If you could choose one...
If you could choose one...
jess20882
Broadway Star Joined: 9/21/06
#0If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 2:34pm
I am doing a poll for a project I'm working on (and I'm also curious)...
If you had to choose one Broadway show to see over and over again, or you could only see one show for the rest of your life, which show would it be and why?
avab802
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#1re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 2:55pm
Well, I've already seen RENT over and over again, so... there's my answer for that, lol.
I don't think I could choose just one show to see for the rest of my life, to the exclusion of all other shows. I like seeing new things too much. :)
#2re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 2:57pmA tough question. I would probably pick Sweeney Todd. Even though Les Miz is my favorite show, Sweeney is a piece that I can watch over and over and find something new every time. I'd take either the original Hal Prince staging or the recent revival by John Doyle.
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#3re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:07pmFOLLIES
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#4re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:07pm"Into The Woods" (Which I already watch a lot on DVD!)
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FoscasBohemianDream
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#5re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:09pmSunday in the Park with George (which I constantly watch on DVD) and Follies.
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#6re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:19pm
As I ripen, mature or simply get older, I could see A Little Night Music once a year for the rest of my life.
I liked the show a lot when I saw it in my early 20s, but now 30+ years later, Night Music makes so much more sense in my 50s. One needs some mileage on their tires to truly appreciate this show.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:31pmLes Miz all the way. The show has probably the best score ever. Other ones would be The Light In The Piazza and Fosse.
#8re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:46pm
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Titanic
Wedding Singer
#9re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:38pmJersey Boys
choose to be happy:0)-Grey Gardens
Ciaron McCarthy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
mauriposa
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/14/05
#11re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:53pmRENT. I have immense loyalty for my theater gateway drug. I even saw the movie in the theater 15 times because I don't live in New York and can't see the real thing as often as I'd like to.
#12re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:58pmI'm going to have to second Sweeney Todd.
bwaylvsong
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/28/05
#13re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:06pm
Kiss Me, Kate
Phantom is a close second
Lizzya9
Broadway Star Joined: 10/14/06
#14re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:12pmBeauty and the Beast because it is amazing and never ceases to amaze.
#15re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:17pm
If I had to choose one, I would say Sweeney Todd.
Everytime I saw this, I picked up something different from
it. Comming in second would have to be Jersey Boys for me.
I've seen it so many times, I'm still laughing out loud.
Feel the Love - Les Mis
ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#16re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:46pmKitzarina's message to a T... except i prefer the new John Doyle version...
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
kelzama
Broadway Star Joined: 9/14/04
#18re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:51pmPick a Sondheim. Just about any will do. So many layers, so much to not only watch and listen, but absorb. Sweeney, SITPWG et al.
Over_the_Moon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/22/05
#20re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:22pmDebating between Cabaret and Into the Woods. Cabaret is my favorite, but I think I could watch ITW more...
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MistressoftheHouse
Broadway Star Joined: 4/4/06
#21re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:28pm
Les Miz. It's my favorite show, and when I don't see it for a while, I go through withdrawal. As of now I've been going crazy because it's been 3 years...and I've been dying to see it/going through my withdrawal for about 1 1/2 years, so yeah...
I just love it...the story, the music, everything.
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snl89
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/05
#22re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:29pm
ooooo this is a tough question!! if I could only choose one? gahhh.. my first impulse would be to say RENT... either RENT or..no, Tick Tick Boom (with OOBC in tact). But the problem is eventually I'd probably end up getting pretty depressed by it. Just, you know, after seeing it so many times! I would hate not to have something like wedding singer to balance it out :) But, yeah, for sake of just picking one show, ttB.
(runners up include RENT obviously, les mis, last 5 years, and wicked but only with idina. ONLY)
I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.
Updated On: 10/31/06 at 07:29 PM
#23re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:31pm
Sweeney
It is dearly missed...
"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"
#24re: If you could choose one...
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:37pmThe Light in the Piazza
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
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