1. A Chorus Line 2. The Fantasticks (off B'way) 3. The Apple Tree 4. Marry Poppins 5. Les Miz 6. Company 7. Spring Awakening 8. Curtains 9. Legally Blonde 10. Pirate Queen 11. Spring Awakening 12. 110 in the shade 13. LoveMusik
I also saw productions of Little Shop of horrors, High School musical, Finding Nemo the musical, and Nunsense in community, youth, and disney theme park theatres. I'm seeing Legally Blonde & Beauty & the Beast on the same day in july and I'm seeing the little mermaid's first preview on broadway this november.
1. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (NYC - June 06 with school) 2. Spelling Bee (Boston - Oct.06) 3. The Phantom of the Opera (NYC - Nov. 06) 4. Movin' Out (Tour - Nov. 06 with school) 5. Wicked (Tour - Jan. 07 - Lotto winner) 6. Wicked (Tour - Jan. 07 - Two weeks later) 7. Les Mis (NYC - Feb. 07) 8. The Pirate Queen (NYC - Apr. 07) 9. A Chorus Line (NYC - Apr. 07) 10. Chita Rivera: A Dancer's Life (Tour - May 07)
So, to sum it all up: 5 in NYC, 4 Tour, and 1 sit-down. I normally see only one or 2 a season in NYC since I live in MA but 3 of my 4 NYC trips were to visit Hofstra (I'll be attending in the fall) as well as to see a show, so this was a big year for me in seeing more things!
I do live in New York, the only reason I was able to list them like that is because I've kept a list since I saw my first show years ago so I just copied and pasted the section in that fell in the dates mentioned.
Grey Gardens (2) Drowsy Chaperone Spring Awakening High Fidelity Frost/Nixon The Apple Tree Heartbreak House 110 in the Shade The Little Dog Laughed Avenue Q (2)
GREY GARDENS (2) SPRING AWAKENING CURTAINS THE PIRATE QUEEN LEGALLY BLONDE A CHORUS LINE THE APPLE TREE COMPANY LES MISERABLES
shows that opened in past seasons but i saw this season, haha: THE COLOR PURPLE THE WEDDING SINGER (3) THE DROWSY CHAPERONE SWEENEY TODD TARZAN
so in total, shows ive seen 17 shows this past year. wow. for a non-New Yorker, i find that pretty good.
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
June - October... The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rent, Wicked, The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, Drowsy, Spamalot, Rent, Wicked, and Rent.
From November on, I've got dates... 1) The Vertical Hour ~ 11/11 2) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee ~ 11/18 2) The Vertical Hour ~ 12/12 3) The Vertical Hour ~ 12/23 4) Grey Gardens 12/30 5) The Vertical Hour 12/31 6) The Vertical Hour 1/12 7) The Vertical Hour 2/2 The Vertical Hour 2/20 9) RENT 2/24 10) The Vertical Hour 2/25 11) Company 3/3 12) The Vertical Hour 3/4 13) The Vertical Hour 3/11 14) Talk Radio 3/30 15) A Chorus Line 3/31 16) Frost/Nixon 4/2 17) A Moon For The Misbegotten 4/3 1 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 4/5 19) The Year of Magical Thinking 4/6 20) The Pirate Queen 4/8 21) The Drowsy Chaperone 4/24 22) The Drowsy Chaperone 4/19 23) A Moon For The Misbegotten 4/29 24) 110 In The Shade 5/4 25) Tarzan 5/5 25) Spring Awakening 5/6 27) The Pirate Queen 5/9
I'm going through 5/9 since that was the last opening of the season.
Those I've seen since...
2 Coram Boy ~ 5/12 29) The Year of Magical Thinking ~ 5/12 30) 110 In The Shade ~ 5/13 31) The Color Purple ~ 5/19 32) Coram Boy ~ 5/19 33) 110 In The Shade ~ 5/27 34) The Drowsy Chaperone ~ 6/1 35) LoveMusik ~ 6/2 36) 110 In The Shade ~ 6/8
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LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
I saw no plays this season, unfortunately. I really wanted to see Coast of Utopia, Little Dog Laughed, and Frost/Nixon. I saw: Grey Gardens, Company, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, The Apple Tree, Les Miserables, Spring Awakening, Curtains, LoveMusik, and 110 in the Shade. That's a total of 9. Plus a couple of off-Broadway stuff (No Child, In the Heights, and some others).
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
I should probably specify... Other than The Vertical Hour and the first time I saw The Year of Magical Thinking, those were all student rush or lottery (or gifts) ~ and even TVH was at discounts all but the last time (because I'd had a front row ticket for the original closing date when there were no codes, then when it moved, I forgot to ask if I could use a still-good code for that ticket.)
But as a first-year Special Ed teacher and full-time grad student, I need some kind of stress reliever. I have some friends who drink. I go to the theatre. :)
Experience live theater. Experience paintings. Experience books. Live, look and listen like artists! ~ imaginethis
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
It would be easier to just name the shows (on Broadway, at least) that I haven't seen/didn't see this season. They are:
Legally Blonde Jay Johnson: The Two and Only How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Other than that, I think I saw everything. This calendar year alone, I'm up to 88 shows (not counting repeats) in the greater NYC area.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Between the 2006 Tony's and the 2007 Tony's, I saw 176 shows.
Broadway- 46 Off- Broadway- 24 Concerts (from the Rags benefit to Bring Back Birdie)- 21 West End- 36 Off- Off- Broadway- 8 Readings (from Zorro to Jerry Christmas)- 14 NYMF- 6 School Productions- 9 London, non- West End- 5 Plus... 2 shows in Florida, 2 shows in Guildford, England 1 show in Ithaca, NY 1 show in Derby, England 1 show in Stratford and 1 show in Virginia (Witches of Eastwick, yesterday!)
