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#151

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 12:57am

First show was A Chorus Line in Phoenix not sure of the year-- early 1990's.. that had been my first OBC album -- so I cried basically through the whole thing...

We are planning our first trip to NYC my kids are all at ages where they can appreciate the shows....(16,14,10.) I am so excited I could faint.

We are sure about Chicago and I thought perhaps The Color Purple but I have been kicking around Beauty and the Beast because it is due to close soon, but I am looking for suggestions....

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#152

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:03am

The original Toronto cast of Phantom. I was four years old, second row center stage. To say I was horrified is an under statement. It took me 15 year's to see the show I again and I loved it.

My first on broadway show was Swing, not the best show but boy did it leave an impression. I haven't look back ever since.......

#153

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:09am

I'd see Beauty and the Beast...it's good for everyone! Can't go wrong there.

#154

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:16am

Thanks...that has been the general consensus around here...I still have some things to work out-- days that we are visiting family and stuff, and we hope to see at least 2 or 3 shows while we are in the city....

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#155

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:33am

I would probably have to ask my mom what the first show I saw on bway was since she used to like to bring me to all sorts of theatre events when I was little but the first one I remember seeing was Phantom of the Opera.

#156

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 9:10am

spring awakening was mine. ::blush:: be quiet, i got complimentary front row tickets.

#157

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 9:14am

Miss Saigon. I was like 7 or 8 or something.

#158

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:09am

My first Broadway show was Phantom in 2004. That was less than three years ago. In those three years, I've seen 27 shows 40 times, not counting tours or off-Broadway.

I don't remember my first show ever. But it was probably an amateur/community theater/high school production.

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#159

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:11am

Beauty and the Beast when I was 7. Which I ended up seeing 2 more times within the next month since my grandparents kept ending up with tickets.

#160

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:14am

Rent, when I turned 16. I've seen 17 more Broadway shows (some of them multiple times) since then.

I think my first show ever was a community production of Snow White when I was 5 or so.

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#161

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:16am

Phantom Of The Opera when I was 5.

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#162

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:22am

Bob Fosse's PIPPIN at the Imperial Theatre (W. 45th Street). Year was 1972. I was 7 years old.

#163

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:23am

Boy From Oz when I first moved into the city. Hugh Jackman got me hooked.

#164

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 10:35am

'Crazy for You' with Harry Groener and Jodi Benson (the film voice of Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid') in '93. It was awesome, they were awesome, the ensemble was awesome. I distinctly remember we got to meet a couple of cast members after the show, and Jodi Benson ran through and said Hi, but she had to run because she was recording the Little Mermaid cartoon early in the morning.

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#165

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 12:20pm

The first show I actually saw on Broadway (as opposed to touring or ametuer production) was Deathtrap. We had a choice between that and Barnum, I think. Deathtrap was wonderful!

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#166

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 12:38pm

My first trip to NYC, I saw The Goodbye Girl, Will Rogers Follies, Lost in Yonkers, and Jeffrey. Can't remember which one I technically saw first, but I loved all of them, mostly because I was so thrilled to finally be seeing Broadway (and Off-Broadway) shows.

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#167

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 12:43pm

I saw the Lion King in Toronto at on point, and a lot of national tours, but my first BROADWAY show was Rent on my senior trip last year.

#168

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 12:51pm

Well.. my parents used to take me to theatre all the time when I was really little, but my first New York show that I can remember was in 1997 and was 1776 when I was 12. Yup, 1776.

#169

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:05pm

"The Sound of Music"!!

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#170

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:25pm

Beauty and The Beast:
October 22nd 2000.
Sunday matinee.
Andrea Mcardle was Belle.
Steven Blanchard was The Beast

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#171

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 1:48pm

first professional show: Phantom of the Opera tour in the late '90s
first Broadway show: Spamalot January 2006

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#172

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 2:18pm

FLAHOOLEY with Barbara Cook, preview before Broadway in Philadelphia at the Shubert Theatre(now renamed)--1951. I was 10 years old.

PETER PAN with Mary Martin at the Winter Garden--1954

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#173

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 2:30pm

September 7, 2005: Wicked on tour in San Francisco. My first show ON Broadway will be the Phantom of the Opera when I go to New York this June!

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#174

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 4:14pm

first broadway show for me was Rent in April 2006.

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#175

First show EVER

Posted: 2/23/07 at 4:17pm

Annie Get Your Gun with Reba in 2001

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