#101
Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:31am
Phantom of the Opera in Montreal in 1993.
What was the first musical you saw? — Page 5
#102
Posted: 10/13/04 at 11:34am
1776 with my Junior High School history class. And I've been hooked ever since.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Updated On: 10/13/04 at 11:34 AM
#103
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:05pm
the phantom of the opera , january 1990.
#104
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:10pm
Two posts from Miriam this week - this is cause for GREAT rejoicing!!! 
#105
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:24pm
My first musical was "The Music Man" with Peter Marshall in the 1970s. I remember going backstage with my family to get his autograph.
#106
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:29pm
42nd Street when I was 23 months old, ALMOST 2 and I sat through the whole thing and didn't move! I have been to over 300 shows since then. I am definitly a theater baby!
It started with a sipmle idea, collecting one paper clip for every life lost, the feelings that connect us...are greater than those that divide us!
#107
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:47pm
Mine was The Magic Show too.
I can't remember if it was Doug Henning or Lance Burton, but I know it was the second one, and it was at the Cort Theatre.
I can't remember if it was Doug Henning or Lance Burton, but I know it was the second one, and it was at the Cort Theatre.
#108
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:49pm
Bea Lillie taking "fifty bows" was part of the "Talking To You" number in HIGH SPIRITS.
At the end of the "official" ending of song, Lillie took bow AFTER bow--each one in the style of a different Broadway Diva--Ethel Barrymore, Tallulah Bankhead, Gertrude Lawrence, etc.
That sure is one UNIQUE moment in musical theater history and is probably why the only reason HIGH SPIRITS is still remembered today.
By the way, the 1964 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical was a VERY TOUGH pick: Carol Channing in HELLO, DOLLY!; Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL and Beatrice Lillie in HIGH SPIRITS. Award went to Channing.
At the end of the "official" ending of song, Lillie took bow AFTER bow--each one in the style of a different Broadway Diva--Ethel Barrymore, Tallulah Bankhead, Gertrude Lawrence, etc.
That sure is one UNIQUE moment in musical theater history and is probably why the only reason HIGH SPIRITS is still remembered today.
By the way, the 1964 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical was a VERY TOUGH pick: Carol Channing in HELLO, DOLLY!; Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL and Beatrice Lillie in HIGH SPIRITS. Award went to Channing.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#109
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:51pm
don't remember.....it was some high school musical.
the first musical i saw on broadway was FOSSE.
the first musical i saw on broadway was FOSSE.
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
#110
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:54pm
Jesus Christ Superstar - Original Broadway Cast
#111
Posted: 10/13/04 at 12:56pm
Hi Once...,
Did you know that PEGGY-ANN was the FIRST (and maybe ONLY) musical based on ANOTHER musical--TILLIE'S NIGHTMARE(1910)which had a big hit song "Heaven Will Protect The Working Girl."
By the way, the finale of PEGGY-ANN was a dance performed in semi-darkness.
Did you know that PEGGY-ANN was the FIRST (and maybe ONLY) musical based on ANOTHER musical--TILLIE'S NIGHTMARE(1910)which had a big hit song "Heaven Will Protect The Working Girl."
By the way, the finale of PEGGY-ANN was a dance performed in semi-darkness.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#112
Posted: 10/13/04 at 1:06pm
Annie w/ Shelley Bruce (McArdle's replacement)
followed by:
Peter Pan
Pirates of Penzance
Chorus line
after that, I have no idea.
followed by:
Peter Pan
Pirates of Penzance
Chorus line
after that, I have no idea.
Thank you so much Fair. You are such a "Bewitching" HUSSY! -(DAME 12/2)
#113
Posted: 10/13/04 at 1:08pm
Marc,
Was Ben Vereen as terrific as he sounds on recording?
Was Ben Vereen as terrific as he sounds on recording?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#114
Posted: 10/13/04 at 1:11pm
PIPPIN. I'm sure I some regional stuff before, but my first show on Broadway was Pippin...
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
#115
Posted: 10/13/04 at 1:18pm
Broadway - A Chorus Line, Sept., 1975.
#116
Posted: 10/13/04 at 1:53pm
WOW DOUGLAS!
You saw Donna McKechnie, Priscilla Lopez, Carole Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Sammy Williams, etc. etc. etc.!
I WOULD DIE A HAPPY MAN IF I'D SAW THAT PERFORMANCE! :)
You saw Donna McKechnie, Priscilla Lopez, Carole Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Sammy Williams, etc. etc. etc.!
I WOULD DIE A HAPPY MAN IF I'D SAW THAT PERFORMANCE! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#117
Posted: 10/13/04 at 2:02pm
I saw it as well.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#118
Posted: 10/13/04 at 2:16pm
Who remembers that insulting, trivial, insane, non-entertainment waste of negatives (have I used enough negative adjectives?) :) film version of A CHORUS LINE?
My "favorite" part: Turning "What I Did About Love" from love song to theater to love song to human.
The Supreme Court should sentence murderers to sit through film 50 times--it would work better than ANY death penalty! :)
My "favorite" part: Turning "What I Did About Love" from love song to theater to love song to human.
The Supreme Court should sentence murderers to sit through film 50 times--it would work better than ANY death penalty! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#119
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:35pm
Broadway: Phantom
before that just a bunch of community theatre and national tours
before that just a bunch of community theatre and national tours
"as good or quite likely better than any other show with killer rabbits and a legless knight opening on Broadway this season."
-Eric Idle on SPAMALOT
#120
Posted: 10/13/04 at 4:37pm
Beauty & The Beast...Ive always LOVED the movie and the show was almost better! It was a thrilling experience!
#121
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:26pm
A regional production of Me and My Girl.
My first Broadway show was Little Shop of Horrors... very disappointing. But I saw Avenue Q, Wicked, Hairspray and Gypsy too, so the rest of the shows were great!
My first Broadway show was Little Shop of Horrors... very disappointing. But I saw Avenue Q, Wicked, Hairspray and Gypsy too, so the rest of the shows were great!
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#122
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:28pm
movie: west side story
broadway: dreamgirls
broadway: dreamgirls
#123
Posted: 10/13/04 at 6:30pm
Yes, Mary_Ethel, that's who I saw - and as Margo has pointed out to Robbie before, when you set a bar that high, it can be treacherous going from there on out
#124
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:10pm
bj...
I loved ME AND MY GIRL... especially "The Lambert Walk"! Too bad nobody seems to be doing it anymore--maybe because role of Bill Snibson is so EXHAUSTING and therefore hard to cast?
I loved ME AND MY GIRL... especially "The Lambert Walk"! Too bad nobody seems to be doing it anymore--maybe because role of Bill Snibson is so EXHAUSTING and therefore hard to cast?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#125
Posted: 10/13/04 at 7:12pm
And by the way, I try not to think about the Chorus Line movie, much less talk about it!
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