And yes... I did just figure this out at work, with the use of my calendar... eek. Back to work!
"Then why is Hairspray on your list? That show is quite a few seasons ago."
He was asking about shows you saw within the 2006-2007, which didn't necessarily mean shows specific to that season. I dont have the exact dates, but here is what I saw:
The Producers Drowsy Chaperone The Wedding Singer The Lion King Curtains Mamma Mia!
I saw Spring Awakening and Mary Poppins May 20th, 2007, which falls a bit after the dates you mentioned.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
I included shows that I have tickets to in the future...
1. Shining City – May 5, 2006 2. Faith Healer – May 10, 2006 3. Of Thee I Sing – May 12, 2006 (Encores) 4. Tryst – May 13, 2006 5. Lestat – May 28, 2006 6. Wicked – May 30, 2006 7. Sweeney Todd – June 22, 2006 8. Jersey Boys – June 30, 2006 9. The Light in the Piazza – July 2, 2006 10. Tarzan – July 21, 2006 11. [Title of Show] – July 22, 2006 12. Hot Feet – July 23, 2006 13. Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me – August 5, 2006 14. Anais Nin: One of Her Lives – August 11, 2006 15. The Fantasticks – August 12, 2006 16. Side Show – August 31, 2006 17. [Title of Show] – September 1, 2006 18. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – September 3, 2006 19. Heartbreak House – September 16, 2006 20. A Chorus Line – September 22, 2006 21. Losing Louie – September 23, 2006 22. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – September 29, 2006 23. Mamma Mia – September 30, 2006 24. Grey Gardens – October 6, 2006 25. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – October 7, 2006 26. Wicked – October 10, 2006 27. Take Me Along – October 14, 2006 (Mufti) 28. The Coast of Utopia: Voyage – October 20, 2006 29. Carmelina – October 21, 2006 (Mufti) 30. Mary Poppins – October 22, 2006 31. Les Miserables – October 24, 2006 32. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! – October 27, 2006 33. The Little Dog Laughed – October 28, 2006 34. Plain and Fancy – October 29, 2006 (Mufti) 35. Company – November 3, 2006 36. Suddenly Last Summer – November 4, 2006 37. Butley – November 5, 2006 38. Spamalot – November 10, 2006 39. Mimi le Duck – November 11, 2006 40. Spring Awakening – November 18, 2006 41. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – November 19, 2006 42. High Fidelity – November 21, 2006 43. The Vertical Hour – November 22, 2006 44. The Apple Tree – December 1, 2006 45. The Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck – December 8, 2006 46. The Happiest Girl in the World – December 15, 2006 47. High Fidelity – December 16, 2006 48. Mary Poppins – December 19, 2006 49. The Wedding Singer – December 31, 2006 50. Translations – January 5, 2007 51. Wicked – January 7, 2007 52. Wicked – January 9, 2007 53. The Apple Tree – January 20, 2007 54. Chicago – January 27, 2007 55. The Coast of Utopia: Salvage – February 2, 2007 56. Grey Gardens – February 3, 2007 57. In the Heights – February 4, 2007 58. The Producers – February 6, 2007 59. Follies – February 9, 2007 (Encores) 60. Journey’s End – February 10, 2007 61. Talk Radio – February 15, 2007 62. Prelude to a Kiss – February 20, 2007 63. Our Leading Lady – February 25, 2007 64. Curtains – February 28, 2007 65. The Pirate Queen – March 6, 2007 66. Les Miserables – March 7, 2007 67. The Happy Time – March 9, 2007 (Musicals Tonight) 68. The Pirate Queen – March 16, 2007 69. Inherit the Wind – March 19, 2007 70. The Year of Magical Thinking – March 26, 2007 71. A Moon for the Misbegotten – March 29, 2007 72. Face the Music – March 30, 2007 (Encores) 73. Frost/Nixon – April 2, 2007 74. Legally Blonde – April 4, 2007 75. Matthew Passion – April 6, 2007 76. Deuce – April 11, 2007 77. LoveMusik – April 12, 2007 78. 110 in the Shade – April 13, 2007 79. Coram Boy – April 16, 2007 80. Wicked – April 18, 2007 81. Radio Golf – April 20, 2007 82. Some Men – April 22, 2007 83. Stairway to Paradise – May 11, 2007 (Encores) 84. The Pirate Queen – May 20, 2007 85. Xanadu – May 23, 2007 86. The Drowsy Chaperone – May 26, 2007 87. The Color Purple – May 27, 2007 88. The Jocker – June 1, 2007 89. A Kiss From Alexander – June 2, 2007 90. Old Acquaintance – June 6, 2007 91. 110 in the Shade – June 9, 2007 92. A Chorus Line – June 12, 2007 93. Superman – June 16, 2007 (Mufti) 94. The Pirate Queen – June 17, 2007 95. LoveMusik – June 19, 2007 96. I and Albert – June 30, 2007 (Mufti) 97. Wicked – July 2, 2007 98. Gypsy – July 14, 2007 (Encores) 99. Bajour – July 15, 2007 (Mufti) 100. Grease – July 24, 2007 101. The Day Before Spring – July 28, 2007 (Mufti) 102. The Little Mermaid – November 3, 2007
My list: well, I've seen Grey Gardens many times Saw Spring Awakening, Talk Radio, Curtains, LoveMusik, Little Dog Laughed, Coast of Utopia (all 3 parts), Apple Tree, A Chorus Line, went back to Drowsy Chaperone with my friend
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