Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

#1

Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:06am

Just trying to figure out how many times people on here have seen their favorite shows.

Here's mine:

RENT- 88 times
Xanadu- 24 times (and counting)
Little Shop- 12 times
Sweeney Todd- 9 times (and I didn't even really like it)

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#2

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:10am

THE COLOR PURPLE - 6
RENT - 5
SWEENEY TODD - 4
SPRING AWAKENING - 4
AVENUE Q - 3

I guess you have me severely beat, wheelsinmotion.

Edited To Add: SWEENEY

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Updated On: 7/10/07 at 04:10 AM

#3

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:14am

Ah, the joy of an addictive personality...
followed shortly thereafter by the pain of an empty bank account.

Is "TCP" before or after Fantasia?

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#4

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:16am

LaChanze - 3 times
Jeannette Bayardelle - 2 times
Fantasia - 1 time

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#5

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:24am

The Vertical Hour ~10 times
The Drowsy Chaperone ~ 7 times
RENT ~ 5 times (I think...)
110 In The Shade ~ 4 times with tickets already bought for 2 more
No Child... ~ 4 times (ok, it was off-Broadway, but I still count it)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ~ 3 times
The Year of Magical Thinking ~ 3 times with tickets already bought for 2 more
Wicked ~ 3 times

And the 2 time club:
LoveMusik
The Pirate Queen
A Moon For the Misbegotten
A Chorus Line (the revival...If you count seeing the original run then that's 3 times)

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#6

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:28am

wheelsinmotion...are you an usher or an employee at the theater? I might start ushering to see free shows :P

#7

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:38am

nope, just a sad, pathetic thing. I actually work at a theatre company in the city, but in the corporate offices, not at the actual theatre.

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#8

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 4:39am

I've seen 110 four times as well. LOVE THAT SHOW!!!

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#9

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:16am

Sweet Charity with Christina Applegate - 15 times
(technically 15 and a half i left before "if my friends could see me now" when Charlotte was on, i couldn't stand to see her horribly slaughter the rest of the score)

Drowsy - 7

#10

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:24am

My Top Five
(well, top 8 because the fith place spot is a five-way tie)

The Drowsy Chaperone - 8 (okay, that includes one time on the West End.....and I plan to see it again this week!)
Curtains - 4 (plan to see it again in August)
The Color Purple - 4
Grey Gardens - 3
Hairspray - 3
Sweeney Todd - 3
The Wedding Singer - 3
Spamalot - 3

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 06:24 AM

#11

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:26am

Wicked-4
Chicago-3
Hairspray-3
DRS,Avenue Q,Legally Blonde,The Apple Tree,The Producers,The Wedding Singer,Xanadu,and Rent(as of August 2)-2 Each

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#12

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:33am

Rent - 38 (plus 2 soon to be in august)
Wicked - 9
Sunset Blvd - 7
Hello Dolly - 5 (just to see Carol play that role at that age was a hoot)
Les Mis - 7
Boy from Oz - 7
Miss Saigon - 6
Triumph of Love - 5

#13

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:35am

Beauty & the Beast- 5 Times

Phantom of the Opera- 3 Times

Yeah, i'm pittiful

#14

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:35am

Rent twice and Spelling Bee twice.

Broadway is a long way away. XP

Over here in the UK though, I've seen Blood Brothers countless times, Wicked five times (well, four times, and once on Broadway), Joseph at least three times, and Mary Poppins three times (and I'd've been happy to see it only once if only Gavin Creel weren't so awesome). Everything else is once or twice. ^_^

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#15

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 6:40am

Aww, I hope Gavin Creel eventually replaces Gavin Lee on Broadway. I want to see his Bert.

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"Winning a Tony this year is like winning Best Attendance in third grade: no one will care but the winner and their mom."
-Kad

"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)

#16

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:16am

If we're counting off-Broadway, then Bat Boy wins at 36 (45 if you count regional and UK). Runners-up are:

The Scarlet Pimpernel: 12 (13 counting the tour)
Jane Eyre: 10
Legally Blonde: 9... or 10? (this is including one reading and two SF perfs)

~JJJ

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#17

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:46am

Wicked: 13 (14th time this Thursday, 15th time October 7th, 16th time October 9th)

#18

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:51am

The Wedding Singer- 3 times

And sadly, Grey Gardens- 3 times Wish I couldve seen it 4...

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#19

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:51am

A Chorus Line (soon to be 9 times)

#20

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 9:54am

Sweeney Todd-8
Grey Gardens-8 (will be at the closing performance)
Gypsy-6

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#21

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:10am

"Xanadu - 24 times (and counting)"

whoa. that's serious. have you been at every preview?!

i don't keep count, but these rank highest (over 10):

rent: couldn't possibly count over 10 years
sweeney: 15+
company: 20+

i don't consider anything under 10 to be representative of my addictive personality.

Updated On: 7/10/07 at 10:10 AM

#22

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:19am

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: 4
Phantom: 2
I wouldn't say these are all my "favorite" shows, but more than one views of:

The Drowsy Chaperone: 2
Spelling Bee: 2
Grey Gardens: 2 (2 coming up)
Sweeney Todd: 2 (once with Kaye)
Ring of Fire: 2
The Light in the Piazza: 2.5 (2nd acted the final show)
Chicago: 2
RENT: 3

#23

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:27am

Hairspray: 4 times (all tour)
Beauty and the Beast: 2 (soon to be 3)
Spamalot: 3 (2 tour, 1 Broadway)

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#24

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:52am

For those of you who have seen shows in the RIDICULOUSLY high numbers, do you see every show that hits Broadway or just see the same one over and over? The most I have seen a show is 5x (Wicked) and that is only because it has been in Chicago so long and I have done the lottery three of the times. After that, I decided I really don't want to see shows more than once (not saying never) because I would rather just see a big variety than what I have already seen.

But damn, some of you have seen shows more times than I have even watched one movie. . .

#25

re: Number of times you've seen a specific Broadway show.

Posted: 7/10/07 at 10:58am

Hairspray: 22
Grey Gardens: 8 (9th tonight, then have three more sets of ticlets.)
Wicked: 9
Little Shop of Horrors: 7
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: 5
Wedding Singer: 5
Les Mis: 4 (Two the original run, two this time.)
Xanadu: 4
Jersey Boys: 2 (3rd on 7/31)

I have seen a bunch of shows twice, but that doesn't count. =P

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