If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
WaffleOnWheels
Stand-by Joined: 6/2/17
#1If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:38pm
I'd see the original cast of Evita.
Curious to the thoughts of others!
#2If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:39pm
Its a tie: the original company of MY FAIR LADY... and
the original company of FOLLIES.
SFFrontRow
Broadway Star Joined: 3/19/05
#3If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:40pm
Play, Torch Song Trilogy. Musical, original cast of Dreamgirls.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#4If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:41pm
Weirdly enough, this is a question I think quite often about! So difficult. I'm often between the original casts of South Pacific, Evita, Dreamgirls, Company, or A Chorus Line.
If I had to pick one, I'd probably go with you to see Evita 
#5If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:41pm
Original Broadway cast of My Fair Lady.
Willie4316
Leading Actor Joined: 9/12/16
#6If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:43pm
Original cast of Parade, original German cast of Tanz Der Vampire, or original London cast of Chess.
#7If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 4:50pm
Evita or Company.
#8If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:19pm
Hal prince's Candide with the environmental setting
#9If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:27pm
Grey Gardens. I am still kicking myself for not seeing this.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#10If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:28pm
Interesting a few mentioned shows I saw the original Broadway casts of: EVITA and PARADE. I'm blessed to have been around (starting at the age of 7) to have seen countless now legendary original Broadway casts like: CHICAGO, A CHORUS LINE, ANNIE, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, SWEENEY TODD to even DREAMGIRLS.
I'd have love to have been around to see the original Broadway casts of FUNNY GIRL, MY FAIR LADY, COMPANY, APPLAUSE and FOLLIES.
#11If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:39pm
The original Hair. I love that score so much, and it was a cultural milestone!
#12If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:39pm
Oklahoma!
#13If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:45pm
It's Follies and Gypsy for me.
#14If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:52pm
Follies (original cast); A Little Night Music (original cast); and Dear World.
Updated On: 6/14/17 at 05:52 PM
Alex Kulak2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/11/16
#15If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:52pm
2005 Revival of Sweeney Todd
Bonus: It wasn't Broadway, but I'd like to see the original production of Be More Chill
#16If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:56pm
The first three answers were my choices: the original Broadway productions of My Fair Lady, Follies, and Evita.
#17If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 5:58pm
Only one?! That's hard...
Probably would have to narrow it down from West Side Story, Chicago, A Chorus Line, Pacific Overtures, Dreamgirls, South Pacific, Hal Prince's Candide and Show Boat... there's way too many to choose from.
broadwaysfguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/27/14
#18If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:00pm
first of course would be my fair lady obc
very close second would be south pacific obc
very close 3rd would be ethel merman in Anything goes obc
very close fourth (tied) Follies, Sweeney Todd, Company, A Little Night Music
#19If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:04pm
Either "Dude" or "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
ArtMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/08
#20If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:35pm
Private Lives with Burton & Taylor. Nor for the play, but the chance to see two icons in person.
Cat Guy
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/17
#21If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:38pm
Oh gosh. Quite the dilemma.
For shows I did see, "Mame" with Ginger Rogers, London, 1969.
For shows I did not see, a "Ziegfeld Follies" production with Fanny Brice.
#22If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:41pm
Funny Girl with Streisand, early in the run before she grew tired with doing it 8 shows a week and became more like Jerry Lewis than Fanny Brice (so I've heard).... :)
#23If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:44pm
I fortunately saw Dear World, Parade, Taylor & Burton in Private Lives, and...
the OC of A Chorus Line about a week after its official opening.
Those Were The Days. Sigh.
#24If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:48pm
TheSassySam said: "Either "Dude" or "Breakfast at Tiffany's" "
Masochist, obviously.
Since I have to reach back farther to answer the actual question, it would be Ethel Merman in Gypsy.
I'm old, and I saw a lot of these since I started seeing shows in 1969, but my suggestion for the one that would be worth traveling back in time for is the original cast of A Chorus Line. That was life changing.
As for others that have been mentioned:
Applause - Entertaining; otherwise not that great. Bacall was fabulous, but no where near Kathrine Hepburn in Coco that same year.
Company - Yes, it was everything you might have imagined. Inventive staging (that elevator!) sharp-as-a-tack actors, and the thrill of Sondheim finally operating at full power knocking you over. Elaine Stritch must have stared down Dean Jones for two or three minutes of silence - which is an eternity on stage and the audience was with her every second.
Follies - I didn't see it on Broadway, I saw the tour which opened the Shubert Theater in LA with most of the New York cast and it was brilliant. But, I have to say, the London production in 1986 was better.
Chess (Original London Cast) - The London production was head and shoulders above the Broadway version. London, although directed by Trevo Nunn, had Michael Bennet's set concept of the tilting chessboard and the press coverage playing out on banks of large TV screens. The abstract setting served the property much better than the more literal Broadway look. And of course you had Elaine Paige, Tommy Körberg and Murray Head, all from the concept album, playing the roles. Unfortunately by the time Chess hit Broadway the cold war was over, which drained the contemporary feel from the piece.
#25If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/14/17 at 6:58pm
Easy: Merman in Gypsy.
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