Most Times?
Most Times?
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#0Most Times?
Posted: 5/18/04 at 9:50pmA lot of people here reference how many times they've seen a show. Well, what is the most times you've seen a show, and why did you spend so much money on that one show?
#1re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/18/04 at 9:52pm
I have seen Mamma Mia over 6,000 times
And in the words of Sean Connery, "And If you believe that I'll tell you another"
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
beartrande
Chorus Member Joined: 3/7/04
#2re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 2:57pm
Um, I've seen Les Mis over a hundred times so far! But I know folks who've seen the show 500 times plus.
Why? Well cos I love the show! Its live and therefore often never quite the same twice and with different casts adding new facets to a character. I love the music too. And there are characters within the show with whom I can identify, notably Eponine. Plus my favourite character and my favourite show tune is Javert and 'Stars'. I just adore listening to that sung with power (cue Michael McCarthy).
If I wasn't still in some way into the show or moved by it, then I wouldn't want to go and see it as often. In fact over the last couple of years I have seen the show less per year than previously just to ensure that I never get fed up with the show. So each time I visit the show I really enjoy the occasion
I have seen other shows several times, but 'only' in the 10s or 20s!!!
"Well we can't all come and go by bubble"
#3re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:45pmI'm way behind most people...the most I've seen Les Mis was 30. I tend to see every show at least twice (but more like 4 or 5) unless I absolutely hate it more than anything, or it closes before I get to go back.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
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#4re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:48pm
ive seen hairspray 26 or so times and counting. why? cuz its a good show and i enjoy it.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 3:52pmI've seen Fame about six times, but I'm not mad enough to pay for tickets (who actually pays to see Fame these days?!). And the other was Witches of Eastwick which I saw five times - it was theatrical heaven.
#6re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 4:23pm
I like to browse. :) I've seen phantom 4 times tho and AIDA twice...i really need a higher-paying job...
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#7re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 4:59pmI saw ROCKY HORROR 69 times. I was at every one of the last 31 performances and saw it whenever I could in the year before. I loved every minute of it.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#8re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 5:02pm
I've seen Les Miserables 11 times, in the US and in London. I enjoy seeing different actors in the roles, and there's a lot to watch in LM.
I think the next most times I have seen something would be La Boheme, at 5. But being on the West Coast, it's a bit hard to just nip down to TKTS and see a show repeatedly.
'"Contrairiwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."'
~Lewis Carroll
#9re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 5:53pmOh, all my 30 Les Mis times were on Broadway,actually all my viewings are on Broadway. I've seen Avenue Q 14 times, Taboo 8, Chicago 8, Urinetown 8...those are my top viewing numbers
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
Ruffian
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/04
#10re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 6:48pm
Phantom.....at least 18 times
Miz....16 times, ONCE in Germany
TABOO....14 times (had it run longer....would have gone a lot more)
Cabaret 6 times
Chicago....5 times
Kiss Me Kate...six times
Aspects of Love...6 times
Bourne's Swan Lake...6 times
CATS....6 times
A bunch more in multiple
Its scary how many more times I woulda seen TABOO...lmao
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Updated On: 5/19/04 at 06:48 PM
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#11re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 6:54pm
"If I were a rich man..."
I would go to Broadway every week, hell, DAY and see a show. But sadly, do to cash constrants, the most I had ever seen a Broadway show (not counting tours) would be twice:
Kiss Me, Kate
Urinetown
Wicked
Avenue Q
HunterFosterIsMyGod
Broadway Star Joined: 3/7/04
#13re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 7:02pmFor every time you saw Les Mis/Rocky Horror/Hairspray/etc., you could have seen another show On/Off/Off-Off Broadway...
BSoBW2: I punched Sondheim in the face after I saw Wicked and said, "Why couldn't you write like that!?"
Ruffian
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/16/04
#14re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 7:05pmI see a huge majority of Broadway/Off-Broadway so I dont really mind multiple visits to any show if I enjoy them
#15re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 7:19pm
I saw Witches of Eastwick about 30 times before it closed in London...why? Because my best friend was in it and because it was absolutely amazing 
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#16re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 7:31pm
"For every time you saw Les Mis/Rocky Horror/Hairspray/etc., you could have seen another show On/Off/Off-Off Broadway..."
Yeah, for those of you in the NY area. And who cares if someone likes something enough to see it repeatedly? That's not to say people don't watch other things.
'"Contrairiwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."'
~Lewis Carroll
#17re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/19/04 at 11:05pmWell, I do live in the New York area and seeing shows multiple times doesn't mean I don't see other shows because of it. Of the musicals that are open right now the only ones I haven't seen are Bombay Dreams, Aida, and The Lion King. The first two of which I plan on seeing probably within the next month or so, but if I wake up in, for an example, an Avenue Q mood...that's where I'm going to go.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#18re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 12:57am
Sumofallthings,
What do you care what I go to see? For your information, I go see most Off Broadway stuff and pretty much everything else on Broadway. But I really enjoyed going to see ROCKY HORROR. I loved getting to know the cast and meeting the people that like me, had a great time there.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#19re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 6:08am
i saw Les Miserables 3 times (in SF)...
Victor/Victoria twice (1 Julie Andrews, 1 Liza Minelli)
Ragtime twice
Take Me Out twice
Cabaret twice (1 Natasha Richardson, 1 Brooke Sheilds)
mmFan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/03
#20re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 8:29amMamma Mia - so far 10 times (1 time in NY, 9 times in Toronto).
#21re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 8:50am
Les Miserables - 14 times
Witches of Eastwick - 10 times and I would have more if I could've afforded it!
Ragtime (London) - 6 times
Taboo (London + UK tour) - 5 times
#22re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 8:53amon the other side of this discussion, there are people who see shows repeatedly for whatever their reasons... If i had to pick one show to see repeatedly, it would be Ragtime... Updated On: 5/20/04 at 08:53 AM
TheGaIsSilent
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/25/04
#23re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 8:59am
Wicked - 20
RENT - 14
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I just realized, your last name is Butz! Both "Norbert" AND "Butz" are in your name! You must have gotten picked on a lot as a child!
#24re: Most Times?
Posted: 5/20/04 at 9:34amI never understand how people can afford to go to see the same shows repeatedly...but I guess its a personal choice. I like to keep the memory of the first and (usually) only time I see a show as a keepsake in my mind and heart. The only shows I've seen more than once have been Man of La Mancha (because I study it every chance I get, seeing as how it seems to be the role I'll play for the rest of my life - Cervantes), Kiss Me Kate (because of friends appearing in it, so I went to support them)..and I think there might be one more but I can't remember it at the moment...oh yeah - Beauty and the Beast - also because the second time was to support a friend who understudied the Beast and I wanted to see his performance. Beyond that, I usually can find no reason to spend another $50 or more dollars to see something a second time.
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