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What show have you seen the most times?
WhiJo Bloom
Swing Joined: 6/6/18
#25What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/11/18 at 10:54pm
Phantom of the Opera - 5
The Book of Mormon - 4
Wicked - 4
Jersey Boys - 4
Several twice mostly on tour. Though tbh I confess to going to Wicked because it was playing for such a long time on tour that I really just wanted to go see a theatre show and it happened to be the one playing and it would be too long to wait for the next one haha. Jersey Boys is one of the favs, and I'm still impressed a managed to get tickets to Book of Mormon so easily
#26What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/11/18 at 11:31pm
Wicked - 11
Book of Mormon - 10
Kinky Boots - 7
Waitress - 6
School of Rock - 6
Finding Neverland - 5
Pippin - 4
Way too many to list if I went into two's and three's. I'll never miss a chance to see Wicked, my first time was May 2010.
#27What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/11/18 at 11:33pmI saw Hedwig 50+ times. Ah the days of in person lotteries.
KathyNYC2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/10
#28What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/11/18 at 11:37pm
How does one see a show 33 times without getting bored? Do you focus on new things each time?"
Well I think the most I’ve ever seen a show on my own (not for work).... was Matilda with 35 times. This was when the in person lottery was $27. I wanted to see all the Matilda’s. I wound up seeing 17 out of 19...some more than once. I’ve also seen Kinky Boots a lot.
I never really get bored. It’s live theater. Something or someone is always new and interesting...or seeing the same performers improve over time is very rewarding.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#29What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/11/18 at 11:52pm
Phantom of the Opera is the only show that I've seen more than a couple of times (I'm not counting seeing multiple productions of the same title). It's the show that started my theatre obsession back in the very early 90s. My first viewing was the tour on its first stop in Cleveland back in 94, with repeats in Cleveland in 97/98 (I can't remember for sure which, just that it was my senior year of high school) and again in 2010 (one of its final stops). I saw the Toronto production once, and have seen it on Broadway three times.
I finally saw the new tour a few weeks ago, and will probably need to go see it again on Broadway sometime soon so I can rid myself of (most of) the memories of that tour (there were a few performances I liked in the current touring cast, but boy was there a lot wrong with it as well).
There aren't very many other shows that I've bought tickets for to see multiple times on Broadway (I recently spent a year and a half working in the office for one of the merch companies, so there are some shows that I've seen a LOT, but not necessarily by choice).
StephieElise
Featured Actor Joined: 11/12/12
#30What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 5:53amWicked - 4 times, 3 of which I was a naive 17 year old who had only seen 1 other professional musical previously. Next are Kinky Boots, King Kong and Xanadu with 3 times.
Br0adway
Stand-by Joined: 9/11/17
#31What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:11am
OOTI- 3
Aladdin- 3
Anastasia- 2
Waitress- 2
Dear Evan Hansen- 2
Everything else I’ve only seen once.
By the end of this year, I’ll have seen OOTI 5 times and the first time I saw it was September. Mostly seeing it multiple times to see Hailey before she leaves (I’m 0/3 so far).
If I’m being honest, I only saw Waitress for Katharine McPhee otherwise, I wouldn’t have seen it at all.
mailhandler777
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/15/15
#32What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:21am
jbird5 said: "Waitress- 8 times
Once with Jessie
Twice with Sara
Once with Stephanie when Sara was out
Once on tour (Desi was out) Grace Van Arsdale?
Three times with Kat
Would love to see it with Nicolette but there’s so much competition right now
"
Grace Stockdale.
Hi, I'm Val. Formerly DefyGravity777(I believe)
mmFan
Broadway Star Joined: 10/13/03
#33What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:43am
Mamma Mia - 25 times
Wicked - 8 times
Rent - haven't counted but probably around 7 times
Others I have repeated 3x or more...Les Miserable, We Will Rock You, Matilda
#34What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:46am
Bwayfan292 said: "veraclaythorne2 said: "SpongeBob -33(No regrets.)
The ones right behind it:
Cabaret (1998 revival) - 6
Hamilton and Twelfth Night (2013 - also saw it in London 3x in 10 yrs)- 5
American Psycho and The Color Purple revival - 4
AP might have been up there in competition with SB had it not closed."
How does one see a show 33 times without getting bored? Do you focus on new things each time?"
I don't think I'll ever see another show that many times, but SpongeBob, somehow, for too many reasons to list, was everything I love about live theatre. It felt like it was made for me.
There was also an element of being supportive - I never expected to like it in the first place, and was I wrong!
Seeing so many times did allow me to discover new things every time. I also got to experience most of the understudies and swings in different roles (always a joy), recognize and enjoy slight mishaps, and most of all - I got to be there when my friends, family, and students experienced it. Goodness, even being around strangers who were having a ball; it's infectious joy.
7thbighero
Stand-by Joined: 11/9/15
#35What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:52am
Between the 05 tour, various high school, regional and community productions, as well as performances I’ve been lin 30+ for Little Shop of Horrors
Book of Mormon 18 times. 12 with the Latter Day Tour (the best cast I saw it with), 5 with Jumamosi, and 1 on bway
Wicked 13
Once on this Island 5
aj88
Featured Actor Joined: 3/18/15
#36What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 8:48am
When factoring in regional theatres, I've seen Fiddler on the Roof more than any other musical. Probably around 11 times (and that includes the 2004 revival...I missed that Danny Burstein one even though I am living here now).
