The Most You've Seen a Show?- Page 3

[Cape Twirl of Doom]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:33am

Phantom - 14 times
Company - 6 times (through two separate productions)
Lestat - 9 times

(I know, I know. Those three shows have got to be the strangest combination... but there you go.)

Everything else I've seen has been once or on a rare occurance twice.

[xerotheory7803]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:38am

"41 times

Where does the money come from - if one may ask?"

working, saving. im still young (20, if you care), and i live with my parents, so the money i get from working and saving, none of that has to go to rent or utilities, not yet.

also alot of those were student tickets, $26 a piece, so while it still totals up to alot, its not nearly as much as it would be if i were to pay full price every time, which i only did for the very first time i saw it.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:39am

THE WEDDING SINGER - 26
RENT - 20
LENNON - 12
COMPANY - 7 (8 as of Valentine's Day)
THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA - 6
THE WOMAN IN WHITE - 6
SWEENEY TODD - 5
GREY GARDENS - 4

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:40am

(I know, I know. Those three shows have got to be the strangest combination... but there you go.)

May I venture to guess there was a someone those three had in common, though?

[goldenstate5]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:40am

Avenue Q: four times

And like, a ton only once.

Besides the usher, I'm just gonna say it: you all are really rich, like standing during shows or damn lucky with lottos...I mean, 30 times? Out of your own wallet? I don't even know many people who have seen regular movies in theatres that many times and that only costs 6-10 bucks!...

EDIT: Well, I got my answer earlier than expected...
Updated On: 2/12/07 at 12:40 AM

[Raspberry]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:46am

10 - Chicago (revival)
5 - The Drowsy Chaperone
4 - Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
3 - Evil Dead
3 - The Phantom of the Opera
3 - The Producers
2 - Wicked

[Liverpool]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:49am

Rent 18 (i went through a phase, its been about 2 years since i've seen it.)

Les Miserable 6 (Including school edition 3 times)

Phantom 5

Altar Boyz 5

Sweeney 4


Great American Trailer Park Musical 3


In My Life 2



ehh, those last two aren't very much, but for shows that closed relatively quickly it is, especially since all were in previews.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:50am

Besides the usher, I'm just gonna say it: you all are really rich, like standing during shows or damn lucky with lottos...I mean, 30 times? Out of your own wallet?

No...I first saw Les Miz over 11 years ago, when I was still a teenager. A lot of those were treats from my parents.

The majority of the rest of those were sitting in the obstructed view box seats at the Curran Theatre in SF.

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 2:14am

Dottie - Have you really seen wicked 152 times?

More like...do you have any brain cells left?

[KQuill]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 2:45am

The Phantom of the Opera - 27 times
Les Miserables - 7 Times

[JumpJumpJumpSoHigh]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 2:56am

Bat Boy, by far. 36 times if you only count the off-Broadway production; 45 times if you count London and regional too.

~JJJ

[zerodanny]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 3:49am

BLOOD BROTHERS 9 times
MARY POPPINS 4 times

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:35am

RENT - 5 times
THE COLOR PURPLE - 5 times
THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED - 4 times

Updated On: 2/12/07 at 04:35 AM

[RentHead2]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:53am

For the most part I have seen every show at least 2 times, if I liked it but only two shows had me coming back to NYC over and over again and I live in Harrisburg, PA:

The Wedding Singer: 5 times
Rent: 4 (doesn't count 2 traveling productions I have seen of it)

[broadwaybaby086]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 4:58am

I have seen a few shows more than once; the habit has started now that I live in NY and rush makes things so accessible.

And to respond to the money issue, I am by no means rich, just a college student whose work-study money goes almost straight to shows. You squeeze and stretch your budget: two shows this week? Alright, I'll eat cereal and Ramen. Sometimes it's fine, other times it is a problem; I'm currently in a recession because I went a little crazy on the viewing last semester (I used to be uber-frugal, but got tired of being so careful and just said "Screw it!"), but you make mistakes and learn to budget. It is definitely an investment, but without a doubt a worthwhile one. I estimate that I spend no more at the theatre than my peers do weekly on alcohol and at the same tired college bars. I would say that my money is better spent.

Updated On: 2/12/07 at 04:58 AM

[cate_w]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:30am

Wicked- 9
Little Women- 6
Wonderful Town- 6
Mamma Mia- 6
Miss Saigon- 4
Chicago- 4

[Anthony3]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 6:38am

Phantom of the Opera - 11 times in a year and a half!

[Freckles1329]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 8:44am

Rent - 5
Wicked -3 (I'm probably going again in May)
Hairspray - 3 (NYC & Tour)
The Wedding Singer - 2
The Threepenny Opera - 2

[mirramar]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 9:47am

Wicked - 7x
Rent - 3x
DRS - 3x
Ave Q - 3 or 4x
POTO - 2x
Wonderful Town - 2x
Aida - 2x
Hairspray - 2x

I'm through with seeing shows multiple times. I'd rather have the fantastic memory of seeing it for the first time, and that's it.

[bwaydoc]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 10:18am

Wicked - 7
Rent - 5
Cabaret - 4
Mamma Mia - 3
Avenue Q - 3

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:44am

The only shows I've seen way too many times that I've lost count are:

ANNIE (original Broadway run)
SUNSET BLVD.
CABARET Revival (both at the Henry Miller/Kit Kat Klub & Studio 54)
CHICAGO Revival (Richard Rodgers, Shubert & Ambassador)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

If you count how many shows I've 2nd Acted for the past several decades, the list would run pages.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:47am

Carrie the musical(on a company dvd) bout 50 times hehe

Sunset-4
Footloose -London 5
Producers-6

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 11:54am

We've ALL seen that CARRIE DVD way too many times. That one doesn't count.

Same goes for Scott Wise's Act 1 of the Broadway production.

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:05pm

To add my own 2 cents to the money issue...

Sure, even with rush and lottos the cost adds up. But we all certainly have money to spend on entertainment or luxury or whatever you want to call it, we just make choices on how to spend it. For me, I choose shows. I hardly ever go clothes shopping, only when absolutely necessary--I mean think about how much money teenage girls spend on clothes? I've had the same winter jacket for 6 years, the same bookbag for 4, etc. I get almost all of my college textbooks at the library--there's a couple hundred I save a semester. I don't drink alcohol at all, so my friends have helped me to realize I don't spend a lot of money that they do on drinks. I very rarely go to the movies, and well, you get the point.

I'm not saying anyone can do this or that I'm not lucky to be able to do this, but it's never so simple as to just assume people are quite rich.

Oh and I guess I'll just admit mine on the subject

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels=27x

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 2/12/07 at 12:21pm

But we all certainly have money to spend on entertainment or luxury or whatever you want to call it, we just make choices on how to spend it. For me, I choose shows.

Same here. I don't have much interest in movies, very little interest in video games, I don't like shopping for clothes so I only do it when I really have to... and I don't look at porn, either.