The Shows You Saw This Year: — Page 3

Jan 4- Young Frankenstein
Jan 4- Cyrano de Begerac
March 5- Is He Dead?
March 8- Next to Normal
March 10- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Nassau Coliseum)
March 15- The Seafarer
March 15- Macbeth (BAM)
March 26- Passing Strange
April 12- Les Liaisons Dangereuses
April 25- Boeing-Boeing
May 7- A Catered Affair
May 10- Curtains
May 25- Passing Strange
June 4- SITPWG
June 6- August: Osage County
June 22- Sweeney Todd (John Doyle tour in Denver, CO)
June 28- Top Girls
July 3- November
July 16- Passing Strange
July 18- The 39 Steps
July 20- Passing Strange
August 8- Thurgood
August 22- Gypsy
September 5- Boeing-Boeing
September 12- A Man for All Seasons
September 18- Verdi's Requiem (MET Opera)
September 21- To Be Or Not To Be
September 24- Don Giovanni (MET Opera)
September 25- Salome (MET Opera)
September 29- Lucia di Lammermoor (MET Opera)
October 3- Speed-the-Plow
October 8-The Seagull
October 12- Stew Songbook (Joe's Pub)
October 17- 50 Words
November 8- American Buffalo
November 14- Road Show
November 17- The Queen of Spades (MET Opera)
November 26- Sleepwalk with Me
December 3- Equus
December 6- Dividing the Estate
December 6- Times Talk with Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Patrick Shanley
December 26- Speed-the-Plow

January 27th: Spring Awakening
February 12th: The Little Mermaid
February 28th: August: Osage County
March 1st: Is He Dead?
March 22nd: Cry-Baby
April 9th: Cry-Baby
April 12th: Xanadu
April 26th: Cry-Baby
May 7th: South Pacific
June 4th: Cry-Baby
June 18th: Sunday in the Park With George
July 3rd: The 39 Steps
July 6th: [title of show]
July 30th: Boeing-Boeing
August 6th: Mary Poppins
August 9th: In the Heights
August 27th: In the Heights
August 31st: Avenue Q
September 13th: 13
September 19th: Spring Awakening
October 14th: To Be or Not To Be
October 29th: Wicked
November 11th: Equus
November 12th: Shrek
November 20th: Billy Elliot
December 10th: Billy Elliot

Come Back Little Sheba (2x)
Xanadu
A Chorus Line
November
Celia (3x's)
In The Heights (5x's)
Cry Baby
A Catered Affair
Passing Strange (2x's)
Legally Blonde
Gypsy
Wintuk
American Buffalo
To Be or Not To Be
Wig Out
From Up Here
Hair (2x's)
Fuerzabruta
The Four of Us
Romantic Poetry
Back Back Back
Make Me A Song

Broadway:
SA
August
A Chorus Line
Chicago
RENT

Community Theatre:
Annie
Drood
Beauty and the Beast
Bye Bye Birdie

Tours:
Avenue Q
Wicked
A Brox Tale

OK, New Yorkers, my list is short, since I don't have the lucky state of living in or around the City (and have rather a limited budget for all this travelling) =[
"Wicked", and "A Tale of Two Cities"...the end.

In no particular order

Billy Elliot
Boeing, Boeing
What's That Smell
Joe Iconis Re-Write
Road Show
Farragut North
Speed the Plow
Equus
South Pacific
Spring Awakening
Saved
In The Heights
Xanadu
Port Authority
Hair
Hairspray
Little Mermaid
Sunday in the Park w/George
Gypsy
Next to Normal
Is He Dead?
August: Osage County
{tos}
Legally Blonde


I'm sure I'm missing some, I'll update if I think of any more.

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05/15/08-05/17/08 : Into the Woods (Oakton High School, VA)
08/02/08 : Rent (Nederlander Theatre, NY)
08/08/08 : The Lion King (Kennedy Center, DC)
12/21/08 : Gypsy (St. James Theatre, NY)
12/21/08 : White Christmas (Marquis Theatre, NY)
12/23/08 : In the Heights (Richard Rodgers Theatre, NY)
12/27/08 : West Side Story (National Theatre, DC)

