A Broadway Time Machine...

If you had the power to go back in time to sit in the audience of one specific performance on Broadway... what would you choose and why?

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Mary Martin in Peter Pan

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West side story. to see the original opening night performance becuase it was something completly unheard of on broadway at the time. it was the dawning of something new and exciting, and to see the original actors and under the direction of Jerome robbins would have been breathtaking. and of course to see Ms. Rivera back in the day, whoa what a trip.

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Craig---I didn't limit this post to "opening nights."

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man this is hard. probablly mary martin in peter pan or the first time the car broke down at chitty. I would love to relive that night!

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I'll give you a couple of non-opening night shows to choose from...

The night "A Chorus Line" broke the record as the longest running musical, and they gathered ALL the previous cast members available to do the show that night. It was a specially staged performance by Bennett himself. They started with the current cast for the opening number, then when they all stepped forward on the line holding their headshots, they switched to the original Broadway cast. Music and the Mirror had five Cassie actresses all dancing it at once, etc. That had to be incredible evening!

Also, Elaine Stritch talks about a performance of Call Me Madam when Ethel Merman was heckled by a drunk from the audience... She stopped the show and threw him out on the street herself. Aside from seeing Merman in her Tony-winning role, that had to be a show to remember.

I know it's tough to choose only one. But those are two performances I'd wish I could have attended. You guys have listed some beauties, though!

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Updated On: 10/24/05 at 01:57 PM

I know, Craig. It was a knee-jerk reaction. My apology if my post sounded blunt to you. I must admit it's a pet peeve of mine, though...

People are so quick to jump on anyone who posts a topic that might remotely have been mentioned previously in any shape or form. They cry "Search" all the time (which is difficult and sometimes next to impossible on this site. I doubt many of them have tried it.). ...Or some sort of been-there-done-that rant.

Should we all just stop asking questions that may have been asked before?

I'd like to hear some new answers once in a while to freshly-posed questions.

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I would love to see the original production of "Hello, Dolly" and Katherine Hepburn in "Coco".

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The Wiz

Porgy and Bess (Original Broadway Cast)

I'd love to go back and see some of the legendary flops:

Carrie
Shogun the Musical
The Red Shoes
Legs Diamond
Nick & Nora

Updated On: 10/25/05 at 02:52 PM

I called my Mom & asked for her answer to this, since she can go back a lot further than I can...she said she would want to see something she already saw -- South Pacific with Ezio Pinza.