You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Joined: 12/31/69
You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#0
Posted: 7/10/04 at 3:36pm
If you could go back in time to any Opening Night of any ONE Broadway show (straight play or musical), which would it be and why?
"Only one to a custahmah," please.
(Hey, it's Saturday afternoon and I'm in the office.
Go figure.)
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#1
Posted: 7/10/04 at 3:54pmI would love to see the opening night of Brooklyn.
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#2
Posted: 7/10/04 at 3:58pm
And I would love to see the opening of The Play What I Wrote!
Meg
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#3
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:03pmSorry, I cant pick just one: I would love to go to Wicked, BFO, hairspray, Nine (revival), Avenue Q, and the Producers. Cant just pick one! =D
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#4
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:06pm
Taboooooooooo!!
I was there opening preview night and it was really awesome cause everyone was dressed up or had 80's clothes on.
But I would have loved to be there for the official opening when all the celebrities were there and the atmosphere was prob. crazy! :)
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#5
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:08pm
Anyone Can Whistle. Because I love the show, and by the end, I would have the entire theater to myself. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/03
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#6
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:09pmAs much as I love my Barbra I would love to see opening night of My Fair Lady with Julie Andrews.
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#7
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:10pmSimple. Gypsy with Ethel.
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#9
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:25pmGypsy with Ethel (or maybe Can-Can to see Gwen Verdon's famous opening night showstopper).
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#10
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:25pmCARRIE with the critics
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#12
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:41pmI remember seeing "The Gin Game" when it held its pre-Broadway tryout in Boston and thinking, "This is going to win the Pulitzer." I would have enjoyed being in the NY opening night audience to see history being made. Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn were magic. What a privilege to have seen them together.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#13
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:56pm
Phantom - absolutely.
A click for life.
mamie4 5/14/03
Joined: 12/31/69
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#14
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:57pmOriginal production of MY FAIR LADY.
Featured Actor Joined: 7/7/04
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#16
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:07pm
Dame Edna Royal Tour but I was there opening night so:
Frogs!
Updated On: 7/10/04 at 05:07 PM
Joined: 12/31/69
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#17
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:09pm
I shouldve been at Hairsprays opening.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#18
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:10pm
I would have liked to been to the opening night of Forbidden Broadway 23 years ago.
It was past my bedtime.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#19
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:14pmMy Fair Lady with Julie Andrews! I cannot even imagine how amazing that would be.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#20
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:19pmThough I don't care for the show too much, the opening night of Rent off-Broadway would have been such an experience.
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#21
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:44pm
Wow. Seriously torn here, between ANYONE CAN WHISTLE and CARRIE. I have a real soft spot for CARRIE, TTTT: I have recordings of both the B'way and London casts, and underneath all the absurd orchestrations and incomprehensibly bad dance music, there's the nugget of a decent little show.
Hmm.
CARRIE, I think. Just to see the cardboard scenery.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#22
Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:02pmI'm with Craig. Ethel Merman in the first "Gypsy".
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#23
Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:14pmhmm SO many...but if I must choose, I guess The Producers and Sweeney Todd.
re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?#24
Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:31pmI'd also have loved to be in the audience for the openng night of "Girl Crazy" in 1930 -- Ethel Merman sang "I Got Rhythm," held a single note for the entire last verse, got a standing ovation and became a star overnight.
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