The Show That Did You In — Page 4
#77
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:47am
Les Miserables when I was 12. I had already seen Wicked and The Lion King, but Les Miserables just made me love Broadway. :)
#78
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:50am
My Fair Lady when I was about 10. It's the show that I saw as first show and I saw it about 5 times then as my father conducted.
I also saw Barnum when I was about 1 year old, but that doesn't count, because I don't recall it.
I also saw Barnum when I was about 1 year old, but that doesn't count, because I don't recall it.
#79
Posted: 6/15/06 at 11:14am
I distinctly remember being with my grandparents. They rented a video called "Little Shop of Horrors" because they hadn't seen it in a long time and they thought it would be nice to show me a funny movie. I was about 8 at the time. I watched it once with them and then immediatley after again...you know how little kids are. Pappy, that's what I used to call him...and sometimes (shamefully) now...went away to get "gas" for his car. I was getting into my night clothes and he walked through the door with a bought copy of "Little Shop of Horrors". I was extremely happy for that. A month or two later, the Pennsylvania Playhouse, only fifteen miles away from their house, was putting on a show called: "Little Shop of Horrors". That was the first live musical I ever saw. It was the most memorable experience. If I ever make it to Broadway and win a Tony, the first person I'll thank will be my Pappy.
-Ryan Wise
-Ryan Wise
#80
Posted: 6/15/06 at 12:21pm
While I had seen a few shows earlier (Beauty and the Beast, pre-Broadway; Peter Pan), I was too young to appreciate them. Thus, I'm a little embarrassed to say that the show that did me in was Cats...I was 8. Actually I really didn't like (and still don't) most of the show. However, all the magic of theater came to me during the "Mr. Mistofelees" dance break. While I since moved on to greater things, I will never forget my humble beginnings 
.
.
#81
Posted: 6/15/06 at 12:53pm
I fell in love with the cast recording of Rent and decided that I did love Broadway. As far as a show I had seen...after seeing Aida, while I didn't love it, I was in love with live theatre.
A little swash, a bit of buckle - you'll love it more than bread.
#82
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:03pm
When I was in fourth grade I saw Guys and Dolls, which made me realize I love Broadway. Today its not my favorite musical, but it will always be my most memorable because it turned me on to Broadway.
#83
Posted: 6/15/06 at 1:07pm
When I was 10 years old I saw the tour of Les Miserables and the World Premiere of Jane Eyre about a month apart. I've been a freak ever since.
"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
Kitzy's Avatar du Jour: Kitzy as Little Red Ridinghood in her college's production of "Into the Woods"
#85
Posted: 6/15/06 at 4:11pm
Phantom of the Opera- Age 8
"Are you sorry for civilization? I am sorry for it too." ~Coast of Utopia: Shipwreck
#86
Posted: 6/15/06 at 4:14pm
I kind of have a two phase fascination.
Growing up my parents were addicted to the the theater so all of my favorite movies were musicals. They took my brother and I to see our first show... Starlight Express when I was a little kid. I then saw Phantom many years after that and didn't really see much until my fiance took me to see Into the Woods with Vanessa Williams a few years back.. From there my obsession was reignited.
Growing up my parents were addicted to the the theater so all of my favorite movies were musicals. They took my brother and I to see our first show... Starlight Express when I was a little kid. I then saw Phantom many years after that and didn't really see much until my fiance took me to see Into the Woods with Vanessa Williams a few years back.. From there my obsession was reignited.
"I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tightrope dancer, so that no incompetent would dare step upon it." Goethe
#87
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:25pm
Yeah, my folks were very theatre oriented too. We saw lots of community plays and such. The first professional show I saw was "Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd" with Anthony Newley and Cyril Ritchard. It was a profound experience.
#88
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:28pm
Aida! I was 12 and could care less that I was seeing a broadway show. After the show it was all I could talk about and I'm now going to college as a musical theatre major. Funny how those things turn out :)
#89
Posted: 6/15/06 at 10:49pm
edited:
I thought about this and relized that a not very well known show, at least thats what it seems like to me did me in. it was "No one will Marry a Princess with a Tree Growing out of her Head." anyone heard of it?
I thought about this and relized that a not very well known show, at least thats what it seems like to me did me in. it was "No one will Marry a Princess with a Tree Growing out of her Head." anyone heard of it?
