If You Could Turn Back Time — Page 3

#51

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 5:21pm

"Dammit - now I have that stupid Cher song stuck in my head."

Omg, those words were playing in my head too lol!

1) Cabaret (revival)
2) 42nd Street (revival)
3) Aida
4) Urinetown OBC
5) The Producers
6) Gypsy w/ Bernadette Peters

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#52

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 6:06pm

I'm amazed at how many others have chosen that I was blessed enough to have seen! I'd have to go a little further back. These were the first three that came to mind:

The Glass Menagerie with Laurette Taylor
Member of the Wedding with Julie Harris and Ethel Waters
Bus Stop with Kim Stanley
OBC of Follies

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#53

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 6:09pm

Last Five Years with Norbert and Sherrie, of course
OLC and Broadway Closing Cast Les Mis
OBC Rent
OBC Ragtime
OBC Titanic

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#54

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 7:25pm

1) OLC / OBC "Jesus Christ Superstar"

2) OBC "HAIR"

3) OLC "Les Miserables"

4) OLC "The Phantom of the Opera"

5) Second London cast "The Phantom of the Opera"


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#55

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 7:28pm

L5Y with Norbert and Sherie
RENT OBC
Assassins at Studio 54! I would kill to see that

#56

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 8:50pm

OBC RENT.. HANDS DOWN i think that must have been the best experience in the world to see them
also.. Sherie Renee Scott and Norbert Leo Butz in Last 5 Years

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#57

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:06pm

"OBC RENT.. HANDS DOWN i think that must have been the best experience in the world to see them"

#58

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/26/06 at 9:15pm

Candide OBC - if nothing else just to see Barbara Cook sing the **** out of "Glitter and Be Gay"
A Chorus Line OBC
Into the Woods OBC
Apple Tree OBC - Barbara Harris is LOVE
Funny Girl OBC - for obvious reasons

#59

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 7:22am

Well this is just the tip of the iceberg...
NEW FACES OF 1952 (Paul Lynde,Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt)
CALL ME MADAM (Ethel Merman)
HELLO, DOLLY! (Carol Channing)
MAME (Lansbury, Arthur)
COMPANY
NO, NO, NANETTE (1971 Revival Ruby Keeler) ...and so many more.

#60

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 7:32am

The OBC Tom O'Horgan staging of Jesus CHrist Superstar. The still pictures I've seen don't do the descriptions justice.

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#61

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 7:35am

I would want to see the NY City Center ENCORES! production of Strike Up the Band again because I was very young when I saw it and was probably only paying attention to the songs, plus that's where I first fell in love with Kristin Chenoweth. (Another tidbit is that JLT was in the ensemble as was my future singing teacher, then single, Rebecca "Becky" Baxter Foard, now husband to Merwin Foard.)

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#62

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:05am

I would have liked to have seen:

Lea Salonga in "Les Miserables"
"Miss Saigon" with either Lea Salonga, Rona Figueroa, or Ma-Anne Dionisio as Kim,
OBC of "The Lion King."

#63

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 10:52am

Lots, but these come immediately to mind, and in no particular order:
My Fair Lady - OLC
Camelot - OLC
Hello, Dolly - OBC
Mame (with Lansbury & Arthur)
Sweeney Todd - OLC
Member of the Wedding (Julie Harris & Ethyl Waters)
Les Liaison Dangereuse (Rickman & Duncan one more time)
A Streetcare Named Desire (Brando & Tandy)
Oliver! - OLC

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#64

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:02pm

Carousel - OBC
My Fair Lady- OBC
West Side Story - OBC
Dreamgirls - OBC
All Sondheim shows from 1970-1984 w/ OBC

#65

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:07pm

A Little Night Music (OBC)
Anyone Can Whistle (OBC)
A Chorus Line (OBC)
Anything Goes (1987 cast with Howard McGillin, Patti LuPone, etc.) Actually, the original run of Anything Goes in the 30s, too.
Company

That looks like it's in alphabetical order, but... it isn't.

#66

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:08pm

August 25th, 1980

The opening night of 42nd Street. One of the most famous nights in Broadway history. I would love to have been a part of that night!

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#67

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/27/06 at 2:15pm

Chicago OBC
Cabaret OBC
Cabaret Revival (original cast)
Any Sondheim OBC

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#68

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:07am

A Chorus Line
Little Shop of Horrors
Bye Bye Birdie
Mystery of Edwin Drood
Pippin
Dreamgirls
Tommy
Hello Dolly!
Baby
Smile
Starlight Express (weird, I know)
Merrily We Roll Along
Anything Goes (1987)
Promises Promises (Encores!)

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#69

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 2/28/06 at 12:37am

Original casts of Rent and The Wild Party (Lippa) and Norbert & Sherie in The Last Five Years.

#70

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 3/19/06 at 5:59pm

Original casts of: RENT, L5Y, Wicked, Little Shop, and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

#71

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 3/19/06 at 6:55pm

Millie OBR, Little Shop off-broadway cast and The King and I 1977 revival with Yul Brynner and Constance Towers

#72

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 3/19/06 at 7:05pm

The original Follies - again
Superman
Original Dreamgirls
Original Nine

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#73

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 11/12/07 at 12:07am

Carrie
A New Brain
Chess
Dance of the Vampires
Sweeney Todd (OBC)
Cupid and Psyche (Saw a production at the Orlando Fringe and fell in LOVE with it)
Desire Under the Elms (OBC)
27 Wagons Full of Cotton (Meryl Streep cast)
The Pillowman
The History Boys
Bug
Dog Sees God

And plenty of others.

#74

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 11/12/07 at 12:12am

Add Pillowman and Chess to my list.

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#75

re: If You Could Turn Back Time

Posted: 11/12/07 at 12:23am

The Pillowman is pure brilliance.


And I would have LOVED to have been in the audience opening night of chess...experience the 3 and a half hour version...and then be there for closing when the show ran about 2 and a half.