Can a show be your favorite if you have not seen it?- Page 2

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 9:39am

Although, I think the entire point of live theatre is just that...to see it LIVE.

[EganFan2]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 9:50am

Phantom was my favorite for years before I saw it. It still is.

[kgee30]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 9:54am

Yes -- who can tell you you're wrong? And why would you believe them?

[tz0o]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 11:48am

"South Pacific" is one of my favorite musicals of all time, and I didn't even see it on video! So I suppose the answer is yes.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 12:16pm

Is there some sort of government agency overseeing this? Are some of you really saying that a person can't lay claim to their favorite show because they lack what you consider a firsthand experience of it? What a ridiculous, pompous assertion! I suspect that opinion is largely held by fans who feel some sort of proprietary ownership of "their" favorite shows and feel threatened by others sharing them. I mean, really. Get over yourselves!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 12:49pm

a) What if you have been IN a show, but not technically seen it? I'm sure it can be your favorite show then...

b) Whoever brought up Drowsy Chaperone, that's a great point... I'm sure the Man in Chair can claim Drowsy Chaperone as his true favorite musical, and he's never technically seen it...

[neocomposer]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:01pm

I think so. I've never been a person to have favorites of anything, but I think the powers that be are fine with people never seeing their favorite show

Now, now ourtime992...the people who say you can't have a favorite without seeing it are simply stating their opinions. I don't think they are necessarily pompous. They just happen to think differently than you and I. It WAS a question, and they DID answer it as they felt best.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:09pm

Can the cast change of shows create a 'different liking?'

As someone pointed out- RENT.

If you saw the orginal cast of RENT (Idina, Taye, Adam, Anthony..etc..)and it was your "FAVORITE SHOW," could that change if you saw it with a different cast?

Basically, is your favorite show based on the contents/idea of the show or those performing in it?

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 1:10pm

I think I'm an example - my favorite show is Assassins (the most recent one with Neil Patrick Harris, Denis O'Hare...). I never got to see it - I wasn't into Broadway when it was running. My friend sent me the CR and I loved it. I found the libretto from somewhere, and got a *cough* shoe of the show.

I count it my favorite, and I don't think there's any problem with doing that.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 2:55pm

"Assassins" had been one of my favorite musicals for years despite having never seen it or even read the script. This was based purely on the OCR, which I thought was amazing. I was actually AFRAID to read the script, fearing that it wouldn't live up the score. Naturally, when the show was revived on Broadway, I bought tickets. Then it closed and they gave me my money back!

Happy ending: I ended up DOING the show at my college several months later, and am now in it once again here in Chicago. Come see it!

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 3:49pm

SweetQInTheLights, I think that's an enormously interesting question.

[lamentingenvelope]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 3:54pm

Yes, it most certainly can. Not all of us live in New York City or even in areas where there is a lot of regional theater - and not everyone has the MONEY to see shows either. Does this mean we are not able to educate ourselves on the shows we like and therefore cannot have an opinion on them? No.

[ohhoney_]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 9:14pm

"Basically, is your favorite show based on the contents/idea of the show or those performing in it? "

That raises a good point, and what I meant (sort of) when I talked about "Into The Woods." It's my favorite show, but when I saw it live I wasn't overly impressed. But I know the music, have the dvd, have seen it done live twice, own the script, sang 2 of the songs in voice lessons...um...the soundtrack to my life is basically the OBC of ITW.

[nztheatreluva]

Posted: 4/21/06 at 9:24pm

I think it can be. I haven't seen any shows done professionally other than Mamma Mia and Phantom, yet I would definitely call other shows my favourites, even though I haven't seen them