I very seldom see a show more than once, usually because I just think time (and money) is precious. Even some of the shows I have seen more than once were more for the other person rather than my own desire to rush to it again.
The winners are the original production of RAGTIME and the 1998 revival of CABARET, which I managed to see three times each.
TWO TIMES:
The Producers (the 2nd time was with a school group, first time by choice)
Wicked (same as The Producers)
Hairspray
A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (took a friend the second time)
Something Rotten (same as Gentleman's Guide)
Side Show revival (same as above)
I think that is it actually. My ex REALLY loved Side Show and Something Rotten so that played a lot into it.
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#37What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 10:26am
This is only counting Broadway productions, not tours, regionals, London, etc.:
The Phantom of the Opera 71
Chicago 29
Les Miserables 16 (original and two revivals)
Rent 13
Avenue Q 12
Spring Awakening (2006 version) 9
Hamilton 5 (+6 in Chicago)
Not surprisingly, Phantom is the show I've seen the most outside of Broadway too, including London, high school, college, Las Vegas, original tour, and new tour.
#38What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 10:28amI've seen both Book of Mormon and Les Miz around 70 times. Jersey Boys is somewhere in the area of 50.
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#39What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 10:35am
Come From Away - 10
A Chorus Line revival - 9
Chicago - 6
Book of Mormon - 6
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#40What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 10:47am
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Part 1 & 2 - 22 (technically Part 2 1 more time)
Hamilton - 11
Dear Evan Hansen - 10
Once on This Island (revival) - 10
Mean Girls - 10
#41What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 11:05am
Matilda - 7 times
Anything Goes (2011) - 4 times
Groundhog Day - 4 times
Many others I've seen twice or three times.
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ActorGuyIL
Understudy Joined: 12/12/11
#42What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 11:28am
I think it's a tie between Phantom and the new Dolly 6 times each (NY and tours). Chicago revival is in second place at 5 viewings (London/Chicago/NY/TX).
Alex172005
Chorus Member Joined: 2/13/18
#43What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 11:51am
The Book of Mormon 7 times. I'm from a town far from NY (about 2000 miles) and at least 2.5 hours from any town that has a theatre that hosts touring productions, so 7 is actually quite a lot of times for me to see a show. It's difficult to get repeat viewings in for me since my time in NY is so precious, but I fell in love with BoM when I first saw it back in 2011. A couple of the repeat viewings was to take friends.
#44What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 2:35pm
Les Miserables
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Captainj10
Swing Joined: 11/12/18
#45What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 2:52pmI'm new to the Broadway world so I only saw beautiful twice when Melissa Benoist was in it. One at Anastasia n plan seeing it again soon.
#46What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:01pm
Hedwig 7 times (2 NPH, 2 JCM, 1 each AR, MCH, and TD) plus once on the road
Hamilton 6 times (2 LMM, 1 Javi, 2 Michael, 1 other sub) plus once on the road.
Of course we have to come from Boston to see all those NYC shows
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#47What show have you seen the most times?
Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:12pm
I am not into seeing a show more than once so the few shows I have seen multiple times it is because I am attending it with somebody who had never seen the show. I saw "Movin Out" three times so that is the show I have seen the most. There are probably about six or seven shows I have seen twice.
Kelley10
Swing Joined: 5/24/17
#48BOM
Posted: 11/12/18 at 6:49pm
I've seen THE BOOK OF MORMON - 28 times. I paid full price 4 times and won the lottery 24 times. I have a Playbill for each time. 95% the show is on, so I'm pretty much guaranteed a good time. I've become a pretty good judge of a BOM audience and they themselves can be quite the Rush!. Great Show!!!!!
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#49BOM
Posted: 11/12/18 at 7:23pm
When I was younger (and mostly lived in NJ), I always wanted to see everything, which kept report visits down to a reasonable level. Living in Florida now, that is even more the case. Even so...stopped at 5 that I can recall...
Follies -- 11
Hello, Dolly -- 10
Mame -- 9
Gypsy -- 9 (6 with Angela Lansbury)
Les Miserables -- 8 that I can recall, but I think it was probably more, since I can recall 7 outside of NYC
The Apple Tree -- 9 (if you count only seeing Acts 2 and 3 for 4 times...I was young enough that I didn't actually enjoy Act 1 that much, so sneaking in for Acts 2 and 3 started after seeing it 4 times. Only went to see it so many times because of Barbara Harris' performance.
A Little Night Music -- 8
Chicago -- 7
Cabaret -- 7
The King and I -- 6 or 7
Kinky Boots -- 6
Phantom -- 6
Wicked -- 6
Sweeney Todd -- 6
Dreamgirls -- only 5 times, but all with Jennifer Holliday
Man of La Mancha -- 5
South Pacific -- 5
Over Here -- 5
1776 -- 5
My Fair Lady -- 5
Promises! Promises! -- and NEVER has a show aged so badly
Streetcar -- 5
Long Day's Journey -- 5
Evita -- 5
Chess -- 5 (the worst was the Broadway version, none were perfect, the score was the reason to go).
Cant think of any others that I saw 5 times, although there probably were others
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