Imagining past shows that've played the theatre you're currently seeing a show in

Sorry for the wordy subject heading. But when I recently saw Sister Act, for example, at some points in the evening I was picturing Patti Lupone onstage belting her heart out during Evita, as Evita played at the Broadway Theatre 30 years ago, where Sister Act is currently playing. I did the same during Catch Me if you Can, picturing Hairspray being performed (and missing it...I was bored to tears during Catch Me.) At Memphis I would picture the original cast of A Chorus Line lined up across the white line, and at the Gershwin when I saw Wicked I couldn't help but picture Angela and Len singing about priest pies. I also sometimes do this while entering the theatre, imagining being an audience member going into the original productions of Evita, Sweeney, West Side Story etc. and seeing all the pictures set up in the windows of the original companies. Does anyone else do this or should I visit the local shrink? It's actually kind of fun to do sometimes :)

I'll never be able to go back into the Beaumont without thinking of South Pacific.

I thought I was the only one... I do this at my touring venue too. They have had shows touring there for years. It's amazing to sit there and think of all the productions that have unfolded on that very stage.

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I might think about it pre-show or at intermission, but its never evaded my thoughts during a performance -- even shows that I haven't been terribly fond of. But maybe it's something TO do when I am bored!

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I love reading the "at this theatre" section in the playbill and get disapointed when it's not included. My folks bought me the book a few years back.

I especially love how there are original Hirshfield drawings in the lobby of his namesake theatre of shows that played there. Just thinking of Chita Rivera in Bye Bye Birdie gives me the chills.

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I often think of shows I saw in that theatre 10+ years ago. Whenever I'm in the Neil Simon, I think of The King & I, my first Broadway show. The Marquis reminds me of Annie Get Your Gun. The first time I was back in the Neil Simon since The King & I was Ragtime, almost 15 years later, and I started tearing up.

I do this too! Enjoying the history of the theater is a huge part of my enjoyment of the show that i am attending.

I don't just do shows I've seen, but when I was at the Palace, I thought: "Someone sat in this chair and heard Judy Garland sing "Over The Rainbow". I began to tear up!