Pippin (Deaf West Regional) Minsky's (LA World Premiere) Noises Off (South Coast Rep) Grease (National Tour) Ain't Misbehavin' (Ahmanson Theatre) Shrek The Musical (2x) Hair Ruined Rock of Ages (2x) West Side Story (2x) Guys and Dolls In the Heights Billy Elliot: The Musical (2x) God of Carnage The Toxic Avenger 9 to 5: The Musical The Wiz Next to Normal (2x) Altar Boyz The Norman Conquests The Lion King Mary Poppins Jersey Boys Fiddler on the Roof (National Tour) Burn the Floor Our Town (Off-Broadway) Legally Blonde (National Tour) August: Osage County Monty Python's Spamalot Rent (National Tour) Parade (Mark Taper Forum) Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse) Spring Awakening (National Tour) (2x) Mary Poppins (National Tour) Memphis Xanadu (National Tour)
35 different shows - 42 performances
Best year so far! Spending the summer in NYC really helped, as did season tickets to the OCPAC and the Ahmanson Theatre.
Hoping to beat it next year when I move to NYC permanently.
Chicago 2 Shrek 3 (seeing closing show sunday) Avenue Q 8 (Including bway closing and first preview off broadway) West Side Story 2 Phantom 1 Billy elliot 1 South Pacific 1 God of carnage 1 your welcome america 1 waiting for godot 1 9 to 5 2 (including last show) little mermaid 3 (including last show) rock of ages 1 toxic avenger 2 mary stuart 1 next to normal 2 mary poppins 1 marvelous wonderettes 1 august osage county 1 lion king 1 steady rain 1 wishful drinking 1 wicked 4 in the heights 1 superior donuts 1 jersey boys 1 by bye birdie 1 mamma mia 1 Memphis 1 Hair 1
1. Gypsy- January 3, 2 pm 2. 13- January 4, 3 pm [Closing Night] 3. Avenue Q (National Tour)- January 16, 8 pm 4. Avenue Q (National Tour)- January 17, 8 pm 5. Spring Awakening- January 18, 7 pm [Closing Night] 6. Billy Elliot- January 24, 2 pm 7. In The Heights- February 8, 2 pm 8. Jersey Boys (National Tour)- February 12, 7:30 pm 9. Billy Elliot- February 14, 2 pm 10. Rent (National Tour)- February 14, 8 pm 11. Billy Elliot- February 20, 8 pm 12. Billy Elliot- March 6, 8 pm 13. Hair- March 15, 7:30 pm 14. In The Heights- March 21, 2 pm 15. Billy Elliot- March 21, 8 pm 16. In The Heights- March 25, 2 pm 17. A Chorus Line (National Tour)- March 27, 8 pm 18. South Pacific- March 28, 2 pm 19. Next to Normal- April 4, 2 pm 20. Shrek- April 11, 2 pm 21. Billy Elliot- April 15, 2 pm 22. Billy Elliot- April 15, 8 pm 23. Spring Awakening (National Tour)- April 25, 2 pm 24. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (National Tour)- May 8, 8 pm 25. West Side Story- May 16, 2 pm 26. In The Heights- May 16, 8 pm 27. Billy Elliot- May 30, 2 pm 28. Tony Awards- June 7, 7 pm 29. Billy Elliot- June 9, 7 pm 30. Spring Awakening (National Tour)- June 26, 8 pm 31. Spring Awakening (National Tour)- June 28, 1 pm 32. Rock of Ages- July 6, 8 pm 33. The Little Mermaid- July 22, 2 pm 34. In The Heights- July 26, 2 pm 35. Billy Elliot- August 2, 3 pm 36. 9 to 5- August 12, 8 pm 37. Billy Elliot- August 23, 3 pm 38. Hair- September 2, 2 pm 39. Bye, Bye Birdie- September 11, 8 pm 40. Next to Normal- September 18, 8 pm 41. In The Heights- September 19, 2 pm 42. Rock of Ages- September 20, 2 pm 43. Rock of Ages- September 20, 7 pm 44. Rock of Ages- October 1, 8 pm 45. Billy Elliot- October 3, 8 pm [Kiril Kulish’s final performance] 46. In The Heights- October 8, 8 pm 47. Billy Elliot- October 15, 8 pm 48. Fuerza-Bruta: Look Up (Off)- October 21, 8 pm 49. Hair- October 29, 8 pm 50. Finian’s Rainbow- November 5, 7 pm 51. Finian’s Rainbow- November 7, 8 pm 52. Rock of Ages- November 8, 7 pm 53. Hair- November 12, 8 pm 54. La Damnation de Faust (Met Opera)- November 14, 1 pm 55. Dreamgirls (Apollo Theatre)- November 14, 8 pm 56. Ragtime- November 19, 8 pm 57. Rock of Ages- December 6, 7 pm 58. Mary Poppins- December 10, 8 pm 59. Bye, Bye Birdie- December 23, 8 pm 60. Hair- December 24, 2 pm
Not in any order...and not counting (but marking *) duplicate viewings Bway and off b'way only:
1. Ragtime * 2. Next to Normal* 3. Race 4. Hair* 5. In the Next Room 6. Gypsy 7. Ave Q 8. Billy Elliot * 9. August: Osage Co * 10. Shrek 11. Hedda Gabler 12. The Tempest 13. Wicked 14. Bye Bye Birdie 15. Gypsy 16. Fuerza Bruta 17. Spring Awakening 18. West Side Story 19. Altar Boyz 20. Toxic Avenger 21. Little Mermaid 22. Stomp 23. God of Carnage 23. Mary Stuart 25. Speed the Plow 26. Steady Rain 27. Superior Donuts 28. Burn the Floor 29. Story of My Life 30. The American Plan 31. Equus 32. Vanities 33. Variations 34. Garden of Earthly Delights
Not to shabby for someone that lives almost 5 hours away!
