First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings- Page 2

[musicalfan07]

re: First Preveiws#25

Posted: 2/23/08 at 7:50pm

Final performance of Desperately Seeking Susan in London.

[Elphaba3]

re: First Preveiws#26

Posted: 2/23/08 at 7:52pm

I was at the final performance of The Light in the Piazza on tour.

[dancingthrulife04]

re: First Preveiws#27

Posted: 2/23/08 at 7:54pm

Closing - Company

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

[jagfkb]

re: First Preveiws#28

Posted: 2/23/08 at 8:11pm

First Preview:
The Woman in White(05)-Awful show, hated it except for the beautiful lighting & scenery
Mary Poppins(06)-Great, set broke down though
Legally Blonde(07)-Great, set broke down in Paulette's shop, causing the set to slowly creep closer & closer to their actual places on stage. This caused Laura Bell to stop & say, "Paulette, what a magical shop you have!"
Little Mermaid(07)-Great, but better now with both towers

Closing Nights:
Little Shop of Horrors(04)- Great, favorite ad lib being when Rob bartlett let Seymor & Audrey's kiss after Suddenly Seymor last for about 5 minutes, causing them to start jumping up & down & doing the funniest things i've ever seen on stage.
La Cage(05)- Great show, why did it close?
Drowsy Chaperone(07)- Favorite parts include the laughs for each joke lasting about 2 minutes each, plus Bob's molonlogue at the end, very touching with a double meaning that night. Plus, the best was everyone clapping & wanting him to play the album again.

[ashley0139]

re: First Preveiws#29

Posted: 2/23/08 at 8:35pm

Closings:
The Pirate Queen
Company
Grey Gardens

"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

[ILoveMyDictionary]

re: First Preveiws#30

Posted: 2/23/08 at 9:15pm

At first I thought this thread was about shows that were so bad that their first preview was their opening and closing night.

[Dollypop]

re: First Preveiws#31

Posted: 2/23/08 at 9:18pm

I've been to every Opening Night and Closing Night of HELLO, DOLLY since the original production in 1964.

"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)

[DRSisLove]

re: First Preveiws#32

Posted: 2/23/08 at 10:52pm

First previews:
IN THE HEIGHTS

Closings:
THE WEDDING SINGER
SPELLING BEE

[broadwayboy522]

re: First Preveiws#33

Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:04am

Closing of Beauty and the Beast, it was closed to public but then they randomly released some seats in the mid mezz.

[p.s.]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #34

Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:20am

Les Miserables Revival -- all three:


10/24/2006; 11/9/2006; 1/6/2008


p.s. And several in between.

[winston89]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #35

Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:22am

First preview In the Heights

And closing night of the Les Miserables revival and Drowsy. The moment where Martin and Saget were staring at each other for a second is a moment that I will never forget. Seeing the two Man In Chairs from beginning to end right then and there. Oh, what a night to remember.

"If you try to shag my husband while I am still alive, I will shove the art of motorcycle maintenance up your rancid little Cu**. That's a good dear" Tom Stoppard's Rock N Roll

[LimelightMike]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #36

Posted: 2/24/08 at 12:48am

winston, that moment must've been so moving (and surreal).

[Just_John]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #37

Posted: 2/24/08 at 2:21am

First Preview- Sweeney Todd, Company, In the Heights, Spring Awakening
Closing- Three Days of Rain, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Sweeney Todd, Company, Jay Johnson, The Drowsy Chaperone

[TheActr97J]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #38

Posted: 2/24/08 at 2:34am

1st preview of "High Fidelity" in Boston, as well as the closing performance in Boston. That means I was one of the first people to see that unfortunate theatrical experience.

"I seem to have wandered into the BRAIN load-out thread... "
-best12bars

"Sorry I am a Theatre major not a English Major"
-skibumb5290

[Crazy4MattMorrison52]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #39

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:04am

opening night : grease
closing night: taboo, wedding singer, tarzan

"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"

[Joshua488]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #40

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:08am

First preview: The Apple Tree (2007).

Closing night: Steel Magnolias (2005). It was also an Actors' Fund benefit performance.

I didn't plan to attend the first preview/closing night performances; they just happened to fit my schedule best.

[popular_elphie]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #41

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:23am

First preview:
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Opening nights:
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! (the most recent one)
Including the amazing parties after.

Closing night:
ALL SHOOK UP
Updated On: 2/24/08 at 03:23 AM

[verynewyorkcurious]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #42

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:27am

First Preview of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE
Closing of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE

and that's it.

[roseaddams]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #43

Posted: 2/24/08 at 3:49am

Opening night: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Los Angeles, 24/may/2007
Closing night: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Los Angeles, 17/jun/2007

"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite

[jordangirl]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #44

Posted: 2/24/08 at 8:53am

No first previews or opening nights...

Closings:
The Vertical Hour
110 in the Shade
Beauty and the Beast
The Year of Magical Thinking

upcoming closings...
Next to Normal ~ at least barring another extension
The Homecoming

Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!

[DefyGravity777]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #45

Posted: 2/24/08 at 10:19am

No First previews or Opening nights.
Closing: Les Mis Revival (1/6/0.

Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!

Updated On: 2/25/08 at 10:19 AM

[postergirl]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #46

Posted: 2/24/08 at 1:32pm

At the second last performance of Drowsy Bob Martin came out wearing the Super's wig and no one recognized him, so for the evening performance he didn't wear it.

[musicalmaster703]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #47

Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:51pm

I am oficcally going to the first preveiw of cry baby

[Mbmusic]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #48

Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:48pm

Les Miserables Revival Closing- 1/6/08

[jv92]

re: First Preview, Opening Nights and Closings #49

Posted: 2/25/08 at 8:39pm

I've been to several first previews to either see if the show is any good or to see if the show is as bad as the buzz says it is. I have not been to an opening night, unfortunately.
I've been a few closings, the best of which was Grey Gardens last summer. One of the top three most thrilling theatrical experiences I have ever had in my life. I was very glad to be there.