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#1

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:15pm

I updated my "shows I've seen" database today and realized that I have ALMOST seen a show in every single Broadway house.

While I have been inside the theater before, I haven't seen a show there: the Majestic.

Perhaps it's time to finally bite the bullet and go see PHANTOM?

It's kind of hysterical that in my 20+ years of theatre-going, PHANTOM has always been there, in that same theater, and I have *still* yet to go see that damn show.
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#2

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:22pm

To answer your question: Yes, I've seen shows in every single Broadway theater, including some that are no longer with us.

Now I'm waiting for Mr Roxy to report in on his repeated visits to the Hippodrome. He's just so much older than the rest of us.
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#3

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:23pm

Theaters I'm missing...

Brooks Atkinson Theatre
Minskoff Theatre
New Amsterdam Theatre
August Wilson Theatre (have been in it, but did not see a show)

I have no interest in Disney shows or Jersey Boys, so that seems to be stopping me from seeing shows in three of those theaters.
#4

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:38pm

All but one. I have never seen Phantom, which has been playing since before I was born, so I've never been to a show at the Majestic.
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#6

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:42pm

I can't believe Phantom is the only show and house you guys are missing. You should go see it as soon as you can! Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?
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#7

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 3:46pm

I actually have quite a few that I've never been in (yes, the Majestic is among them), but I've also realized that for a while I happened to just be going back to the same theatre for a different show.
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#8

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:01pm

I have been in every theatre that is currently on Broadway and a lot of theatres that have either been taken down for the Marriott Marquis or have been turned into churches. This is in my yikes 37yrs of theatre going. I started at 10.
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#9

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:03pm

Sometimes, if I am having trouble deciding which of two shows to see, I'll pick based on a theatre I have yet to see a show in. I'm about halfway as well, though I've been in some of the bigger musical houses multiple times. And I have pretty much resigned myself to the fact that the Majestic will probably be the last one I see a show in...I refuse to go until I see another show there other than Phantom.
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#11

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 4:12pm

I'm at about the halfway point (I've been to 18 theatres over 22 shows), but for what it's worth, it took 16 shows before I doubled a theatre for the first time.

I've only doubled 4 theatres:
BOOTH (Next To Normal and HIGH)
PALACE (Beauty And The Beast and PRISCILLA)
JACOBS (God Of Carnage and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson)
HELEN HAYES (Next Fall and Colin Quinn: Long Story Short)
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#12

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 5:49pm

I've never been in the:

Booth
Brooks Atkinson
Ethel Barrymore
Gerald Schoenfeld
Lunt-Fontanne
Belasco
Circle in the Square
Lyceum
Minskoff
Stephen Sondheim
American Airlines
Bernard B. Jacobs
Cort
Helen Hayes
Majestic (someday)
Music Box
Samuel J. Friedman
Walter Kerr

I don't live in New York so...yeah. Seems like I've found myself in the Imperial and the Palace more than once.
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#13

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 5:53pm

I've been in many, but not all of the Broadway theatres, and like others have said, some that are no longer used. I miss the Mark Hellinger.

I saw RENT in a touring production and have never been to that theatre, although I think I've been to all of the other theatres that usually house musicals.
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#15

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:06pm

Interesting idea. Looking through my own list, I've seen shows in every Broadway theater except the Minskoff. Can't bear the thought of seeing The Lion King.

Updated On: 4/3/11 at 06:06 PM

#16

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:12pm

On the list I keep, I've been in 31 and am missing 9

(which makes me wonder if something is wrong with my list, other than some theatres no longer being in existence)

That's in 15 years

I may never get into the Wintergarden, since I never saw CATS or MAMMA MIA

Was anything there in between?
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#18

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:15pm

Haven't been in:

Nederlander
Foxwoods
Majestic
Minskoff
Ambassador
Gershwin
Winter Garden

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#19

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:17pm

The Minskoff is the only one i'm missing... someone get a good show in there!
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#20

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:28pm

I'm pretty sure the only ones currently operating I haven't been in are the Brooks Atkinson and the August Wilson...not too bad considering how young I am, haha.
#21

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:29pm

^^ There IS a good show in the MINSKOFF: it's called THE LION KING.

And please GO SEE THE PHANTOM!!! You won't crumble and die and turn into a Phan Gurl... You will have completed your list of theatres and seen an amazing show.

That said, I have yet to get into the Nederlander.
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#22

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:35pm

^ So you recommend the worst show on Broadway, The Lion King, but you haven't seen a show in the Nederlander which have had shows a lot better than the crap at the Minskoff.
#23

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:42pm

Wow - you all make me feel so new to theater. I've only been in 13 of the "actual" Broadway theaters.

I don't understand all of this Anti-Phantom. I understand many don't love ALW (I sort of agree), and the show isn't incredible (certainly too touristy), but there are plenty of cheap discount seats. Is the boycott of Phantom based on principle? I've seen it 3 times, and find myself liking it less with each time, but still, it's made musical theater history and when it finally closes, wouldn't a lover/worshipper of theater want to have least said they saw it?
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#24

Have you seen a show in every Broadway house?

Posted: 4/3/11 at 6:43pm

I haven't seen a show in:

Schoenfeld
Circle in the Square
Marriot Marquis
Golden
Shubert
Hayes
Brooks Atkinson
Ambassador
Foxwoods
Minskoff
Winter Garden
Imperial
Lyceum

I'm certain there are some I'm forgetting.
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