Show Obsessions — Page 2

#26

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:49pm

My taste can be questionable...but once I'm hooked, I'm hooked.

Taboo
Dracula the Musical
The Normal Heart
Journey's End
Spring Awakening
Next to Normal

#27

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 2:31pm

I tend to go through a bit of an obsessive phase every time I see/discover a new musical. The ones that stand out in memory are:

Wicked, in 2004. It lasted a few months until, ironically, I actually saw it.
Altar Boyz, December 2005 - May 2006
Lestat, May 2006 onwards for a few months.

My big one is Rent: I went through a really, really obsessive phase in 1999 which lasted around a year. I still really love the show, but I've calmed down a lot about it since then.

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 02:31 PM

#28

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:32pm

LES MIS was/is kind of a continuing one (a little on the 'off' side now, since it's closed again)

I saw it 37 or 39 times (I can't remember which right now) over the course of about 10 years

Even after I thought it had worn off somewhat, all I had to do was see the show and I was sucked right back in again

And THE SEAFARER -- that was a short-but-intense obsession. I only had a few months to pack in as many performances as I could get to NYC for (9 in all). I guess that one was forcibly 'cured', tho I still miss it

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#29

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:56pm

Currently: Spamalot and Mamma Mia.

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#30

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 5:48pm

For years it was Rent, then I moved on.
After that my major obsessions were
Taboo,
Hedwig,
Bright Lights, Big City,
Sweeney Todd,
Grey Gardens,
Xanadu

#31

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 5:53pm

Past obsessions:
Rent <---got old, movie ruined it
Wicked <---still like it but not obsessed
Zanna, Don't! <---would like it more if my sister didn't play the soundtrack every hour of every day but its ok

Yes, I was what they call in Broadway Abridged a "pre-hag" to the thousandth degree.

Current obsessions:
Spring Awakening (music, plot, sex, also Moritz's hair, what's not to like?)
Sweeney Todd revival (great show with a great cast)
Gypsy (because Patti LuPone simply owns the theater world)

...please tell me it's somewhat common for a fifteen-year-old girl to be a fan of Patti LuPone?

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Me: Sorry for when I screamed, I'm not crazy. Jonathan Groff: No, I love it. Especially the bouncing up and down, that was cool. I'm a pretty girl, momma! ~~Penny Pingleton, Gypsy reference

#32

Posted: 5/6/08 at 5:54pm

Updated On: 5/6/09 at 05:54 PM

#33

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 6:03pm

I don't know if I'd call it an obsession...but ever since I was a little kid I was "obsessed" with Phantom and Les Mis but even though I still love them both and they're still my faves, I'm not exactly obsessed with them.

But recent obsessions that aren't as strong anymore include Pirate Queen, Lennon, Wicked and the Scarlet Pimpernel. I was obsessed with Wicked when I saw the original cast. I saw it before the cast recording came out so it was all very new to me and I loved it. But after it gained such a huge following and other obsessive fans started to creep me out, I sort of fell out of love with the show.

Right now, I'm obsessed with Der Glockner von Notre Dame and Into the Woods.

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"But I can tell you that Raoul, who was so handsome in "The Phantom," is now a drunken wreck."

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 06:03 PM

#34

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 6:33pm

Now
In The Heights
South Pacific

Old
Rent (Big surprise :))

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Updated On: 5/6/08 at 06:33 PM

#35

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 7:05pm

I went through a mild Little Women obsession from March to May 2005. Then I had this insane, intense, obsession with Spring Awakening that started in June and is currently still going on, though I must say it's starting to lose a little of its intensity.

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#36

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 7:10pm

Old

Les Mis
Sweeney Todd
Wicked
Sweeney Todd Revival
Grey Gardens

Now

[title of show]
Parade

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#37

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/6/08 at 9:01pm

Some recent/ongoing ones:
Les Mis 2007-Now!, but not as bad
EVITA - 2006-NOW!, seeing it next weekend :)!
Jekyll & Hyde 2005-Now!
Phantom of hte Opera 2004-2007

#38

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 1:50am

I've only ever been obsessed with one show - The Phantom of the Opera, ever since I discovered it in 1996.

#39

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 12:38pm

ive been obsessed by SO MANY...(going from birth to now...)

phantom (saw andrew lloyd webber videos of it when i was 2, saw it live age 4, obsession with musicals begins)
wicked
les mis
candide
into the woods
sweeney todd

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#40

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 12:59pm

My first was Phantom...probably because it was the first recording of a show I had on cd. I remember sitting on the couch with my headphones on every afternoon after school, and following along with the libretto. Cried every time. Funny that after I saw it, the obsession ended. (Yes, I was a dork!)

Old:
Rent
Les Miz
Man of La Mancha
Wicked
Crazy For You

New/Ongoing:
Spring Awakening
Parade
Grand Hotel
Grey Gardens
South Pacific
A Little Night Music

Updated On: 5/8/08 at 12:59 PM

#41

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:00pm

Beauty and The Beast. I was totaly obsessed with Brooke Tansley when she was Belle.Probably saw it like 30 times!

#42

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:28pm

LES MIZ
PHANTOM
WICKED
INTO THE WOODS

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#43

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:45pm

Hair
A Chorus Line
Nicholas Nickleby
Chicago
Hairspray
In the Heights

#44

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 2:48pm

LePetiteFromage ,

I thought the 1962 The Music Man with Robert Preston was one of the relatively few filmed musicals that worked on screen. It's a quality production and I would love to have a restored transfer on Blu-ray.

I have not seen the 2003 version.

#45

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 5:58pm

Les Miserables..rent..little shop of horrors.. spring awakening.. xanadu

always and forever no matter what even a million years from now: HAIRSPRAYY!!! (though I hate the new movie..totally killed it.. but i LOOOOVE that show so much.. seen it too many times to count lol)

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He's so nurturing! - Penny Pingleton, Hairspray

#46

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 6:05pm

Wicked
Caroline or Change
The Wiz
Dreamgirls

And Robert...I enjoyed "On The Record". I attended the final performance of the show here in Denver. Not the greatest show ever, but an enjoyable evening.

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Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

#47

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 6:49pm

Current- In The Heights!

Past- Rent, Wicked, Phantom, Hairspray, Apple Tree, A Chorus Line, Gypsy, Spring Awakening, In The Heights (Off Broadway) and more and Drowsy Chaperone.

#48

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 8:30pm

Cats
The Producers
Les Miserables
Young Frankenstein
The Drowsy Chaperone
Beauty and the Beast
La Cage Aux Folles
Monty Python's Spamalot

#49

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 8:41pm

RENT- ive absoloutely loved it for a while... like... uh... a couple years. and wicked i was obsessed with for about a year, then legally blonde, tick tick boom,young frankenstein, phantom of the opera, into the woods, thoroughly modern millie, and a zillion others for like a month each =-DDDD

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#50

re: Show Obsessions

Posted: 5/8/08 at 8:45pm

Oh I forgot to say CURTAINS

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"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."