Lets start the ball rolling: 1- Hairspray (1/4) 2- Shrek (1/1 3- Marey Poppins (1/1 4- Soul of Shaolin (1/30) 5- Billy Elliot (2/3) 6- August: Osage County (3/10) 7- 9 to 5 (4/ 8- West Side Story (5/30) 9- The Norman Conquests: Table Manners (6/13) 10- The Norman Conquests: Living Together (6/13) 11- Next to Normal (6/13) 12- West Side Story (6/30) 13- The Fantasticks (7/4) 14- 9 to 5 (7/9) 15- The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden (7/14) 16- 9 to 5 (8/14) 17- The Little Mermaid (8/30) 18- Avenue Q (8/30) 19- Bye Bye Birdie (9/12) 20- Hair (9/12) 21- Man of La Mancha (Skyline Theatre Company (10/) 22- Man of La Mancha (Skyline Theatre Company (10/9)) 23- Man of La Mancha (Skyline Theatre Company (10/10)) 24- Man of La Mancha (Skyline Theatre Company (10/11)) 25- Ragtime (10/30) 26- The Phantom of the Opera (10/30) 27- Next to Normal (11/3) 28- Hair (11/24) 29- In the Next Room (11/2 30- A Little Night Music (11/2 31- On the Town (Paper Mill Playhouse (12/3))
31, a little lower than last year, but not too shabby. Might even be seeing a show myself today, so make that 32. Now it's on to you.
Brighton Beach Memoirs Mary Poppins Gypsy Finian's Rainbow Blithe Spirit Next to Normal (2) God of Carnage Avenue Q (2) Billy Elliot August: Osage County 9 to 5 White Christmas In The Heights (I have seen the show 14 times so Im guessing around 7 this year) Hair (11, 12 next Wednesday) Bye Bye Birdie West Side Story (2) Exit the King Chicago Boeing Boeing Burn the Floor The Norman Conquests: Table Manners The Norman Conquests: Living Together The Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden Ragtime (3) Shrek (2) Wishful Drinking South Pacific
12-09-09 The Royal Family 11-25-09 A Little Night Music 11-22-09 Radio City Christmas Spectacular 05-29-09 The 39 Steps 04-25-09 God of Carnage 04-24-09 9 to 5 04-04-09 Exit the King, revival 04-04-09 Next to Normal 04-03-09 Happiness 03-28-09 Finianâ??s Rainbow 03-27-09 Hair, revival 03-23-09 Legends 03-22-09 Blithe Spirit, revival 03-14-09 Hedda Gabler, revival 02-22-09 August: Osage County 02-21-09 Story of My Life 02-08-09 Speed the Plow revival 02-07-09 Music in the Air 02-07-09 Garden of Earthly Delights revival Updated On: 12/28/09 at 09:57 AM
1. American Plan 2. Hedda Gabler 3. Guys & Dolls 4. Hair (6 times) 5. Next to Normal (4 times) 6. Chicago 7. Blithe Spirit 8. Rock of Ages 9. Joe Turner 10. West Side Story 11. 9 to 5 12. Phantom of the Opera 13. Little Mermaid 14. In the Heights 15. reasons to be pretty 16. Accent on Youth 17. Mary Stuart 18. Norman Conquests - Table Manners 19. Norman Conquests - Round and Round the Garden 20. Billy Elliot 21. The Philanthropist 22. Waiting for Godot 23. Mamma Mia! 24. Jersey Boys 25. South Pacific 26. God of Carnage 27. Story of My Life 28. Memphis 29. Wishful Drinking 30. Steady Rain 31. The Royal Family 32. Bye Bye Birdie (3 times) 33. Fela! 34. Finian's Rainbow 35. A Little Night Music 36. Irena's Vow (3 times) 37. August: Osage County 38. Avenue Q 39. After Miss Julie 40. In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play 41. I'm seeing Ragtime on Wednesday
Off and off-off Broadway:
1. Dreamgirls 2. The 8 Reindeer Monologues and 7 Santas 3. Why Torture is Wrong 4. Pound 5. Groundswell 6. Tin Pan Alley Rag 7. The Wiz 8. Ruined 9. Rooms 10. Krapp, 39 11. Father Comes Home From the Wars 12. The Fantastiks 13. Fuerzabruta 14. The Chimes 15. Tender 16. We Declare You a Terrorist 17. The Whisper House (Powerhouse Theater @ Vassar)
1. Spamalot 2. Hair(3x) 3. In The Heights 4. West Side Story(2x) 5. Chicago(2x) 6. Ragtime 7. Avenue Q 8. Jersey Boys
PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR 1. Memphis 2. Ragtime 3. The Addams Family 4. Promises, Promises 5. La Cage aux Folles
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Rock of Ages Billy Elliot In the Heights The Wedding Singer (a really bad community production) Spelling Bee (a really good regional production) A Christmas Carol (a pretty good regional production)
For the record, my dates are the British way of having the day before the month.
