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#26

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 7:59pm

This year I've seen 16 different musicals (but I've been to see musicals 19 times): Hairspray (2 times), Little Women, The Phantom of the Opera, Avenue Q, RENT, Wicked, Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Light in the Piazza, Sweeney Todd (3 times), The Woman in White, Sweet Charity, Chicago, See What I Wanna See.

This is the first year I've seen that many. It used to be about two per year.

Updated On: 12/4/05 at 07:59 PM

#27

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:00pm

4 this year...hopefully ill be living in ny next year and able to see lots more!

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#28

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:00pm

Hahah never.
Actually, I've seen three this year (two in Boston, one on Broadway) so that's not bad. I'm a poor high school student who doesn't live in New York. What can I say?

I see community theatre all the time though.

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#29

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:01pm

Twice or three times in a year.

What the puck?!

#30

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:01pm

i live far from new york so only 6 .. .

Wicked
Avenue Q
Light in the Piazza
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Spamalot
Rent

" I don't cause commotions, I am one."

#31

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:06pm

Living in Colorado, my options are slimed down.
So far on Broadway:
Wicked
RENT
Avenue Q
The Pillowman
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Julius Ceaser w/ Denzel Washington

"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck

#32

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:14pm

GirlForTartaglia- you went to the Tonys?? thats pretty awsome!

In one year,,, hmm lemme look through my playbills...(i keep them in those special binders from playbill.com in order...i know, dork hehe)

in the last 12 months, starting with dec 2004:

BKLYN
La Cage
Little Women
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Fiddler on the Roof
Spelling Bee
Chitty
Spamalot
The Producers
Hairspray
All Shook Up
RENT
Spelling Bee
Altar Boyz
Avenue Q
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (the next day, even)
The Pillowman
Doubt
Sweet Charity

I only get to see shows when im at home in NYC, when im at college in Savannah i miss it terribly so when i get here, i overdose!! I see like 2 or 3 shows a week, and have a habit of seeing the same shows OVER AND OVER, but you know how that goes! next few weeks i have on my list to see:
The Color Purple
Sweeny Todd (possibly multiple times!)
The Odd Couple
Peter Pan (at MSG hehe)
maybe Woman in White... i dunno...
Spamalot (before Tim Curry leaves!!)
See what i wanna See
maybe Light in the Piazza

you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have

#33

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:17pm

This year I saw Wicked twice and Rent once. Off Broadway I saw See What I Wanna See, but that's about it. I would definitely like to go more often, I just don't have the funds.

"Will the world remember you when you fall?" Les Miserables

#34

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:22pm

arishmoof - definately see Sweeney!!

And the other thing about the Phantom Lady was, Bert, she realized, in the city that never sleeps... What did she realize, Kitten? That all the songs she'd listened to, all the love songs, that they were only songs. What's wrong with that? Nothing, if you don't believe in them. But she did, you see. She believed in enchanted evenings, and she believed that a small cloud passed overhead and cried down on a flower bed, and she even believed there was breakfast to be had... Where? On Pluto. The mysterious, icy wastes of Pluto.

#35

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:26pm

I get to see a handful (of tours)- maybe four- every year. That's all my family can afford.

The joys of being middle-class.

#36

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:29pm

I'm up to approximately 65 Broadway shows this year...I didn't count OB or the Tonys

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

#37

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:31pm

girlfortartaglia- definitely, ive been looking forward to sweeney for sooooo long i cannot wait to see it! i am such a big sondheim fan (but lets not go down that road) yeah thats probably going to be the highlight of seeing shows this winter.
then its back to the SAV where i starve myself of any bway contact for another 10 weeks... some tours come through to the civic center, TMM was on tour there a few wks ago but we had finals. plus i saw millie 3 times while it was at the marquis.

you may know what you need but to get what you want better see that you keep what you have

#38

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:34pm

Varies depending on financial situations...so far this year:

BROADWAY
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1)
All Shook Up (1)
Sweet Charity (1)

NATIONAL TOURS
Hairspray (4)

REGIONAL/COMMUNITY
Shear Madness (1)
Urinetown (1)

