First show seen on broadway?
First show seen on broadway?
Sherbear8081
Chorus Member Joined: 8/22/14
#1First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 12:14amWhat was the first show that you saw on Broadway? Mine was Matilda.
Speed
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/03
FishermanBob
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/9/12
StephieElise
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/12
#4First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 12:23am
It hasn't happened yet, but it will be Book of Mormon, in November.
The first professional show I saw (in Melbourne) was Annie, but the first I attended was Les Mis.
#5First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 12:51am
In New York: Matilda in 2013
On Tour: Wicked in 2010
#6First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 1:20am
On Broadway, Beauty and the Beast , 2007
On tour, The Lion King, 2005
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#7First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 1:25amI believe it was the '96 revival of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, but I was 8 at the time so I don't remember 100% percent. I also saw ANNIE, TITANIC, STEEL PIER, and CANDIDE all around that same time.
Anything regarding shows stated by this account is an attempt to convey opinion and not fact.
#8First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 1:30amThe Phantom of the Opera
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chewy5000
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/09
#10First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 5:24am
New York: Sweet Charity (2005)
On Tour: Les Misérables (2012)
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#11First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 6:10am
New York: Thoroughly Modern Millie
Tour: 42nd Street
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#12First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 6:20amHow to Succeed in Business (original cast!)
#13First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 7:39amSame Time, Next Year with Ellen Burstyn and Charles Grodin.
#14First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 7:49amA Chorus Line (Original Broadway Cast)
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
followspot
Broadway Star Joined: 12/27/11
#15First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 7:49am
High school trip, 2-show day, New Year's week, 1980:
EVITA, LuPone/Patinkin
SWEENEY TODD, Lansbury/Cariou
Impactful day — to put it mildly. 
"Tracy... Hold Mama's waffles."
Updated On: 9/16/14 at 07:49 AM
jemjeb2
Featured Actor Joined: 6/28/05
#17First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:02am
My first day in New York ever I saw Mame at a matinee and Hello, Dolly that night. It took a week to wipe the smile off my face. That's a lot of "happy"! Oh, the next day I saw Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun.
Luscious
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#18First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:08am1776 with my middle school history class. It was a class trip. Must have been 1970 or 71. After that, I was hooked!
#19First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:10am
CATS. It's about cats. Singing cats.
You'll love it.
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#21First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:14am
"EVITA, LuPone/Patinkin"
You lucky turkey. How was She?
lotiloti
Broadway Star Joined: 1/23/06
#22First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:15amOriginal 'Sunday in the Park with George' with Mandy & Bernadette at the Booth.
RENT_is_Wicked2
Stand-by Joined: 4/4/11
#23First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:24am
Broadway: Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark (2011)
Tour: Lion King- 2008
Updated On: 9/16/14 at 08:24 AM
followspot
Broadway Star Joined: 12/27/11
#24First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 8:28am
You lucky turkey. How was She?
My biggest memory of 'how She was' is of her speaking with us in a private pre-arranged chat after the matinee. After the fireworks display we'd just witnessed, the suddenly tiny, unassuming young woman in glasses who graciously gave us a moment between shows rocked my young mind as to what performers do. In short — magic.
"Tracy... Hold Mama's waffles."
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