Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

#1

Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:07am

Mine would be


Sweet Charity - The Palace. January 29, 1966

Such a HISTORIC night. The Palace reopens as a legit theatre, and with Gwen Verdon in arguably her most famous role - Sweet Charity.


How about you?

#2

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:14am

A Chorus Line Jul 25, 1975

Gypsy May 21, 1959

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#3

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:19am

Ugh! Mateo, you stole mine!

A Chorus Line!

Gypsy(original) would have been neat, too.

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#4

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:20am

Dreamgirls.

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#5

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:25am

Rent NY Theatre Workshop.

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re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:33am

Rent is not one of my favorites, but to be there that night... wow, that would be an emotional experience.

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"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.

"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"

"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"

#7

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:39am

Hamlet

#8

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:46am

Evita, w/Patti LuPone. That night broadway must have been electric.

42nd Street. One bacuse it is a great show, but when they announced Gower Champion's death. I mean wow, what a shock.

A Chorus Line, obvious reasons.

Democracy, it was my favorite and best play ever to been on braodway. Regardless if people understood what it meant.

Wicked, because I just love the message of this show.

Phantom & Cats. Two great musicals. Also I second Rent.

Finally Elaine Stritch at Liberty. Probably on the best nights I have ever been at the theatre. I know this post was about one show, but I hope no one minds.

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re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:49am

OMG elaine!! love her!

does anyone know if At Liberty will be available on DVD anytime soon?

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"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-Adam Shankman.

"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"

"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"

#10

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:52am

Phantom of the Opera, London, 1986---but I'll go along with Jesus, Hamlet in London in 1602 or so would be great!. I'd want the time machine to bring me on back home though---a nice time to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

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re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:54am

See above. The board (or my computer) burped.

Updated On: 4/16/06 at 12:54 AM

#12

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:59am

Once Upon a Mattress w/Carol Burnett

Miss Saigon

Les Mis

#13

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:02am

Gypsy (revival), Song & Dance, Into The Woods, Once Upon A Mattress and My Fair Lady.

Updated On: 4/16/06 at 01:02 AM

#14

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:13am

RENT NYTW

Gypsy (Original)

A Chorus Line

Dreamgirls

Sweeney Todd (Original)

West Side Story

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:18am

Elaine Stritch at Liberty is on both cd and dvd. I recommend both though if you can only get one I recommend the cd. That way you can listen to Stritch anytime you want.

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:23am

FOLLIES
CARRIE

#17

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:30am

MY FAIR LADY.

#18

re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:36am

Rent (the best, in my extremely biased Renthead opinion.)
Weat Side Story (Best classic musical IMHO)
Phantom of the Opera (Best grand musical)
and maybe Miss Saigon. (Captivating historical musical)

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re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..

Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:41am

Phantom (London & Broadway!)

Les Mis (London)

Wicked

Rent NY Theater Workshop

Beauty and the Beast (Just to hear all of the ooohs and ahhhs)

Lion King for the same reason as above

#20

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 2:17am

Rent

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#21

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 2:58am

"Hello, Dolly!" with Ethel Merman. It marked her return to the Broadway stage after "Gypsy" and it was originally written with her in mind. I did get to see the closing performance which might have been just as good. At the time it closed, it was the longest running musical in Broadway history. I have also seen the closing performances for "A Chorus Line", "La Cage Aux Folles" (the original), "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and "Saturday Night Fever".

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 10:18am

RENT

THE COLOR PURPLE

SWEET CHARITY (revival)

#23

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 11:57am

BARE
CARRIE
INTO THE WOODS
RENT

#24

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 3:56pm

Beauty and the Beast
Boy from Oz (Hmm...probably just for Hugh)
42nd Street
Ragtime
Chicago (original cast)
West Side Story
Crazy for You

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#25

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Posted: 4/16/06 at 4:01pm

Evita
42nd Street
Company
A Chorus Line
Fiddler on the Roof
West Side Story
Sweeney Todd (both the original and the current revival)
And yes, Rent. Not a fan, but it was an emotional, historic evening.