What's the most number of times you've seen one show? — Page 4

Winston wants you to know that he used to be a RENThead but he's all right now.

You're right though, there's a reason we go back to things, and there's no reason to feel shame either. I may not be a massive RENThead anymore either, but I'm still happy and proud that my very first Broadway show was 'RENT'.

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I guess I'm one of those obsessive people who sees the same shows many times. I love seeing understudies and replacement casts. I had hoped one of the people who had seen RENT 150 times in the past year would have posted before me but I've seen it about 60 times since 2001.

I've only been seeing shows regularly for about 2 years and I try to see everything new I can but I love bringing people to shows that I have seen and loved. I have seen Spelling Bee, ACL, Passing Strange, ItH, Xanadu, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, Legally Blonde and Altar Boyz multiple times.

I saw Spelling Bee 6 times.

Wicked 14 times
Joseph 5 times
Spamalot, Avenue Q, Les Miserables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Lord of the Rings 4 times
And loads of others 3 times or less.

Do you all have to keep a tally once you get over ten times? It's hard for me to recall each time...I usually have to think of who I saw a particular show with or which theater or city I was in when I saw the show. After 5 or six times, it gets hard to remember, especially over 10 years or so like with RENT.

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1. Spring Awakening, 29. Don't wanna go back, though. New cast was not very good.
2. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, 29. 5 Broadway, 2 Tour.
3. Legally Blonde, 6.
4. The Wedding Singer, 6. 5 Broadway, 1 Tour.
5. A Chorus Line, 5.
6. Gypsy, 4. 3 Patti, 1 Bernadette.
7. Xanadu, 3.
8. Beauty and the Beast, 3. 2 Broadway, 1 London.
9. Rent, 3.
10. Spelling Bee, 3.
12. Curtains, 3.
13. Wicked, 3.

And a lot of shows I've seen twice.

Wicked- 21 but that is including tour and Chicago

[Title of Show] since its been on bway- 10

I've seen RENT 173 Times- it will have be 174 on Closing night. Going to be rather emotional. RENT isnt what it used to be- that's for sure. The line was 1/2 the experience- which you certainly don't get from the lotto.

I've seen a few other shows a handfull of times- Hairspray 5 or 6 times, but the only thing that comes close to rent is the Off-Broadway production of Bare which I saw 14 times.

Gator: I've kept a scrapbook since July '06 so I can guarantee total accuracy with regards to everything I've seen since then. Amount of times seen, productions, cast, cost of ticket, everything. It's just everything I went to see beforehand that's sunk into the ether. Mostly productions of 'Blood Brothers' and 'Joseph' though, so I don't miss them too much. :3

Don't know about everyone else though. Maybe they blog it. I've often thought how useful my blog will one day be if I'm ever arrested and asked "where were you on the night of October 26th 2007?". "Gosh, officer, I was in the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, row E, seat 18, stalls. 'Henry V', and it was SMASHING. So whoever did that murder, wasn't me. "

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Legally Blonde (6): 3 times on Broadway, 2 times on MTV, 1 time in San Francisco

Beauty & the Beast (5): 2 times at the Palace, 2 times in the Lunt Fontanne, 1 time at the Surflight in LBI

The Drowsy Chaperone (4): All on Broadway, with the last two in December. Saw every replacement/ original cast member EXCEPT Edward Hibbert

Hair (4): Worked backstage, but still saw every performance at our High School from the wings.

The Will Rogers Follies (4): Surflight Theatre, all in the same Week, with John Davidson

Gypsy (3): Once with Patti's Production, Twice with Bernadette's Production.

The Fantasticks (3): Our Youth Theatre produced the show with four different casts. El Gallo in one, watched all of the other performances.

Mary Poppins (3): All on Broadway, including First Preview, 200th Performance, and Frist Kid's Night on Broadway Performance

The Phantom of the Opera (3): All on Broadway, always sat in Row B of the Mezzanine.

Wicked (3): All on Broadway, once during previews

Young Frankenstein (3): All on Broadway, once during early previews. Seen EVERY replacement/ original cast member thus far. Sat on every level of the Theatre for either one or both acts (3 acts Orchestra, 1 act in Dress Circle, 2 acts in Balcony).

Sweeney Todd- 5(3 Broadway (Including closing night), 1 Boston, 1 Denver)
Passing Strange- 4 (Including closing night)
The Producers- 3 (Including closing night)
Mauritius- 3 (Including closing night)
Drowsy Chaperone- 3
2: Seafarer, Company, Is He Dead?, Martin Short:Fame Becomes Me, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, Young Frankenstein, Curtains, November, August: Osage County

3 times
Wicked (tour x2, Broadway x1)
Saved

2 times
Xanadu
[title of show] (that number will definitely go up)

Take advantage of ruses/lottos people!!