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01/05/08 Cymbeline
01/10/08 Where the Music Lives
01/12/08 Putnam County Spelling Bee
01/15/08 Three Mo' Tenors
01/17/08 Putnam County Spelling Bee
01/31/08 Forbidden Broadway
02/05/08 Next to Normal
02/10/08 Avenue Q
02/10/08 The Fantasticks
02/12/08 Speech and Debate
02/21/08 A Chorus Line
02/26/08 Sunday in the Park with George
03/01/08 Passing Strange
03/01/08 Is He Dead?
03/02/08 Farnsworth Invention
03/16/08 Next to Normal
03/18/08 August: Osage County
03/19/08 Falstaff
03/25/08 Gypsy
03/26/08 The Homecoming
04/02/08 Cry-Baby
04/12/08 Monty Python's Spamalot
04/29/08 Spring Awakening
05/04/08 Boeing Boeing
05/10/08 No, No, Nanette
05/13/08 A Catered Affair
05/20/08 Sunday in the Park with George
05/27/08 Altar Boyz
06/03/08 Adding Machine
06/08/08 Pirates of Penzance
06/08/08 In the Heights
06/10/08 H.M.S. Pinafore
06/11/08 Sunday in the Park with George
06/15/08 South Pacific
06/19/08 Sunday in the Park with George
06/24/08 Sunday in the Park with George
06/29/08 Sunday in the Park with George
07/01/08 Young Frankenstein
07/08/08 Tap City: Tap Forward
07/09/08 November
07/17/08 Marriage of Bette and Boo
07/31/08 Hair
08/02/08 Some Americans Abroad
08/05/08 [title of show]
08/25/08 Bash'd
09/01/08 [title of show]
09/04/08 Rent
09/06/08 The Little Mermaid
09/09/08 A Tale of Two Cities
09/23/08 Xanadu
09/25/08 A Man For All Seasons
10/01/08 Breakout
10/08/08 Speed-the-Plow
10/18/08 Chicago
10/25/08 13
10/29/08 Wintuk
11/04/08 39 Steps
11/05/08 Billy Elliot (David Alvarez)
11/19/08 Billy Elliot (Kiril Kulish)
11/22/08 Road Show
11/30/08 Forbidden Broadway
12/03/08 Road Show
12/04/08 White Christmas


Top 10 for the year:
1. Sunday in the Park with George
2. South Pacific
3. Putnam County Spelling Bee
4. Road Show
5. Next to Normal
6. Gypsy
7. Billy Elliot
8. Boeing Boeing
9. August: Osage County
10. In the Heights

The bottom 5:
1. The Fantasticks
2. Cymbeline
3. Some Americans Abroad
4. The Homecoming
5. A Chorus Line

Updated On: 1/2/09 at 11:49 PM

Wow kudos to all those that have the dates for all there shows...I wish I could remember all the dates...I have all the playbills but I don't feel like getting them out so I will just list the shows

Rent-6 times
Wicked-2 times
Spamalot-2 times
Spring Awakening-2 times
Crybaby
Hairspray
13

Grease just saw it today so it's really 2009 but it was great so I had to mention it

I think that may be it as I spent a lot of time seeing Rent before it closed!

January 22 - Young Frankenstein
January 23 - Phantom of the Opera
June 24 - Young Frankenstein
June 25 - Gypsy
June 26 - Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy
August 24 - Young Frankenstein
October 11 - Young Frankenstein
Ocober 12 - Spamalot
October 18 - Young Frankenstein
October 26 - Young Frankenstein
November 2 - Young Frankenstein
November 5 - In The Heights
November 9 - Young Frankenstein
November 16 - Young Frankenstein
November 23 - Young Frankenstein (Christopher Fitzgerald's last show)
December 6 - Young Frankenstein
December 13 - Young Frankenstein
December 14 - Spamalot

Updated On: 1/6/09 at 01:17 AM

Shows I saw in 2008... that I remember:

Broadway:
Gypsy
In the Heights
August: Osage County
Sunday in the Park...
Spring Awakening
Equus
[title of show] (x2 w/ closing)
South Pacific

Off-Broadway:
Next to Normal

Tour:
Avenue Q
Sweeney Todd
Drowsy Chaperone
Jersey Boys
A Chorus Line

Regional:
The Last 5 Years
Speech and Debate
A Christmas Carol
Little Shop of Horrors

School Productions:
Anything Goes
The Bible: The Complete Works of God (abridged)
Sly Fox
Halfway Up the Tree

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You asked for it...

