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How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?

How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?

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Elphaba3
#0How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:37pm

I was 18. It was June 12, 2003 and I saw the goddess known as Bernadette Peters in Gypsy.

Yero
#1re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:37pm

I was 15.
In May '06, and it was DRS.


"I have this mental image of Patti barreling down the street and pushing tourists out of her way." -colleen_lee

vmlinnie
#2re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:38pm

Broadway virginity... 14. Wicked. Last Christmas. West end virginty, oh, I don't know, 2? Less? And the amazing thing was I sat still, and watched. Not winging like those really annoying babies who always seem to sit about a row or two directly behind you.


The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.


Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

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Piazzaslight
#3re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:39pm

Four, with Beauty and the Beast. I think it was back in 1996.


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"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel

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BroadwayChica
#4re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:39pm

8 or 9, not sure. According to my dad, it was either "Meet Me in St Louis" or *shudder* "Cats"

ashley0139
#5re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:40pm

11. It was Cats.


"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife

vmlinnie
#6re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:41pm

The one I was at at the age of 2 was actually Cats as well I think, though Les Mis was probably soon after. I was a very weird toddler, because I actually loved Les Mis, even then. Though I had no idea at the time what was going on.


The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.


Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

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Rathnait62
#7re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:42pm

Classy thread title for a site that caters to all ages.

How about, "How old were you when you saw your first Broadway show?"


Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

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MrSweetNAwful
#8re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:43pm

Cats, sometime before double digits


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vmlinnie
#9re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:43pm

Yeah, I was wondering about that title too rath, I thought this was something different...


The rain we knew is a thing of the past -
deep-delving, dark, deliberate you would say
browsing on spire and bogland; but today
our sky-blue slates are steaming in the sun,
our yachts tinkling and dancing in the bay
like racehorses. We contemplate at last
shining windows, a future forbidden to no one.


Derek Mahon

"Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets."

Arthur Miller

chealion313
#10re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:44pm

I was about 7 or 8 when my parents took me to The King and I.

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WickedGeek28
#11re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:47pm

8 or 9. The King and I


"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

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tthomas76
#12re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:50pm

I was 12 and saw: Les Miserables and then Cats, Anything Goes and Steel Magnolias. Great memories w/ my parents and Grandmother... re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?

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Mr Roxy
#13re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:53pm

I was a senior in high school . I am now 60 so do the math. It was Oliver or Oh What A Lovely War


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bwayondabrain
#14re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:53pm

11. FIDDLER ON THE ROOF revival.

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Crazy4MattMorrison52
#15re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:53pm

4 or 5. grease


"gimme a bottle of bourbon and half a chicken and i'll conquer the world!"

billygoatgirl300
#16re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:55pm

I saw Mamma Mia the day after my 15th birthday on Sept 27 2003.


The towel waving reminded me of a Per?nist rally. I kept chanting "Evita!" whenever they'd pan to the crowds. - SM2

thevolleyballer
#17re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 4:57pm

5 with Beauty and the Beast.
At an understandable age, though, I was 12 when I lost my V-Card.

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JamesMacon
#18re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:00pm

6 - Guys and Dolls

MargoChanning
#19re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:01pm

5 and it was a LONG time ago -- though sometime after "Our American Cousin." I still remember it quite well and apparently I not only sat still and never fidgeted, I was so riveted I barely blinked.


"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

SeptemberKel
#20re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:04pm

7 or 8 at Cats.


"Of course there is the castle - the ruined castle. I find it lovely. Probably because it's ruined, I suppose." - Passion

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mateo
#21re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:05pm

21, Caroline or Change



I saw my first proffesional show when i was like 5 but it took a few years after that for me to get to NYC. :)


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mijofly19
#22re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:06pm

10, The Lion King.

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sidneybruhl
#23re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:07pm

I was a late bloomer...36 years old when I saw the recent revival of "Sweeney Todd."

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My Fair Lady
#24re: How old were you when you lost your Broadway virginity?
Posted: 8/27/06 at 5:11pm

I'm pretty sure it was Beauty and the Beast when I was 3. However, I wasn't as well behaved as the rest of you folks. My sister and I were crying so we left at intermission.


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