Broadway:
In The Heights 16/08/2009 Rock Of Ages 17/08/2009 9 to 5 18/08/2009 Hair 19/08/2009 Shrek 19/08/2009 The Toxic Avenger 20/08/2009 Altar Boyz 21/08/2009 Next To Normal 22/08/2009 Phantom of the Opera 22/08/2009
West End:
La Cage Aux Folles 12/02/2009 Grease 14/02/2009 Sound of Music 14/02/2009 Priscilla: Queen of the Desert 03/04/2009 La Cage Aux Folles 04/04/2009 Sister Act 26/05/2009 Spring Awakening 27/05/2009 Sister Act 05/09/2009 The Shawshank Redemption 10/09/2009 Avenue Q 12/09/2009 Sister Act 16/09/2009 Catwalk Confidential 19/09/2009 La Cage Aux Folles 24/09/2009 Prick Up Your Ears 26/09/2009 An Inspector Calls 03/10/2009 Priscilla: Queen of the Desert 03/10/2009 Oliver 10/10/2009 The Ratpack Live From Las Vegas 15/10/2009 My Real War: 1914-? 17/10/2009 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice 21/10/2009 Speaking in Tongues 24/10/2009 The Turn of the Screw 24/10/2009 Hairspray 26/10/2009 Jersey Boys 04/11/2009 Calendar Girls 05/11/2009 War Horse 09/11/2009 Priscilla: Queen of the Desert 10/11/2009 Blood Brothers 11/11/2009 Prick Up Your Ears 15/11/2009 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice 21/11/2009 Arturo Brachetti: Change 21/11/2009 Legally Blonde 05/12/2009 Wicked 09/12/2009 Potted Potter 09/12/2009 La Cage Aux Folles 10/12/2009 Legally Blonde 12/12/2009 (Mat) Legally Blonde 12/12/2009 (Eve)
Other London:
Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith) 12/02/2009 Forbidden Broadway (Menier Chocolate Factory) 05/09/2009 Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse) 08/10/2009 First Lady Suite (Union Theatre) 10/10/2009 Zombie Prom (Landor Theatre) 07/11/2009 A Man of No Importance (Union Theatre) 28/11/2009 Annie Get Your Gun (Young Vic) 14/12/2009
London National Theatre: The Pitmen Painters 19/09/2009 Mother Courage and Her Children 17/10/2009 The Power of Yes 25/10/2009 Nation 20/11/2009 Our Class 05/12/2009 The Habit of Art 10/12/2009
UK TOUR: Blood Brothers 20/01/2009 Cabaret 27/01/2009 West Side Story 10/02/2009 Gethsemane 10/03/2009 For King and Country 18/03/2009 The Witches of Eastwick 19/03/2009 All The Fun of the Fair 23/03/2009 Chicago 30/03/2009 Little shop of Horrors 13/04/2009 Jolson & Co: Musical 16/04/2009 Spongebob 22/04/2009 Fame 29/04/2009 Joseph 04/05/2009 Brief Encounter 13/05/2009 Singin' in the Rain 16/05/2009 We Will Rock You 16/06/2009 We Will Rock You 18/06/2009 Evita 01/07/2009 Quadrophenia 09/07/2009 Dreamboats and Petticoats 14/07/2009 Evita 29/10/2009
Still have to see Mamma Mia! International Tour on the 29th!
