First Broadway Show(s)!- Page 2

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 8/23/14 at 7:23pm

When I was 7, I saw Cats on tour. That was 1991. In 1992, I saw Joseph and Phantom in Toronto. My first broadway show was Les Mis in 1994. I also saw Grease, Damn Yankees, and Carousel on that trip. I

[broadwayboy972]

Posted: 8/23/14 at 8:10pm

My first tour was Lion King in Houston like 10 years ago... and I've seen probably 15+ shows in Houston since then. But being on broadway was something else entirely. The houses are so small and intimate and the seeing the marquees for the first time are magical

[Wick3]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 12:45am

First one I saw on Bway was the Secret Garden back in 1991. Yes with JCM as Dickon!!!!

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 12:58am

Oliver - 1964

[dented146]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 1:37am

Visiting family in NYC in 1960, my first show was Bye Bye Birdie. I did not want to see it. In two days the adults had tickets for My Fair Lady. They thought BBB would be better for the "kids". I was a huge musical fan and My Fair Lady was famous. Being from LA, I had never heard of the other show which had only opened two months earlier and I now thought was for kids. I loved it. Two days later an aunt let me have her ticket and I saw MFL as well. My only regret was that Julie Andrews had moved on.

Updated On: 8/24/14 at 01:37 AM

[Broadwaydreaming]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 1:48am

First show was a regional production of snow white...I was very young and hardly remember it.

My first Broadway show was The Lion King. I went to see it on a class trip and remember being completely mesmerized by both the first and last scenes. The show definitely sparked my interest in musical theater. While it's not my favorite show, I can still remember getting chills from the finale!

[Wick3]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 9:17am

How old were you when you saw Snow White? I was 9 years old when I saw the Secret Garden and I still remember parts of it. I don't remember everything but certain parts I do (i.e. where we sat, some of the sets, the song Wick, etc.)

[Wickedmonkey332]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 9:33am

First Tour was Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan. First Broadway Show was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! I was too young to appreciate all of the broadway stars who were in that cast. It was four years after that until my next show- South Pacific, and I have seen over 35 shows since!

[theatregeek02]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 10:06am

My first tour was the 2nd national tour of Wicked in 2011.

Recently, I took my first trip to NYC and my first Broadway show was Violet. On that trip we also saw Newsies, Pippin, and Beautiful. Truly a magical experience.

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 10:06am

What an awesome two first shows to see on Broadway! And so happy that you got bit by the Bway bug!

My first NYC Broadway show was Guys and Dolls (with Christina Applegate). But all I can remember is how cold it was in the theatre.

My first touring showing was Les Mis and THAT is what really got me into theatre.

I usually count Kinky Boots as my first show because that's the first Broadway show I saw when I became obsessed with theatre.

It's funny though. I never really understood my love for theatre until I met (my now REALLY great friend) through a mutual friend who was obsessed with it. I always went to see our high school productions, but for some reason I just didn't think of seeing anything beyond that scope. Glad I finally did, and I can't wait until my sister starts having kids and I can take them to shows!

I'm fortunate to live very close to DC, so I've been enjoying beautiful regional theatre as well. (:

[Alix]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 10:36am

My first tour was A Chorus Line in Denver, circa 1997. First Broadway show (and trip to New York, which was what I asked for for my twelfth birthday) was Beauty and the Beast in 2000, and we saw Bernadette in Annie Get Your Gun the next day. I was in love with all of it.

[theatregeek6]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 12:09pm

Justtoldbill- mine was Hello Dolly with Bailey and Calloway as well. I was 9 and it was pure magic. Hooked ever since

[Broadwaydreaming]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 12:53pm

I think I was around 6. I remember our seats were center and a bit far back, but I do remember the last scenes where the prince kisses Snow White and she comes back to life. I thought it was magical. I do wish I remembered more, though!

[allyk]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 1:02pm

First tour was Grease in Providence in 1996. I had just turned 7, I believe, and I was hooked. My first Broadway show was The King and I with Donna Murphy later that year.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 8/24/14 at 1:27pm

Welcome to Broadway! My first was Promises, Promises with the stellar Jerry Orbach. It was the first time I'd seen automated scenery that moved without someone pushing it. I was mesmerized.

[leezy8242]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 7:53pm

First tour- Beauty and the Beast (when I was in third grade!)
First Broadway- Wicked
I've been hooked on theatre since BATB- can't get enough!

[broadwayboy972]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 8:46pm

I think the show that really got me into theatre was A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre when I was in first grade... and then my parents kept on taking me to touring shows (Lion King, Seussical, On The Record) and I was hooked.

[Musical Master]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 8:48pm

First tour- AIDA 2004 Non-equity

First Broadway- CINDERELLA 2013 production

For years I have seen videos of many Broadway shows, so seeing these were a treat.

[I'm a starkid]

Posted: 8/25/14 at 11:10pm

My first Broadway show was Wicked, typical me :)
My first National Tour was Billy Elliot
My first West End was Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
I've been fortunate enough to see theatre wherever I go

[Junior Babcock]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 7:25am

First B'way show: Camelot in 1962 at the Majestic Theatre
First National Tour: My Fair Lady in Portland, Oregon at the Civic Auditorium.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 8:59am

My first Broadway musical was Peter Pan in 1979 starring Sandy Duncan and Christopher Hewett at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. My parents score Orchestra Center tickets so that they would fly out over us at the curtain call. In fact, I still have the souvenir program with both autographs.

From then on...they continued to 'poison' me with Broadway musicals (never plays) as I grew up and to this day it continues to be an addiction.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 9:47am

BAKER STREET (1965) followed closely by THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT, THE SMELL OF THE CROWD. Both school trips, as I was not yet permitted to venture into "the city" from Staten Island on my own. Bless those school outings, even if they did get me hooked on a very expensive lifetime habit.

[Demitri2]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 8:48pm

I was seven and the show was THE MUSIC MAN. When Preston and Cook were on the bridge singing TILL THERE WAS YOU my Mom remembers asking me why I was crying. She says I replied it was because I sensed the show was coming to an end. I've been a sucker for live theatre ever since. In fact I started working at fifteen just so I could buy more original cast albums (my paper route at twelve wasn't cutting it). It's been a lifelong addition since.

My favorite season was 1964 when I got to see BAJOUR, HIGH SPIRITS, FUNNY GIRL, FADE OUT FADE IN and GOLDEN BOY (missed HELLO DOLLY but caught up with it later).

Updated On: 8/28/14 at 08:48 PM

[Patash]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 9:23pm

My first was a Wednesday matinee of Mame. That night I saw Hello Dolly! The next day (Thanksgiving) I saw a matinee of Annie Get Your Gun with Ethel Merman, It took a plastic surgeon a week to get the grin off my face.

[BobbyBubbi]

Posted: 8/26/14 at 9:27pm

First trip-

Cats (there were a lot of Asian tourists taking pictures, and ushers yelling at them to stop.)

Phantom of the Opera

The Sound of Music Revival with Rebecca Luker (she got an applause for her entrance), Michael Siberry, and a very young Laura Benanti! Wish I knew who she was at the time. I would have watched her more closely. This was a stunning production.