Your First Theater Experience

What was you're first theater experience either seeing a show or being in on?

Seeing One- I was 10 and my aunt took me to see Beauty and The Beast with Andrea Mcartle as Belle, I was lost in all the music and sets and amazing dancing and fun going on... it mezmerized me and made me wanna do that one day...

Being in One- I was 13 and I got a supporting lead as Morchada the Innkeeper in Fiddler On The Roof in my middle school's production. I was so sore from doing the Tradition dance but it was all worth it... I'm hooked on the score from Fiddler now.

Seeing one: I saw The Wizard of Oz at Sacramento Music Circus with Cathy Rigby (her theatrical debut, btw). I think was maybe 6 or 7 years old.

Being in one: Officially, I had a part in a 4th grade play about PT Barnum. But I consider my first real exerience playing The Duke in Merchant of Venice in high school. A friend of mine was in the show and they had a few people drop out. He asked me if I would be interested, and the rest is history.

Seeing One - Cats - First on video (sparking my wish to ditch my CP and become an actress) and then on B'way not much later.

In one - a high school's production of Oliver, at twelve years old. (They wanted the extras from elementary schools.) I was a Fagin's Boy.

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Updated On: 3/7/05 at 06:40 PM

seeing one on broadway - Beauty and the Beast i was 9.

being in one- Oliver I was in 7th grade and i played an orphan and all of us girls had to dress up as guys it was quite funny

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I saw Hairspray when I was 17 in the summer of '03. It was the most amazing experience! I loved every minute of it and have not stopped going to Broadway since.

being in one-I WISH!

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I was 15yo and didnt come from a theatre family...so basically i didnt even know what a theatre was...so i was in Buenos Aires and there was a big fuss about the opening of the Broadway Show "Kiss of the Spider Woman" written by this argentinean writer...and something appealed to me about it.Now im a musical theatre fan...and all becuz of "Kiss.." that showed me that musical theatre is not silly or boring.

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first show ever:Phantom of the Opera (touring company)I was eight. Can we say BEAUTIFUL!

first Broadway show: RENT (and proud of it!) I was 17

first show i was in: 7 brides 4 7 brothers (chours so it sucked)I was 16 and this was the first time I ever auditioned for anything cause I really love this show and couldn't see done and not be in it! The townspeople are really under appreciated! he he he

first show with a part: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. I was 16 going on 17! I was Miss Jones, god I love that show!!! I used "When you've got it flaunt it" to audition and the choir teacher who was playing the piano was talking about me when i left the room and my friend walked in to audition while she was talking and she said "oh it just sounded like a bunch of screaming!" And my drama teacher got a smug look on his face (so i'm told) and said "well i liked it."

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Seeing a show..Gypsy at a theater in town. My first broadway experience was Chicago. Front row. Quite amazing.

Being in a show...I was Bunny Sue in a little play called Get Hoppin' in first grade. Hah. That was good times.

first show i think was lion king and i was 5 but i did see tours of little shop of horrors and joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat in kindergarten i brought the stuffed animal dog that weekend and brought it to see them but i never really cared about broadway til wicked came out!

being in one - i wish if only i could sing and could act rele well except if you count first grade i was in a show about pollution but it was based on teh little mermaid i tried out for the mermaid but i didnt get that and got to be a recycle person wit ma friend and had one speaking line

Updated On: 3/7/05 at 09:49 PM

I was the radish in our kindergarten's production of Peter Rabbit! Oh yeah, I was the best radish!
My first real show was probably Peter Pan and I played Wendy at the age of 10 and I did childrens theatre shows to community theatre to high school and now college.

My first touring show was Joseph and my first bway show was Phantom.

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First theatre-going:
Kabuki Cinderella - Dallas Children's Theater (at 3 years old)

first being in professional theater:
Cinderalla - Dallas Children's Theater (at 8 years old)

odd coincidence... i'd never thought of that before. actually that Kabuki show may have been Snow White, I can't really remember, but it freaked the **** out of me and my dad had to take me out of the theatre.

The first I ever saw was Rent, I was 17...
The first show I was in was Joseph, I was in the children's chorus when I was 9

I was 15yo and didnt come from a theatre family...so basically i didnt even know what a theatre was...so i was in Buenos Aires and there was a big fuss about the opening of the Broadway Show "Kiss of the Spider Woman" written by this argentinean writer...and something appealed to me about it.Now im a musical theatre fan...and all becuz of "Kiss.." that showed me that musical theatre is not silly or boring.


So this was your first experience? Wow - if it was. That musical is incredible. Kander and Ebb are absolute legend :)

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