Show's you went into just to see what the hype was about then wound up loving it..

[Mekroth]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:45pm

Kill your mother

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:45pm

Spring Awakening, which I resisted seeing because I thought I would hate it.

[winter_sky]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:50pm

Xanadu
Passing Strange
Grey Gardens
August: Osage County

[elphiesmagic]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:53pm

Please, stop the apostrophe abuse!

[gypsyrose2]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 9:56pm

Gypsy!!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:20pm

TOMMY (from YEARS ago)
Legally Blonde (I had a blast!)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[Drunk Chita Rivera]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:26pm

Gypsy sort of and Legally Blonde a little.

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:30pm

Xanadu. I thought the idea was so stupid but i loved it. Especially Cheyenne Jackson! :)

And Legally Blonde.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:32pm

Jersey Boys for me, too.

[LittleEDIEfan595]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:48pm

Legally Blonde, very fun night

[scaryclowns223]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 10:49pm

Passing Strange.

[broadwaygirl99]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:10pm

Legally Blonde- I thought i was going to be nauseated be i love it!

Hairspray- That is a really good show!

[luvcaroline]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:34pm

No doubt about it, Passing Strange. My friend & I decided at the last minute to get tickets during our last trip to NYC (June). We were absolutely blown away. It was hands down my friend's favorite theater experience of all time (and one of my favorites). We couldn't stop talking about it afterwards, and we still talk about it. It was just indescribable--one of those "ah-yeah-this-is-what-theater-can-be" moments that only come around every once in awhile. And now that it's gone, we say to each other "wow, we were really there, and we almost missed it!!"

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:40pm

OMG. How could I forget...also...haha. this is so weird.

When I went on a music festival with my high school orchestra a few years ago to Boston, we made plans to see The Blue Man Group there. I had utterly low expectations....and it was definitely the most exciting, interesting, and involved theatre experience I have ever had. It was hands down my favorite time at a show, ever.

[george95]

Posted: 8/25/08 at 11:48pm

I went to see Spring Awakening because of the song "Bitch of Living" being on youtube. I thought that the rest of the show could not be as good as that one song. After seeing it one time, I thought the show was ok, but not as good as that song.


Well, when people visited me in NYC, they wanted to see it, and each time I saw the show I liked it more and more, and then buying the cd made me really fall in love with the music.

[My Oh My]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:01am

A Chorus Line - I literally bought tickets to a 1997 national tour just because I had heard so much about it, though it didn't seem interesting to me. I thought it was going to be a tacky dance show. What a surprise!

Avenue Q - Did not interest me, but I saw it as part of a season subscription. Ended up being the best show I've seen in years.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:13am

Well I didn't go for they hype, but...

a few years before I moved to NYC, I was in town for one night (one night only, one night, one night, one night only!!!). I wanted to see a Broadway show and so I went to TKTS. The only Broadway show they had on the boards was Once On This Island. It was either see that or sit in my closet at the Mildew Plaza. I saw the show and loved it. It was so creative and La Chanze was amazing.

Updated On: 8/26/08 at 12:13 AM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:14am

Updated On: 5/2/09 at 12:14 AM

[MimiLovesRoger]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:15am

Jersey Boys over here, too!

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:18am

Mary Poppins - Not exactly any hype, but my friend had an extra ticket, and I loved it.

Speech and Debate - I just went on a whim, and didn't really expect anything special. Oh, my God, I was wrong. It still stands as the best show I've ever seen.

[outdamnwench]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:30am

Avenue Q. Saw it for the second time last night.

[winston89]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 12:35am

I would have to say Xanadu. I saw it to see what all the fuss was about, and walked out VERY happy. However, as I learned from personal experience. This show isn't as good the second time around.

[Byron Abens]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 2:50am

Rent

I only went and saw the First National tour because I got free tickets from a friend of my mom's. Though my passion for the show is no longer anywhere near that level, and never even reached the level that so many of the Rent-heads reached back during the day, I was won over by that production.

[Elphaba3]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 2:54am

The Phantom of the Opera, Gypsy, Wicked, South Pacific.
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[ByTheSea920]

Posted: 8/26/08 at 2:58am

The Drowsy Chaperone! I had a friend who saw it and hated it, so I wanted to see WHY she hated it so much. I ended up absolutely LOVING it. It's my favorite show now!