woman" in Detroit many years ago, just before they renamed it Hello Dolly.
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#22re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:03amI saw the world premiere of LESTAT!
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#23re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:10am
"Lestat, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Lennon, and Wicked."
That's, um, quite a line-up there, Lizzie 
#24re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway
Posted: 6/29/08 at 12:15amLuPone's GYPSY at City Center.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.
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