First musical that you ever saw...

[ashbash1990]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:03am

I thought this would be fun...
if you count movies, it was fiddler on the roof (age three), but live was the first tour of mamma mia...

[Ciaron McCarthy]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:04am

Annie with Sarah Jessica Parker. Broadway.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:10am

It was so long ago I do not remember exactly but it was either Oliver or Here's Love

[Flight0017]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:14am

A very local production of Peter Pan, although I don't remember much from it. The first "big" musical I saw, was Cats in London in 1994.

[FrontRowCenter2]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:22am

Got hooked on Broadway after I saw my first show:

How to Succeed in Business . . .(Robert Morse, Rudy Vallee)

Followed by Oliver and Stop the World

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:26am

"Phantom of the Opera" on tour

[Horton]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:27am

Annie on broadway, at the age of 4

[OtherDaryl]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:30am

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Jesse B. Rodgers Senior High School in Michigan City, Indiana.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:33am

PIPPIN. Original Cast. Christmas 1972. Imperial Theatre (W. 45th Street). I was 7 years old. Kissed Ann Reinking at the stagedoor. I was hooked on Bob Fosse's work ever since.

[Paulyd]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:35am

My mum is a musical fanatic. Even at 73 she goes to see everything new in thr west end My fist show i saw with her was Cats, which was the original london cast. I was 9 years old and it blew me away. Since then i've seen with her the original casts of most shows including Les Miserables (in its original form at the Barbican) Phantom and Miss Saigon. And she's still going strong. Bless her

[Gingersnap]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 10:53am

On tv - The Sound of Music
Live - Anne (tour, unknown cast, early 80s)
Broadway - The Phantom of the Opera

[Claire2141]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:18am

Tv - The Sound of Music
Stage - The Sound of Music (touring)
West End - Saturday Night Fever

[bwayondabrain]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:21am

Movie- SOUTH PACIFIC
Broadway- AIDA
West End- STOMP

[Lizzya9]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:26am

Beauty and the Beast!

[Gypsy9]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:30am

The operetta BLOSSOM TIME which I was too young to appreciate--I think it was about the composer Franz Schubert and I couldn't understand how the character of Schubert could be on stage if he was really dead.

The first show that I appreciated was the tryout in Philadelphia of FLAHOOLEY starring a young Barbara Cook, in 1951, when I was 10 years old. I loved the marionettes although I missed the satirical look at the evils of capitalism that was at the core of the show.

My first show on Broadway was the magical 1954 PETER PAN with Mary Martin, sitting in the loge of the Winter Garden. I haven't been back to that theatre since the 1980 Gower Champion production of 42nd STREET, before it transferred to the larger Majestic, to make more money for producer David Merrick. And they had just refurbished the Winter Garden for 42nd STREET!
I don't care for the big London musical mega-hits and have never seen CATS or PHANTOM of the OPERA or MAMA MIA. I am definitely not a fan of American Idol on TV.

Updated On: 10/22/06 at 11:30 AM

[Lome2]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:31am

Movie: Sound of Music
Live: Cats
Broadway: Phantom of the Opera
West End: Whistle down the Wind

[southernjerseygirl]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:36am

movie: it was either Oliver or Sound of Music

live: a touring production of Chorus Line

[defyingravity11]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 11:58am

Movie: Either Beauty and the Beast or Into the Woods

Broadway: Beauty and the Beast

[enjolrasissex]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 12:03pm

THE MUSIC MAN when I was 4. I think I fell asleep during the second act.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 12:05pm

"Barnum", being about 1 year old (so I was told). But the first show I remember actively seeing, was "My Fair Lady" when I was about 10. Magnificent!

[Over_the_Moon]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 12:50pm

A bunch of regional shows, not sure which was first. I think Guys and Dolls is the first one I remember.

First professional show was the CATS tour. First Broadway show was Rent.

[Muhlethaler]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 1:03pm

The Who's Tommy.

[ahmelie]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 1:10pm

On broadway? Chicago.

in order
Chicago
RENT
Hairspray
Little Women
Sweeney Todd
RENT

The only ones I enjoyed were Chicago and Sweeney Todd. I hated the rest, Hairspray was okay but I'm not a RENT or Little Women fan at all. But any show on broadway is remarkable.

[jonartdesigns]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 1:11pm

first live one i can remember was the sound of music at my old high school when i was 7

first broadway: the rocky horror show revival

[professor]

Posted: 10/22/06 at 1:21pm

Peter Pan, on Broadway with Sandy Duncan. It was 1980, I was in 2nd Grade. I loved it and was pretty much hooked on theatre from then on.