Total: 81!!! 14 more than I had seen in every other year of my life combined. Moving to London in September really helped!!!
This has been a record breaking year for me... 49 performances. Broadway or Off-Broadway unless otherwise noted:
2009-01-30: Pal Joey 2009-01-31: Speed-the-Plow 2009-01-31: Jersey Boys 2009-02-01: Uncle Vanya 2009-02-01: Mamma Mia 2009-02-02: Goodbye And Good Luck (York Theatre reading) 2009-02-02: Forbidden Broadway 2009-02-03: South Pacific 2009-02-04: The Story Of My Life 2009-02-04: In The Heights 2009-02-21: Sunset Boulevard (London) 2009-02-21: Avenue Q (London) 2009-02-26: West Side Story 2009-02-27: Happiness 2009-02-28: South Pacific 2009-02-28: Shrek The Musical 2009-03-01: God Of Carnage 2009-03-01: Broadway Jukebox (Birdland) 2009-04-25: Jersey Boys (London) 2009-06-06: Next To Normal 2009-06-07: God Of Carnage 2009-06-08: Reasons To Be Pretty 2009-06-09: Billy Elliot 2009-06-10: The Philantropist 2009-06-10: 9 to 5: The Musical 2009-07-04: Phèdre (London) 2009-07-04: La Cage Aux Folles (London) 2009-07-05: Waiting For Godot (London) 2009-09-05: The Shawshank Redemption (London) 2009-09-05: Alan Cumming: I Bought A Blue Car Today (London) 2009-09-25: Vigil 2009-09-26: Superior Donuts 2009-09-26: Memphis 2009-09-27: A Steady Rain 2009-09-27: Next To Normal 2009-09-28: Judas & Me (NYMF) 2009-09-29: Bye Bye Birdie 2009-09-30: Hair 2009-09-30: Oleanna 2009-10-22: Maria Friedman: UK Import Cabaret Project (Belgium) 2009-11-13: Finian's Rainbow 2009-11-14: Starry Messenger 2009-11-14: Memphis 2009-11-15: South Pacific 2009-11-15: Ordinary Days 2009-11-16: Bound For Broadway 2009-11-17: Ragtime 2009-11-18: A Steady Rain 2009-11-18: Memphis
February 6 - RENT (Philly) February 7 M - RENT (Philly) February 7 E - RENT (Philly) February 15 M - RENT (Newark) February 15 E - RENT (Newark March 10 - Wicked April 5 - Next to Normal April 8 - Billy Elliot May 9 - Next to Normal July 8 - 9 to 5 August 28 - 9 to 5 August 29 - Next to Normal September 25 - RENT (Community theatre production)
I think that's it.. I'll be seeing the Wicked 2NT on January 10 and then Phantom on March 3. :)
1. Spamalot 2. Phantom of the Opera 3. Rent (Tour) 4. Wicked 5. In the Heights 6. West Side Story 7. The Wiz 8. Shrek 9. Avenue Q 10. The Toxic Avenger 11. Chicago 12. Bye Bye Birdie 13. Next To Normal 14. Finian's Rainbow
"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005
"You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy.
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Hair (2 x) Billy Elliot Next to Normal The 39 Steps Guys and Dolls 9 to 5 West Side Story Wicked Ragtime Finian's Rainbow South Pacific God of Carnage Rock of Ages Updated On: 12/27/09 at 02:46 PM
1. Spring Awakening 2. August: Osage County 3. Hair 4. In the Heights 5. Next to Normal 6. Mary Stuart 7. Fuerza Bruta (Off Bway) 8. Broadway Bares (does that count?) 9. tick....tick...Boom! 10. Hair 11. August: Osage County (touring in Hartford) 12. Bye Bye Birdie 13. Next to Normal (on the 30th)
13 shows...actually the most I've ever done in a year....
