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#51

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/29/08 at 11:12pm

I saw 39 Steps in Boston, as well!

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#52

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 8:47am

Hot Feet - workshop
Footloose - regional theater, world premiere
Good Vibrations - workshop

Guess I only see the least not the best

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Updated On: 6/30/08 at 08:47 AM

#53

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 9:00am

Original shows, prior to opening on Broadway:

Drowsy Chaperone
Curtains
Sunset Blvd.
Ragtime
Mamma Mia

Revivals, prior to Broadway:
Gypsy - Tyne Daly
Fiddler - Topol
Flower Drum Song

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#54

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 9:12am

Goodbye Girl
Victor/Victoria

both out of town in Chicago.

#55

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 9:19am

"Raggedy Ann" in Albany, NY...a couple of years before it flopped on Broadway. I was probably ten or so and I just remember it was scary and pretty awful in general.

#56

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 2:02pm

I saw Curtains in LA

#57

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 3:49pm

Saw a staged reading of In the Heights at 37 Arts before it's off-Broadway run as well as Spring Awakening at the Looking Glass theatre before the Atlantic Theatre Company. And just saw "Reasons to be Pretty" at the Lucille Lortel - and that's going to Bway in spring 09.

#58

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 4:14pm

You have the chance to catch ACE at the Signature Theater in Virginia Aug/Sept this year. Only 4.5 hours from NYC...!

#59

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 4:22pm

Falsettoland at the Lortel (before it was joined with "March" and moved to Broadway)

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#60

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 4:26pm

just "reasons to be pretty" and IN THE HEIGHTS

Updated On: 6/30/08 at 04:26 PM

#61

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 4:52pm

Les Miserables
Mack and Mabel
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Carmelina
Broadway (revival)

... and hopefully, The Visit.

#62

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 5:39pm

Gypsy at City Center

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#63

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 6:32pm

Not workshops but I saw Ragtime in Toronto 3 times before LA or Broadway. Also had the great fortune to see Fosse pre Broadway in Toronto as well with Gwen Verdon and Ann Reinking sitting 3 rows in front of me. It was a hellova good time. I think thats all tho.

#64

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 7:28pm

13 at Goodspeed about a month ago. I don't think it will last long in New York unless there are MAJOR rewrites. They need to figure out who their audience is, and realize that the way adults think teenagers think and act...are not usually how they do.

It's basically a 1980's sitcom version of Spring Awakening-with none of the brilliance.

Also saw Seussical in Boston before it transfered-and saw it again in NYC. I liked it both times, but Boston was better. They cut out the Lorax part in the second act, and I think it really helped the story. Of course it has been reworked so many times now-that Boston show is a far distant memory.

#65

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 7:40pm

Company Revival - Cincinnati

I saw this with great seats and was lucky enough to be there on a night when they had a Q and A after the show. It was a wonderful experience even though Raul and Barbabra Walsh did not participate
in the post show activity.

#66

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 8:26pm

Saw the ones which opened in San Diego the last few years

Big River
Jersey Boys
A Catered Affair
Cry Baby
The Farnsworth Invention
Chita
The Times...

and Young Frankenstein in Seattle

#67

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 8:37pm

Dracula - tom Hewitt in SD
Mambo Kings - SF
Lennon - SF
The Wiz - La Jolla
Lestat - SF
Legally Blonde - SF

#68

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 10:03pm

I saw Young Frankenstein in Seattle . All 3 hours of it . With the Alone scene still in it ! Loved it then . Love it in its shorter 2 1/2 hour version as well . They chopped a lot of funny stuff out .

#69

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 6/30/08 at 10:54pm

let's see.. i saw

Flower Drum Song Revival in LA
Curtains- LA
The Drowsy Chaperone- LA
13- LA
Cry Baby- San Diego
Mamma Mia- it toured first, right? before broadway? i know i saw the tour with Louise Pitre, though in LA...
The Wiz- San Diego (does that count?)
Into the Woods Revival- LA
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- San Diego
Martin Guerre- LA (although i know it probably will never make it, but what the hell..)
Sister Act- Pasadena... let's see if it does make it!

that's all i can think of.... i'm sure there's like one or two more...

#70

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 7/1/08 at 1:15am

I'm not Rappaport Revival (I really enjoyed)
Little Shop of Horrors (Revival before they removed everyone but Hunter Foster...it was ok.)

Not many shows try out in miami but, I am lucky enought not to have seen Urban Cowboy, ughh

#71

re: Did anyone see any Broadway shows before it made it to Broadway

Posted: 7/1/08 at 3:39am

High Fidelity in Boston...I can see why it lasted the length it did on Broadway. :-/

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