Only 1 Show to See
Only 1 Show to See
Joined: 12/31/69
Only 1 Show to See#0
Posted: 7/8/03 at 7:51pm
Here's the premise. You and a guest have been given a full day in Manhattan, all expenses paid. You are given a choice to see one Broadway musical with the original cast exactly as performed during opening week of the show. The fact that it may not actually be on a Broadway stage today is of no consequence. It's the opening week, the house is SRO and you are there. Prime seats. Your choice can only be one from this list. Not 2, not 3. Only 1. Which one would it be?
A) HAIRSPRAY
B) MY FAIR LADY
C) THE PRODUCERS
D) HELLO, DOLLY!
E) OKLAHOMA!
F) CATS
G) A CHORUS LINE
H) RENT
I) WEST SIDE STORY
J) GYPSY
K) HAIR
L) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Yours for a better Broadway!
Updated On: 7/8/03 at 07:51 PM
Understudy Joined: 6/21/03
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re: re: Only 1 Show to See#2
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:09pmYeah, I go with West Side Story, although I will always have a soft spot for the original cast of Rent.
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
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re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See#5
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:26pmNone of those were among my favorites, so I just chose the one I'd like best from them- West Side Story.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See#6
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:26pmHello Dolly! I'd loved to have seen it with Carol Channing.
re: re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See#7
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:36pm
Sitting with DP at Hello Dollllllllllly.....
Swing Joined: 5/16/03
re: Only 1 Show to See#8
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:44pm
Well, since Nine isn't on the list (EITHER version), I'd pick "The Producers" - original cast, that is.
"Chorus Line" was pretty amazing too.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
re: re: Only 1 Show to See#9
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:45pmNo question. My Fair Lady. To see Julie Andrews on stage when she was at her stage heyday. I wouldn't pass that up for anything. Seeing her in Victor/Victoria was fun but I would love to see her in a good show when her voice was in top form.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
re: Only 1 Show to See#11
Posted: 7/8/03 at 9:01pmI would actually love to see RENT with its original cast. That would be awesome.
re: Only 1 Show to See#12
Posted: 7/8/03 at 9:02pmGypsy. I can never tire of the score, or the story. Just give me a good Mama Rose and I'll be happy.
Only 1 Show to See#13
Posted: 7/8/03 at 9:36pmMY FAIR LADY!! Hands down. Julie Andrews and her RRRRRs. Would have loved to see that.
re: Only 1 Show to See#16
Posted: 7/8/03 at 10:54pmIt's hard to choose. All four of my favorite all-time musicals are on the list. But since there has always been and I think always will be only one Ethel Merman, I'll take "Gypsy"--I saw Merman in it way back when and would love to have seen it again and again.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
Understudy Joined: 6/23/03
re: Only 1 Show to See#18
Posted: 7/9/03 at 12:24am
Tough choices but I would have to go with MY FAIR LADY.
LINK: Tracy, you look beautiful behind bars!
TRACY: It must be the low-watt institutional lighting!
Swing Joined: 5/23/03
re: Only 1 Show to See#19
Posted: 7/9/03 at 12:53am
Hi! This is my first ever response on this board (though I've been reading for quite a while and LOVE it).... Good question. I guess I'd have to say "RENT" (though "THE PRODUCERS" is also tempting, I do love the original cast of RENT).
Stand-by Joined: 6/13/03
re: re: Only 1 Show to See#20
Posted: 7/9/03 at 12:56am
I saw The Producers and Rent with their OBCs (hated RENT)... I'd pick Oklahoma ... the chance to see the musical which changed Broadway? With Lorenz Hart in the audience and Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration up there? Wow!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See#21
Posted: 7/9/03 at 1:12am
SOUTH PACIFIC, oh that's not on the list.
God, to be sitting front and center for the opening night of GYPSY would be heaven. And I mean the original production with the MERM!
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See#23
Posted: 7/9/03 at 2:07amNo Cabaret?? That's the only OBC I'm literally beating myself up for not seeing. Then I choose The Producers.
re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See#24
Posted: 7/9/03 at 7:34am
I think I'd have to go with GYPSY. To see Ethel Merman do that must have been amazing.
Second choice would be WEST SIDE STORY.
I can't believe so many people chose MY FAIR LADY! Yes, to see the great Dame Julie would be fabulous, but you'd have to sit through that ENDLESS show. If I had my Julie Andrews pick, it would be the OBC of CAMELOT -- the music is so much better than MFL.
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