Name the 1st Broadway show you saw -- on Broadway- Page 3

[Sean2]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 2:04am

'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby' in 1981, RSC on Broadway.

Ye gods, but I'm old.

[egghumor]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 2:06am

babe1234, don't know how others feel, but I think seeing an out-of-town tryout of a Broadway production can certainly count as one's first.

[roseaddams]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 2:11am

Your own title asks for "the 1st Broadway show you saw -- on Broadway".

[egghumor]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 2:28am

Got your gotcha, roseaddams. You're right. To clarify what I was trying to say was something about not counting a regional/local production of some Broadway musical as your first. For me, that would have been a tour of CAROUSEL with John Raitt in 1960!!! oy.

[Salene]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 2:30am

Les Mis - March 12, 1997.

Won tickets to the 10th anniversary in a contest.

Came back two weeks later (this trip had been planned way before the other one) and also saw Annie, Chicago, Miss Saigon, Rent and the closing night of Sunset Boulevard.

Updated On: 5/27/11 at 02:30 AM

[binau]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 5:40am

The first show I saw on "Broadway", was Sondheim on Sondheim.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 6:13am

On Your Toes 1983 revival -- starring Natalia Makarova, Lara Teeter, Christine Andreas, George S. Irving, and Dina Merrill. It was in previews, and it was fantastic.

That trip also included the OBC of Cats, Dreamgirls, Agnes of God, 42nd Street, Forbidden Broadway, and Torch Song Trilogy.

[chiuptown]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 6:30am

Summer of 1970 PURLIE
that week also saw:
HAIR
1776
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS
One night we dashed between curtain calls, saw those of Applause, Coco and Company.

[mee.who]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 6:59am

Rent - Dec. 1996

[broadwayjim42]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 7:01am

Fifth of July--April 1981.

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 7:13am

"Came back two weeks later (this trip had been planned way before the other one) and also saw Annie, Chicago, Miss Saigon, Rent and the closing night of Sunset Boulevard."

That sounds like an AMAZING trip!

[raker]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 7:21am

West Side Story, 1980. What can I say, I was young and in love with the show. But I wished I'd saved my Broadway virginity for a more worthy production.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 7:34am

Either CATS or VICTOR/VICTORIA, on a junior-high field trip, somewhere in the fall of 1995. I do not remember which came first. There was also a third show on that trip, but I cannot recall what it was, so it may have been neither of those shows.

[ahhrealmonsters]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 7:53am

The 1996 revival of The King and I.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 8:12am

Christmas weekend 1972. PIPPIN at the Imperial Theatre. I was 7 years old. My fascination with Bob Fosse and his work began that night.

[silversurfer2]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 8:26am

1975- A CHORUS LINE, I was 11 years old and my Mom introduced me to live theater...hooked for life!

[FrontRowCenter2]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 8:38am

How to Succeed with Bobby Morse and Rudy Valle

[bandit964]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 8:39am

LION KING on August 8th, 2003

[Chrysanthemum62001]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 8:39am

February, 2001 - The Music Man revival with Craig Bierko.

[fiesta1]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:07am

First show I saw on Broadway: Torch Song Trilogy, March 1983 at the Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes). I was blown away.

First Broadway tour: HAIR, Fall 1971. I had very progressive parents to take a 10-year old to see Hair.

[GottaHaveAGimmick]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:10am

City of Angels-Original Broadway Cast.

What a great show. Went to college with Kay McClelland and was knocked out by her performance. Hope it gets a revival someday.

[once a month]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:37am

First Play: The Leaf People (what a turkey)

First Musical: Pippin

[Amalia Balash]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:43am

Dreamgirls with Jennifer Holliday. Wow. Her performance was a force of nature.

[Dawn Davenport]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:47am

My very first Broadway show:
Summer 1977---"The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel", starring Al Pacino.

My father took me as a graduation present (it's all I wanted! I was a major Pacino fan back then.) My parents didn't have a lot of money so for them this was a splurge.

On one hand, it wasn't too cool because my highly conversative father was sitting there red-faced, having a fit at the subject matter and the constant cursing.

On the other hand, I was in absolute HEAVEN and it started my love of live Broadway shows that I've never lost. I was hooked, and as soon as I had enough money I went to see that show again, this time in the front row, with my cousin. We were so close that Al Pacino's spit landed on my cousin's leg and she swore she'd never wash those pants again

[madbrian]

Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:48am

I was lucky enough to go to one of the best high schools in the country, Regis HS in Manhattan. Instead of typical class trips, we had what were called 'X Days', where kids from all classes could sign up for various cultural trips around the city. As a freshman in 1975, my first X Day was a matinee of A Chorus Line, seeing the original cast.