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Broadway 1/14/09 SOUL OF SHAOLIN 1/31/09 SPEED-THE-PLOW 2/7/09 AVENUE Q 2/7/09 GUYS AND DOLLS 2/22/09 THE STORY OF MY LIFE 2/27/09 33 VARIATIONS 3/29/09 REASONS TO BE PRETTY 4/3/09 WAITING FOR GODOT 4/4/09 THE LITTLE MERMAID 4/8/09 THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: TABLE MANNERS 4/9/09 THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: LIVING TOGETHER 4/10/09 IMPRESSIONISM 4/14/09 GOD OF CARNAGE 4/15/09 BLITHE SPIRIT 4/15/09 9 TO 5 4/17/09 DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS 4/18/09 SHREK 4/18/09 EXIT THE KING 4/19/09 HAIR (again on 7/13/09) 4/19/09 NEXT TO NORMAL 4/26/09 IRENA'S VOW 5/16/09 THE NORMAN CONQUESTS: ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN 7/30/09 BURN THE FLOOR (again on 8/26/09 and 12/22/09) 8/9/09 ROCK OF AGES 9/19/09 HAMLET 9/25/09 AFTER MISS JULIE 10/9/09 WISHFUL DRINKING 10/16/09 BYE BYE BIRDIE 11/6/09 FINIAN'S RAINBOW 11/7/09 FELA! (This marked my 100th Broadway show!) 11/29/09 A STEADY RAIN 12/5/09 OLEANNA 12/12/09 THE ROYAL FAMILY 12/30/09 SUPERIOR DONUTS
Total: 34 shows 37 times
I love that you can look at the dates and know exactly when my spring break was this year. :)
Off-Broadway/Regional 1/12/09 DEAR EDWINA 2/10/09 THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY (again on 2/22/09) (Vineyard) 2/20/09 SHIPWRECKED! AN ENTERTAINMENT - THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT (AS TOLD BY HIMSELF) (Primary Stages) 3/6/09 HENRY V (New Victory) 3/27/09 FINIAN'S RAINBOW (Encores) 4/4/09 CHASING MANET (Primary Stages) 4/25/09 NEW YEAR'S EVE (George Street) 4/25/09 1776 (Paper Mill) 5/9/09 RAGTIME (Kennedy Center) 5/23/09 AWESOME 80s PROM 6/17/09 OUR HOUSE (Playwrights Horizons) 6/23/09 TWELFTH NIGHT (again on 7/3/09) (Public) 6/28/09 THE FULL MONTY (Paper Mill) 7/25/09 THE PRODUCERS (community theater in Albany) 9/26/09 A BOY AND HIS SOUL (Vineyard) 10/23/09 THE UNDERSTUDY (Roundabout) 11/14/09 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Kennedy Center) 11/29/09 ORDINARY DAYS (Roundabout)
Total: 18 shows 20 times
I also house managed DIAL 'N' FOR NEGRESS for one day, so I saw most of that, too.
Fringe Festival (I almost completely forgot about these!) 8/22/09 GROUPIES 8/22/09 ARTIFEX 8/22/09 SUNDAY BEST 8/23/09 SORORITY QUEEN IN A MOBILE HOME 8/23/09 HOW NOW, DOW JONES 8/24/09 CITIZEN RUTH 8/26/09 GEORGE AND LAURA BUSH PERFORM...OUR FAVORITE SITCOM EPISODES And of course the show I produced, the best show in the festival, THIRTY MINUTES OR LESS!
