Memories... Oh the memories...

Posted: 7/20/04 at 7:40pm

What is your fondest memory of a theater-going expierence? Me? I wen't for a weekend to NYC and I saw the Tony Sampler (as i call it)- Q (2nd time), I am my own wife, Assassins, CoC...all Tony Winners, in 3 days. it was a great time!!

[Broadwaygirl4life]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 7:53pm

Wow I had too many. Anytime I go see a broadway show its great. I would have to say when I met Michael Cavanaugh when I saw Movin' Out and some other actors that same day!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:02pm

Fondest? Hmmm... it's hard to choose just one, but I think the second time that I saw Cabaret could be counted as one of them. It had been three years since I'd seen Adam Pascal in person, and I remember having this enormous smile on my face from the moment he walked out on stage. It was so wonderful to see him. I won't bore y'all with more useless stories.

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:17pm

CAROLINE OR CHANGE won a Tony? How? For what?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:18pm

Anika Noni Rose. Best featured actress in a musical.

[bronxboundexpress]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:19pm

Who? Oh, I thought that girl was in THE RAISIN IN THE SUN. Nevermind.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:20pm

Hmmm... A Raisin in the Sun is a musical now?

Ok! I'm kidding... no big deal.

Updated On: 7/20/04 at 08:20 PM

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:28pm

It was the coldest damn winter I could remember in NYC. Was in town for a convention. On Monday trudged from Javits Center all the way uptown to get a ticket to Victor/Victoria, ended up getting a seat for Sunset Blvd with Betty Buckely, saw Julie Andrews on Tuesday, caught the Matinee of How 2 Succeed, and then Du Barry Was A Lady at City Center with Bobby Morse, Faith Prince and Co.

I have had many other great theater trips, but this is most memorable because I was lucky enought to see a few legends (especially Julie Andrews...a real privilege), saw a variety of different shows, ALL in a trip that was free and extremely busy, so I never thought I would be seeing any shows at all, let alone 4.

This was right around the time RENT was off-Broadway, so there was a real buzz around town that added a nice flavor to all of Broadway.

[chinkie azn jai]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:29pm

My fondest memory was seeing Avenue Q. thats my fondest because i got to meet the whole cast at the stage door (and take pictures). And i won the lottery to see the show in the first place (which was a miracle).

[Testing1232]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:31pm

Easily the last show of the recent production of "MOLM". We had seen the show 27 times. We became kind of friendly with a number of the cast members, including Brian Stokes Mitchell.

On the day of the last performance, we were told that we had been invited to the closing cast party. It was so amazing !!!

For one night, the three of us felt famous !

[Rose_MacShane]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:34pm

Without question, the night I got to see CATS on Broadway. It was the first time I saw a show that wasn't a touring production and I was blown away. The highlight of a singularly great night was when I got to pet Rumpleteazer, who sat her cute li'l self down right next to me and I decided, when am I ever going to get the chance to do this again? I was probably glowing, I was so happy.

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:40pm

Definietly the Snoopy 1 day benefit rehearsal. The whole cast and everyone was really nice and it showed me that Broadway stars are real people who aren't always perfect at the first run through.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 8:46pm

I got to pet a cat too!!!! It was a national tour though. I've yet to actually see a show on Broadway. 'Guess I'm out of the club now...

[marincrazy11]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:30pm

My last trip to NYC, it was just spectacular. I saw three wonderful shows and got to spend time with my cousin and her boyfriend who are both actors/dancers. Nothing like some quality time with the fam

[cvapb]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:30pm

When I was about 5 or 6, we went to see Will Rogers. We sat up in the box, and "Will" tipped his hat to me about 3 times during the show. It was exciting for me, being so young :)

[Mamie]

Posted: 7/20/04 at 10:47pm

My fondest memory goes way back to 1968. I was 18 years old and my best friend and I decided to give ourselves a Christmas present and go to NY. (We called it a Christmas shopping trip, but we didn't buy anything for anybody.) We got tickets for the hottest show on Broadway - HAIR! We'd spent the entire day pretending we were part of the counter-culture and hanging out in bookstores and coffeeshops in the Village. The sky was dark and threatening all day. That night we went to the show and we were completely entranced by it. In the final scene, fake snow starts falling on the stage and the cast is singing "Let the Sunshine In". Then they start dancing and invite the audience up on the stage to dance and sing with them. It was absolutely incredible!

But the really incredible part happened when we left the theatre. We walked outside and sometime during the show, the snow had started falling. Great big white flakes were floating down - not a breeze to disrupt them OR to make it cold. The people leaving the theatre were still floating from the show and when they saw that snow - well, it was like icing on a cake. Cabs were sent away empty as groups walked to wherever they were going - usually singing the songs from the show.

When I'm 90 and can't remember my name or where I left my teeth - I'll still remember that night!