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#1

Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 12:10am

On Broadway, list in order the first 25 shows (or less) that you've seen:

1) Smokey Joe's Cafe - 1996
2) 42nd Street - December 23, 2001
3) Into The Woods - April (13-29?), 2002
4) The Lion King - January 9, 2003
5) Wicked - January 16, 2004
6) Aida - January 17, 2004
7) The History Boys - June 6, 2006
Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... Spelling Bee - June 7, 2006
9) The Wedding Singer - June 9, 2006
10) Awake and Sing! - June 10, 2006
11) The Drowsy Chaperone - June 10, 2006
12) Sweeney Todd - June 13, 2006
13) The Lieutenant of Inishmore - June 15, 2006
14) Tarzan - June 17, 2006
15) The Color Purple - June 17, 2006

Future:

16) Jersey Boys - October 8, 2006
17) Avenue Q? - October 9, 2006
1Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me - October 10, 2006
19) A Chorus Line - October 11, 2006
20) The Producers - October 12, 2006
21) Grey Gardens - October 13, 2006
22) ??? - October 14, 2006
23) Les Miserables - November 24, 2006
24) How The Grinch Stole Christmas - December 23, 2006
25) Mary Poppins - December 24, 2006
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#2

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 12:25am

I waste way too much time on here...it's hard trying to get the order exactly right...

1. Damn Yankees
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. The King and I
4. The Sound of Music
5. Rent
6. Les Miserables
7. Swing!
8. The Full Monty
9. Phantom of the Opera
10. Into the Woods
11. Flower Drum Song
12. Aida
13. Take Me Out
14. Cabaret
15. Wicked
16. Avenue Q
17. Little Shop of Horrors
18. Fiddler on the Roof
19. Chicago
20. The Producers
21. Hairspray
22. The Lion King
23. La Cage Aux Folles
24. Little Women
25. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

I'm 95% sure that's the right order
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Updated On: 9/23/06 at 12:25 AM

#5

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 12:40am

1. The Producers (Feb 2004)
2. Wicked (Sept 2004)
3. Avenue Q (Aug 2005)
4. Rent (Aug 2005)
5. Chitty Chitty (Oct/Nov 2005)
6. Sweeney Todd (Jan 2006)
7. The Light in the Piazza (Jan 2006)
8. The Color Purple (Jan 2006)

and, I will be seeing Company and two or three other shows in January, 2007.
#6

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 12:48am

I just started seeing shows this year so I havent seen many but I have seen some good ones.

1. Thoroughly Modern Millie
2. The Phantom of the Opera
3. Les Miserables
4. Brooklyn
5. Rent
6. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
7. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
#7

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 12:49am

This is the first 25, with repeats.

1) 5/11/1997 – Once Upon a Mattress
2) 6/7/1997 – Annie
3) 12/6/1997 – Beauty and the Beast
4) 8/26/1998 – Cats
5) 9/1998 – The Lion King
6) 3/1999 – You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
7) 5/19/1999 – Peter Pan
re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... 3/8/2000 – Les Miserables
9) 6/3/2000 – The Phantom of the Opera
10) 11/2002 – The Producers
11) 1/5/2003 – Man of La Mancha
12) 2/2003 – Les Miserables
13) 12/25/2003 – Wicked
14) 4/4/2004 – Hairspray
15) 7/3/2004 – Wicked
16) 7/14/2004 – Wicked
17) 8/1/2004 – Little Shop of Horrors
1re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... 8/11/2004– Little Shop of Horrors
19) 8/11/2004 – Chicago
20) 8/22/2004 – Aida
21) 8/25/2004 – Bombay Dreams
22) 8/27/2004 – Beauty and the Beast
23) 9/27/2004 – BKLYN
24) 1/9/2005 – Wicked
25) 2/15/2005 – Little Women
#8

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 1:02am

I think my very first was something called THE BLACK CROOK... Some of you may also be old enough to remember it?

