Your FIRST Broadway Show...- Page 2

[PJ]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 7:13am

I saw a touring version of Grease years back...I forgot about that one, even though it wasn't technically on Broadway.

[dancindeeva]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 8:54am

My first show was Peter Pan, age 8
First show on Broadway, Joseph....., age 14

First movie musical, A Chorus Line, age 7 (haha I totally didn't undersand half of it, all I knew was that I loved the dancing, I was singing Dance 10, Looks 3 in the 2nd grade, lol)

Updated On: 7/29/03 at 08:54 AM

[Albin]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 9:10am

Cats, Fall of 1983. Hated it then, still hate it.

[Madame X]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 10:04am

Les Mis - 1988 or thereabouts...

[Joshbstn]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 10:11am

Mine was the Wiz, I was four or so...

God, it seems that everyone is so young on this board...

[NativeNewYorker]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 12:04pm

Peter Pan was my very first. I was 8. I skipped school to see the matinee with my dad :) It was pouring rain that day and my dad was really sick.

Showboat was my first huge, brass production...I was 12.

The Fantasticks on Sullivan Street was my first "real" play at 7.

[Hello Gorgeous]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 12:17pm

My first show was Beauty and the Beast, probably in like 1997 or so...I was between 10 and 11 I think

[ChristineDaae]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 12:57pm

First B'Way show: Phantom of the Opera

I was 13 and my sister wanted to see POTO so my dad bought her and my mom a ticket but my mom didn't want to go so I had to take her place. I'm glad I went! Now I love Phantom and my sister hates it!

[GottaGimmick]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 1:01pm

CATS! Loved it! Still do!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 1:11pm

The first Broadway show I saw was "The Phantom of the Opera" in 1998 when I did my first trip from Switzerland to NYC. It was even my birthday.

In the meantime I've been in NYC 3 times and plan to go once a year if possible to always see a couple of great musicals and plays.

[MagicRoy]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 1:40pm

My first show was Peter Pan when I was 5.

[rah]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 1:44pm

Indeed, Joshbstn ... seems like a young, BUT enthusiastic board! Nonetheless, hundreds of shows later, I can still vividly recall my first:

"Invitation to A March" at the Music Box, 1960

It was written and directed by Arthur Laurents. The small, great cast included Celeste Holm, Eileen Heckart, Madeline Sherwood, Richard Derr, Jane Fonda, and James MacArthur. AND, it featured original music by Stephen Sondheim!

This was to be the first of so MANY Broadway/West End/and International productions!

[TheBalladeer]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 1:46pm

My first show was Les Miserables, and I too, was introduced to it via a class trip in the nose-bleed section. And I too, was hooked to theatre after that. I always liked to sing and act, but it wasn't until I saw that show, that I knew and felt that I had to be on a Broadway stage. Well, that's my personal "epiphany".

[MusicalDirector109]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 3:16pm

"Purlie" with Cleavon Little and Melba Moore. From that moment on, I WAS HOOKED!!! My 13th birthday present!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 4:37pm

12 years old Les Miserables. STILL my favorite. :)

[tpdc]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 4:54pm

The original production of CHICAGO with Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach. As much as I've enjoyed seeing the revival three times and the movie three times, nothing compares to that first time.

[BrdwyThtr]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 5:05pm

My first Broadway show was Beauty and the Beast when I was 7. My first show ever was the national tour of Cats when I was 6.

[AlienOnBroadway]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 5:16pm

My first show was 42nd Street when I was in High School. I liked it then I saw Dreamgirls the next night and decided it was not nearly as good as that. Still don't care much for 42nd Street.

[lc1965]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 6:27pm

Beatlemania -- worst seats in the house (well, almost, at least we weren't in the boxes). I was 12 & it was great fun. Barely remember it now.

[TEACHEROFTHEATER]

Posted: 7/29/03 at 7:22pm

Hello Dolly with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway

[Sally]

Posted: 7/30/03 at 12:05am

My first musical was a production of Carousel in Chicago when I was just a pup. My relatives tried to get me up for the show by telling me that there would be a real merry-go-round on the stage. That carousel and the scene when Billy has died and gone to wherever are about all I remember. My first Broadway show was Phantom of the Opera.

[TheatreNut]

Posted: 7/30/03 at 12:26am

Bells are Ringing. Opening Night. Last row mezz at the Schubert. Worst seats in the house. I wouldn't remember though. I was little young.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/30/03 at 11:07am

My first was 42nd STREET. Kristine Ebersole's "I Only Have Eyes For You" made me cry. I was actually in New York, seeing a Broadway show, seeing a famous Broadway actress sing a traditional Broadway showtune. I cried during the finale too.

First show that I saw, which introduced me to theatre, was the Goodtimes video of Mary Martin as PETER PAN. Still own that VHS today, which is no longer playable, since it was viewed so many times. I now own the DVD.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/2/03 at 2:26pm

First show:
The Paper Bag Players
I am not sure what my first Broadway show was. I think it was
The King and I. Updated On: 8/2/03 at 02:26 PM

[BwayStar2B]

Posted: 8/2/03 at 11:59pm

The first show I ever saw was Annie when I was three. I got hooked immediately. My first Broadway show was the revival of Gypsy that I saw a little while ago.