1. The Homecoming 1/4
2. The Little Mermaid 1/12
3. Curtains 1/16
4. Rock n Roll 1/18
5. Next to Normal 1/25
6. Come Back, Little Sheba 1/26
7. Next to Normal 1/27
8. Grace 2/1
9. Next to Normal 2/5
10. Next to Normal 2/9
11. Billy Elliot 2/16 (London)
12. The Vertical Hour 2/16 (London)
13. Next to Normal 2/19
14. Next to Normal 2/21
15. Next to Normal 2/22
16. Next to Normal 2/23
17. Next to Normal 2/28
18. Next to Normal 3/4
19. Next to Normal 3/7
20. Next to Normal 3/11
21. Next to Normal 3/15
22. Next to Normal 3/16
23. Passing Strange 3/20
24. Cry-Baby 3/21
25. Young Frankenstein 3/23
26. Chicago 3/30
27. Hairspray 4/3
28. Broadway By The Year, 1954 4/7
29. Alice and Emily @ The Kennedy Center 4/11
30. Curtains 4/17
31. The Black Dahlia Reading 4/28
32. Sunday In The Park With George 5/10
33. Broadway By The Year, 1965 5/12
34. Saved! 5/17
35. Sunday In The Park With George 5/24
36. In The Heights 5/30
37. Broadway Her Way ~ Emily Skinner's NYC cabaret debut @ Feinstein's 6/1
38. Gypsy ~ 6/6
39. Broadway Her Way ~ Emily Skinner @ Feinstein's 6/8
40. Wicked ~ 6/13
41. Gypsy ~ 6/14
42. Sunday In The Park With George ~ 6/14
43. Broadway By The Year, 1979 ~ 6/16
44. The Who's Tommy ~ 6/21 matinee (LA)
45. The Who's Tommy ~ 6/21 evening (LA)
46. The Who's Tommy ~ 6/22 (LA)
47. Mary Poppins ~ 6/28
48. Sunday In The Park With George ~ 6/29
49. Gypsy ~ 7/5
50. Some Americans Abroad ~ 7/6
51. Gypsy ~ 7/11
52. Damn Yankees ~ 7/13
53. Young Frankenstein ~ 7/16
54. Gypsy ~ 7/19
55. In The Heights ~ 7/20
56. Rent ~ 7/20
57. Broadway's Rising Stars ~ 7/21
58. A Catered Affair ~ 7/26
59. Jersey Boys ~ 7/26
60. [title of show] ~ 7/27
61. Broadway Her Way ~ Emily Skinner @ Signature Open House ~ 8/2 (including both shows on this one) (VA)
62. Variations on the Bard ~ 8/4
63. [title of show] ~ 8/7
64. Gypsy ~ 8/15
65. A Tale of Two Cities ~ 8/27
66. Ace ~ 8/30 (VA)
67. Ace ~ 8/31 matinee (VA)
68. Ace ~ 8/31 evening (VA)
69. Little Fish Release Party ~ 9/8
70. Ripley Live! ~ 9/8
71. Lance Horne, 9/9 @ 9 ~ 9/9
72. A Man For All Seasons ~ 9/12
73. Fifty Words ~ 9/19
74. Equus ~ 9/25
75. Ace ~ 9/27 matinee (VA)
76. Ace ~ 9/27 evening (VA)
77. Ace ~ 9/28 matinee (VA)
78. Ace ~ 9/28 evening (VA)
79. A Tale of Two Cities ~ 9/30
80. Tom Kitt and Friends ~ 10/6
81. Broadway Originals ~ 10/19
82. The Seagull ~ 10/25
83. In The Heights ~ 10/27
84. Ripley @ Arlene's Grocery ~ 11/5
85. Shrek ~ 11/8
86. Pal Joey ~ 11/14
87. Shrek ~ 11/18
88. Hillary: A Modern Greek Tragedy With A (Somewhat) Happy Ending ~ 11/22
89. Julia Murney @ Joe's Pub ~ 11/24
90. Shrek ~ 11/28
91. Next to Normal ~ 12/6 matinee (VA)
92. Next to Normal ~ 12/13 evening (VA)
93. Next to Normal ~ 12/14 matinee (VA)
94. Next to Normal ~ 12/14 evening (VA)
95. Tristan und Isolde ~ 12/20
95. White Christmas ~ 12/22

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Updated On: 1/4/09 at 06:53 PM