Seeing Shows Multiple Times — Page 5

Anyone here remember Joel, the guy who saw RENT hundreds of times? Last I heard he was in the 700's before he moved to CA. Now that's insanity. I'm sure at first he saw it over & over because he loved the show, but there had to have been a point where it just became about the "status" or novelty of seeing it that many times.

I've seen RENT about 45 times over the last 9 years, most of those times being from 1998-2002. I know that's a lot, but the show was very important to me for those years. I'm not nearly as into it as I once was, but I do still revisit it every so often if there is a cast member I'd like to see.

There are many other shows I've seen more than once as well; if I like something a lot I want to see it again. In recent years (since I moved to the city, ironically) my multiple viewings have tapered off, mainly because I no longer have the time or the money. If I had more of both I would see a lot more shows, and probably see my favorites multiple times.

That makes my 6-soon-to-be-7 times look pretty weak. Hah. Though out of anyone in the last show I did, I had seen one show the most times. (I think the next-most was Wicked at 5, which I thought was sad.)

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