Has anyone seen a Broadway musical over 100 times?

[frekles123]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:22pm

I am writing a book on Broadway groupies/fans and would love to find out if anyone has seen a Broadway musical over 100 times? I am also interested in seeing if there are any Broadway plays that have fans that see multiple performances?  

Updated On: 7/13/15 at 10:22 PM

[TheGingerBreadMan]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:26pm

Wasn't there that barista that saw Spidey a couple hundred times?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:27pm

Here comes the judgment train!

[VotePeron]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:27pm

I've seen Matilda 20x! And a bunch others multiples. Heathers x7, Rocky x5, Hedwig x7, Last Ship x5

[BonnieBanks]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:28pm

Most likely. Shows like RENT and Phantom of the Opera attract crazed fanatics that have no problem seeing their favorite show every couple times a week. Priorities....

Updated On: 7/9/15 at 10:28 PM

[Tag]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:31pm

Quite a long thread on this from 2013 based on this article.  Mostly negative comments...

[A1st]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:31pm

http://nypost.com/2014/10/04/this-man-has-spent-25000-seeing-rock-of-ages-500-times/

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:37pm

At least they're not like bronies...or maybe some of them are.

[Tag]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:37pm

Other articles:

Repeat Attenders: The Stories Behind Broadway Superfans

 

Here I Go Again! BWW Interviews Rock of Ages Superfan Abe Calimag on His 500th Show

and

This Man Has Spent $25,000 Seeing 'Rock of Ages' 500 Times

 

Heading To Her 100th Jersey Boys Show

 

Updated On: 7/9/15 at 10:37 PM

[SamHoffman523]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:00pm

I met a girl once while in line for Hedwig standing room that had seen Book of Mormon about 90 times, from OBC to the West End and back again. Wish I knew her name.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:05pm

It is amazing people still wonder why producers Jack up prices when they see stories like this. People are so hooked they will pay anything to see a show a million times.

Seeing B O M was one time to many.Nice to have access to unlimited funds.

[Fantod]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:08pm

I believe Dollypop saw Hello, Dolly! somewhere around 75 times. Lucky him.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:09pm

There's a lot of us ROCKY HORROR fans from the 2000 revival who are almost at that number.

[Fantod]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:12pm

Why do you have to give me Pennywise nightmares, Jordan?

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:12pm

As much as I love musical theatre, I cannot fathom seeing the same show multiple times. ESPECIALLY if it's the same production. I can understand that if (for instance) you saw the OBP of A Little Night Music and then wanted to see the revival X amount of years later. That makes sense. But I see no point in doing so on a bigger scale than that. To me, a lot of the magic is lost. The only time I did it was for Cinderella on Broadway because I wanted to support my friend who joined the cast...

By the by, is anyone familiar with the traveling CATS superfan?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:16pm

He got buried in a box of kitty litter.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:21pm

Wasn't there a ONCE super fan too?

I have revisited a few shows several times but it was over the course of many years that the show(s) ran. Was a repeat offender for many reasons: was brought the first time when I was young, revisited show when I was older, took a date/family, cheap price off-season (winter), took friend/business associate in town, new actor/actress in a role, right before show closed, etc but to go many times in a month...nope.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:04am

I once saw a story on local news where a guy saw Rock Of Ages over 500 times

The phrase " get a life " comes to mind.

[broadwaysfguy]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:07am

ive seen many shows multiple times, including My Fair Lady, A little night  music, Aida, Phantom, How to Succeed, Kinky Boots, Book of Mormon,  Les Miserables, and a few others

 

why go multiple times?

1) different casts and interpretation

2) I really love a show and there arent that many truly great musicals(about 50-60 IMO)

3) Aida was the first musical i saw again because was so stunned by Heather Headleys performance I had to go back

4) I live in San Francisco, and there are only so many professional productions playing, so if a great national tour is here, I may go more than once

5) you start to look for, and look at different things, especially when you see the same production 

I met a woman who said she has seen Wicked over 100 times, and a renthead who saw rent over 100 times, and a guy who saw les mis 65 times and wrote his college thesis on it

You may want to consider setting the bar a little lower for your book.

I mean, if someone has seen the same show 50 times, doesnt that make them a raving fan too?

 

If I lived in new york, I would still go to the sames shows I liked multiple times (and see a lot more plays, which i love but will not see when in NY because I love musicals more), especially if you can get great discount tix.....

[FishermanBob]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:12am

"Seeing B O M was one time to many."

Wow, you didn't like Mormon, Roxy? A little surprised you've never mentioned that before.

I was actually close to seeing Bronx Bombers 100 times last year, but the brevity of the show's run and the fact that I never went to see it left me only 100 shows short.

[brdway411]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:15am

a friend of mine saw Spiderman over 200 times and Pippin over 100. 

 

[brdway411]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:29am

Amy (cannot remember last name) works for Lane Bryant. Saw Once over 100 times

 

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 1:38am

When you ask this question, you should say LIVE at the theatre.. cause people can just add numbers by the times they saw a bootleg online.

My top 3 of most times are:

Wicked 10x

The Book of Mormon 8x

The Lion King 8x

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 1:40am

What about that insane lady who always had to have "her seat" for every NEXT TO NORMAL performance?

[ethan231h]

Posted: 7/10/15 at 7:27am

Pippin 6x

Matilda 2x

Curious Incident 2x

Mamma Mia 3x

Hedwig 2x

Ave Q 3x

In The Heights 4x

Billy Elliot 3x

Hair 2x