What's the Broadway show you've seen most? How many times have you seen it?

[bigrab1018]

What's the Broadway show you've seen most? How many times have you seen it?#0

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:47pm

Wicked - 4

"Billy, put down that phylactery...we're Episcopalian." - Spelling Bee

Updated On: 1/16/06 at 04:47 PM

[xM3L24x]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#1

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:48pm

rent

[Thesbijean]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#2

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:49pm

Chicago - 8 Times
Rent - 6 Times

[luvtheEmcee]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#3

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:51pm

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 11.

Don't laugh at me.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[iliketheater]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#4

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:52pm

Rent ... about 6 times
42nd Street (Revival) ... almost a dozen times

[MargoChanning]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#5

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:57pm

I only saw CHITTY once, but by the end I felt like I'd sat through it 11 times.

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

[luvtheEmcee]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#6

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:58pm

Hush, Margo.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[hen88]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#7

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:01pm

Unfortunately, it's Les Mis. I lost count, but I think I ended up seeing it 8 times. That's more than 24 hours spent on Les Mis. A runner up would be the Broadway production of Closer, which I saw 4 times. Otherwise, the most I have ever seen a show is twice. Twice is usually good enough for me. Though I think I could see the current Sweeney Todd again and again and again...

[GYPSY1527]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#8

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:02pm

I saw GYPSY 6 times and Avenue Q 5 times (the 5th being this Friday.

Happy...Everything! Kaye Thompson

[OasisBroadway]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#9

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:02pm

RENT - 15 (give or take, I kind of lost count) over the past 9 years

[Piazzaslight]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#10

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:12pm

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Twice. Why is this show getting such a bad rep on this sight? I mean, true, the second time I saw it, it lost quite some steam it had when I first saw it, but still. Why?

MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza

"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel

[pab]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#11

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:22pm

"I only saw CHITTY once, but by the end I felt like I'd sat through it 11 times."

Yep, that's I felt about Chitty as well.

I would say "A Chorus Line" and "The Wiz" followed closely by "Dreamgirls", "Ain't Misbehavin'" (friend in the show) and "Rent".

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

[JulianHookbucks]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#12

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:24pm

42nd Street... twice...

as of now... but in a little while, I think I'll probably making trips to New York more often than that.

that's a really big mic...

[CaTheatreGirl]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#13

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:26pm

The Producers and The Phantom of the Opera. Both more than 10 times each over a number of years and in various cities across the US. I've lost count and would rather not remember exactly how many times it was.
Updated On: 12/20/05 at 05:26 PM

[pab]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#14

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:31pm

"PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - Twice. Why is this show getting such a bad rep on this sight? I mean, true, the second time I saw it, it lost quite some steam it had when I first saw it, but still. Why?'

Some people on this board love Phantom. Others, like myself, think that it's a big boring musical, typical of a much of the work of ALW, post "Evita". It all comes down to taste and personal opinion. Don't sweat it. If you like it that's cool. Differing opinions make for a more interesting world.

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

[TBone]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#15

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:34pm

Ragtime - 12
Lennon - 9

[Fantabulous428]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#16

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:36pm

RENT - 7, I think.

I recognize the addiction to being alive.

[Piazzaslight]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#17

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:39pm

Thanks Pab!

MARGARET: "Clara, stop that. That's illegal." - The Light in the Piazza

"I'm not in Bambi and I'm not blonde!" - Idina Menzel

[Johnnytoc]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#18

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:45pm

Chitty: 3
Emcee...I'm really rather jealous :0P

[sally1112]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#19

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:46pm

Rent 3 in NYC and 3 more times w/ touring companies. Two of the three broadway shows included the beautiful and talented Cary Shields.

[popular_elphie]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#20

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:53pm

All Shook Up - 14. And I loved each one.

[thetheatrekook]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#21

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:57pm

chitty's my top too...i think i saw it...6? 7 times? i don't remember. rent comes in second at 4.

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[chealion313]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#22

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:59pm

Rent-19 times
Hairspray - 4

Off Broadway-Altar Boyz-7 times

[Dre2387]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#23

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:08pm

Les Mis and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- tied at 4 each.

except DRS will soon be 5. seeing John's last show.

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[elmore3003]

re: What's the Broadway show you've seen most?#24

Posted: 12/20/05 at 6:17pm

Original cast of SWEENEY TOOD with Lansbury and Cariou, which I saw 7 or 8 times. After their last performance, I quit going to it. I've seen RENT now around 6 times.