I wish I could have seen... — Page 2

Any show with Beatrice Lille, Ethel Waters, Jimmy Durante or Marilyn Miller.

JUMBO at the Hippodrome.
Martin & Pinza in SOUTH PACIFIC
Merman, Lahr, Grable & Walters in DuBARRY WAS A LADY
Merman & Hutton in PANAMA HATTIE
Jolson & Raye in HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS. Actually anything Jolson to see if he was really THAT great.
Kelly & Segal in PAL JOEY
Cook, Yma Sumac & Bill Baird's puppets in FLAHOOLEY!
Streisand in FUNNY GIRL (opening night - NOT later in the run), WHOLESALE and ANOTHER EVENING WITH HARRY STOONES.
Lane in LISBON TRAVIATA and SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER.

The tours of GYPSY starring Susan Johnson, Betty Hutton or Martha Raye.

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Yes, BB, that's a GREAT list for starters!

I had forgotten HOUSE OF FLOWERS.
And Garland at the Palace.


What ever happened to Jill Hayworth, anyway?

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Not to mention...

John Raitt in Pajama Game

The Tenth Anniversary Concert of Les Miz

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I wish I could have seen:
Bernadette Peters and Martin Short in The Goodbye Girl.
Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl
Carol Channing in the original production of Hello, Dolly!
Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady
Elizabeth Taylor in The Little Foxes
Mary Martin in anything

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Yma Sumac.....
I just adored her

There are some great performances noted on this thread. I would have loved to have seen the original production of STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Jessica Tandy, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter. I attended the memorial service for Tennesse Williams at the Shubert Theater. Jessica Tandy got up, "youthened" before our eyes and did Blanche's big monologue. Without a microphone, you could hear every word in the balcony and it was maybe the most amazing few minutes I've ever seen on stage. I would like to have Laurette Taylor in GLASS MENAGERIE as well.

Chita Rivera in anything (was lucky to see her in NINE)
Liza in Chicago, Pallidium with Judy
Gwen in Can Can, Sweet Charity and Chicago
Angela Lansbury and Bea Arthur in Mame
OLC Phantom
Ann Reinking in Pippin, Dancin', A Chorus Line, Over Here
Natasha Richardson and Alan Cumming in Cabaret

I would have loved to have seen Metamorphises when it was on Broadway. That is one of those shows I kick myself for not seeing.

Dear Master LCZ, I was in PAL JOEY. What would you like to know about the show?

Dear Broadway Bulldog, I was in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS. What would you like to know?

Miriam

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Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera: Chicago
Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison: My Fair Lady
Joel Grey: Cabaret
Ethel Merman: Gypsy and Annie Get Your Gun
Patti LuPone: Evita
Carol Channing: Hello Dolly!
Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner: The King and I
Zero Mostel: Fiddler on the Roof
Mary Martin: The Sound of Music

I find it a bit unsettling that I have in fact seen almost everything listed, that is a bit "older." Not everything, but almost. I would have to reach back further and wish I had seen:


Red, Hot and Blue with Ethel Merman, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante

Funny Girl with Streisand

Take Me Along with Robert Morse and Jackie Gleason

Hamlet with Richard Burton

Coco and perhaps The Philadephia Story with Hepburn

the original cast of Plaza Suite, Maureen Stapleton and George C. Scott

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As I read through this thread, I realized how very fortunate I have been. My theater-going started in 1963 and I saw so many performances that are now considered "classics". Still, there are some that I didn't see, either because they were before my time or because I just didn't get to them:

Laurette Taylor in GLASS MENAGERIE

Tandy/Brando in STREETCAR

Barbara BelGeddes in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (did the wholesome-looking BelGeddes REALLY make an effective Maggie the Cat?)

Richard Burton's HAMLET (I have an audio recording of it, but the real thing was certainly more effective!)

Mary Martin in LEAVE IT TO ME (everyone raves about that striptease she did) I saw Mary in DOLLY and in a play called DO YOU TURN SOMERSAULTS?

Elizabeth Seal in IRMA LA DOUCE. I've seen the show and been in a production of it and it never seems to work. Seal must have been special to pull that show together.

Florence Henderson in FANNY. (I love the score)

Ethel Merman in GYPSY. My first go-round with the show was Angela Lansbury's magnificent portrayal. I did see Merman's DOLLY, though. Twice, in fact.

Albert Finny in LUTHER.

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....i wish i could have seen myself in about two dozen shows that have played or will play or will return to play Broadway.....