First Broadway Show?- Page 2

[colleen_lee]

re: First Broadway Show?#25

Posted: 5/24/06 at 6:53pm

POTO in the early 90s.

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[frogs_fan85]

re: First Broadway Show?#26

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:11pm

Noises Off (Revival)- May of 2002

[muscle23ftl]

re: First Broadway Show?#27

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:14pm

Kiss of the Spider Woman 1995. I still haven't seen anything better.

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[Mandi Moo]

re: First Broadway Show?#28

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:14pm

Phantom, in 96 I believe.

[jonartdesigns]

re: First Broadway Show?#29

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:16pm

rocky horror show in previews- school trip
...unfortunately my grandma would only pay for one show that year, and the next one offered was The Producers, also in previews.

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[rosekwbp]

re: First Broadway Show?#30

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:16pm

Cats when I was 5 or 6. I haven't stopped going since.

[SNLMedia]

re: First Broadway Show?#31

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:18pm

Avenue Q - August 28, 2004. The start of a never-ending addiction.

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[GYPSY1527]

re: First Broadway Show?#32

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:21pm

Cats 1995

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[NickHyper]

re: First Broadway Show?#33

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:24pm

First Broadway show - Beauty and the Beast in 2000

After that I didn't see one until 2005, but since November of 05 I have seen around 20 shows :)

[neddyfrank2]

re: First Broadway Show?#34

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:27pm

Beauty and the Beast 2000

[new_philosophy_girl]

re: First Broadway Show?#35

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:28pm

Phantom in 94 for a sixth grade class trip...

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[FeelingElectric]

re: First Broadway Show?#36

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:44pm

Movin' Out. September 23, 2004 during my first ever trip to New York City. I have been hooked ever since, and have seen nearly 30 shows either on or off Broadway.

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[jlc6314]

re: First Broadway Show?#37

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:51pm

First Broadway show - Les Miserables in 2003.

First show - POTO in Toronto, 1997

No day but today.

[lfae]

re: First Broadway Show?#38

Posted: 5/24/06 at 7:53pm

Wicked, Sep 14th, 2005.
I have an excuse for the pathetically late start, I'm not American and NY's a 20 hour plane trip away :p

[alliez92092]

re: First Broadway Show?#39

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:00pm

I saw Mamma Mia! in Boston of 2003.
And then saw 42nd Street on Broadway in 2004. I saw Wicked the next day.

[theatreguy]

re: First Broadway Show?#40

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:01pm

First show: Peter Pan, 1990-ish.

First Broadway Tour: also Peter Pan (the FIRST time Cathy Rigby did it), 1991-ish.

First show on Broadway: Kiss Me Kate, January 2000.

[courtnyj]

re: First Broadway Show?#41

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:04pm

Okay,
First Musical: Guys and Dolls-1997 (the obsession starts) :)

.....years pass...the obsession fades....

First Broadway Show: Spamalot-April 28th, 2005 (my 21st Birthday)
The obsession is reborn!!! 25 Broadway shows later...here I am!

[CompletlyNakedStatue]

re: First Broadway Show?#42

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:06pm

First Broadway tour was CATS.
First Broadway show was DAMN YANKEES with Jerry Lewis, I think that was summer of 1994. Also saw LES MISERABLES that same evening.

[defygravity2]

re: First Broadway Show?#43

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:17pm

A Chorus Line (first tour in the 70's...I am old!)

[TheaterAddict7652]

re: First Broadway Show?#44

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:18pm

First show: either Cats or Show Boat, both sometime in 1998
First Broadway show: Wicked in December 2004

There's a lot I am not certain of...

[JustABroadwaybaby2]

re: First Broadway Show?#45

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:40pm

Either YAGMCB, Peter Pan, or the Sound of Music.

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[dirty rotten guy]

re: First Broadway Show?#46

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:45pm

The original pre-Broadway tour of Aida

The first show I saw on Broadway was also Aida.

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[Dollypop]

re: First Broadway Show?#47

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:46pm

HIGH SPIRITS starring Beatrice Lillie and Tammy Grimes. 1964.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[munkustrap178]

re: First Broadway Show?#48

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:50pm

TOMMY

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

[Fredisetgo]

re: First Broadway Show?#49

Posted: 5/24/06 at 8:51pm

Peter Pan I was 7

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