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#76

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 10:46am

I've been to every single one of them. Certainly some more than others, but after scanning the list I've been to each of them at least twice.

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#77

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 10:48am

All of them, including the Morosco, the original Helen Hayes, Rialto, the Edison, and (I think!) the Bijou.

#78

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 10:55am

I have been to all of them.

#79

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:10am

24/40 - Not bad for a tourist!

Imperial Theatre: Les Mis
Brooks Atkinson: Grease
New Amsterdam: Lion King
Miller's (now the Sondheim): Urinetown
Palace: Aida
St. James: The Producers, Finian's Rainbow
Circle in the Square: Metamorphosis, Spelling Bee
American Airlines Theatre: 12 Angry Men, Cyrano
Schubert: Spamalot
Gershwin: Wicked
Golden: Avenue Q
Vivian Beaumont: Light in the Piazza
O'Neill: Sweeney Todd,
Kerr: Doubt, The Heiress
Barrymore: Company
Lyceum: Inherit the Wind
Belasco: Journey's End
Booth: Next to Normal, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Hirchfeld: Hair
Jacobs: God of Carnage, Once
Brooks Atkinson: Peter and the Starcatcher
Schoenfeld: Glengarry Glen Ross
Studio 54: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

#80

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:12am

21.

Multiple times for many of them, including the Lunt Fontaine, Majestic, Gershwin, Marquis, Palace, Richard Rogers, Imperial and Al Hirschfield.

But if your count visiting them, taking a picture of the facade/marquis then I have been to all 40

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#81

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:19am

Ambassador
Brook Atkinson
Vivian Beaumont
Broadhurst
Cort
Foxwood/Hilton/Ford
Gershwin
Al Hirsfeld
Imperial
Lunt-Fontaine
Majestic
Marquis
Minskoff
Nederlander
New Amsterdam
Eugene O'Neill
Palace
Richard Rogers
St. James
Schoenfeld
Schubert
Neil Simon
Studio 54
Vivian Beaumont
Wintergarden

.. I didn't realize I haven't been to more since I have seen so many shows.

#82

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:19am

Also a tourist, but have been to 39/40, I haven't been to the August Wilson, no need to see Jersey Boys, when I can as easily see it at home in London.

#83

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:30am

This is a fun topic! About five or six years ago, a friend and I started counting and realized we were both close to visiting all of them, so we had a good-natured race going on. I keep track of every show I see in a spreadsheet - yes, I'm a nerd, but it's so helpful when topics like this come up!

My first show was PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in 2004 - still my only time in the Majestic.
I won the race when I saw THE LITTLE MERMAID at the Lunt-Fontanne in 2009 (there were 39 open theaters at the time)
When the Sondheim opened and I saw BYE BYE BIRDIE, I officially saw a show in all 40 Broadway theaters.

I'm not sure which theater I have been in the most times. Probably the Nederlander from all the times I saw RENT, but there are other theaters where I have seen almost every show that played there since I started attending theater.

My favorite theater is the Lyceum. Not only has it held some of my favorite shows, but you can smell the history when you walk in (not in a gross way). I love it. And the sightlines are good; even in the back of the balcony, you don't feel miles away.

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#84

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:45am

Imperial (x10)
Beaumont
Broadway (x3)
Shoenfeld
Hirschfeld (x2)
Jacobs
Shubert (x2)
Barrymore
August Wilson
Sondheim
Nederlander (x2)
Lyceum
New Amsterdam (x2)
Ford (Foxwoods)
Ambassador
Winter Garden
Palace (x4)
Marquis (x2)
Rodgers
Lunt Fonntane

ps. I know like half of those are misspelled but I don't feel like spell checking them. haha

#85

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 11:50am

I have been to all but the New Amsterdam, American Airlines, August Wilson, and Samuel Friedman - but I'm seeing "The Assembled Parties" tomorrow, so I'll be down to three.

#86

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:02pm

How the hell do all of you know which theaters you've been to (as opposed to which shows)?? Thank god for LYNX71's post-- running through his list allowed me to tally everything up.

I'm at 39, having not yet been to the American Airlines/Selwyn.

BUT do I get extra credit for the Mark Hellinger, where I spent 3 months in the fall of 1988 struggling to make the sets for LEGS DIAMOND work?

#87

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:07pm

All of them, including the Edison and the Mark Hellinger (LEGS DIAMOND, its last show).

However, I can claim to have been in the Winter Garden without having seen CATS or MAMMA MIA, the Majestic without having seen PHANTOM, the Nederlander without having seen RENT or NEWSIES, and the Gershwin without having seen WICKED.

However, unlike Jordan, I'm just not that cool. I'm just that old.

