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If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Carlos Danger
Chorus Member Joined: 7/24/13
#75If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 2:17pm
LOL. The title states If you could go back in time and see ONLY ONE SHOW and yet we get lists.
Anyhoo, here is the ONE SHOW I would want to see if I could go back in time:
PROMISES, PROMISES - Original Broadway Cast
green waver
Stand-by Joined: 11/3/16
#76If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 2:25pm
What an intense question! to narrow it down to twenty five is difficult. But I'll choose three-two of them based on my father's account. The original production of Carousel, with its eternally majestic score, and the original Death of a Salesman with Lee J Cobb. My personal choice would be the 1927 Show Boat, even though Robeson wasn't in it. And just think-time travel would enable me to see all three for about $20.00!!
Eliza2
Broadway Star Joined: 1/7/16
#77If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 3:12pm
I wish I could see the Ars Nova Great Comet
(I guess that's cheating since it wasn't a Broadway production, but I'm going to count it since it's a Broadway production now!)
#78If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 3:35pm
I'm treating the question as if I'm going to a new production that I know nothing about -- and become overwhelmed watching it. I think number one would be West Side Story. Second would be Oklahoma.
#79If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 4:14pm
Follies, the out of town tryout in Boston
#80If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 4:48pm
Jay G 2:
One of those 25 didn't happen to be "Home Sweet Homer", did it?
The one I pride myself most on not missing!
BWAY Baby2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/10/14
#81If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 5:44pm
Even though I saw both as a kid- I would love to see them again- Barbra- Funny Girl and Liza- Flora the Red Menace.
BroadwayRox3588
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/5/16
#82If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/15/17 at 6:12pm
Grey Gardens
#83If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 12:26am
JayG 2, you saw 25 on my list?? Damn, would love to discuss these with you. I am extremely jealous!!!
#84If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 2:24am
Show Boat. 1927. The dawn of a new American art form. A match for the European Grand Opera. Based on a popular novel with racial themes. Integrated cast. The first performance of a glorious score by Kern and Hammerstein. The first thrilling performance of the Anthem Ol' Man River.
Then the aftermath. The rave reviews. The long lines of people waiting to purchase tickets. The discussions afterwards. This show certainly influenced many with its depiction of race relations in the South.
#85If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 6:55am
I'd jump on my magic carpet and fly back to September 26, 1957 for the opening of "the bold new kind of musical theater" West Side Story.
Take a look at this review from the Daily News. What I really enjoyed while reading this is that they included a snapshot of the page from the 1957 newspaper itself. If you scan to the right of the review you can see the listing of the other stage plays running at that time. Wow...would I have loved to have a binge weekend then to take in Auntie Mame, Bells are Ringing, Carousel, My Fair Lady to name a few.
NY Daily News -1957
#86If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 8:59am
It's always been a regret of mine that Bernstein did not compose a couple of more musicals. I wonder if he knew that he would be remembered more for West Side Story than for his legion of other great accomplishments?
No one else could have used his skills as a composer and orchestrater of complex classical music and created a score so exciting and unique whether whether heard on a cast album or in classical form as the Symphonic Dances.
But then he would have had trouble topping his own West Side Story.
#87If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 9:13am
Show Boat Opening Night
Gypsy Opening Night
Ziegfeld Follies- Specifically I would time travel to see Ed Wynn, Billie Burke, Fanny Brice, Al Jolson and other notables in their respective skits.
#88If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 9:19am
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
IHeartNY2
Stand-by Joined: 4/14/17
#89If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 10:55am
I'm not asking for much. I just want to go back 1 year to see American Psycho one more time. 
#90If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 11:12am
Can I cheat and say original West End production of Starlight Express?
Early in the run! Late in the run, the cast just stopped trying.
My choice would be the first Broadway performance of Oklahoma, not only to see the production, but to experience the reaction from the audience.
#91If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 11:45am
Marky poo, Yes I did see Home Sweet Homer ... and I saw it TWICE! (Don't ask.)
#92If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 12:51pm
I would gave said Sunset Blvd. with Glenn Close...but my dream came true...so I will say Kiss of the Spider Woman with Vanessa Williams.
#93If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 12:55pm
"Mame" with Angela Lansbury.
rangersrule132
Featured Actor Joined: 2/29/16
#94If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 1:06pm
I'm honestly suprised that only one or two people said Ragtime. With that being said I would choose Ragtime.
Renart
Stand-by Joined: 2/26/09
#95If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 2:15pm
Agree with many already mentioned.
would add
Girl Crazy (1930) - Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman and Jimmy Dorsey in the pit orchestra!
#96If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 2:32pm
Melissa25 said: "I'd jump on my magic carpet and fly back to September 26, 1957 for the opening of "the bold new kind of musical theater" West Side Story.
Take a look at this review from the Daily News. What I really enjoyed while reading this is that they included a snapshot of the page from the 1957 newspaper itself. If you scan to the right of the review you can see the listing of the other stage plays running at that time. Wow...would I have loved to have a binge weekend then to take in Auntie Mame, Bells are Ringing, Carousel, My Fair Lady to name a few.
NY Daily News -1957
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Thanks for posting that link. Wow, I would like to see that production of My Fair Lady with Rex harrison and Julie Andrews.
DivaProf
Chorus Member Joined: 6/9/15
#97If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 3:09pm
A Raisin in the Sun original cast, with Ruby Dee and Sidney Poitier
Dreamgirls, original cast
A Chorus Line, original cast
a-mad
Featured Actor Joined: 8/25/11
#98If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/16/17 at 3:53pm
It's a tie between:
Chess - Original London
My Fair Lady - Original Broadway (if only to see Julie Andrews live in her prime)
For those that said Ragtime - I must say that I was fortunate to see the original cast, and it was far and away the most transcendent theater experience I've ever had.
#99If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be?
Posted: 6/17/17 at 2:10am
Dear World with Angela Lansbury
and or Henry Sweet Henry because i love the score and the snippets I've seen on You tube.
Oh also Golden Boy with Sammy Davis because I love the opening.
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