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#26

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:28pm

1972. Imperial Theatre on W. 45th Street. Original cast of PIPPIN. I was 7 years old. Started my passion for Bob Fosse and his work, plus that year was a HUGE year for him so he was EVERYWHERE in the media, which helped feed my Bob Fosse fire. CABARET was in the movies; LIZA WITH A "Z" was on TV and PIPPIN was on Broadway. That year was hell for my parents and my older sister.

#27

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:48pm

Musical: Cats (1995)
Drama: Match (2004)

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#28

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/3/07 at 11:52pm

First play - Othello

First musical - Chicago (tour)

First Broadway show - Lestat (Ugh...)

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#29

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 3:25am

Don't remember the first play I ever saw full-stop. My first West End play was 'The Woman In Black'. I've never seen a play on Broadway.

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#30

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:53am

Musical: Pirates of Penzance
Play: Harvey (both at my sister's school)

I believe my first professional play was Broadway (Man, was I surprised that there was no music in it) at a local theatre, and my first professional musical was... it might've been Chicago, which was my first Broadway show as well.

My first opera was Tosca, I distinctly remember that.

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#31

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:11am

First straight play I ever saw was the Crucible revival with Laura Liney and Liam Neeson. At least Laura was amazing!

First musical: Peter Pan at The Papermill Playhouse

Updated On: 6/4/07 at 08:11 AM

#32

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:18am

My first straight play was the national tour of Dirty Blonde.

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#33

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 8:59am

The first straight play I saw on Broadway was the recent revival of Noises Off with Patti LuPone. I loved it!!! Between Act II and Act III, the set broke so Patti came out and put on a ten minute concert for us accapella (sp?) while they fixed the set.

#34

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Posted: 6/4/07 at 6:22pm

Broadway play: American Buffalo (1984)

Broadway musical: A Chorus Line (1990)

#35

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:28pm

First stage performance: AIDA (Fort Worth Opera), sung in four languages simultaneously -- dont ask)

First professional musical: SOUTH PACIFIC at Casa Manana, Ft. Worth

First professional straight play: MOUSETRAP in London.

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#36

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:33pm

Broadway Musical: Les Miserables (198

Broadway Play: The Grapes of Wrath (1990)

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#37

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Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:34pm

First Play - Forty Carats
First Musical - Hello Dolly with Pearl Bailey

#38

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Posted: 6/4/07 at 7:35pm

"The Wizard of OZ"

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#39

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 9:24pm

Musical: Rent (2005)
Play: possibly Talk Radio on Saturday

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#40

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 9:30pm

First musical: Wicked (tour, 2005). That's what got me into theatre.
First play: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (tour, 2007)
First show on Broadway: Phantom of the Opera (as of June 16, 2007!)

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Updated On: 6/4/07 at 09:30 PM

#41

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 9:33pm

I've never seen a play on B'Way. I don't know what my first play was. The first that had an impact on me was Intimate Apparel.

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#42

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:04pm

First show ever: A musical version of "Cinderella" at the Santa Monica Playhouse when I was 2.

First Play: I think "A Midsummer Nights Dream" when I was 6 or 7

First Broadway Show:Twelfth Night with Helen Hunt

First Broadway Musical: Rent

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#43

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:07pm

The first community production was OUR TOWN
The first national tour was TEN LITTLE INDIANS
The first show on Broadway was MISS LIBERTY

#44

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:16pm

A children's theatre production of Alice in Wonderland. I was 5 and remember it well. It's what made me want to become an actress.

#45

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:37pm

"The curse of the werewolf" during the opening season of the new Victorian Arts Centre, back in 1984.

First Broadway Musical: Opening night "Phantom of the opera"

First Broadway play: "Speed the plow"

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#46

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/4/07 at 10:45pm

The first play I ever saw was called See How They Run, about a lot of mistaken identity at an English vicarage. The first musical I ever saw was Goldilocks, the Leroy Anderson musical, which I saw for my birthday, in 1958! My biggest memory of it was that it seemed to have lots of sets and lots of dancing.

Updated On: 6/4/07 at 10:45 PM

#47

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:08am

The first live theater I ever saw was a children's theater production of either Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates or Peter Pan, I saw both, just don't remember which came first.

First Broadway Musical: Evita, original Broadway cast, except it was a Wed. matinee with my high school, so I didn't see Patti, she took those off.

First Broadway Play: Othello with James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer and Dianne Weist.

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#48

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/5/07 at 2:30am

mattonstage, I will forever begrudge you your Broadway EVITA experience.

My first play (that I recall, anyway) was a community theater production of THE VELVETEEN RABBIT. It was a third grade field trip.

My first musical was either GODSPELL or JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (I saw both, but can't remember which one came first) at same theater.

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#49

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/5/07 at 8:53am

First show on broadawy was BIG at the Shubert in 96. I still LOVE that show to this day.


I think my first play was Brooklyn Boy.

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#50

re: The First Play You Ever Saw?

Posted: 6/5/07 at 9:02am

Non-Broadway: Ragedy Ann and Andy! HA!

Broadway: Blue Room

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