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
Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:26pm
Wasn't there that barista that saw Spidey a couple hundred times?
Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:27pm
Here comes the judgment train!
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
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
Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:31pm
Quite a long thread on this from 2013 based on this article. Mostly negative comments...
Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:37pm
At least they're not like bronies...or maybe some of them are.
Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:37pm
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.
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.
Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:08pm
I believe Dollypop saw Hello, Dolly! somewhere around 75 times. Lucky him.
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.
Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:12pm
Why do you have to give me Pennywise nightmares, Jordan?
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?
Posted: 7/9/15 at 11:16pm
He got buried in a box of kitty litter.
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.
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.
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.....
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.
Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:15am
a friend of mine saw Spiderman over 200 times and Pippin over 100.
Posted: 7/10/15 at 12:29am
Amy (cannot remember last name) works for Lane Bryant. Saw Once over 100 times
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
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?
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