Nothing matters but knowing nothing matters. ~ Wicked
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
2009 Shrek (2 times) Wicked (3 times) 13 (2 times) In The Heights Billy Elliot (3 times) Sweeney Todd (tour) Mary Poppins Mamma Mia! Jersey Boys (tour) next to normal (3 times) 9 to 5 Spelling Bee (tour) Chicago Everyday Rapture The Wiz Hair Rock of Ages The Marvelous Wonderettes Ragtime Dreamgirls (tour) Finian's Rainbow
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
"Robin De Jesus has issues"~ JANET DACAL
"Yeah, and that's putting it lightly"~ ANDREA BURNS
"If you watched CBS on June 15th , I was nominated for a Tony... And I was in Camp"~ ROBIN DE JESUS
"...but I ^&#$@*% made you believe I was Italian!"~MATTHEW MORRISON
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I don't remember the extact dates. I used to LOVE Broadway. And after a period of time of just nothing, I rekindled my love for Broadway. Yay! :)
Avenue Q Shrek The Musical The Little Mermaid The Toxic Avenger Musical The Marvelous Wonderettes Wintuk West Side Story Updated On: 12/28/09 at 10:41 PM
Gypsy (3rd time including Encores!) Chicago (5th time on Broadway) Avenue Q (2nd time) Wicked (3rd time) In The Heights West Side Story (4x) Next to Normal (3x) God of Carnage Billy Elliot Blithe Spirit August: Osage County Hair Bye Bye Birdie (2x) Hamlet Superior Donuts After Miss Julie Oleanna Wishful Drinking Brighton Beach Memoirs Memphis Ragtime In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play Finian's Rainbow A Little Night Music (2x)
Other: The Wiz (Encores!) 1776 (Papermill) The Full Monty (Papermill)
This was the most shows I saw in one year, and the most I went to NYC in one year.
2010: 1.1.10 - Either Rock of Ages or Burn the Floor 1.2.10 [Mat] - White Christmas 1.2.10 - Shrek 1.3.10 [Mat] - Shrek's closing show 1.3.10 - Mamma Mia [maybe] 1.24.10 - Sutton Foster in concert 4.10.10 - Anyone Can Whistle
These are all already planned, but hopfully I'll be seeing a lot more!
National Tours: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts** Spamalot
Regional Shows: My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard (Marin Theatre Company; Mill Valley, CA) In the Next Room (Or the Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl (Berkeley Repertory Theatre; Berkeley, CA) Souvenir by Stephen Temperly (American Conservatory Theatre; San Francisco, CA) Lydia by Octavio Solis** (Marin Theatre Company; Mill Valley, CA) Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck (Magic Theatre; San Francisco, CA) At Home at the Zoo by Edward Albee (American Conservatory Theatre; San Francisco, CA) Boleros for the Disenchanted by Jose Rivera (American Conservatory Theatre; San Francisco, CA) What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton (Marin Theatre Company; Mill Valley, CA) First Day of School (San Francisco Playhouse; San Francisco, CA) The Horses by Brian Thorstenson (AlterTheater Ensemble; San Rafael, CA) Boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (Marin Theatre Company; Mill Valley, CA)
OTHER: College production of "BIG LOVE" by Charles Mee
In order (sometimes being organized has its pluses!):
Hedda Gabler (1/3/09) Spring Awakening (1/18/09- final performance) The American Plan (1/30/09) The Little Mermaid (2/24/09) The Lion King (2/28/09) Blithe Spirit (2/28/09- evening) Hair (3/6/09- first preview) Irena's Vow (3/14/09) Billy Elliot (3/21/09) Blithe Spirit (3/21/09- evening) August: Osage County (3/28/09) 9 to 5 (4/18 ) God of Carnage (4/29) Billy Elliot (5/7) Blithe Spirit (5/8 ) West Side Story (5/23) Everyday Rapture (5/30) Mary Stuart (7/8 ) South Pacific (7/25- Laura Osnes as Nellie) West Side Story (8/16) Chicago (8/16- evening) West Side Story (8/22) Shrek (8/26- Haven Burton as Fiona) Rock of Ages (9/4- Jeremy Jordan as Drew) Hamlet (9/16) Bye, Bye Birdie (9/17) Superior Donuts (9/19) After Miss Julie (9/19- evening) Oleanna (9/30) Brighton Beach Memoirs (10/5) Memphis (10/13) Ordinary Days (10/18 ) Ragtime (10/23- first preview) Rock of Ages (10/24) In the Next Room (11/11) A Little Night Music (11/24- first preview)
Not listed above: many, many trips to Wicked and next to normal, which I won't include.
Other: Defying Inequality: The Broadway Concert (2/23/09) 1776 (4/24- Papermill) The Color Purple national tour (6/28- Boston) The Full Monty (7/9- Papermill) Noises Off (8/5- NJ Shakespeare Company- Harriet Harris as Dottie)
Well, although my list is not as extensive as all y'all's, it's not too bad for someone who lives out west. All of these shows were seen over 3 seperate week-long vacations in June, October and December:
BROADWAY MUSICALS: Next to Normal (2x) Rock of Ages Billy Elliot Hair 9 to 5 West Side Story Ragtime A Little Night Music Memphis Fela! Finian's Rainbow ...and maybe trying to get in to Chicago matinee on New Years Eve...
BROADWAY PLAYS: Exit the King Blithe Spirit Mary Stuart Norman Conquests: Table Manners Norman Conquests: Living Together Hamlet Oleanna A View From the Bridge