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[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:02pm

BOJ- Too true.

Undiscovered- I call everyone "dude." I'm a stereotypical Californian.

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:05pm

You must be a SOUTHERN Californian. Us northerners (ie Sacramento) never said Dude. But we did say "like" a lot.


You can find this stuff on Ebay or go to Footlight or Colony.

I love love love Blood Brothers so I have
Original Cast - Barbara Dickson
Revival Cast - Kiki Dee
2nd Revival Cast - Stephanie Lawrence
Touring Cast - Petula Clark
New Zealand - David Soul
and the Hebrew Version too!

[Jess1483]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:16pm

Rent-
...anytime someone asks you "what's the time" you respond (in song) with "well, it's gotta be close to midnight."

--I'm so glad I'm not alone

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:21pm

ooh -- I have soo been there with foreign language recordings and productions -- try sitting through Les Miz in Dutch.....

[StrStruckDreamr9]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:22pm

...you speak to friends and family with excerpts from Broadway songs instead of actual sentences
...you nearly have a conniption when someone says "Eye-dina"
...you go to see "Spiderman 2" and burst into "If I Were a Rich Man"

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:24pm

...When you can spell 'broadway' correctly.

Sorry, but that is one whopping, glaring mistake.

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:27pm

you have more than 100 posts a day on BWW.com boards

Good one Lady -- I was going to PM NoDay to have him/her fix the header, but did it myself for the rest of the posts

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[BroadwayMonkey]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:33pm

When someone says Mazeltof, you burst into songs from Fiddler on the Roof.

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:36pm

At age three.
I said to my Dad. Why don't we do this everyday?
I refused to leave the theatre. I wanted to see it again.
This was only the Paper Bag Players.
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[Qfan]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:39pm

When you cakewalk up every set of stairs you see singing "Look on the bright side not on the blackside, etc." in guiteau flamboyance (yes i've done it)

[NightLaughs]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:50pm

Scream with cheer delight when Antonique Smith comes on a Virgin cell phone comercial. "I met her! I got a picture with her! She signed my playbill!" Annnnd your boyfriend covers your mouth to prevent further flip-outs.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:50pm

You know you're obsessed when:
-you can choreograph and sing all the parts of JCS when you were 3
-you say "well it's got to be close to midnight" when someone asks you for the time
-you have an urge to jump on a table and sing LVB
-you have jumped on a table and sang LVB in public
-you have a whole conversation with someone using only Broadway show lyrics
-you've been to more shows than you have movies
-you own all the dvds/vhs of every musical out there
-for any report you have to do in school on something of your choice, you pick a show or a composer
-you have performed Over the Moon in every vacant lot possible
-you have perormed Over the Moon in school, now all your teachers write in your yearbook: Moo with me (true story!!)
-Your room is covered in posters of all the shows you've been to (and all the shows you've wished you'd seen!)

[NYSinger1]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:52pm

When you are in difficult situations, you think of a Broadway musical that dealt with the situation, think of a song in that show, and let that guide your thoughts and actions. (especially in emotional situations....)

[NoDayButToday2]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 2:56pm

AAAH sry i left for a few hours then came back and realized there was a MAJOR typo in my subject... please believe me when i say i CAN spell Broadway

yea thats what getting less than an hour of sleep can do to you

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 3:01pm

haha. no problem.

'-Your room is covered in posters of all the shows you've been to (and all the shows you've wished you'd seen!)'

true for me!

-when all you listen to are broadway cast recordings or albums from broadway stars.

[judy_in_disguise]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 4:08pm

When your carpe diem song is "How Lucky You Are" from Seussical.
When you write out all the words to La Vie Boheme over and over again during a really boring class.
When someone says something and a showtune is immediately triggered in your head.
And then you start singing it.

[uncageg]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:09pm

When you actually do the math to make sure there are 525,600 minutes in a year.....

[Jersey_Girl]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:10pm

Les Mis:
When you have the OBCR, the London cast recording, the Complete Symphonic Recording, the 10 year anniversary recording (+ the DVD) and even an original French concept recording (it's beautiful even though I don't understand much of it). I had seen the Broadway production well over 30 times over the years as well as every local and/our touring production that comes around. I also have a computer Les Mis game and a non-musical 2 volume VHS. Obsessed? Glad I found this thread because now I know I'm not alone.

[Aimee2]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:17pm

I burst into Thoroughly Modern Millie when someone says modern.
A lot of the Les Mis and Rent ones apply to me.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:20pm

Les Mis:
When you have the OBCR, the London cast recording, the Complete Symphonic Recording, the 10 year anniversary recording (+ the DVD) and even an original French concept recording (it's beautiful even though I don't understand much of it). I had seen the Broadway production well over 30 times over the years as well as every local and/our touring production that comes around. I also have a computer Les Mis game and a non-musical 2 volume VHS. Obsessed? Glad I found this thread because now I know I'm not alone.




You are not alone.
No one is alone.
Someone is on your side...



Yes, obsessed....

[Kelliexo90]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:20pm

When you have no idea who Kanye West(cringe) is or what Usher(another cringe) new song is, but know who the next up-and-coming Broadway star is.

You know the difference between a stand-by, a swing, and an understudy... and know who they are for nearly every show.

And everything everyone else said... so describes me! Haha!

Updated On: 8/11/04 at 05:20 PM

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:26pm

"When you have no idea who Kanye West(cringe) is or what Usher(another cringe) new song is, but know who the next up-and-coming Broadway star is."

I can't agree with you more!! I'll be at a school dance, or hanging with my friends, and I hear a song and I say "Oh, I hate this song by 50 Cent." And my friends will give me a weird look and say "Um, that would be Usher."... and then when they laugh at me I'll retort back, "Well if you're so smart,what show is closing September 12?"... and they say "who cares"...... ugh.

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:35pm

"i am like the only one that is obsessed with broadway musicals in my group of friends. someone will say something and it will remind me of a broadway song. i'll start singing and then i'll get slapped."
~definitely. i'm ALWAYS singing random stuff to my friends... except one of my friends had begun to love "i want my glasses!" from SITPWG! yay!

"When you are in difficult situations, you think of a Broadway musical that dealt with the situation, think of a song in that show, and let that guide your thoughts and actions. (especially in emotional situations....)"
~i ALWAYS do that. Every day i can pick a kadjillion songs that relate to how i feel every moment.

BROADWAYMONKEY- i'm an ex-californian... i've lived there the majority of my life. i call everyone "dude" and "dudette".

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 5:47pm

some people just don't understand that life really is like a musical. People really do burst out into random song and dance. I sure do.
I was at hershey park with a bunch of theater friends. The entire way there and back we listened to broadway musicals., and while we were in the park we would start danceing and singing along the street/walkway/sidewalk thing.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/11/04 at 6:09pm

you know youre obsessed when you recognize all of the songs in Mix Tape from avenue q