Ever regret seeing one show instead of another?

[dramaparoxysm23]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 3:46pm

I saw two shows in NYC - Spamalot and Chicago. Chicago was great, but I wish I'd seen Sweet Charity instead, especially now that it's closing. Chicago will be there forever.

But that's what I get for not making my choice in the TKTS line and waiting til the last minute. :P

[theatahguy]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 3:51pm

wish to god i would've seen Reba in AGYG instead of Eric McCormack in The Music Man on my first trip to NYC.

[Overthewall]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 3:53pm

I was on a school trip and had a choice of 20th Century or Caroline, or Change and our teacher chose 20th Century.

[BluCat500]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 3:58pm

Yuppers Big time, Recently In My Life over Trailer Park

And in the past 42nd Street over pretty much anything else on TKTS that day, Thorougly Modern Millie or Frogs, le sigh...

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:00pm

I wish I saw Caroline, or Change or Assassins instead of the revival of LSOH.

[SirLiir]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:13pm

Is regret the right word? You did see a show and experienced it for all its glory (or faults). Does that mean you can't take anything positive out of the show you saw? You never know. The show you saw could have been much better than the one you didn't.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:19pm

In My Life instead of Piazza (we were buying rush tix, and one of my friends forgot his ID, so we couldn't get rush for piazza)

[wiggum2]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:45pm

I wish I saw Avenue Q instead of Caroline or Change

[hen88]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 4:57pm

I wish that I had seen Light in the Piazza instead of The Color Purple. Like many people, I was on a budget, and I could get tix for CP at a discount. I would rather have paid full price to see half the shows on Broadway instead of CP. As you can tell, I really did not like it. I found the piece to be unfair to its characters. It treated all these heavy issues (rape, loss of family, loss of identity, etc) with a grain of salt and chose instead to focus on sexual habits of the characters. I found it to be a waste of time. On the other hand, I do give props to the actors - they were all splendid, considering the material they were given. Though - I do think that LaChanze was a bit miscast (way too pretty, IMO). This ends my rant.

[EganFan2]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 5:44pm

Haven't yet been to NYC, but I wish I'd seen the Troika tour of "Phantom" (Yeston) instead of the Non-Equity tour of "Jekyll and Hyde". However, I did get to see Kelli O'Hara in that before she was on Broadway. So that was cool.

[popular_elphie]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 5:49pm

I wish I'd seen Trailer Park over Chitty.

[zippyjen]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 6:02pm

i don't regret seeing one show over another but i regret missing the rocky horror revival. I was gonna go with my mom but plans fell through and next thing you know it closed.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 6:03pm

Man Who Came to Dinner over Kiss Me Kate....I saw the latter, but managed to see both eventually....on TV.

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 6:07pm

During freshman orientation, one of our events was seeing a Broadway show. My group saw Phantom of the Opera, which didn't appeal to me at all. I'm still jealous of the group that got to see The Producers.

[freeadmission]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 6:13pm

I saw Little Women the second (and most recent) time I went to New York. Since I'd already seen it when it was at Duke, I now wish I'd seen Piazza instead. I'm not sure it would have been possible though, since the reason I saw Little Women was because we were able to snag student tix. I understand the Piazza student tix work a little differently.

[Marlene]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 6:36pm

The Lion King instead of AIDA...although I enjoyed it, TLK is still on Bway, and I was deprived of AIDA.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 6:54pm

went to see the oklahoma revival (which was still great) over the obc of thoroughly modern millie. I also turned down a school trip to see the obc of the producers since the teacher kicked me outta the school musical

[Anakela]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:15pm

Saw Wicked instead of The Boy From Oz when I visited NY with my (12 yr old) sister- don't regret seeing Wicked for the first time with her, but I do regret never having seen The Boy From Oz.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:20pm

In April we saw Wicked, Spamalot, and RENT (again).
I wish I had seen Light in the Piazza rather than RENT, as I feel the production we saw of RENT in San Francisco in 1999 was far superior. (AND I LOVE RENT!)

[VivaBohemia]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:29pm

Regret not seeing Les Mis on Broadway, Aida

[kelly0ann]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:36pm

Ah Les Mis, how I love thee.

I wish I would have seen The Last Five Years- I know...it's off-Broadway, but would have liked to see it when I was there.
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[StageManager2]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:44pm

In 1999 my Mom brought me to NYC for the sole reason of taking me to see my first Broadway play. At the time I was not familiar with many musicals. It came down to two: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and MISS SAIGON. I chose BATB because I was familiar with the story and and I liked the songs. I hadn't listened to MS yet, but th story sounded interesting. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed BATB but MS would have been a more interesting choice.

[dkonbroadway]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:49pm

I wish i saw The Color Purple over Sweeney Todd

[MissMonika]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:52pm

On my first visit to New York, I saw Hairspray instead of Rent. Grr...I wish I had seen Rent because the truth is, I didn't like Hairspray that much.

[hypertruffle]

Posted: 12/19/05 at 7:58pm

I regret seeing 42nd street over The Full Monty. Then again, I was twelve at the time...