Posted: 6/14/20 at 1:51pm
For me, as an 11 year old, seeing Bye, Bye Birdie at Westbury Music Theater on Long Island- the Telephone Song came on- all these teenagers on ladders - singing and talking about dating- and I was hooked from there- I could not believe how great that song was- and to this day, remember the thrill of that moment.
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Posted: 6/14/20 at 2:38pm
For me, it was watching scenes from Camelot on Ed Sullivan. I was a fan before I ever saw my first show.
Posted: 6/14/20 at 2:48pm
The 2013 Tony Award telecast. Wow, wow, wow... especially that killer opening number led by NPH. One of the best Tonys in recent memory.
Posted: 6/14/20 at 2:59pm
Drama class theater trip. February 1982. Dreamgirls @ the Imperial Theater.
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Posted: 6/15/20 at 12:15am
Wednesday, January 9, 1974, at approximately 2:05 pm. I enjoyed theater and was excited to see my first Broadway show, Pippin. The lights went down, the curtain went up, and that iconic opening of "Magic to Do" with the dancing white gloves was all it took to make me a Broadway fan forever (although I'm also an Off-Broadway fan).
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Posted: 6/15/20 at 8:15am
Well, I started with Gilbert and Sullivan but that's not BWAY. My first trip to New York, I told my boyfriend that I wanted to see "A Chorus Line" which had recently opened, but I was sure I couldn't get tickets. He said, mail a SASE to the box office with a check and see what happens. (Decoding for the younguns: SASE was a self-addressed, stamped envelope. A check was...oh, they still exist!) This was LONG ago and I got a standing room ticket by return mail. The first time the mirrors revolved and the sound board goosed up the horns....well, I swooned.
Posted: 6/15/20 at 10:57am
castlestreet said: "I had already seen a few touring productions and community theater productions when I saw Phantom of the opera in Toronto for the first time."
Same for me (touring productions and community theater) before seeing Phantom on Broadway. That night literally changed my life and turned me into an addict.