SCHOOL/YOUTH
Seussical (1)

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#39

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:41pm

Let me first say that up until last September 20, I had never been to see a musical.Since then however, I have seen:

Movin' Out
All Shook Up
Hairspray
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
It Came From Beyond(NYMF)
Feeling Electric(NYMF)
Chicago
Evita(Touring)
RENT
See What I Wanna See(Off-Broadway)(Twice)

And I will see these shows this month:

Sweet Charity
Hairspray(Touring)
West Side Story(Touring)

And In 2006:

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels(With Jonathan Pryce)
Chicago(With John O'Hurley and Robin Givens)
The Odd Couple(Okay, It's not a musical but I decided to throw it in anyway)
Wicked
Movin' Out(Touring)

and

The Wedding Singer

this is in addition to over 20 concerts I have been to this year and 4 I already have tickets for in 2006.

I will also continue to try to see a musical either on Broadway or on tour every month.

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#40

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:42pm

This year Broadway and Off-Broadway:
Wicked
Rent
BKLYN
The Pillowman(do plays count?)
Sweeney Todd
See What I Wanna See (x2)
Doubt(..another play)
Spelling Bee(January 06, close enough)

#41

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:46pm

This year I saw:

All Shook Up
Wicked
Spelling Bee
Light in the Piazza
Altar Boyz
RENT

Some were seen multiple times.

I'm also seeing Lestat and Spelling Bee (in San Francisco) in the next few months, and also hope to see The Color Purple (and maybe something else) when I'm in NYC in a few weeks.

#42

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 8:54pm

i wish i could figure it out - i would love to know how much i've spent this past year!

#43

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 9:06pm

Whenever I can get to NYC. This year I've been 4x & seen...

Light in the Piazza
Wicked 2x (& I'm seeing the tour in a couple of weeks)
Spelling Bee
Avenue Q
Hairspray
DRS
SWIWS
Rent

#44

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 9:15pm

Professional-

42nd St
All Shook Up
Avenue Q(4 times)
Brooklyn
Chicago(2 times)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(3 times)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Fiddler on the Roof(2 times)
Good Vibrations
Hairspray(2 times)
In My Life
Lennon
Mamma Mia
Movin Out
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Rent
Spamalot
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Charity
Spelling Bee
The Light in the Piazza
The Lion King
The Pirates of Penzance
The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
Wicked
-33 in all-

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#45

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 9:23pm

I see about one a month.

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#46

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 9:32pm

I live in Houston so getting to New York to see a musical takes some time. However in Houston I have seen:
LSOH
Les Miz
POTO
Steel Magnolis
Honky Tonk Angels
Wicked
In New York I have seen:
La Cage
Rent
Avenue Q
Wicked
See what I wanna see
I am coming to NYC in about a week and am seeing:
The Nutcracker
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Woman in White
The Color Purple
The Producers
Sweeney Todd

#47

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 10:36pm

Every day.

#48

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 11:25pm

Aww you tease Liotte I thought you were gonna match and very much beat me in listing every show you've seen the whole year and how many times

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#49

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/4/05 at 11:52pm

this year:

pro shows (and workshops): 22
concert/cabaret/opera: 13
amateur shows: 6

and because it's more fun, by city:

Melbourne (Australia): 26
Sydney (Australia): 4 (Hats Off, Rosie, Summer Rain, The Hatpin)
San Francisco: 1 (Wicked)
New York: 10 (Wicked x4, Rent, Sweet Charity, But I'm a Cheerleader, and then some concerty type things)

That's the same as last year, give or take two or so. But last year was 100% Melbourne, gah. 2003 by comparison was more like...6, lol.

Updated On: 12/5/05 at 11:52 PM

#50

re: How often do you see musicals in a year?

Posted: 12/5/05 at 5:09am

In 2005 seen...

Wicked
Little Women (2)
Phantom
Lion King
Hairspray
Chitty
DRS
Rent
Spelling Bee
Sweeney Todd
Little Shop of Horrors -Tour

pretty soon Les Mis in DC!!

That will make 12 different shows.

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