Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

#1

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:42pm

Reading the Merrily thread got me thinking: What did you see that not many people did, and what is your story with it? The only things I can think of are:

- Matilda (I saw one of Craig Bierko's few performances)
- Big Fish (Just the fact that it didn't run very long)
- Pippin (Andrea Matrin's final performance this past September)

Does anyone else have any examples of things they could brag about seeing?

Updated On: 11/30/14 at 08:42 PM

#2

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:48pm

My college is putting up Dogfight in the spring, so I’m going to sit and bitch about how it’s not like the original production, which I saw while sitting in the same row as the composers, Marla Mindelle and all of their University of Michigan friends.

#3

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:51pm

^ That's definitely worthy of bragging! Sounds like an awesome experience. Did Dogfight ever have plans to come to broadway? This is off topic but I think it would be perfect for The Circle in the Square.

#4

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Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:51pm

aasjb4ever, do you go to penn state?

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#5

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:56pm

Bertie carvel and Lauren wards last matilda

#6

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:56pm

"Does anyone else have any examples of things they could brag about seeing?"

Is bragging the right attitude to take here?

You happen to have been fortunate enough to be in NYC and to have the means to see these things. Others were not so fortunate. It's not as if it represents any great accomplishment on your part.

Bragging is unseemly. So is gloating.

I'm sure I've seen many short-lived plays of yesteryear that few people had the good fortune to see. I consider myself very lucky, unbelievably lucky. I am grateful, I am thankful, but it's nothing to boast about.

#7

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:58pm

Saw Carol Channing and Tommy Tune at the Curran, that's about it.

I guess I also got to see the pre-Broadway runs of Bring it On and Beautiful, but those aren't so impressive because they are recent shows. If I got to see the pre-Broadway runs of shows like Oklahoma! or The Glass Menagerie, that would be impressive.

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#8

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 8:58pm

Perhaps bragging rights is the wrong term. But I know what the OP means. For example: I was at the final performance of the LuPone GYPSY. It was magical, and I tell people I was there and feel very lucky and proud to have been in that audience.

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#9

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 9:01pm

Yeah, I did not mean it as negative, but just what are things you will always talk about? In terms of things you got to see.

#10

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 9:04pm

I was an invited guest to the opening night of [title of show]'s Broadway run.

#11

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 9:06pm

It depends on whom I am "bragging" to. I have a lot of friends who love theatre, but who don't get to NYC very often or ever, so if I'm talking to those friends then most of my theatre experiences are pretty enviable. However, a couple specific things do come to mind:

-I saw the 100th preview of Spider-Man on Broadway ( I don't know if that's bragging rights, but it's a fun little thing to be able to say)
-I also think I'll be able to brag about seeing Carol Burnett in Love Letters.
-Seeing Jennifer Holliday sing "And I Am Telling You..." in concert.

There are probably more, but it's hard to say what people will envy in years to come.

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#12

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 9:13pm

I saw the preview of Spider-Man where the dude fell down the trap door. Definitely not something to brag about, but people are always astounded when I tell them.

#13

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:19pm

Phillypinto I do!

#14

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:42pm

"Bragging rights" is such a silly title for this thread, and I almost didn't respond accordingly, but I am among the few who saw Jeffrey Tambor in LA CAGE AUX FOLLES with Harvey Fierstein.

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#15

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Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:47pm

^^^How was THAT?!

#16

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:49pm

I was at closing night of In the Heights along with the 5th anniversary concert. I have had many boastful moments thanks to those experiences.

#17

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:51pm

I got to sit with one of Janet Dacal's relatives during the final out-of-town-tryout performance of Wonderland.

I also got to see the pre-Broadway production of the Little Shop of Horrors revival before the huge cast change.

#18

Bragging Rights

Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:56pm

My "bragging rights" I guess could be"

-Saw Scandalous, Big Fish, Chaplin, and Rocky before they closed
-Saw Cate Blanchett and Isabel Huppert in The Maids
-Saw Jason Robert Brown's concert at SubCulture this summer
-At a performance of Bridges of Madison County conducted by JRB
-Sat next to Orlando Bloom at The Glass Menagerie
-Almost was hit by Philip Seymour Hoffman on his bike on 13th Street
-Got to see the closing night performance of the recent revival of Jeykll and Hyde

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#19

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 11/30/14 at 10:57pm

Just changed the title. I think Bragging Rights came off as a bit negative, which is not the vibe I was trying to portray.

Updated On: 11/30/14 at 10:57 PM

#20

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 11/30/14 at 11:06pm

I was at the penultimate LuPone GYPSY performance. The one where she stopped "Rose's Turn" and yelled at the photographer.

I saw DREAMGIRLS in previews. "And I'm Telling You..." Where audience members stood on their seats screaming.

Saw Lauren Kennedy in penultimate SIDE SHOW.1 show.

Saw Merman in DOLLY...and Miller in MAME.

Saw original FOLLIES in Boston. "Foxtrot" and "Uptown/Downtown".

#21

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 11/30/14 at 11:34pm

--I spent time in the U of M school of music, theatre, and dance and saw some amazing things be created.
--I was an audience speller in Spelling Bee and was the final speller eliminated
--I saw Spiderman 1.0 with Natalie Mendoza
--I, too, saw one of the few Craig Bierko Trunchbull performances
--I was in a children's chorus for a stop on the mid '90s Joseph tour with Donny Osmond. He was big on giving high fives.

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#22

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 11/30/14 at 11:44pm

I watched the first preview of If/Then, watched the last performance of Rent on Broadway, and also saw Craig as Trunchbull. I am very thankful I got to experience all of them.

#23

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 12/1/14 at 1:03am

I got to see Anthony and Adam's last time playing Mark and Roger in Rent. I went specifically to see the last stop of the Broadway Tour in Sacramento... The Larsons were there, and Anthony said a few words about it onstage after the final bows.

#24

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 12/1/14 at 1:08am

I think I saw Jack Noseworthy's last performance in Lestat! That was, well, something. The show, anyway.

I was at closing night of the Benny tour of Rent. Total chaos and lots of crying, but a lot of fun.

I was at the closing of the 3rd national tour of Les Miz. No speeches, but we did get buttons and lots of balloons dropped at curtain call.

I was at Andrew Rannells' last performance in Mormon and first performance in Hedwig. I was also at Josh Gad and Rory O'Malley's last performances in Mormon.

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#25

Shows/Events/Occurrences that you were lucky enough to see/have

Posted: 12/1/14 at 2:30am

I have fond memories of A Cabaret Performance: Barbara Cook and Elaine Stritch in "Alphabetical Order." It was a benefit concert for Lincoln Center Theater in 2006 featuring the two Tony-winning theatre legends. What a night!

I still remember the goosebumps I had when Patti, Audra, Bernadette, Elaine, Donna and Marin came out in their red outfits at Avery Fisher Hall to help celebrate Sondheim's 80th at the 2010 birthday concert. Unforgettable.