The Early Days of the BWW Board: Any Info??

I was wondering if any posters had any information about the beginning days of this board including maybe a few memories or links of the some old old threads. I ask this because I have had this idea mulling in my head for a while about telling the story of this board through some sort of media. I know Jerby did a web show last year based on this board which I enjoyed a lot but my vision for it is a little different. I am not exactly sure how it would be presented, maybe it would be a movie or a series or even a stage production!!!!! (Much like the BWW Musical on this board a few years ago.) I am still in the very early stages of the idea itself and I am not sure if I would tell the story of this particular board or do one loosely based on this board. I am leaning more towards the former and would love if any one of the veteran posters or even Craig and Rob could share some information or links to some of the original threads. I have been posting since 2007 and have read the boards since 2006. I know the boards started in 2003 (correct me if I'm wrong) and while I have seen many of the older threads from searching the archives and from back in 2006 I would love if any of you could share memories and information!!!

Thanks In Advance

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Updated On: 7/23/10 at 05:41 PM

I was one of the earliest members of the board. I, too, was a regular at Broadway.Com.

There were some wonderful, long-running threads here:

Rob and Craig's Broadway Theme Park

Brendan Stryker's Cyber Funeral and....

That full evening of Minelli Madness

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Who was the poster who started the Kitsch thread? She always had a Sally Struthers avatar. She was wonderful!

https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.broadwayworld.com/board

Besides using the Search option on BWW, I went here to see some of the older threads. You can access most of them still. Obviously, it doesn't go back as far as 2003. lol. Seeing the thread postings and number of views for THE LITTLE MERMAID and BILLY ELLIOT rumors/news.

I miss the Angels of the Month threads!

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There are very few who have an earlier "Joined Date" than I do. Indeed, over at Broadway.com, an announcement was made on their late message board that they were closing it because people there were being extremely rude and hateful. Not sure why that decision was made (you get hate-posts in most online message board communities). I vaguely remember the backlash against Broadway.com for their decision, people were pleading to keep the board open.

Then, Rob either created a post or replied to some existing threads informing us that he created a brand new website for us to join and chat on. So literally, within a few hours, many of us made the move and a community was instantly built here.

I miss the old days. Back when we had high hopes for an original show in the works called BROOKLYN and before WICKED attained an annoying mega-fanbase.

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I don't post on BWW a lot, but it has always seemed more friendly than the old Broadway.com board. I was pretty active there during Dance of the Vampires run-up, previews, and short run, and things got pretty nasty at times.

I'll match my join date against anyone's

You can actually just go to the Off-Topic Board from the links that jacob posted, like you would when viewing the board normally.

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@givesmevoice Really? Didn't try that. lol. Figured I needed a separate link for the other board.

I am one of many who grew up on this board and it really has played a major role in how I matured.

I began lurking in July of 2003 (I was just about to turn 16), but didn't join for almost a year later. Coming from a small town BWW was the first diverse community I was a part of. I've learned so much in the years I have been here, both about theatre and about the world. The early days of BWW featured amazing discussions and incredible debates, and though we do see both on the boards today they are not as frequent as they once were.

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Does anyone remember Tamimi? children&art?

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I miss the chatroom.

OMG the chat room. I remember being in there with you guys at like 1 or 2 a.m. Eastern.

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