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.
#8First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/16/14 at 1:30amThe Phantom of the Opera
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
#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)
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. 
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.
#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.
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