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Updated On: 5/21/13 at 12:07 PM

#88

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:24pm

So far I've seen shows at 28/40, but will add the Palace and Music Box to the list this summer bringing me up to 30/40. Considering I live in NC and don't get up to NYC that often - I'm pleased with (almost) 30!

My theatres still to-do list is:
1. Ambassador Theatre
2. American Airlines Theatre
3. Belasco Theatre
4. Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
5. Brooks Atkinson Theatre
6. Ethel Barrymore Theatre
7. Helen Hayes Theatre
8. Nederlander Theatre
9. New Amsterdam Theatre
10. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

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#89

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:30pm

I salute Hushpuppy, seconding his motion:

I was at the Winter Garden for Angela's GYPSY and Zero's FIDDLER revival.
I was at the Majestic for Harry Goz's FIDDLER (1st run) and Glynis' A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
I was at the URIS/ Gershwin for SWEENEY TODD (1st run) and SEESAW IN '73.
I was going to say no-one in their right mind visited the Nederlander in those days, but then I realized I saw Glenda Jackson's STRANGE INTERLUDE there in '85.

Updated On: 5/21/13 at 12:30 PM

#90

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:33pm

27/40.

#91

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:34pm

I'm at 39 theaters and 199 different productions. Still missing the Ambassador. Saw Chicago several times before it took up lodging there. Keep debating going back once more just for the last theater, but...it has to close EVENTUALLY, right?

#92

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 12:38pm

August Wilson
Bernard Jacobs
Booth
Broadway
Brook Atkinson
Circle in the Square
Eugene O'Neill
Foxwoods
Gershwin
Helen Hayes
Hirschfield
Imperial
Jacobs
John Golden
Marquis
Music Box
Nederlander
Neil Simon
Palace
Rodgers
Schoenfield
Shubert
Sondheim
St. James
Studio 54
Vivian Beaumont

26, but several I have seen multiple shows. Not bad for a west coaster

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#93

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 1:45pm

18:

Foxwoods (when it was the Ford Center for the Performing Arts)
Minskoff
Bernard B. Jacobs
Walter Kerr
New Amsterdam
Eugene O'Neill
Palace
St. James
Neil Simon
Booth
Vivian Beaumont
Stephen Sondheim
Samuel J. Friedman
Marquis
Al Hirschfeld
Schubert
Golden
Broadhurst

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#94

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 1:48pm

Took me 25 years but I have been in all of them including the Edison and the Mark Hellinger!

#95

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 2:07pm

36/40 for me... Surprising, I have never attended shows at the Ambassador, Brooks Atkinson, Belasco or Music Box Theatres. The Broadway house I have been to most often is the St. James.

My shows also included seeing SUGAR BABIES at the Mark Hellinger (now the Times Square Church)and the 1977 revival of HAIR in its original home the Biltmore, before it was remodel into the Friedman.

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#96

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 2:31pm

Most visited: the Walter Kerr (13 shows), followed by the Beaumont (12) and the Schoenfeld & Atkinson (11 each); least visited: the Nederlander, Majestic, and Winter Garden (1 each).

Updated On: 5/21/13 at 02:31 PM

#97

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 3:22pm

Only been coming to NYC in the last 5 years but have managed to clock up just over half (22):
Al Hirschfield: HAIR
Bernard B Jacobs: BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, ONCE
Booth: NEXT TO NORMAL, VIRGINIA WOOLF
Broadway: SHREK, CINDERELLA
Cort: TIME STANDS STILL
Foxwoods: SPIDERMAN
Friedman: THE OTHER PLACE
Golden: THE NORMAL HEART
Imperial: NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
Lunt-Fontanne: THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Lyceum: VENUS IN FUR
Marquis: EVITA
Nederlander: NEWSIES
Neil Simon: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, J.C.SUPERSTAR
Palace: WEST SIDE STORY
Rodgers: IN THE HEIGHTS
Schoenfeld: A STEADY RAIN, THE BEST MAN
Shubert: MEMPHIS
St James: AMERICAN IDIOT, BRING IT ON
Studio 54: THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, EDWIN DROOD
Walter Kerr: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

and looking forward to adding the Music Box and the Longacre to the list in October :)

#98

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 4:43pm

Minskoff
Rodgers
Vivian Beaumont
Foxwoods
Gershwin
Nederlander
Studio 54 (x2)
Brooks Atkinson
Helen Hayes
Marquis
American Airlines
Lunt - Fontanne
Barrymore
Majestic
Shubert
Golden

16/40.

#99

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 10:13pm

I have been to 38 0f 40, having missed the Palace and Foxwoods. Most attended: Barrymore (22) and the St. James (15).

#100

How Many Of The 40 Broadway Theaters Have You Been To?

Posted: 5/21/13 at 10:13pm

Just this past Saturday matinee! was at the 40th: Rock of Ages at the Helen Hayes.
First show: A Chorus Line at the Shubert (ah, those college days)

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