what is your earliest memory of broadway? — Page 2

With my mother being a musician, there was/has always been music around. My first prof. theatre preformence was the 1st nat. tour of B&B. It was AMAZING! I knew that was what I wanted to do.

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It wasn't Broadway, but it got me into musicals.

"Into the Woods" PBS airing developed my passion for musicals, and for Sondheim.

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I was living in Jamaica, Queens and I purchased tickets for myself and one of the people I was living with to go and see "The Wiz". We drove into Manhattan found a parking garage and proceeded to the Majestic Theatre and our Balcony seats.

I had never been to a Broadway show but I had been involved in musical theatre before with local productions of "The Music Man" and "Hello Dolly".

We sat down and the show began. I remember 'Feeling We Once Had' but the moment that sticks out in my mind that caused me to go "wow" was the tornado. Brilliant concept and brilliant choreography.

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I rarely post here but lurk often. I'm not one of the "younger" posters, so I'm curious to see if anyone remembers this show!! I was about 7 years old and my parents took my 3yr old bro and me to see Schwartz's The Magic Show with Doug Henning. My brother held his ears the entire time because he said the drums were too loud! I fell in love with this show and my dad would play the record all the time. I would sing "Lion Tamer" and my brother would sing "Style". I recently purchased the CD and wow did that bring back memories. Subsequent early shows from my childhood include Godspell, Annie and Grease. I was in love with bway since then and am trying to trying to expose my two little boys to musical theatre now. We haven't done bway yet, but we watch The Sound of Music and others and go to local productions.
Great thread!

Sandy Duncan Peter Pan. Magical, transporting, couldn't breathe. Then we saw her come out after the show, complaining that the flying rig hurt her back. So much for fairy dust.

my first real broadway show was CATS, when i was in 10. i had seen both regional and community shows, but i just remember being in awe sitting in the audience that day. that's where my love began! :)

I was at home playing on the computer program KipPix (any of you remember that?) and my Dad came home from the library with Phantom of the Opera (London cast recording) he plugged it in. I was hooked, loved it. Played it alllll the time after that. Drove my family nuts. Next came Cats, thanks to my Dad.

Then Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita (they scared me) because I found dead people and religion very scary at that point!

Saw "Ragtime" when i was about oh...9 or so?

Yeah kinda wish i acutally understood it then...

i was still amazed by it and loved the music but hated the tall guy sitting in front of me...lol

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My first show was the Jerry Lewis revival of Damn Yankees. I was 7, a huge Yankee fan, and was shocked at the first song where all of the Senators fans cursed out the Yankees.

I was probably into musicals before that, I had constantly watched the Sound of Music since I was 5, 6.

And I think somehting that really played a part for someone my age(1 was the golden age of Disney musicals I was able to grow up with. I have never watched a movie more than the Little Mermaid(3 when it came out) and it remains my favorite movie. And I also of course loved Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and the Lion King. They stand on their own as great musical scores and I yearn for another golden age of animated musicals. Oh well.

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My first was Beauty and the Beast: I sat on the edge of my seat in awe of the spectacle of Musical theatre.....

When I was in sixth grade, we had been studying the Titanic sinking in Social Studies. This was right before the movie blew up. Anyhoo, my teacher had a tape of the Titanic CR and put it on for us. I sat there in my seat, amazed and loving it. Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to go on the school trip to see it in NYC (a fact, to this day, I remind my mother of).

The next year, the school trip was to go to Toronto to see Phantom. This time, I was allowed to go, and was definitely blown away by it.

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I grew up listening to Les Miserables and Phantom... but i actually saw my first broadway show this summer! I went to NY and saw Wicked, Hairspray, and Aida. It was one of the most amazing experiences. I had seen many other shows on tour, but this was the first actually ON broadway.

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