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First show seen on broadway?
cmorrow
Stand-by Joined: 10/25/12
#75First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 5:15am
First play: Dracula, with Frank Langella. Sets by Edward Gorey. Saw this the last night of previews, during a visit here in 1977, and it was fantastic.
First musical: 42nd Street, the day I moved here in 1981.
#76First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 6:46amThe Roundabout transfer of 1776 in May or June of 1998 at the Gershwin. I went with my mother (and my school, at the time), and honestly don't remember all that much of the physical production -- but, at the curtain call, Michael McCormack looked *dead* at me (I was VERY close to the stage), and smiled. I will never forget that moment.
Bdwyblues
Swing Joined: 3/13/14
#77First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 8:31am
My first Broadway show was A CHORUS LINE December 19, 1977. The next night was ANNIE. Since then, I've seen 310 different Broadway shows and some of those multiple times. Before my first Broadway experience, I had seen some fun summer stock including BUS STOP with John Travolta, Anita Gillette and in his professional debut, Brian Dennehy. Also in the cast were John Travolta's two sisters. Another summer stock show was MOURNING IN A FUNNY HAT by Dodie Goodman and starring Shirley Booth. I would love to get a script for MOURNING IN A FUNNY HAT. If anyone can help with that, I would appreciate it. It was a very funny show as I remember.
#78First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 8:39am
"When you're as old as I, is anyone as old as I?"
Well, not on this board. My first show, as a family gathering, was HAPPY HUNTING in 1957. Even as a kid I knew it wasn't good, but it was Ethel Merman. The next year BELLS ARE RINGING with Judy Holliday and JAMAICA with Lena Horne, and the nothing until GYPSY with Merman.
I began to go to the theatre regularly on my own in 1962, when I saw THE GAY LIFE with Barbara Cook and SAIL AWAY with Stritch during their closing week. I then began to go every week, and sometimes several times a week, and still do all these years later.
#79First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 9:43am
My first two shows I saw were definitely "starter shows."
-The Lion King (03)
-Wicked (05)
-Company (06) was the first show I saw that wasn't a long-running, pop-culture sensation.
#80First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 10:25amThe first show I saw on Broadway was [title of show]
#81First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 11:00amMy first Broadway experience was actually a play; A Life in the Theatre with Patrick Stewart and TR Knight in 2010. First Broadway musical was a few weeks later; Memphis.
Sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty.
jetcap
Chorus Member Joined: 8/26/14
#82First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 11:49am
I remember the first play I DIDN'T see a lot more than the first I did see. It was 1979 and a group of us 17-18 year-olds went down by bus with the intent of seeing the sites, drinking, rock&roll, and whatever trouble we could find. One of our group proclaimed he was going to see a play and the rest of us actually thought that was a grand waste of time and more something our grand-parents might do.
Why waste a valuable 2 hours in the dark watching people talk instead of being out there exploring. He chastised us saying if we loved rock so much how could we not want to go and see David Bowie onstage in The Elephant Man and be up close and intimate with a performer we admired?
We had no idea and knew right then and there he was right and we were very very wrong. There haven't been a lot, but every trip since has involved the theatre. Think my 1st was "I'm not Rappaport" in the mid-80's starring Hal Linden, but I'm not sure. I may have, or may not have, seen You Can't Take it With You starring Eddie Albert a bit earlier than that. I distinctly remember talking about what the guy from Green Acres might be like in different role, but not 100% whether we actually went. I see the new production next week not knowing whether or not that I may have seen it 30 years ago. If it I start getting flashbacks and deja-vu's, I guess I'll have my answer.
Chorus Member Joined: 12/31/69
#83First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 12:00pmI saw Beauty and the Beast when I was about three. The first show I remember seeing was Mamma Mia!
#84First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 12:34pmTo the person who was bitching that some of us (myself included) were posting Broadway Show at other places. Some of us enjoy seeing more then just the ONE show on Broadway.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#85First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 5:52pm
"When you're as old as I, is anyone as old as I?"
JayinChelsea-- you're the guy everyone else on this board wants to buy a drink for and take a seat with at some cozy corner banquet in a neighborhood bar and just listen to the stories you must have saved up to tell! How can you not be a Broadway Legend by now?
luvcaroline
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#86First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 6:44pmPromises, Promises 1971, OBC except Lorna Luft, who was a beautiful Fran. I could not have asked for a more perfect first musical.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#87First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 6:48pmThe Rocky Horror Show (2000), on a school trip.
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
mjohnson2
Broadway Star Joined: 11/2/13
#88First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 6:50pmWait, you went with your school to see THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW? Isn't that, you know, kind of R-rated?
Anything regarding shows stated by this account is an attempt to convey opinion and not fact.
theatremom2
Understudy Joined: 5/22/03
#89First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 6:53pm'Plain and Fancy' class trip -sometime in the early 50's. First play "Gideon' my seat was against the back wall of the balcony and I was shocked when I saw people moving up
ARTc3
Broadway Star Joined: 8/5/13
#90First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/17/14 at 6:55pmMy first was also, Hello Dolly with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. We had great seats, mezzanine first row dead center. My dad says that he had to hold me from falling over the railing I was that enthralled.
ARTc3 formerly ARTc. Actually been a poster since 2004. My name isn't Art. Drop the "3" and say the signature and you'll understand.
Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#91First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/18/14 at 1:13amWicked with Jackie Burns and Chandra Lee Schwartz
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#94First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/18/14 at 12:11pm
First time visiting NY was June 10th to the 13th in 1999. I went with a group out of Madison, WI. with my mother and a family friend.
I remember the group we traveled with stayed at the Mayflower Hotel (which is now torn down). The first Broadway show I saw on that trip was The Lion King the night we arrived. I remember being amazed by the production. The next night, our group went to see the revival of Death of a Salesman starring Brian Dennehy. Loved that one even more. The last production we saw on that trip was Amy's View with Judi Dench.
Starting in 2002, I started taking regular theater trips by myself. I have seen 109 shows total. My next trip is November 5th to the 9th.
Jyn326
Broadway Star Joined: 12/7/05
#95First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/18/14 at 3:04pmMy first trip to NYC was with a tour group in 2004. We saw Fiddler on the Roof and 42nd Street.
LucyEth
Stand-by Joined: 8/23/12
#96First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/18/14 at 4:07pmThe 1971 (or was it '72) revival of "The Boy Friend," starring Judy Carne & Sandy Duncan.
#97First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/19/14 at 1:20pmThe How To Succeed Revival (or H2$) with Matthew Broderick in '95.
Showface
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/14
#98First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/19/14 at 10:36pm
Don't judge, but I've only seen one show live in New York, on Broadway was:
Matilda
I've seen a few other shows on tour, and my first one was:
Mary Poppins
A lot of my musical theatre experience comes from:
Video recordings, online clips, cast recordings, etc.
#99First show seen on broadway?
Posted: 9/19/14 at 11:10pmMy first Broadway show on my first night ever in New York- HELLO, DOLLY! with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway. Pearl Bailey kissed me from the runway during her final call. Marked for life, I now live in New York and work in the industry. A hundred million miracles are happening every day.
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