Posted: 7/11/15 at 9:40am
As I posted last week, I am writing a book on Broadway fans. I received some wonderful information from my last post on musical fans thank you but am having difficulties finding audience members that were/are repeat attenders of plays. Perhaps there aren't any?
Posted: 7/11/15 at 9:44am
Of course there are. I've seen a number of plays more than once.
Curious Incident, Peter & the Starcatchers, & August:Osage County, just to name a few.
Have I heard of someone going a massive amounts of time? Actually, no.
Posted: 7/11/15 at 10:18am
Plays don't tend to have the diehard fans that musicals do. I've seen Curious Incident and Hand to God 3 times each, but mostly only because I wanted friends visiting town to see them so I went along.
Posted: 7/11/15 at 10:22am
Hand to God is the perfect show to see multiple times. The first time I saw it I laughed and screamed my head off. The second time I saw it I taken away by the question of "Why?" which is the brilliance of the play. Even the NYTimes stated that in its review. Then again it is the only production of a play I have seen multiple viewings.
Posted: 7/11/15 at 10:58am
I think I saw Billy Elliot 70 times or more before it closed. I saw Next To Normal at least five or six times. Hedwig eleven times. Book of Mormon seventeen I think, and many others multiple times. I love shows that run a long time and have lots of replacements. I like seeing what different actors do with the role. Billy Elliot was especially cool that way. The show was almost a different show with a different Billy or Mrs. Wilkinson.
Posted: 7/11/15 at 11:11am
^ that belongs in the other thread, this one's for plays.
Posted: 7/11/15 at 11:17am
It hasn't been the same production, per say, but every time a professional production of Macbeth is done in or near New York I try and catch it. I studied the play in college and still find it fascinating to this day to see the different interpretations of the play and characterization of the characters by different actors and directors.
Most recently, I saw the one man Alan Cumming version, the Lincoln Center production and (a little less traditional) I revisited Sleep No More for the third time.
Posted: 7/12/15 at 11:44am
I answered in your other thread that yes, I have seen multiple plays multiple times. It makes me question your research skills for writing a book when A- you're doing your research on this board and B- not even reading the responses.
SOME of the plays I've seen multiple times: Curious Incident, August Osage County, The Heidi Chronicles, Angels in America, Intelligent Homosexual's Guide, The Lyons
Posted: 7/12/15 at 12:40pm
I saw "The Pillowman" more than once.
Posted: 7/12/15 at 2:12pm
I sometimes see plays twice as I like to see it in previews and then again after it opens so most plays I see twice.
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Posted: 7/12/15 at 3:24pm
I've seen several plays/musicals multiple times, especially if I really connected with the material and want to revisit it to see things I may have missed on my first visit. It's also interesting to see what an actor does with the material during different performances. It's live theater so there will undoubtedly be some differences, but that's the beauty of live theater.
Posted: 7/12/15 at 4:15pm
I saw Jersey Boys twice
Wedding Singer 4 times
Jacques Brel 6 times
Jekyll & Hyde about a dozen.
& Rock of Ages several dozen.
Posted: 7/12/15 at 5:06pm
There are only three Broadway shows I've seen more than once, two of them plays. I saw One Man, Two Guvnors, Peter and the Starcatcher, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood twice each. I intend on seeing Hand to God again!
Posted: 7/12/15 at 9:20pm
Peter and the Starcatcher and The Heidi Chronicles are a couple of the plays I've seen more than once.
Posted: 7/12/15 at 9:24pm
I saw The Normal Heart twice and Peter and the Starcatcher three times.
Posted: 7/13/15 at 4:12am
Avenue Q and Chicago I have seen at least 15 times each. Wicked I've gotten to see at least 25, mostly for free though not by choice.
Posted: 7/13/15 at 4:42pm
Hand to God three times, but in three different theaters: EST, Lortel, and the Booth
Posted: 7/13/15 at 4:55pm
Equus 8X
The Elephant Man 5X
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Liz Ashley and Keir Dullea) 4X
Amadeus 9X
Posted: 7/13/15 at 5:10pm
I saw the off-Broadway production of Jeffrey 3 times.
The 1988-89 LCT production of Our Town 3 times.
Posted: 7/14/15 at 12:32am
I've seen Curious Incident 4 times, and I would like to see Hand to God again if I get a chance!
Posted: 7/14/15 at 1:46pm
I saw Casa Valentina 7 times last year, and I've seen Wicked about 14 times over the past two years. Typically, I tend to see shows at least twice, maybe even three times if I really like it and tickets are easy and affordable. Here's a layout of the past 3 years of my theatre experiences.
1x: 72 Broadway and Off Broadway shows
2x: 17 Broadway and Off Broadway shows
3x: 11 Broadway and Off Broadway shows
4x: 2 Broadway shows
5x: 3 Broadway shows
7x: 1 Broadway show
14x: 1 Broadway show
Posted: 7/14/15 at 2:35pm
An Inspector Calls and Master Class are the only Broadway productions of plays I've seen more than once, though I would have gladly seen the 90s revival of A Doll's House and The Pillowman again. And An Inspector Calls should have run forever and never closed as far as I'm concerned. I think it is thus far the most perfect production of anything I've seen on stage.
Posted: 7/14/15 at 5:58pm
I don't know if this fits, but I have seen all five Broadway productions of Gypsy, starting with Merman in the '50s, followed by Lansbury, Daly, Peyers,and Lapone. I also saw all 3 How to Succeed: Robert Morse, Ferris Buller ( re......Broderick) and that Harry Potter kid. I don't know if this makes me an avid theatre fan, or just old....but, I'll accept entither one!
Posted: 7/14/15 at 6:05pm
I saw The 39 Steps off-Broadway three times, and Dog Sees God off-Broadway twice.
Posted: 7/14/15 at 6:17pm
Here's a few shows I saw multiple times, with the amount for each:
The Wedding Singer, 27x
Company revival, 13x
LuPone in Gypsy, 12x
It Shoulda Been You, 5x
The Last Ship, 5x
Casa Valentina, 5x
