How often do you see musicals in a year?

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 3:15pm

As long as it's professional (B-way, touring, etc), you can include that.

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 03:15 PM

[Yonah]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 3:30pm

So far this year I've seen ten musicals, eight on Broadway and two in Germany. I might be able to squeeze in one more show by the end of the year.

Last year, I saw ten musicals, so I guesse that ten is shaping up to be my number. One show each month, except for the two months that I'm stuck in Maine over the summer. However, prior to starting school in NY, I was lucky if I even got to see one show a year!

Chi

[Leah5290]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 3:46pm

I've also gone 10 times this year, but I saw a few things (DRS, Wicked, SWIWS) more than once. And 10 times is a LOT for me, I have never gone this much before.

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 3:59pm

39 Professional and 5 non professional. Which is far more than I have ever done before, yet will probably be the average from here on out.

Broadway
10 DRS
4 SWEENEY TODD
3 SPELLING BEE
3 RENT
2 THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA
2 IN MY LIFE
2 WICKED
1 PACIFIC OVERTURES
1 CHITTY
1 SPAMALOT
1 HAIRSPRAY
1 LENNON
1 SWEET CHARITY
1 LA CAGE
1 FIDDLER
1 CHICAGO

Off B-Way
1 MUSICAL of MUSICALS
1 SEE WHAT I WANNA SEE
1 TRAILER PARK
1 THE LAST FiVE YEARS- regional in Virginia

and these college productions/off-off broadway
2- MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
1- FOLLIES
1- THE LAST FIVE YEARS
1- MAN OF LA MANCHA

[dancing_through_life]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:00pm

I've only seen two. I saw Phantom on Broadyway and Phantom when it came to the Fox. I'm supposed to see Cats in January, and Wicked in March and May. Then again it's hard to travel to NYC or take a trip up to the Fox theatre when you're only in high school :)

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:03pm

I know how you feel d_t_l, I am also from Georgia. It was very, very hard before I moved here to see much of anything.

[sweetestsiren]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:06pm

Yep.... about twice a year for me.

Then again, before I found this website I had a near-impossible time of finding out what was touring and where until after the shows were sold out. So hopefully I can bump that number up from now on.

[ikmbway]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:07pm

Steel Magnolias, RENT, Avenue Q, DRS, and Sweet Charity. That's it for this year add 1 more if you count from like this time of year last year. The number is a lot lower then I want it to be.

[pab]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:10pm

I see musicals about twice a year depending on the year and my schedule. How many musicals I see depends on how long I'm in the city during those visits.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 4:11pm

This Year

Professional:
Dracula
Fiddler on the Roof
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sweet Charity
Love/Life
The Light in the Piazza
Lennon
Spamalot
Two Gents
Avenue Q
Lennon
Two Gents
Spamalot
In My Life
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Charity
Chita Rivera The Dancer's Life
The Color Purple

Schools:
Grease
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Everything else I saw were plays.

[Horton]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:33pm

Chicago
Wicked
Dracula
Fiddler on the Roof
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
All Shook Up
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Sweet Charity
Love/Life
The Light in the Piazza
Lennon
Spamalot
Avenue Q
Lennon
Two Gents
Spamalot
In My Life
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Charity
The Color Purple
i just added any took away from The previous list

[Practically Perfect]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:39pm

Mary Poppins - 12
Miss Saigon - 3
Wicked - 2
Hairspray - 2
Sweet Charity - 2
The Woman in White - 2
Billy Elliot - 1
Les Mis - 1
Blood Brothers - 1
Hair - 1
Light in the Piazza - 1
Spamalot - 1
Avenue Q - 1
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - 1

Mary P x

[DamnYankees101]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:42pm

Almost every weekend I'd say. Almost? Yeah about..usually when there's a new show to see unless I really, really like a show and I go see it a couple of times. Lately I haven't had much time though.

