What was your first and last show?- Page 3

Posted: 6/25/03 at 10:44pm

First: Floradora at the Casino Theatre

Just kidding, of course....

First: Company, National company, Julie Wilson & George Chakaris
First on B'way: A Little Night Music (2x including last perf.)
Last on B'way: Hairspray
Last to day: Once Upon a Time in New Jersey

Yours for a better Broadway

[Belter]

Posted: 6/26/03 at 4:28am

First live musical ever: Annie Get Your Gun
First play I was in: Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
First tour of a play: Frank Langella's Dracula in San Francisco
First tour of a musical: Beatlemania
Show that inspired me to be an actress: A Chorus Line, first national tour, San Francisco
First Broadway show in NYC: Phantom of the Opera, OBC, May 1988
Last Broadway show seen: Movin' Out
Last show seen: Over the Rainbow, the lyrics of E.Y. Harburg at the Lucille Lortel
Show I've seen the most: Man of La Mancha. Never on Bdway, though. My brother plays Don Quixote all the time.
Favorite musical I never saw on Broadway: Sweeney Todd
Only sitting President of the US I've ever seen: Gerald Ford (at the Iowa State Fair, 1974) ... wait, no one asked that!! LOL


There's an advantage to waiting to answer a question!! LOL

[scooter38432]

Posted: 6/26/03 at 7:17am

First Broadway show: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT ... starring David Cassidy (1982?)

Last Broadway show: NINE (current revival)

[lensman]

Posted: 6/26/03 at 9:47am

I know the first show I saw in New York was Godspell. I don't know if that qualifies as a "Broadway" show 'cause it was w a y uptown at the time. ('75)

Last show is tougher to remember... I think the Marilyn Monroe musical, just before it closed. (I've seen a lot of stuff, just before it closed... maybe I'm a jinx? Nah, stuff's managed to close without me being around!)

[bongoboy]

Posted: 6/26/03 at 12:34pm

First: Raisin
Last: Long Day's Journey
Next: Nine & Gypsy (This weekend)
Most: Rent (4 times)

[NBC]

Posted: 6/26/03 at 12:52pm

First: The Wiz - though I also saw a tour of Lorelei somewhere at some point - God does that date me - that might have been first, it's a little hazy...but The Wiz is the first Broadway show!
Last: Movin' Out
Next: hopefully Man of LaMancha
Most: Chicago (the revival)

[WTripleThreat]

Posted: 6/26/03 at 1:00pm

first: AIDA
last: Lion King
next: Phantom of the Opera or The Producers
waiting for: Hairspray and Wicked

i got a late start.....

Updated On: 6/26/03 at 01:00 PM

Posted: 6/26/03 at 11:23pm

Well I love my parents for exposing me to the magic early!
First: The Paper Bag players (I was 3)
I remember running around the apt singing "What came first the chicken or the egg." My parents knew I would be hooked.
First Broadway: Hair(5 ) Open minded parents
Last: Star F*CKers- Pass the Captin Crunch Updated On: 6/26/03 at 11:23 PM

[Amneris]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 12:40pm

First: Starlight Express at the age of 5
Last: Hairspray 4-6 shows a week

[ShineOn]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 2:33pm

First: "Chicago" (OBC revival, when I was 12)
Last: "Chicago" (*sigh* That doesn't sound good on my behalf... I also saw "Gypsy" and "Urinetown" last week -- "Chicago" just happened to be the last thing I saw last week.)

MANY a musical in between. I'm seeing "Nine" next Thursday and trying for "Long Day's Journey."

[mcphan19]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 2:38pm

First show: Fiddler on the Roof (1990)
Last show: Les Mis (the second to last performance)
Next: possibly Aida or Phantom

Here's another question - what show have you seen the most times? For me, it's Phantom - 14 (and counting)

Jen

[ShineOn]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 2:56pm

I've seen "Chicago" the most -- 12 times.

I've seen "Millie" 9 times, which is alarming, considering it hasn't been open as long as "Chicago."

