1st Broadway Show ... "Phantom" or "Spamalot"
1st Broadway Show ... "Phantom" or "Spamalot"
iTaLiAn xOx StAr
Chorus Member Joined: 12/11/04
#01st Broadway Show ... "Phantom" or "Spamalot"
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:36pm
My school's freshman chorus is taking a trip to NYC for a competition, and while we're there we're seeing a Broadway show; our choices are "Phantom of the Opera" or "Spamalot."
I'd love to be able to say that "Phantom" was my first Broadway show, but if I'm not mistaking the majority of the "Spamalot" cast is still OBC, not to mention it's hilarious.
If you had the choice, which show would you make your first Broadway show?
Thesbijean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/9/04
#1re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:38pm
Well, actually, in a few weeks the leads will mostly be NON-OBC.
I persoanlly like Spamalot a lot more, but then again, I loathe Phantom as a show. But, for your 1st, Phantom is not a bad choice.
#2re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:43pmPhantom definitely!
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#3re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:47pm
i have never seen Phantom nor do i ever. I have seen Spamalot and loved it, but to say "this was my first show" I would go with Phantom.
ps my first show was Crazy For You. and proud of it!
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Lome2
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#4re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:48pm
Phantom! It was my first show on Broadway and I'll always remember it as a magical experience.
#5re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:52pmSpamalot. Choose the show you will enjoy more and don't worry about picking a show based on if its your first or not.
#6re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:53pmI personally dislike both... but Spamalot is a great deal funnier.
#7re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:54pmPhantom, although last night I had a dream that I saw Spamalot through a rocking chair theatre and it was awesome! So maybe I'll see it soon.
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#8re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 4:54pmHoly **** vontussle! I love the picture so much!
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SpamalotDiva
Stand-by Joined: 2/10/06
#9re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:11pmHmmmm....Phantom was my first love....but Ilove Spamalot *coghLOOKATMYNAMEcough*....so Spamalot!
You Know you're a B'way geek when...
Ok Ok I made this one up...
"When someone asks what you want(for Christmas, B-day, Gala Event...) and you reply..." I wanna be a Producer!"
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#10re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:13pm
love Spamalot, but it is not indicative of a um....the usual Broadway show.
definately see POTO, you will love it.
It's kind of like opera........The Flying Dutchman would NOT be a good first opera, but Italian Girls in Algiers would be
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#11re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:16pmThe Phantom of the Opera - def.
#12re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:17pm
I personally dislike both... but Spamalot is a great deal funnier.
??
perhaps that's because POTO is NOT a comedy.....
It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story...
AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956
#13re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:19pmPhantom is the show that got me into theatre, so Phantom of the Opera.
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#14re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:20pmPhantom all the way...
Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky. With the white road smoking behind him and his rapier brandished high! Blood-red were the spurs i' the golden noon; wine-red was his velvet coat, when they shot him down on the highway, down like a dog on the highway, and he lay in his blood on the highway, with the bunch of lace at his throat...
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Updated On: 4/12/06 at 05:20 PM
#15re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:21pmPhantom of the Opera. fo sho.
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mijofly19
Broadway Star Joined: 6/14/05
#16re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:22pmPhantom is what got me into theatre. I really like both, but I would definitley say Phantom.
jsrocks
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#17re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 5:25pm
Phantom is a wonderful show. Just choose which one you'd feel that you'd have a better time at. Phantom is definitely a show you want to experience on Broadway in New York and Spamalot would be a fun time for you, so I don't really see any bad choice here. :)
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Updated On: 4/12/06 at 05:25 PM
SpamalotDiva
Stand-by Joined: 2/10/06
#19re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 6:34pmat least i still got me 4 spamalot
You Know you're a B'way geek when...
Ok Ok I made this one up...
"When someone asks what you want(for Christmas, B-day, Gala Event...) and you reply..." I wanna be a Producer!"
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millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#20re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 6:37pm
Phantom of the Opera is a legend on Broadway, so many people have seen it. It's sung all the way through for the most part. If you want to be a part of that, go see it.
Spamalot is the opposite. Funny, no plot line, fun numbers...I would see that. Do you want a drama or comedy?
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#21re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 8:03pmPhantom! It was my first and favorite! There is nothing like it!
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#22re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 8:12pmPhantom, no questions asked. Love it.
#23re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 8:21pmIf you havn't ever seen Phantom the deffinantly Phantom.
I Wish... Madeline Kahn could have played the Witch in Into the Woods. She would have rocked!
#24re: 1st Broadway Show ... 'Phantom' or 'Spamalot'
Posted: 4/12/06 at 8:27pmPhantom
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