If you could go back in time and see only one Broadway show, what would it be? — Page 5

It's difficult to choose just one but I'd love to go back to the 80's and see the first (or last) performance of Carrie on Broadway.



(OR the original production of The Wiz. OR Liza Minelli in Chicago OR the original off-Browady production of Little Shop of Horrors)

Sweeney Todd.

I was born in 82, so my formative theatre years we're the late 80s and early 90s. 1988 to be exact. I was probably the only kindergartner in town who was obsessed with The Phantom of The Opera. So my choice would be the OBC of Phantom. I know there are probably more thrilling performances to attend if given the opportunity to use a time machine, but I'd have to go to where my love for theatre started.

This is my first time posting, so I hope this comes through okay!

I have a very clear memory of seeing Mary Martin in Peter Pan. I was in the balcony (first row) with my mother and Aunt Ruth. In the scene where Peter says he needs help, I leaped up and was ready to fly to the stage. "I'll help you Peter!" I yelled. Fortunately, I was saved from certain death (falling into the orchestra seats) by my mother and aunt grabbing the sash on the back of my dress (we dressed up for the theater in those days, and I was four).

When I went back to research this, I discovered that Peter Pan closed five months before I was born!

So, I would vote for Peter Pan since I didn't see it on Broadway, even though my brain seems to think I did. Second choice would be South Pacific, because I really am a Mary Martin fan and would have loved to have seen her live in something.

Updated On: 6/18/17 at 06:11 PM

Anything with Ethel Merman or Mary Martin.