What Is Your Viewing Record For A Broadway Show?

[ClapYo'Hands]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 2:46pm

There are many people who love certain shows so much they go back again and again (someone on WOS has seen Jersey Boys 130-odd times).

What is your largest viewing figure for a Broadway show?

And what show would you watch many times were it to open tomorrow and were you to have infinite funds?

[theatrefreak0109]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:08pm

5 times Wicked

as for a show that i would want to see an unlimited amount of times, it would be either Into the Woods, Wicked, or Gypsy.

[AC126748]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:13pm

Mine would be Proof, which was the first theatrical production to have a very profound effect on me. I saw the original Broadway production 23 times. Remember, this was back in the days when balcony seats were $20 and student tickets might have been slightly less. And if I really felt like splurging, I'd go to TKTS and get a half price orchestra ticket. Top tickets were about $75 then, so an orchestra seat via the TKTS booth could be had for $37.50. Hard to believe this was less than a decade ago!

Off-Broadway, I saw Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris thirteen times.

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:19pm

I dont think I've ever seen any particular show more than once (other than ones I was working on). I have my favourites, God knows: the original productions of NIGHT MUSIC, THE WIZ, the recent revival of FIDDLER... even WICKED has grown on me. But I wouldnt want to see any of them again, because that would wreck the magic. I'd be sitting there in anticipation of the next Big Moment That I Knew Was Coming instead of just allowing the show to work its wonder.

Now, oddly enough, if it's opera, that's something else altogether, and I suppose that's because in opera it's mostly about the performers, not the production. With cast changes, I could even endure the Taymor MAGIC FLUTE a few times more before running screaming from the house. But there, you're dealing with something that's been written and set: you know what arias are coming, so it's not like there's a whole lot of surprise ("You mean, he killed his daughter? Wow! I never saw that coming!" -- LOL).

[rougeduck]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:21pm

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson- 6 times. That lottery was just fantastic!

[wdwfreak]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:27pm

HAIR- 13 times, so far. I have 4 more tickets, and will be going about 5 other times with lottery.

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:32pm

Next to Normal 4 times, Spring Awakening 3 times

[Hannahbelle]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 3:46pm

Rent- 22 times

[dshnookie]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 4:17pm

In The Heights - 10
LuPone's Gypsy - 8

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:21pm

I've seen Les Miz over 50 times (tour and Broadway) and Jersey Boys over 30 times (tour, sit-downs and Broadway), but the most times I've ever seen a show actually on Broadway would be only twice each for Jersey Boys, Les Miz and Book of Mormon.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:33pm

<---------------- 74 times.

[AGermano]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:41pm

American Idiot - 17 times.
Every single performance was a different experience and I loved going over and over again.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 5:43pm

I think the most I've ever seen a Broadway production is 4 times. However, in the case of Bloody Bloody, I saw it 7 times at the Public (thanks to their amazing student rush policy) and 3 on Broadway.

Since I worked at Shakespeare in the Park this summer, I saw nearly every performance of both Measure for Measure and All's Well- I believe I only missed four performances total the entire summer.

[vegas2]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 6:26pm

A Chorus Line - 7 times.

It was the 70s, and I was young, and qualified for cheap seats!

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:03pm

A Little Night Music (2009 revival) - 12 times
Next to Normal - 11 times (once was on tour)
West Side Story (2009 revival) - 8 times
Chicago (revival) - 8 times

[OhTossums2]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:27pm

Spring Awakening 5 times

[lstbutifulgrl2]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:39pm

rent and rock of ages i'm in triple digits
american idiot was somewhere around 40
next to normal is somewhere around 30 if you count 2ST and DC
billy elliot was like 5
ITH is probably around 15

[quizking101]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:42pm

ANY show I've ever seen...1 Time.

I have a personal policy of seeing shows more than once because:

A) I have a very good memory and seeing a show where I already know the plot/twists/songs would be a bore.

B) I could be using that money to expand my horizons and see other shows.

[Marway44]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:56pm

"Phantom of the Opera", 138 times between Broadway and National tour, "Les Miserables, 158 times between Broadway and National tour and my other big one is "The Addams Family" at 62 and the National tour coming up will add even more!

[JMPlayer6]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 8:59pm

The most: The Producers, both for Boadway (three times, including the closing performance) and in general (six times).

Would see repeatedly given unlimited funds: None. Time itself is not limitless, and I have other interests, too.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 9:38pm

"A) I have a very good memory and seeing a show where I already know the plot/twists/songs would be a bore."

How would you know if you've never seen a show more than once?

I love seeing a production I'm fond of multiple times, because it's incredible seeing the growth and the changes the actors make.

[CurtisB]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 10:03pm

Next To Normal: 8 times

....everything else, once....with a few exceptions of seeing a show a second or third time

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 11:48pm

25x at American Idiot

[mamaleh]

Posted: 7/31/11 at 11:51pm

THE BOY FROM OZ, 20 times on Broadway and 4 times for the Australian arena stage tour Hugh J. did in '06,

Time well spent.

[dragonlp86]

Posted: 8/1/11 at 12:14am

Next to Normal: 5 times
In the Heights: 2 times

That's all I've got.