Updated On: 6/16/06 at 10:49 PM
#91
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:24pm
My parents always took me to the theatre - pantomimes etc - but the first show that made me think that I had to go back for more was Cats in London when I was about 10 I think. The recent obsession started when I was in France and couldn't see any musicals. After that I've just seen pretty much everything I could.
#92
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:32pm
Les Miz- Saturday Night, after seeing Joseph and the Amazing Technocolor Dreamcoat it made me realize what an amazing beautiful place BROADWAY is.
#93
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:37pm
Phantom, when I was 12.
My family and I drove up to see the Toronto production (It was closer than NY, and my family still isn't comfortable in NYC.). I'd listened to the music and liked it, but I fell in love watching the show. We went to see "Crazy for You" the next night, and as a tapper I was in heaven. I couldn't believe what an experience I'd had the two nights. That was it for me with theater.
ETA: Looking back, I'm so grateful to my Dad. He isn't exactly a fan of musicals ("halftime- time for a beer?"), but he patiently made sure that my Mom and I got to see as many shows as possible. And he actually enjoyed himself occasionally, despite his best efforts. :)
My family and I drove up to see the Toronto production (It was closer than NY, and my family still isn't comfortable in NYC.). I'd listened to the music and liked it, but I fell in love watching the show. We went to see "Crazy for You" the next night, and as a tapper I was in heaven. I couldn't believe what an experience I'd had the two nights. That was it for me with theater.
ETA: Looking back, I'm so grateful to my Dad. He isn't exactly a fan of musicals ("halftime- time for a beer?"), but he patiently made sure that my Mom and I got to see as many shows as possible. And he actually enjoyed himself occasionally, despite his best efforts. :)
Updated On: 6/19/06 at 02:37 PM
#94
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:37pm
Mine is a little different. I saw "The Nutcracker" when I was three and that did it for me. It wasn't so much a musical obsession as it was the performing arts generally.
However, my mom took me to see the national tour of "The Secret Garden" when I was 8.
However, my mom took me to see the national tour of "The Secret Garden" when I was 8.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#95
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:40pm
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF revival when I was...i forgot
:)
:)
#96
Posted: 6/19/06 at 2:45pm
Little Shop of Horrors, on tour, at the Ahmanson Theater. I had a fleeting interest in musical theater, and my drama teacher made it mandatory to see one theatrical show each month for a report. I had never seen the original film, and saw part of the musical on HBO when I was seven. None of it prepared me for the incredible experience of professional live theater. I was amazed that someone could take a concept that was so... dumb (I hate to admit it), and turn it into something so completely marvelous. I was lucky; apparently that was the only stop of the tour that had the Audrey II extend into the audience. I completely fell in live with the guy playing Seymour, and when I discovered he'd left the tour, I was quite depressed. Wondering why he left the tour, I looked it up -- he was starring in the film version of RENT. After I saw it again in San Diego, I was immediately hooked, and bought the best-of Broadway highlights of RENT. Once I did that, and started cross-referencing Anthony Rapp to other shows and somehow leading to Sweeney Todd, I was hooked.
"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite
#97
Posted: 6/19/06 at 3:12pm
Wicked was the first Broadway Show I saw! It's my first love.
April 2, 2004.
April 2, 2004.
bt
#98
Posted: 6/19/06 at 3:25pm
While I had seen a few shows (Beauty and the Beast...) on Broadway, at age 7 I found my dad's recording of Sunday in the Park with George and asked him to play it for me and instead he played me the video of it. I was in love. And since then its become my favorite and it led me to find my passion in musical theater.
and the feeling
and the light
moving on.
In my picture: I'm Sally in pink on the far left!
and the light
moving on.
In my picture: I'm Sally in pink on the far left!
#99
Posted: 6/19/06 at 3:42pm
As sad as it sounds, Mamma Mia when I was 10.
#100
Posted: 6/19/06 at 4:14pm
I've been going to community theatre ever since I was little. I remember going and seeing Grease, and Wizard of Oz, and Annie Get Your Gun. I've moved up over the years to real Broadway productions. So I guess there really wasn't one show that solidified my love for live theater. All my musical experiences have helped it become the obsession that it is today :)
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." -- Maya Angelou
Tickets From $73
Tickets From $89
Tickets From $89
Tickets From $65