First Musical

#1

First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:21pm

OK...what was the first musical to really impact you?

Mine..was..Annie...

in fact i WAS Annie...in the car everday...AND for Halloween! ha!

so that tells you how OLD i was... :)

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Updated On: 4/1/05 at 08:21 PM

#2

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:23pm

Peter Pan

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--Aristotle

#3

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:25pm

Titanic for Broadway
Sound of Music for Movie Musical

#4

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:28pm

Mine was the first one I ever saw, the obc of The Wiz I was 10 years old ,it blew my mind.Stephanie Mills,Andre de Shields,Hinton Battle,Mable King, Ted Ross...who could ask for anything more?

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#5

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:29pm

Mine was Annie, too. I was in fourth grade, and it was our school musical (performed by the entire fifth grade). After that, I went around the house singing "Tomorrow" and "The Hard-Knock Life." After that, I saw a few movie-musicals, and it's been downhill, ever since.

Updated On: 4/1/05 at 08:29 PM

#6

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:30pm

phantom of the opera
i was seven and my cousin played the title song on teh sound system that was wired thru the entire house, and we could feel the windows shaking
it was awesome
from that day i was hooked on two things: theater
and mask collecting
hehe, im such a geek sometimes

#7

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:34pm

I wore a red wig aon Halloween...and my mom made my dress...I'm a geek too!!!!

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So long status quo/ I think I just let go/ You make me want to be/ BRAVE

#8

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 8:34pm

Les Miserables. I was three years old when I discovered it. They were doing a PBS special and I was so struck by the fact that a little girl (young cosette) could be up on stage singing. For the next four years, Castle on a cloud was my Anthem. I finally saw it on Broadway when I was about six. Even then, It was incredible.

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#9

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:03pm

Either Oliver or Here's Love - one of these was the first show I ever saw

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#10

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:10pm

Les Miserables

I was 24, just came to U.S, heard nothing about musical except cats. Then that show totally changed my life.

#11

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:21pm

Cats

#12

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:40pm

I suppose if you count telivision, I rented the Mary Martin Peter Pan by mistake when I was six and I fell in love with it. so technically that was the first musical to ever impact me, but at that age I didn't know the difference between a filmed stage show and a movie. CATS which I saw live when I was ten was the show that really introduced me to Broadway...

#13

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:41pm

Cats

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#14

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:46pm

RENT

i look at life and friendships sooo differently now, for the past 5 years.

#15

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:46pm

The first professional stage production I saw was in 1988 at age 13-- the touring company of "Cats". Donna Lee Marshall played Grizabella and I still remember her voice raising the rafters.

#16

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 9:57pm

Mine was Phantom of the Opera. I wanted to see this show when I was little, and when my mom finally took me to see the national tour of it in Hartford when I was 15...I just sat there in awe...from the minute the overture began I was hooked...and it's what made me want to become an actor.

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#17

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:10pm

The revival of "Cabaret." I sat in my seat in tears for ten minutes after the show unable to move.

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#18

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:15pm

Grease, i danced on the stage during intermission and won the little contest.

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#19

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:27pm

The first nat. tour of "Beauty and the Beast". I grew up with the movie, it was and still is my fav. Disney movie, and got to see it live. It REALLY got me into it all. That and "Cinderella" It was my first production at my local theatre, it had a big impact on me also.

I'm really enjoying hearing the storys!

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#20

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:33pm

Peter Pan, I would sing along to it everyday after preschool.

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#21

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:35pm

Into the Woods, 7th grade. My best friend's older sister's best friend was playing Little Red in their high school production, so we all went to see it. It was such an amazing show (and still is). For weeks after, it was all my friends and I watched and listened to.

#22

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:36pm

I saw the revival of Company when I was 12. It was the first show I had seen by Stephen Sondheim. Based on that, I went out and bought the cast album to every show he has written. He is, without a doubt, my favorite composer, and I have seen every Broadway revival of his since Company.

#23

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:39pm

I remember as a little girl watching 'Singin in the Rain' at least once a week, so as a movie, that had the most impact.

On stage though, it would be 'Phantom of the Opera'. I saw the National Tour in 1997 when it came to Seattle. I remember so little now besides the lake scene, but for months after in art class i would draw pictures of the Phantom leading Christine to his boat on the lake.

I am such a dork. And i love it.

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#24

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:51pm

TV - Peter Pan
Recording - Camelot
Film - Mary Poppins
Stage - Company - first national tour

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#25

re: First Musical

Posted: 4/1/05 at 10:53pm

Cats