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Posted: 5/27/11 at 9:49pmDecember 1971. Original production of "Follies" (sitting in free house seats, no less!). Not a bad way to start Broadway. Got to go backstage to meet and chat with Dorothy Collins -- who had a cold, though you'd never have known it from out front; and with Marti Rolph (who then sang production-auditions of a show of mine for the next two weeks), and the wonderful Harvey Evans. AND their Production Stage Manager, the late Fritz Holt. Amazing guy, he. A pretty stunning evening for a 21-year-old.
Name the 1st Broadway show you saw -- on Broadway#126
Posted: 5/27/11 at 10:03pm
Doing Henning's The Magic Show in 1975 or 1976.
I was picked to go up on stage and check the trunk and handcuffs before the trick. I was so excited to get on stage with him. I was around 10 and taking "magic" lessons at a local magic shop. Yes - there used to be magic shops.
Next was Frank Langella in Dracula followed by the Fantastics and Grease in 1978.
Updated On: 5/27/11 at 10:03 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
Name the 1st Broadway show you saw -- on Broadway#127
Posted: 5/27/11 at 10:11pm
These shared memories get more amazing every time I return!
The FOLLIES and MAGIC SHOW stories are fabulous!
and to Scotts, I was lucky to see SWEENEY TODD four times in its month-long preview period and four more times during the run (with both Lansbury and Loudon). An indelible experience.
PS--I too saw the original FOLLIES, but sadly my experience was not nearly as rewarding.
Broadway Star Joined: 10/10/07
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Posted: 5/27/11 at 10:13pmThe Secret Garden with Mandy Patinkin, I think I was 8 years old or so.
"I'm a butterfly, trivial and small, and in the greater scheme of things, I don't mean much at all." ~The Story of My Life
"Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss." ~Rent
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
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Posted: 5/27/11 at 10:27pmWasn't it wonderful? I very much loved THE SECRET GARDEN and the entire cast!
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Posted: 5/27/11 at 11:15pmMy first Broadway show was Chicago with Verdon, Rivera, and Orbach. Years later when I saw Nine with Chita, I worked by way through the mob at the stage door and she signed my program thinking it was fron Nine. When she handed it back to me, I showed her it was from Chicago. She got a huge smile on her face, grabbed it back and kissed above her autograph. What a moment.
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Posted: 5/27/11 at 11:43pm
42nd St. in November of 2003 (i think)
I think I saw it with Beth Level
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Posted: 5/28/11 at 10:55am
Hey Huey, tell your pop I'd love to hear more about his memories of BAKER STREET. As I recall it has a rather dull score, but I think the show had very high production values, yes?
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Posted: 5/28/11 at 11:50am
FALSETTOS at the John Golden theatre in 1992.
I still have the ticket stub and the Playbill. My seat in row B of the rear mezzanine was $47.50.
On that same visit to NY I also saw Miss Saigon.
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Posted: 5/28/11 at 12:16pmOn what might be my last trip to New York, LOVEMUSIK.
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Posted: 5/28/11 at 1:12pmWicked, back in December 2005, w/ Shoshana Bean as Elphaba, Megan Hilty as Glinda and Rue McClanahan as Mme Morrible.
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Posted: 5/28/11 at 2:01pm42nd Street 1980 the week after it opened and Gower Champion passed away. It was a hot hot ticket then!
Name the 1st Broadway show you saw -- on Broadway#138
Posted: 5/28/11 at 4:33pmMy first was the '95 revival of Dolly with Carol Channing at the Lunt-Fonanne. I was 9. It was a Friday night performance in December. Tickets were an early Christmas present from my God-Parents. Next afternoon, we saw Phantom, that night we saw Sunset Boulevard... One of the Best weekends of my life! <3
Name the 1st Broadway show you saw -- on Broadway#139
Posted: 5/28/11 at 5:36pmCOMPANY...the Summer of 1970...with all the original cast, and LARRY KURT as Bobbie...and i ended up 2nd-acting it, 10 times after i saw it completely...:)
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Posted: 5/28/11 at 5:45pmRent, sadly no original cast, then two days later, The Producers, front row, sadly, no original cast then either, but I was so happy to be seeing Broadway shows that I didn't care!!
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Posted: 5/29/11 at 9:49amBeauty and The Beast in 2002, I was in the fourth grade and I fell in love.
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Posted: 5/29/11 at 4:45pmduh duh duh duh duh duhna dah duh! The original " A Chorus Line" in 1990
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Posted: 5/29/11 at 5:00pmAida, although I haven't the foggiest when. I believe it was with the OBC but I was like, 9, when I saw it so I don't really know. I do remember singing "How I Know You" on repeat for the rest of the day though
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Posted: 5/29/11 at 5:21pm"Starlight Express" Gershwin Theater in 1987.
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Posted: 6/9/11 at 5:40pm
Nov 1, 1977 THE KING AND I with Yul Brynner & Constance Towers. I had just arrived in NYC that morning and had no show booked for this Tuesday evening so went to teh Uris Theater box office and bought a seat Row J, Centre orchetrsa. Later when RCA released the cast album I discovered that the day before (Oct 31) they had been in studio making the album.
Also that trip saw Liza Minnelli in THE ACT, the original casts of ANNIE and I LOVE MY WIFE. Others shows: A CHORUS LINE, THE MAGIC SHOW and the flop 10th anniversary revival of HAIR. (Cast members told us they were closing the next day - Sunday.)
And yes, I saved my playbills and most ticket stubs. Sadly the stub for THE ACT has been lost.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
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Posted: 6/9/11 at 5:53pm
My first was when i was 13.
The Cabaret revival with Natasha Richardson and Alan Cumming when it was at the Henry Miller. I will never forget that production.
My Second was Beauty and the Beast with Toni Braxton then Seussical with Aaron Carter. ( Both School trips where I had nothing to say about what shows we saw!!) I try and forget about those experiences.
Updated On: 6/9/11 at 05:53 PM
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Posted: 6/9/11 at 5:56pmJanuary 2010- My Dad surprised me with Wicked tickets for my 17th Birthday. I've been in love with Broadway ever since.
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Posted: 6/9/11 at 6:08pm
"Mamma Mia!" in March of 2002- I was 12. Later on in the week my parents took me to see the revival of "Oklahoma!"
Apparently it was the trip of seeing shows whose titles ended in exclamation points...(!)
Updated On: 6/9/11 at 06:08 PM
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Posted: 6/9/11 at 9:13pm
American Idiot :)
best sweet 16 ever!!1
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