Broadway Time Machine...

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:40am

If you could go back in time to see any Broadway hits long past (2000 is the cut-off), what three would you see?

Me:

1. Florodora, 1901 (maybe I'd encounter Harry Thaw and Stanford White gawking at Evelyn Nesbit from the front row?)
2. Rent, 1996
3. Wizard of Oz, 1903ish (Broadway musical from the turn of the century; different from the Garland version)

[Marquise]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:48am

West Side Story - 1957

Cabaret - 1966

Hair - 1968

Promises, Promises - 1968

Company - 1970

Seesaw

Follies

Purlie - 1970

Two Gentlemen of Verona - 1972

Raisin - 1974

A Chorus Line - 1975 Original Cast (I saw it in '86)

Sweeney Todd

Evita

Sunday In The Park With George



Updated On: 9/28/04 at 02:48 AM

[WhatDoINeedWithLove?]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:53am

Rent OBC!! :)

[Unknown User]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:54am

My Fair Lady
The King and I
A Stretcar Named Desire - for Jessica Tandy.

[midnghtdolphin]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 4:47am

rent obc (saw it in 2004)
south pacific obc
west side story obc
camelot
a chorus line
les mis obc (saw it in 96)
phantom of the opera obc
my fair lady
jekyll and hyde obc (saw it in 97)
man of la mancha obc
cinderella
music man obc
the king and i

[The Ninth Show]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 6:42am

Christine with Maureen O'Hara - 1960

[Sant]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 10:57am

THE KING AND I (OBC)
CHICHAGO (original 1975 production)
SUNSET BOULEVARD
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
THE WHO'S TOMMY
EVITA

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:00am

A Chorus Line
Aspects of Love (Yes, I am a dork-but I LOVE Michael Ball)

[chasing_rainbows43]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:00am

Oh just leave me around for the 30's and I'd be fine

[Aaron27]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:19am

Defintiely West Side, Company, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods....hmm, I think there's a trend in there somewhere :)

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:24am

**chimes in**I LOVE the Drew RENT posters.. so NOT Rentish.. but SO wonderful to look at.

[rKrispyt]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:33am

Violet
Debbie Does Dallas
Zanna Don't
Ragtime OBC
Rent OBC (as much as I hate it now)
Hair (original production, not the inconcert - although that would've kicked ass too)
Angels In America (both Millenium Approaches and Perestroika)
West Side Story
Pippin

there are so many more. but I'll stop the list there.

and I know a few of those aren't Broadway but who cares - I'm mad at myself for not discovering them sooner and getting to see them! lol

[TheGaIsSilent]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:35am

RENT (OBC)
Cabaret (OBC)
Les Mis (Orig. London Cast)

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:47am

Rent - 1996
Cabaret - 1966 and 1998
Oklahoma! - 1943, I think.

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:53am

A damn-it! How could I forget Cabaret! *kicks myself for making a terrible faux-pas*

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 11:56am

How could you?!

*throws flip-flop at Chrysanthemum*

[~*Triple Star On Broadway*~]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:14pm

Here we go:

Sweet Charity avec Miss Gwen Verdon

Hair the original broadway production

West Side Story

The Whos Tommy

Crazy For You

Rocky Horror Show

No No Nanette

Jellys Last Jam

On The Town

[robbiej]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:20pm

A trio of flops:

Rachael Lilly Rosenbloom (and don't you forget it)
Carrie
Moose Murders

[Oscar Jaffee]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:21pm

"On the Twentieth Century." I saw it with Judy Kaye and loved it, but I would have loved to see Madeline Kahn before she left the show.

Your time machine thread is another reason all Broadway shows should be preserved on video!

[sndtrklvr]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 1:54pm

Didn't we do this time machine before. Okay Sherman set the way back machine. Here are a few

Gypsy (Merman)
My Fair Lady (OC)
Pajama Game (The night Shirley became a star)
Music Man
Anyone Can Whistle
Hair (OC)
Company (OC)
A Chorus Line
Dreamgirls
Rent

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:05pm

Oklahoma
Carousel
West Side Story
Company
Two Gentlemen of Verona
Hair
Via Galactica
Carrie
Chess
Romance/Romance
Rags
Starlight Express
Urinetown (again)
Redhead
Do Re Mi
Grease
Bye Bye Birdie
Funny Girl
Hello Dolly
Anyone Can Whistle
Pacific Overtures
Zorba
The Pajama Game
The Most Happy Fella
Anything Goes (Merman)
Leave it to Me
Fiorello
Brigadoon
On the Town
Wonderful Town
Candide (1974 revival)
Guys and Dolls (original)
How to Succeed (revival)
Brigadoon
The Wild Party
Goldilocks
The Rothschilds
Raisin
Hallelujah, Baby
How Now Dow Jones
Annie

[DickonDefysGravity]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 2:06pm

INTO THE WOODS- OBC- 1986
WEST SIDE STORY- OBC- 1957
SECRET GARDEN- OBC- 1988

[musicalmjk]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 3:08pm

Drop me at 1950 and i'll work my way back

[WOSQ]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 4:33pm

The Glass Menagerie with Laurette Taylor

[wickedfan]

Posted: 9/28/04 at 4:48pm

Grand Hotel, Nine, My Fair Lady, Company, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Evita, Anything Goes (revival).