To be at the opening night of a good show - even a very good show - is certainly a terrific experience. But there are only so many times when history is made at an opening night, and everyone in the theater knows it.
My choice: Look Back in Anger, Royal Court, London, 1956.
Show Boat Oklahoma West Side Story The King and I Fiddler on the Roof Gypsy Hair Two Gentlemen of Verona A Chorus Line Into the Woods Les Miserables Rent
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian