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#1

The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 12:28pm

Beauty & the Beast- May 1994
I still have my playbill with the red rose on it. I've still got my shirt too and it still fits me because I bought it huge, lol.
"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
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#2

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 12:33pm

We've done this before, but OK.

Gypsy - 1989
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#3

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 12:34pm

Oops, sorry...
"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up
#4

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 12:35pm

Hmmm what was my first Broadway show....I think the first professional musical I remember seeing was Joseph with Mr. Osmond when the tour was in Chicgao. (Funny thing is..I still have the program and have worked with one of the brothers from that first tour many times now). My few shows on Broadway...I remember flying in the night of the Tonys...and we stood on the red carpet and watched the winners walking to an after party at Sardi's....I also remember getting pushed over by Matthew Broadricks body gaurds :) (This was the Sunset Blvd/HTSWRT year). While there we saw...Sunset Blvd with Geln Close/ HTSWRT with Matthew and Tommy (which if I remember correctly was closing soon after)

I went back about 6mo or so later with another group and was forced to watch Sunseet Blvd AGAIN..but this time with Betty Buckly...and also had to watch HTSWRT AGAIN...but at least Mrs. Broadrick/Parker was in the show as well. We also saw Stomp...waste of money in my opinion.
#5

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 12:42pm

A Chorus Line -- 1987, The Shubert Theatre on Broadway
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#6

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 12:49pm

jekyll and hyde
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#7

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 1:02pm

The first time I went to Broadway I was eight and we saw 4 shows. So basically here was the order I saw them...

1. Les Miserables
2. Cats
3. Anything Goes
4. Steel Magnolias

So all of these shows are very special to me but I LOVE Les Miserables! re: The My First Broadway Show thread So that was my VERY first... That was back in 1988. Got to go and meet Patti Lupone backstage for the first time also. Pretty awesome trip for an 8 yr old...

Updated On: 9/17/04 at 01:02 PM

#10

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 1:16pm

My first show was "THE WIZ" it was a touring company the cast was
Dorothy:Tasha Scott
Evilene: GRACE JONES (YEAH, THAT "GRACE JONES")
Glinda: Cece Peniston
The Wiz: Peabo Bryson
Tinman: Tony Terry
Oh and the lady from BARE.........ROMELDA BENJAMIN was Aunt Em and she was sorta heavy set back then.....but she's now lost alot of weight.
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re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 1:16pm

My first show was "THE WIZ" it was a touring company the cast was
Dorothy:Tasha Scott
Evilene: GRACE JONES (YEAH, THAT "GRACE JONES")
Glinda: Cece Peniston
The Wiz: Peabo Bryson
Tinman: Tony Terry
Oh and the lady from BARE.........ROMELDA BENJAMIN was Aunt Em and she was sorta heavy set back then.....but she's now lost alot of weight.
Facebook...ME !!!
#12

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 1:18pm

Man of LaMancha- very impressive, saw it twice. It was also my fathers first Broadway show.
You are young, life has been kind to you. You will learn.
#13

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 1:20pm

I didn't realize this also included touring companies.... in that case it was either Peter Pan with Sandy Duncan, King and I with Yul Brenner or Camelot. I'm not sure of the order, but I loved each and every one of them! *sigh*
#15

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 1:54pm

Revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
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#16

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:03pm

I grew up about 2 miles from the Papermill Playhouse in NJ, so I saw lots of musicals there as a tot, but my first Broadway show was Annie in 1979. I went with a school friend and her parents for her 9th birthday, and we went to La Fondue for dinner and Serendipity for dessert! It was great. I was eight, and I wanted to be an orphan in that show just so bad! re: The My First Broadway Show thread
#18

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:07pm

Cats. I was six, so that was sometime in '92 or so

Damn that makes me feel old...
"You're every gay man's wet dream!" ~ MA

If in Heaven you don't excel, you can always party down in hell...

#19

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:10pm

The first show I saw was Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. It was a great experience, it was also my first time ever in NYC and I'll never forget it. Made me fall in love with the city as well as Broadway!
You're always sorry, You're always grateful, You hold her, thinking: "I'm not alone." You're still alone.
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#21

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:31pm

My first Broadway TOUR was Beauty and the Beast, which I saw my freshman year of high school (three years ago, I'm a senior now). And then sophomore year we had our NYC trip that our theatre club & art club does every other year. First trip to the Big Apple! I saw (in this order): Rent, Hairspray, Cabaret, and Aida. GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE! ^_^ And we're going back this February!
#22

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 2:43pm

Magruder,

Are you going to see the Raisin Benefit Concert next month with Lillias White, Norm Lewis and Chuck Cooper?
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#25

re: The My First Broadway Show thread

Posted: 9/17/04 at 6:13pm

Rent, 3/98...the only playbill I don't have. I'm pretty sure I had Norbert and KLK, but I just don't know!!! Anyway, I hated it. 5 years later, I grew to like it.

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