[sweeneyfan]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:50pm

BROADWAY:
Steel Magnolias (I know it is a play, but Broadway, nonetheles)
Mamma Mia
Sweeney Todd
In My Life

OFF-BROADWAY:
Naked Boys Singing
Trolls (In My Life is a masterpiece in comparison)
See What I Wanna See
Miracle Brothers (talk about the need for a cast recording)

TOURING:I work at a legit. theatre in Baltimore)
Thoroughly Modern Millie 8
The Lion King (56)
Evita 8
Tuesdays with Morrie (I know, a play) (4)
Hairspray 8
The King & I 8
Oklahoma! 8
Say Goodnight Gracie 8 Rest in Peace, Frank Gorshin.
Little Shop of Horrors 8

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 06:50 PM

[the.hard.part]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:50pm

I think 7...
dirty rotten scoundrels x 2
rent
little women
sweet charity
beauty and the beast x 2

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:56pm

oh gosh...let's see...12.

Spelling Bee
Little Women
Chitty (x6)
Sweeney
Rent (x2)
Phantom

the most I ever saw in a year was 16 (and that's when I was working in the city.)

[NYSinger1]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 6:59pm

Broadway musicals: Probably once a month, maybe a little bit more.
Broadway plays. (including musicals): twice a month.

theatrekook, how did you sit through chitty 6 times!!!!??

[wexy]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:02pm

The ratio varies from year to year but this year was five musicals and 14 plays.

[Kgshrauder]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:03pm

Wow I've only been to Broadway 4 times this year. I would love to go more, but I live a few hours away and I'm still in College, so maybe when I'm done I'll move a lot closer...Anyway the shows I saw this year were Brooklyn, Wicked, Sweeney Todd and DRS.

[thetheatrekook]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:06pm

what can i say, i like the chitty...well, i like the man that DRIVES the chitty! haha.

Kgshrauder - the sad part is is that i live three hours away from the city when i'm at school!! how i've managed to make it into the city that much is beyond me. haha.

[xrent_headx]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:14pm

This year i saw 10:
DRS,RENT(tour and on broadway)Wicked,mamma mia, les miz, Evita, The producers (on broadway) Joseph...dream coat, and will be seeing movin' out in Dec.

I still do not know what i will be seeing next year because Lord of the rings and wicked are the only 2 "good" ones i know that are coming to Toronto.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:29pm

Man I can't even count...based on the number I had last year and last time I counted...maybe 50ish? Actually I'm in a quite bored and procrastinating mood so here we go, from this time in 2004:

Phantom of the Opera-2
Hairspray-2
Lion King
La Cage Aux Folles-2
Rent-4
Wicked-3
Oklahoma!(tour)
Little Women-2
Fiddler on the roof
Forbidden Broadway-2
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels-12
Musical of musicals...-2
The Audience
Dessa Rose
Sweet Charity
Light in the Piazza-3
Spelling Bee-4
Spamalot
Jewtopia
Oliver!
Ragtime
Finian's Rainbow
Chitty-2
Chicago
I love you, you're perfect...
All Shook Up-2
Beauty and the Beast
Woman in White
Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life
Altar Boyz-2
Pillowman
Doubt
Brooklyn
In my Life
Sweeney Todd
A Naked girl on appian way-3
Feeling Electric
Miss Saigon
Great americal trailer park musical
A Soldier's Play
See What I Wanna See
The Producers

42 different shows...75 times

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 07:29 PM

[GirlforTartaglia]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:41pm

This year I've seen Avenue Q twice, Rent twice (soon to be four times!), DRS, Spamalot, All Shook Up, The Tonys, Brooklyn, Sweeney Todd, and soon to be The Odd Couple (not a musical but yeah)..so this is definately more than I'm ever gonna do again seeing as I need to save for college!

[xrent_headx]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:46pm

Damn ****...why do i live in Canada???

[Unknown User]

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:51pm

this year...

Broadway:
Rent (3)
Spelling Bee (2)
Wicked
Avenue Q
Phantom of the Opera
Light in the Piazza
The Producers

Off-Broadway:
Forbidden Broadway SVU

Touring:
Oklahoma
Evita
The King and I
Wicked (2)
Annie
White Christmas

High School:
42nd Street
Fame
Seussical

21... i think that's my record so far.