Hot Feet and Glory Days. Nice combo, right? I also saw August: Osage County in Chicago. In addition, I saw the Visit at Signature (hopefully it gets to broadway...). I also saw Sunday in the Park with George and Mary Poppins in London, prior to them coming to Broadway.
"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)
I was quite pleased with this year's Tony awards; thanks to transferring things from the UK, I saw 'Sunday In The Park With George', 'Macbeth', 'The 39 Steps', and 'The Seafarer' before they hit Broadway, so I actually had opinions on plays! Gasp! I've also seen 'Equus' already and you haven't, haha. :3
I have seen a few.. Young Frankenstein The Wedding Singer Light in the Piazza Cry Baby Princesses (which I dont think ended up opening on Broadway- thankfully) AND SOON I WILL SEE SHREK THE MUSICAL edit: ALSO: HAIRSPRAY
I've seen a number of shows in LA before they transferred -- Ragtime (but without Audra), Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains, Mail (Pasadena Playhouse), Big River (the revival), Come Back Little Sheba (the current revival), Beauty and the Beast, Biloxi Blues, Angels in America, The Kentucky Cycle, and Radio Golf.
Next year, the Ahmanson will be premiering 9 to 5 and Minsky's, both of which I expect to go to Broadway after their LA runs.
Mr. President (Robert Ryan and Nanette Fabray) Come On Strong (Van Johnson and Carroll Baker) Tchin-Tchin (Anthony Quinn and Margaret Leighton) The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (Hermione Baddeley) Photo Finish (Peter Ustinov) Tovarich (Vivian Leigh and Jean Pierre Aumont) My Mother, My Father, and Me (Rith Gordon and Walter Matthau) Rattle of a Simple Man(Tammy Grimes and Edward Woodward) Jennie (Mary Martin) 110 in the Shade (Inga Swenson and Robert Horton) The Girl Who Came to Supper (Jose Ferrer and Florence Henderson) Funny Girl (Barbra Streisand and Sydney Chaplin) High Spirits (Tammy Grimes and Bea Lillie) Hamlet (Richard Burton) Fade Out-Fade In (Carol Burnett and Jack Cassidy)
I need to add Spring Awakening. Saw the final preview performance before opening night at The Atlantic. I got to talk to Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik about the show and I got to tell Duncan Sheik how "Home At the End of the World" was still in heavy rotation in my CD player. He was pleasantly surprised and we chated briefly about it. Mr Sater gave me this hughe hug at intermission when I told him I was loving the show. And we discussed where the show was going next. At that point he knew it was going somewhere (Moving to another theater after the Atlantic run possibly). I don't think they had any clue what was to come at that point! What a fun and memorable evening! Thought I would share. Have shared this in other posts.
Curtains in LA. In the Heights off-Broadway. Just saw Reasons to be Pretty which will be on Broadway. Saw "Dolly, a Damned Exasperating Woman" in Detroit many years ago, just before they renamed it Hello Dolly.
I am a firm believer in serendipity- all the random pieces coming together in one wonderful moment, when suddenly you see what their purpose was all along.