Your FIRST Broadway Show...

Hello all!
Think back to the first time you held a glossy playbill in your hand and the first time the house lights went down and the overture played.
What was your first show? Did you love it or hate it?
For me, I went on a class trip to see Les Miserable. I didn't understand a thing about what was going on up on that stage but I knew I was hooked. It was mesmorizing to say the least. I remember that we were in the nosebleed section of the very very steep Imperial Theatre balcony and the ushers were selling plastic binoculars for five bucks!!! Yes, I bought one!
But I remember thinking, holy crap... this is the start of something for me. Since then, I've been fortunate enough to see a ton of shows and each time the house lights go down, there's a sense of excitment that takes over.
OK, that's a bit too warm and fuzzy for me, but what the hell!
I think that's the only reason that Les Miz has been a favorite of mine. Just because it was the first. Your thoughts?!

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at The Majectic Theatre

Summer 1974.

Magic that induced smiles of a summer night.

Yours for a magical Broadway!

my first show was cats. i was 4 years old

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Phanotm. The summer after 5th grade. I wanted to see a show, so I took my dad's credit card and called telecharge!! Needless to say he was mad. Anyhow, I remember walking into the beautiful Majestic Theatre, and feeling a rush of happiness over me!!

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David Megg- IM 14! And my picture is of Gavin Creel! Your the thrird person that didn't recognize him. Damn people!

well, maybe i was a tad bit older. I was born in 1989.

He's a baby either way.

My first show was CATS. I was 14 and it was my first trip to NYC. I LOVED it! I had an aisle seat close to the front, so that "CATS" ran right by me. I remember thinking that it would be really funny to pull one of their tails...Don't worry, I didn't!

Billy, Add me to the list that thought it was your picture! LOL

Even the MILLIE commercials make me grate my teeth so I wouldn't know Gavin Creel.

Yours for a better Broadway!

Updated On: 8/8/03 at 09:03 PM

First show = Cabaret

I am not going let you guys guess my age but.......I saw Camelot when I was in high school with Richard Burton. How great was that?

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Rent, 1998. I hated it at the time. I finally went back to see it a few months ago after obsessing over the TTB cd and listening to some of Rent...yeah, I really like it now.
I think I was just bitter b/c I didn't get to choose the show even though it was *my* gift, and when I passed all the other shows that were open at that time...yeah, I was pissy.

I am 15 and plan on moving to NYC when I graduate HS. Although I want to work on Broadway (and am very motivated), I have never been to NYC. My first national tour broadway show was the 1st tour of Footloose (front row center!!). I was 12, I believe.

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Updated On: 7/28/03 at 11:51 PM