In order? You have to be kidding. Let's see. I remember seeing COMPANY (the initial production), PIPPIN, VIA GALACTICA, ROCKABYE HAMLET, HER FIRST ROMAN, HELLO DOLLY, CHORUS LINE, and DUDE, but I couldnt for the life of me tell you the order in which I saw them. FOLLIES in LA, which was basically the NY cast and crew moved intact. THE WIZ. NIGHT MUSIC... heck, the entire Sondheim canon, for that matter. APPLAUSE. COCO. SEESAW. MAME. DEAR WORLD. Some straight plays as well: a little known Guare piece called MONKEYS HOWLING AT THE MOON (I think, I could be wrong on that one). SEASCAPE. Arthur Miller's CREATION. Another whose title escapes me, but starring Katherine Hepburn -- at the end of the first act, her maid was floating in the air.

It's hard to believe that I saw some of this stuff almost 40 years ago. Gads.
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#9

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 1:15am

Oooh, I want to see if I can do this (just musicals):

1. The Full Monty
2. Aida
3. The Producers
4. Rent
5. 42nd Street
6. Les Miserables
7. Urinetown
8. Hairspray
9. Thoroughly Modern Millie
10. Avenue Q
11. Caroline or Change
12. Wicked
13. Assassins
14. Movin' Out
15. The Boy From Oz
16. Wonderful Town
17. Fiddler on the Roof
18. Bombay Dreams
19. The Frogs
20. Brooklyn
21. Dracula
22. La Cage Aux Folles
23. Pacific Overtures
24. Little Women
25. Good Vibrations
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#10

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 2:25am

1 - The Producers
2 - Movin' Out
3 - The Drowsy Chaperone
3 - Sweeney Todd
5 - Spamalot

It's a sad life I lead here in the western desert.
"Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!"
#11

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 2:59am

1996
1. Victor/Victoria (first show in NYC was Mrs. Klein with Uta Hagan)
2. Sunset Boulevard
3. Les Miserables

1997
4. Chicago
5. Phantom of the Opera
6. The King & I
7. Master Class
8. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
9. Bring in Da Noise Bring in Da Funk
10. Rent
(also saw I Love You, You're Perfect... and When Pigs Fly)

2002
11. Urinetown
12. Medea

2003/2004
13. Metamorphosis
14. Hairspray
15. Take Me Out
16. Gypsy
17. Man of La Mancha
18. Nine
19. The Producers
20. Avenue Q
21. Thoroughly Modern Millie
22. Wonderful Town
23. - 26. (I forget order):
Little Shop of Horrors
Wicked
The Boy From Oz
Taboo
27. Assassins
28. Caroline, Or Change

after that--no clue what order
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#12

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 6:02am

Can't possibly remember the 1st 25 but certainly the 1st three as that was the beginning of my obssession with the theater:

How to Succeed (Robert Morse)
Stop the World I Want to Get Off (Anthony Newley)
Oliver
and the next few,not in order:
Funny Girl (Streisand)
Roar of the Greasepaint
The Apple Tree (Barbara Harris)
Helly, Dolly
Mame (the incomparable Angela Lansbury)
Kelly
Dr. Jazz (Bobby Van, Lola Falana)
Holly Golightly (yes, the 1st and last performance)
Sherry



#13

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 6:25am

Unfortunately, I'm only on number 20. But here's what it is so far. I will update this as soon as possible:

Beauty and the Beast
The Lion King
Cats
Les Miserables
Annie Get Your Gun
Aida
The Music Man
The Producers
42nd Street
Into the Woods
Caroline or Change
Wicked
Rent
Chicago
Monty Python's Spamalot
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Light in the Piazza
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Color Purple
Jersey Boys
The Wedding Singer

And just for the record, Hairspray isn't on this list because I saw it when it came to Boston.
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#14

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 6:37am

I have seen way too many shows! re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... The list starts April 28th, 2005 and ends May 28th, 2006. I saw almost 20 in one year!
1- Spamalot
2- Avenue Q
3- Hairspray
5- Doubt
6- Mamma Mia
7- The Light in the Piazza
8- The Phantom of the Opera
9- The Lion King
10- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
11- Sweet Charity
12- La Cage Aux Folles
13- Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
14- Wicked
15- Fiddler on the Roof
16- Sweeney Todd
17- Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life
18- The History Boys
19- The Drowsy Chaperone
20- Jersey Boys
21- The Pajama Game
22- The Color Purple
23- The Threepenny Opera
24- The Wedding Singer
25- Lestat

This list also doesn't include multiple viewings of the same show. Since Lestat I have seen at least 15 more shows. Actually, it's not that much, it's about 2 shows a month on average.

