I've seen 70 Shows this year!

I just counted all the tickets to the shows I've see this past year and apparently I've seen quite a few. I count my Broadway seasons starting from my birthday since the first Broadway show I ever saw was on my birthday. My birthday's not until the end of April so I have two months until this "season" ends but if I count the shows I have tickets for and the shows I plan to see in March and April I get 70! I think that's crazy! Is there therapy for people like me?

Anyway, who else is "up there" with me seeing too many shows? I know some of y'all have seen more in a one-year period....I'm not a total freak...right?

Okay, you go me there...only 45 are shows I saw for the first time. Still! I spent around 14% of my income on shows! Crazy!

Wow! Quite the superfan!
Okay, you're making me feel better. :) I've guess I've probably seen 100 shows total...the odd part is that seventy of those were in the last 12 months.

Sorry...didn't mean to make anyone one feel bad. Honestly I guess I was just shocked to really know how many shows I'd seen. It got me thinking about how much money I spent on those shows and I guess I was hoping to feel a little less guilty cause I knew there were others here who've spent a lot more than me. I don't make very much money, but I work hard and sometimes I do choose to see a show rather than to eat out or buy new clothes. Broadway shows are what make my work and school bearable.

Updated On: 3/3/07 at 08:35 PM

36 on Broadway, not including repeats...all at $35 or less. Again, not bragging...I guess I saw that many because it gives me pleasure.

I wish I could see 70 shows.
Pity I live an hour and twenty minutes away, and train fares are a b!tch.

Anyway, congrats on the 70.

Yeah, I don't think you have to apologize at all!

I've recently taken to actually using Pittburgh's wonderful theatre district, and tonight I saw the local production of Forbidden Broadway (which my theatre teacher is in) for the fourth time!

40$ without student ID, 12.50$ with. I'm seeing as many shows as I possibly can until I turn 26!

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Hey, DO NOT let anybody make you feel guilty! From the prices you are paying, you must be a student and even if it's a lot of your income, it would be so much more expensive if you didn't have that ID. So use it and enjoy...I remember being a student in London for a semester and I practically lived in the theaters there-- when I wasn't running around Europe on a youth rail pass. It's your time!

I've seen 30 Broadway shows and over a hundred shows if you count off-Broadway, regional, community, college, and high school.

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I paid somewhere around $3000 for all of my shows. Gotta love TDF and papering services.

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This year so far:


1. Regrets Only (1/10, 2PM)
2. Translations (1/10, 8PM)
3. An Evening with Kathy Griffin (1/19, 8PM)
4. The Fever (1/20, 2PM)
5. The Vertical Hour (1/20, 8PM)
6. Frank's Home (1/21, 2:30PM)
7. A Spanish Play (1/27, 2PM)
8. Adrift in Macao (1/28, 3PM)
9. Dutchman (1/30, 7PM)
10. The Apple Tree (1/31, 8PM)
11. Anon (2/1, 7:30PM)
12. The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (2/2, 8PM)
13. Howard Katz (2/3, 2PM)
14. The Jew of Malta (2/3, 8PM)
15. Summer and Smoke (2/4, 2PM)
16. I Puritani (2/5, 7:30PM)
17. Mary Rose (2/6, 8PM)
18. A Very Common Procedure (2/7, 7PM)
19. Mr. Fabulous (2/8, 3PM) Left at intermission
20. Follies (2/10, 2PM)
21. Betty Buckley: Quintessence (2/10, 10:30PM)
22. Journey's End (2/11, 3PM)
Follies (2/12, 7PM)
23. Eugene Onegin (2/13, 8PM)
24. Jenufa (2/14, 8PM)
25. King Lear (2/16, 8PM)
26, Talk Radio (2/17, 2PM)
27. The Little Dog Laughed (2/17, 8PM)
28. Kiki and Herb (2/18, 11:30PM)
29. Working (2/19, 8PM)
30. Prelude to a Kiss (2/20, 8PM)
31. Dying City (2/21, 8PM)
32. Simon Boccanegra (2/27, 8PM)
33. Jack Goes Boating (2/28, 8PM)
34. Curtains (3/1, 8PM)
Prelude to a Kiss (3/2, 8PM)
35. The Pirates of Penzance (3/3, 8PM)

I don't have last year's list on my laptop.

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I have friends who see between 150-200 shows a year, so my number sounds like nothing compared to them. I'm hoping to pass the 100 mark this year.

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Anything that doesn't have a number in front of it is a repeat viewing. I counted FOLLIES (#20) the first time I saw it; the second time doesn't count. Same for PRELUDE TO A KISS.

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