Broadway Obsessions

#1

Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 10:52pm

This one is pretty straight forward.
Have you/ are you currently, had/am having an obsession with a musical? You know, buy all the memorabilia, listen to the cast album, quote it all the time... Sing so much you annoy people?
I have done this with a few musicals, just wanted to know if there are some other crazy bwwers like that!

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Updated On: 5/12/06 at 10:52 PM

#2

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 10:55pm

Yes....

but...


It's not Wicked
or RENT for that matter

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#3

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 10:55pm

which musicals have you been obsessed about?

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#4

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:01pm

I always have an obsession about a Broadway show. Broadway takes up a lot of my life, lol. (and what a great one it is) It changes each month. My first one at the age of 3 was Phantom of the Opera Currently, it's Hedwig and the Angry Inch (yes, I am just discovering it, I'm behind sorry...) which really isn't Broadway but off-Broadway but oh well.

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#5

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:11pm

3Penny and Cyndi and my ongoing love of lemons and IML.

#6

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:32pm

i started a thread a few months ago admitting my addiction to Hairspray. i think that was a good first step in my recovery. now i love it a lot, but i'm not as addicted !

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#7

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:36pm

The Gypsy revival with Bernadette.

#8

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:37pm

I saw POTO when I was nine. My parents bought me the OLC for Christmas that year, and I listned to it every day for the next month.

I also did that for Ragtime

Pretty much everytime I get a new Cast Recording I get a little obsessed with listening to it.

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#9

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:45pm

Currently addicted to Hairspray. (Obvious.)

A few months ago it was Spelling Bee.

Back in 2004 it was Avenue Q.

I have to agree with elvenprincess. I always have a "flavor of the month" show that I can't get enough of.

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#10

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:49pm

I have been obsessed with these musicals and plays:

-Rent
-Wonderful Town
-Kiss of the Spider Woman
-Hello Dolly
-Grease
-Fame
-Little Shop of Horrors
-Bombay Dreams
-Wicked
-Tick Tick Boom!
-The Woman in White
-The Wedding Singer
-Closer
-A Streetcar Named Desire
-Aida
-Chicago
-Cabaret
-Sunset Blvd.
-Millie
-The Rink
-Evita
-Piazza
-Victor/Victoria

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Updated On: 5/11/06 at 11:49 PM

#11

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/11/06 at 11:52pm

Thoroughly Modern Millie...I'm not obsessed now, but back in the day it was the show I had to see and try to get every clip on.

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#12

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 1:02am

The Secret Garden

#13

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 2:13am

I went a little crazy with Ragtime this fall/winter.

Now I can't stop it with Piazza.

#14

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 7:03am

I go through phases. Most recently it was/is See What I Wanna See. I have gone through RENT, 25APCSB, Millie, Les Miserables, and others.

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#15

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 7:52am

This is pretty weird...but Sweeney Todd for me. I've seen it twice and I'm heading back for Patti LuPone's last show on July 2nd.

See What I Wanna See was definitely another one for me. I saw the show in October and when the OOBCR came out it was playing in a constant loop in my car for weeks.

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#16

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 8:54am

I'm going through a Footloose obession right now. I don't know why I like it so much but I listen to it constantly.

Also, my school is doing Aida and I always find myself listening to the cd or humming the songs.

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#17

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 9:28am

I am addicted to the Merm.

#18

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:40am

I've gone through many of them. It began at age 9 with Les Miserables. Soon after it became Miss Saigon. There was a short period where it was those two and then it picked up again with Chicago, Cabaret, RENT, Wicked, Brooklyn, Hairspreay, Avenue Q, and Sweeney Todd.
I've also become obsessed with Footloose, Grease, and Guys and Dolls. Because my school was supposed to or did put them on.

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#19

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 11:55am

Phantom--I probably drive everyone around me nuts (but it's not just a "current obsession." I've loved it for a while). However, my true favorite musical will always be Damn Yankees.

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#20

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:19pm

Spamalot ALOT!!!!!

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#21

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:39pm

Into the Woods. For a while I was convinced I needed to seek professional help to get me to stop watching it so much when the DVD came out! (I have only seen it onstage once) I am happy to say that I am doing better these days and have even let several people borrow the DVD for long periods of time. There was a time I wouldn't let it out of my home.

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Updated On: 5/12/06 at 12:39 PM

#22

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 12:44pm

Mine changes every few months. Currently, I am transitioning from Spelling Bee to Tarzan and Wedding Singer (transition-read: not done with Bee but making room for others). Before Bee was All Shook Up. (which I would not be done with had it not closed, and look for renewed interest in the tour!!!)
But Rent, Les Miz, Footloose, J&H, Wicked, and a few others have held my interest.

#23

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 1:54pm

The year Tommy opened I was 16 and very obsessive. I think I had one of every single piece of merchandise they ever made. I even convinced a rich friend's father who was looking for a pinball table at the time to choose the Tommy one like they had in the lobby. When the show closed I stalked the workers until they gave me a few gobos. I built a full 3D model of the set based on the pictures in the coffee table book. I got autographs from most of the original and touring casts. The day the show closed I made a cake and (being in Utah) sat in my room with the libretto and the CD and followed along as the show ran in NYC.

I have moved on to being a less obsessive person, though if I were still a teenager and had the time on my hands I think I'd use all my time obsessing over The Light in the Piazza.

#24

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 3:35pm

RENT and Chicago

Updated On: 5/12/06 at 03:35 PM

#25

re: Broadway Obsessions

Posted: 5/12/06 at 4:26pm

In general, Sondheim. I go through periods of studying indvidual shows and being absorbed in the scores. So far, I've been interested in ITW, Gypsy, ST,Pacific Overtures, Passion, Sunday in the Park and Assassins. I've only listened to the cast recordings of Company, Forum and Follies.

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Updated On: 5/12/06 at 04:26 PM