Updated On: 9/23/06 at 06:37 AM

#15

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 7:15am

1. Aida
2. Thoroughly Modern Mille
3. Fiddler on the Roof
4. Wonderful Town
5. Beauty and the Beast
6. Fiddler on the Roof
7. 42nd Street
8. Stomp (I consider it Broadway)
9. Phantom of the Opera
10. Mamma-Mia!
11. 42nd Street
12. Little Women
13. Julius Caesar
14. All Shook Up
15. Stomp
16. Chicago
17. Wicked
18. Hairspray
19. Spelling Bee
20. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
21. Rent
22. The Wedding Singer re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...
23. Sweeney Todd
24. The Drowsy Chaperone
25. The Color Purple

(this includes multiple viewings)
#16

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 7:50am

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Mamma-Mia
3. Fiddler on the Roof
4. Aida
5. Lion King
6. Riverdance
7. 42nd Street
8. Fiddler on the Roof
9. Hairspray
10. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
11. Wicked
12. Wicked
13. Spamalot
14. Rent
15. Rent
16. Wicked
17. Rent
18. Spamalot
19. Phantom of the Opera
20. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
21. Chicago
22. Jersey Boys
23. Drowsy Chaperone
24. Wicked
25. Wicked

Shows to see in October:

- Movin' Out
- Wicked
- Hairspray
- Rent
#17

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 8:28am

1. Beauty and the Beast (3)
2. The King and I
3. Titanic
4. The Lion King (2)
5. Movin' Out
6. The Phantom of the Opera
7. Fiddler on the Roof (2)
8. The Producers (3)
9. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
10. Sweet Charity
11. Little Women
12. Hairspray (2)
13. La Cage aux Folles
14. Lennon
15. Wicked
16. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
17. Chicago
18. The Odd Couple (2)
19. Sweeney Todd
20. Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life
21. The Drowsy Chaperone
22. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2)
23. Tarzan
24. Avenue Q
25. Rent
#18

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 8:50am

1. The Secret Garden
2. Kiss of the Spider Woman
3. Miss Saigon
4. Damn Yankees
5. 42nd St.
6. Aida
7. The Lion King
8. Hairspray
9. Thoroughly Modern Millie
10. Wicked
11. Chicago

I feel ya lilprima2b about the desert. Thankfully there are tours :) and LA is just a drive away.

Updated On: 9/23/06 at 08:50 AM

#19

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 9:02am

Oh geez... I haven't even seen 25 and I'm not sure I can do it

1. Cats
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. Hairspray
4. Chicago
5. Aida
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. RENT
8. Little Women
9. Wicked
10. Avenue Q
11. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
12. See What I Wanna See (ok, that's off-Broadway)
13. 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
14. The Drowsy Chaperone

I'm pretty sure that hits all of them.
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#20

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 9:36am

1. The King and I
2. Evita
3. Blast
4. Rent (21 times)
5. Wicked
6. Hairspray (5)
7. Altar Boyz (off Broadway) (11)
8. Slut (Off Broadway)
9. The Great American Trailer Park Musical)
10. Sweet Charity
11. Chicago
12. Spelling Bee
13. Tarzan (2)
14. Avenue Q
15. Phantom of the Opera
16. The Wedding Singer (3)
17. Spamalot (2)
18. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
19. Mamma Mia
20. Sweeney Todd (5)

The list grows bigger every weekend...
#21

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 9:38am

Not all were on broadway (most were sit downs or tours in Toronto, but I am counting them anyway). And I'm excluding the multiple times I've seen some of them - also, probably out of order a bit)

1. Les Mis
2. Phantom of the Opera
3. Cats
4. Miss Saigon
5. The Wizard of Oz
6. Sunset Blvd
7. Blood Brothers
8. Beauty and the Beast (bwy)
9. Grease (bwy)
10. RENT
11. Chicago
12. Jane Eyre
13. Ragtime
14. Cabaret
15. Little Shop of Horrors
16. Jesus Christ Superstar
17. Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
18. Showboat
19. The Lion King
20. Mamma Mia
21. Fame
22. The King & I
23. Oliver
24. The Producers
25. Wicked

