Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
#0Opening 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?
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#1re: 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
-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"
FosseBoi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/30/04
#2re: 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.
#3re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:20amDreamgirls.
#4re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:25amRent NY Theatre Workshop.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#5re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:33amRent is not one of my favorites, but to be there that night... wow, that would be an emotional experience.
-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"
Jesus
Understudy Joined: 7/30/05
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#7re: 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.
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#8re: 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?
-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"
Sally
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#9re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:52amPhantom 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.
Sally
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#10re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 12:54amSee above. The board (or my computer) burped. Updated On: 4/16/06 at 12:54 AM
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#11re: 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
#12re: 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
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Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:13am
RENT NYTW
Gypsy (Original)
A Chorus Line
Dreamgirls
Sweeney Todd (Original)
West Side Story
#14re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:18amElaine 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
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
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Posted: 4/16/06 at 1:30amMY FAIR LADY.
saschasf
Stand-by Joined: 12/7/05
#17re: 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)
#18re: 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
#19re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 2:17amRent
jimnysf
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/10/05
#20re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
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".
bwayondabrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/05
#21re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 10:18am
RENT
THE COLOR PURPLE
SWEET CHARITY (revival)
Jwaa
Broadway Star Joined: 11/28/04
#22re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
Posted: 4/16/06 at 11:57am
BARE
CARRIE
INTO THE WOODS
RENT
peggyandvelma
Broadway Star Joined: 9/4/05
#23re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
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
#24re: Opening Nights You Would Give Anything To Have Been At..
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.
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