Any shows you can easilly see again and again and get something out of them each time?

So, I know that it is always a good idea to see new things. Yet, I am sure we all have our favortie shows that we consider our " go to show" if you will. A show that we can easilly see and can't get tired of. I know many people have a show or two like this. I want to know what show and why. I would prefer it if you said something else other then " I like it because it's good." Clearly you do, a show being good is part of the reason why you go back there.

For me, I would say Les Miserables and A Chorus Line. I would say Les Miserables for both the music and I am convinced that the story is the greatest story ever told. And, For my second show I would say A Chours Line. I have seen this show twice. every other show I have been to and seen again I know what is going to happen when. Thus, the whole drama and suspence of what is going to happen next and what the other characters reactions are ect is gone. But, I still enjoy it none the less and it is still entertaining. But, when I saw A Chorus Line the second time, I stil reacted the same way as if it were my first. I still cried during Paul's monlouge and keep in mind even prior to seeing it the first time I just NEVER had cried during a show before. But, it happend twice even though I knew the ending of his story and what not.

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Well, I've seen Les Miserables about 27 times, so I think that speaks for itself. Boublil & Schoenberg have been accused of making a superficial musical out of a complex novel, but I find there's always some new nuance to examine, even if the show is straightforward enough on the surface. I dunno, maybe having knowledge of the novel helps.

Not to mention the barricade boys, who always give me something fun to watch in the ensemble numbers on the nights when I'm not feeling particularly philosophical.

Avenue Q
Company
The Producers
The Big Voice: God or Merman
Spring Awakening
Reefer Madness
Assassins
Gypsy

I think that's about it.

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Grey Gardens was the only show I ever had the desire to see again immediately after I saw it the first time. I have seen it twice, and plan on going back many more times this summer. Brilliant piece of theatre with a ton of stuff to notice every time.

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I've fallen in love with a fair number of shows in the past, but my experience with the Company revival has been more compelling than any I've had before. I think, for me, it's because when something moves you that much, you're compelled to go back and experience it over and over and over again, because catharsis doesn't really become a bore. In a way, I suppose it's a little bit masochistic to seek that out in the sense that you want to put yourself into something that can be somewhat emotionally tumultuous, and yet in this case, I find that the rewards outweigh any possible negativities. There's always something new to find, and in a production that is so tightly self-contained, things are still constantly changing and growing. I expected that a point would come at which the lines would stop being funny to me, and yet I laugh every time. That in itself is rare, but it goes much beyond the humor. It's a show that you can intellectualize to high heaven just as easily as you can laugh and identify with its characters. It's just brilliant.

I think Cabaret would be another one, too, given the opportunity... which is why I'm really glad it's coming back!

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Updated On: 5/5/07 at 12:47 AM

Avenue Q
We Will Rock You
Blood Brothers

Company

Almost any Sondheim show, especially A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, SWEENEY TODD and SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. But not, I'm sorry to say, COMPANY. Just not my favorite.

Non-Sondheim: the usual suspects. RAGTIME, GYPSY (although the latter does have Sondheim's lyrics, of course.)

Non-Musicals: anything Albee.

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Updated On: 5/5/07 at 08:11 AM

Journeys End, the play has so much in it, and i believe that it is impossible to gain it all on one visit. (ALL SHOULD GO SEE IT)

Gypsy

Les Miserables
The Light in the Piazza
Company

Chicago, definitely... I've seen it 5 times (in 3 years) already !

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Gypsy and Grey Gardens.