Shows You Can Go And See.......
Shows You Can Go And See.......
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/9/04
Shows You Can Go And See.......#3
Posted: 10/27/12 at 11:59pm
GYPSY!, hands down. Saw the LuPone revival 14 times, and would've gladly seen it twice that had it kept running.
Also COMPANY.
Shows You Can Go And See.......#4
Posted: 10/28/12 at 12:09amI gladly saw ONE MAN, TWO GUV'NORS three times, and JERUSALEM as well. The Music Box has generally been on a roll the last few years. I also saw ONCE twice, in both locations here in the city, and would happily go again.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/12
Shows You Can Go And See.......#6
Posted: 10/28/12 at 12:17am
Wicked
BOM
Anything Goes
Memphis
Shows You Can Go And See.......#8
Posted: 10/28/12 at 7:59am
Guess. 
I was just thinking about this today, about how remarkable it is that I've yet to tire of listening to it. Much less, of seeing it, discussing it. It's human nature to want variety, to want to hear new music and experience things not familiar to you, to get to know them, then move on to the next.
People close to me, at some point, have expressed surprise that I still enjoy it just as much as I did early on. My sis actually recently made the observation that it actually appears I'm enjoying it more and more these days, and that this incremental love for it has never really ceased throughout the years. There have been periods where my life demanded focus on other things, but hey, who ever said Les Miserables is my life?
It's remarkable even to me that I love it as much as I still do, because I'm not the same way with other things.
Back when I saw Phantom for the very first time, front row center in Los Angeles in 1992, I was literally blown away. My best friend Monica had bet that Phantom was the show which would finally shake my Les Mis obsession. We went together with 2 other friends, and on the way out, she asked me "what do you think of Les Mis now?" I replied, "F*CK Les Mis!!!"
Phantom only p*ucked my eyes because my heart returned to my uncrackable Les Mis preference by the next day. Only 24 hours later and I was already feeling the void that Phantom famously leaves behind in many. Don't get me wrong, I adored Phantom and had a great fascination with it for years, although it was mostly a fascination with its visual elements; perfect, incredibly theatrical staging; Maria Bjornson's unforgettable designs; and that iconic, provocative score. If Phantom achieved anything remarkable in my life, it was sparking an intense interest in stagecraft and realizing that there is absolutely no reason to be ashamed of liking a show for its theatricality, visual elements, and how such a catchy, lush score becomes one with its gliding, seamless movement. Even though Phantom leaves me emotionally dead these days, the thrill of its stagecraft remains and is a reason alone to go and see the Phantom have tantrums in his pursuit to p*uck Christine. I admit it, that chandelier during the overture still makes love to the eyes and transports me knee-deep...into the music of the night!!!
I don't think I will ever be able to explain the feelings that go through me during a live Les Mis performance. Not to mention, the feelings that go through me before and after a performance. I'm not typically one to concern myself too much with others not experiencing what I do, but with Les Mis, I find myself time and time again attempting to give at least a taste through the recounting of my experiences, in the process probably doing more to come off as a lunatic than someone who feels something so overwhelming, that he feels he must share it.
Nothing else in my life has been able to remain this fresh, new, and exciting, as Les Miserables has. I've seen many, many musicals and only Les Mis--as of the last time I saw the original production (8 September, 2010 in London)--has consistently caused me to feel those distinct feelings one experiences when seeing something for the very first time. It's a mystery to me how it still does that 30 performances later. I got used to Phantom enough that I was no longer surprised by anything by the 4th time I saw it. Not the same as getting bored with it. I still love it to this day, but I no longer see it and think "Wow, I had completely forgotten how amazing this looks live onstage."
I'm still amazed every second during Les Mis. It has nothing to do with spectacle. Les Mis' spectacle lies in what it evokes visually, emotionally, musically, aurally, and dramatically. It always catches me off guard. When something can still do that 30 times later, you have no choice other than to come back to it, again and again.
Chorus Member Joined: 12/15/10
Shows You Can Go And See.......#10
Posted: 10/28/12 at 9:43amNoises Off
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
Shows You Can Go And See.......#11
Posted: 10/28/12 at 11:52am
Thoroughly Modern Millie, Bway 7x, 2 national tours, North Brunswick, NJ High School, and next April at Paper Mill.
Billy Elliot, Bway 2X, London, Toronto, and national tour in Tempe, AZ.
A few others: Phantom, Chicago, Caberet, and Company, wich I'll be seeing next month in Brooklyn.
For the most part, I like to see diferent productions of my favorits, profesional, or community, whenever I can.
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