Updated On: 9/23/06 at 09:38 AM

#22

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 9:38am

The Sound of Music (1962)
Hello, Dolly! (1965)
Carousel (1965)
Man of La Mancha (1966)
Cabaret (1967)
Oklahoma! (1969)
1776 (1969)
Promises, Promises (1969)
No, No, Nanette (1971)
Company (1971)
Pippin (1973)
A Little Night Music (1974)
Candide (1974)
Find Your Way Home (1974)
P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (1975)
Sweeney Todd (1979)
Oklahoma! (1979)
Teibele and Her Demon (1979)
Evita (1979)
Charlie and Algernon (1980)
Can-Can (1981)
Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
Woman of the Year (1981)
Nine (1982)
Dance A Little Closer (1983)
My One and Only (1983)
Sunday in the Park With George (1984)
The News (1985)
The Wind in the Willows (1985)
Raggedy Ann (1986)
Teddy and Alice (1987)
Carrie (198re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...
Sweeney Todd (1989)



Updated On: 9/23/06 at 09:38 AM

#23

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 10:27am

1. The Lion King
2. Beauty and the Beast
3. Les Miserables
4. Aida
5. Hairspray
6. The Phantom of the Opera
7. Brooklyn
8. Brooklyn
9. Spamalot
10. Wicked
11. Lennon
12. Fiddler On The Roof
13. The Producers
14. Rent
15. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
16. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
17. Jersey Boys
18. Hairspray
19. Sweeney Todd
20. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
21. The Wedding Singer
22. The Light In The Piazza
23. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
24. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
25. Doubt
26. The 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee
27. Sweeney Todd
28. Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
29. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
30. Spamalot (last night)

So glad to finally be part of the 30 club!
#24

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 11:41am

Annie with June Havoc,
Annie at the Gershwin Theater,
Oliver with Ron Moody and Patti Lupone-front row and too young to know Patti,
Les Miserables- the highlight was James Earl Jones in the audience,
Jerome Robbins' Broadway with Jason Alexander- I hurt my back and had to sit forever,
A Chorus Line,
Meet Me In St. Louis with George Hearn,
Gypsy with Tyne Daly at the St. James,
Bugs Bunny In Concert at the Gershwin- this counts,
Gypsy with Tyne Daly at the Marquis on Saturday,
Fiddler On The Roof with Topol on Sunday,
Forbidden Broadway 1991 1/2- the only off-broadway show i've ever seen,
Crazy For You- the week it opened,
Guys and Dolls- the only show I stood for,
The Goodbye Girl starring Bernadette and Martin Short,
The Who's Tommy,
Damn Yankees starring Bebe- front row,
How To Succeed with Matthew and Megan,
Annie with Nell Carter- my first class trip as a teacher and the noisiest broadway audience ever (not my kids),
Beauty and the Beast at the Palace- camp trip for over 100 kids,
Annie Get Your Gun starring Bernadette- my second class trip,
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown- an amazing night the week it closed after the Tonys,
Chicago at the Shubert- Sandy Duncan was out/Caitlin Carter as Roxie yet Ruthie Henshall as Velma,
The Phantom Of The Opera- boring class trip,
Kiss Me Kate with Brian Stokes and Mazie,
Seussical with Cathy Rigby,
Oklahoma- another boring class trip,
The Full Monty,,,,,,,,,


Updated On: 9/23/06 at 11:41 AM

#25

re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen...

Posted: 9/23/06 at 11:52am

1) Joseph and the Amazing... (donny osmond)
2) beauty and the beast
3) cats
4) the lion king
5) the producers
6) les miserables
7) aida
re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... mamma mia
9) sweet smell of success
10) Dirty Blonde
11) Kiss Me Kate
12) Contact
13) Aida
14) Seussical
15) Hairspray
16) Thoroughly Modern Millie
17) Nine
1re: Name, in order, the first 25 Broadway shows you've seen... Urinetown
19) Rent
20) Phantom of the Opera
21) The Boy From Oz
22) Little Shop of Horrors
23) Avenue Q
24) Wicked
25) Sunday in the Park with George (ravinia)
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