I was eleven and my parents got me tickets for THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. I took the bus from New Jersey to New York and saw the show alone. I don't think my parents were aware that the last line of the play was, "Say cunnilingus, coach."
It's actually pretty funny-prior to seeing Movin' Out I had a discussion about Broadway "virginity", and actually considered skipping my first ever trip to New York so that I could save my first time for a show I was more excited about... (I'm famous for my anti-Jukebox Musicals stance at my school, and it was just so IRONIC that it would be my first show...)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
6. My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlain and Melissa Errico. All I remember was that it wasn't as much of a spectacle as the movie, and how impressed I was that Melissa Errico was only 23.
I was six when Julie Andrews gently lifted it away at the world premiere of Camelot (my first time in a dark suit). Oh, Richard, Robert and Roddy were there too...
Technically, i've been in love with musical theatre since I was 8 years old, but I didn't lose my virginity till I was 10 years old when I saw RENT. (Yes, a 10 year old at RENT.)
I was 7 years old and I had just gotten out of the hospital from a massive athsma attack. I saw the revival of the King and I. I remember thinking "I could totally be one of those kids" and have had the theater bug ever since.
"No two shows are alike in the making. Each show is a living
piece of your life in a small unreal world with its own character
and integrity; its own new set of memorable experiences and
incredible happenings. You begin to love and adapt to its strangeness.
Dreams harden into substance. Values come into focus. You wish
it would never end. The dream world vanishes like mist before a
rising sun; part of you vanishes with it. And back you land in the
real world with a thud- fogged, uneasy, jittery, difficult to get
along with. There is only one cure. A new show. A new, small
unreal world; new visions, experiences, incredible happenings.
Again you love it, adapt to it, wish it would never end.
But end it does. Another part of you vanishes.
That's show business."-Anonymous
I was 5 when I saw Sandy Duncan in PETER PAN. I was hooked for life after that
"TO LOVE ANOTHER PERSON IS TO SEE THE FACE OF GOD"- LES MISERABLES---
"THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS SHOW PEOPLE... WE'RE BORN EVERY NIGHT AT HALF HOUR CALL!"--- CURTAINS
I made a list of all your faults, it was quite detailed and lengthy too and when I read it through I missed you. Your like a classic Eagles song, you just cant help but sing along even though it sometimes gets annoying too. I just know I want to be wherever I can wake and see you there next to me. **High Fidelity**
Love is what I do **The Wedding Singer**
Xanadu - Best NEW Musical of the Season!
I should elaborate, I was 16 Years Old; 1996 I saw the OBC of RENT and that started it all. I went from Hardcore Rap Music to listening to Light in the Piazza...hahaha! What a change. Since then!
I made a list of all your faults, it was quite detailed and lengthy too and when I read it through I missed you. Your like a classic Eagles song, you just cant help but sing along even though it sometimes gets annoying too. I just know I want to be wherever I can wake and see you there next to me. **High Fidelity**
Love is what I do **The Wedding Singer**
Xanadu - Best NEW Musical of the Season!
I saw my first professional show much earlier, but I was 22 when I saw my first show on Broadway- Man of La Mancha (revival). It was the first time I ever got to spend more than a few hours in NY. During that trip, I saw 4 shows.
"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)