I've seen "Urinetown" 5 times. There have been other shows I've seen multiple times... (*cries as she remembers Albertine*) Granted, some I may not be so proud about, but saw it more than once all the same.

I'm so going to "Millie" this week. *sighs* Must... see... Marc... =O

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 3:01pm

I rarely see shows multiple times. I don't have the discretionary income to do so, and there are so many new shows (counting off-B'way and cabaret and academic and regional) to see. I do see shows again if performers of interest have joined the cast.

For instance, how is Leslie Uggams in MILLIE?!?!

P.S. I do watch reruns on TV over and over again. Go figure.

Posted: 6/27/03 at 3:28pm

First show - Les Miserables 1990 Pantages Theatre Hollywood CA with Garry Morris as Valjean

Last Show - Miss Saigon Newly Vamped national Tour Pasadena CA.

Next Show - Who knows? Maybe The Producers, CA.

[CJR]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 3:39pm

Chicago I have seen at a high number I am unwilling to disclose.

There are very few shows I have only seen once.. actually I think there are only two shows that I only saw once while they were open -- Noises Off and The Dinner Party

[NBC]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 3:51pm

I have also seen Chicago a ludicrous number of times, and I, too, am unwilling to disclose.

The Rocky Horror Show comes in at this point a distant second, and I'm not disclosing that number, either!

I've seen La Boheme, Lion King, Mamma Mia, Beauty and the Beast and Phantom only once each, but I think all the other musicals currently playing I've seen at least twice. (Except Rent, which I haven't gotten around to yet.) Sometimes because of cast changes, or sometimes because I've only seen it in previews and I want to know how it's changed since then. (Though with the exception of Chicago all my viewing numbers are still in the single digits!)

But it was Rocky Horror which started me on my downward spiral, before that the show I'd seen the most was still Chicago...a whopping four times.

Updated On: 6/27/03 at 03:51 PM

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 3:53pm

I have heard recordings of Gary Morris but never seen him act (has he done any musical theatre besides LES MIZ and LA BOHEME---Ronstandt as opposed to Luhrman version?). Is he still recording pop songs in Nashville? what kind of stage presence did he have? his voice is really incredible...

[LifeOnStage]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 4:08pm

um, the most I've seen of a show is twice. The show was "Epic Proportions". I usually don't see shows more than once because I live so very far away from NYC so it is very rare that I go to see a show more than once. How I got to see "Epic Proportions" twice was because Kristin Chenoweth was sick the first time I saw it and my dad felt sorry that I missed seeing her.

[Deannaizme]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 4:13pm

I've seen Cabaret (the current revival) 5 times -- 4 times in San Francisco when it was on tour, and once in New York on Broadway. That's the most I've seen one show.

~D

[BudFrump23]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 5:32pm

Let's see...

First: Rent
Last: Hairspray
Next: Thoroughly Modern Millie

[flaemmchen]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 6:17pm

First show: Sunset Blvd.
Last show: Hairspray

Nine (second time!) is my next one: this coming Thursday!!!!

[Phantom05]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 6:55pm

First Touring Show: The Phantom Of The Opera
Last Touring Show: Beauty And The Beast
Next Touring Show That I Will See: Miss Saigon

First Broadway Show: The Phantom Of The Opera
Last Broadway Show: Dance of the Vampires
Next Broadway Show That I Will See: Hairspray

[SONDHEIM8]

Posted: 6/27/03 at 7:27pm

GARY MORRIS was outstanding as Valjean. He has a rich powerful voice that I must confessed surprised me. He really should do more Broadway shows

Posted: 6/27/03 at 11:42pm

Most times: Forbidden Bway 7 times
Millie: 4 times

[PJ]

Posted: 6/28/03 at 10:35pm

First show: Grease touring version
First Broadway Show in NYC: Cabaret w/ Heather Laws (u/s) and Raul Esparza.
Last Broadway Show in NYC: Cabaret (haven't been back since early December)
Next Show: hopefully Gypsy