Billy Elliot 4.4.09m Guys and Dolls 4.4.09e Next to Normal 4.5.09m Billy Elliot 5.30.09m Next to Normal 5.30.09e Spring Awakening Tour 6.27.09m Billy Elliot 7.25.09m Billy Elliot 7.25.09e Avenue Q 8.29.09m Bye Bye Birdie 9.12.09m Billy Elliot 9.27.09m Billy Elliot 10.4.09m Hair 10.10.09m Billy Elliot 11.13.09e In the Heights 11.21.09m
I will be seeing the Spring Awakening Tour, The Addams Family, A View From the Bridge, A Little Night Music, and Billy Elliot sometime early next year.
1. Next to normal (Broadway) 2. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Regional) 3. The Music Man (Regional) 4. The 39 Steps (Broadway) 5. Rock of Ages (Broadway) 6. Hair (Broadway) 7. White Christmas (National Tour - Philadelphia) 8. The 39 Steps (Broadway) 9. Ragtime (Broadway) 10. White Christmas (Broadway) 11. Wonderland - Alice's New Musical Adventure (World Premiere, Tampa) 12. Wonderland - Alice's New Musical Adventure (World Premiere, Tampa) Updated On: 12/26/09 at 03:08 PM
White Christmas South Pacific (twice) Finian's Rainbow Speed The Plow Gypsy In The Heights Superior Donuts Wishful Drinking (twice) 9 to 5 Rock of Ages Next to Normal (twice) After Miss Julie Jersey Boys (twice) Fela! Mamma Mia! Ragtime Blithe Spirit Guys & Dolls Hairspray HAIR Bye Bye Birdie (twice) Pal Joey Shrek August: Osage County West Side Story The Little Mermaid
Off-Broadway: The Fantasticks The Understudy (twice)
Twelfth Night in the Park Several NYMF shows Bernadette Peters Concert at the Minskoff Theatre
I'd say it was a good year :) I missed so many good things though.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
The Little Mermaid Billy Elliot Pal Joey speed-the-plow In The Heights Love, Loss, and What I Wore (Off-BW) Distracted The Story of My Life South Pacific 33 Variations Wicked Altar Boyz (Off-BW) Hedda Gabler Uncle Vanya (Off-BW) Avenue Q West Side Story Shrek Guys and Dolls August: Osage County (2x) Blithe Spirit Happiness (Off-BW) Forbidden Broadway (Off-BW) God of Carnage Chicago Rooms (Off-BW) Patti LuPone: The Gypsy In My Soul (Vegas) Oleanna (LA) Parade (LA) Ragtime Hair Finian's Rainbow A Steady Rain Wishful Drinking Next to Normal
I no longer keep a list (too time consuming), but my guess would be between 100-125. Definitely more than 100 and less than 200.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
Concerts: A Gala Evening With Kristin Chenoweth Idina Menzel
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Broadway: Shrek The Little Mermaid Next to Normal (3x after Wednesday) Billy Elliot August: Osage County 9 to 5 Blithe Spirit West Side Story The Phantom of the Opera The 39 Steps Hair (2x) Bye Bye Birdie Hamlet A Steady Rain Finian’s Rainbow Ragtime
Regional (all in Philadelphia): Thoroughly Modern Millie Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits Show Boat Oliver
Community: Crazy For You Enter Laughing Kiss Me, Kate Thoroughly Modern Millie How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying The Wedding Singer Radium Girls
Other: Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich @ the Kimmel Center Gavin Creel and Robbie Roth @ Symphony Space
Dividing the Estate â?? January 3, 2009 SHREK: The Musical â?? January 7, 2009 Dear Edwina â?? January 17, 2009 Soul of Shaolin â?? January 21, 2009 The American Plan â?? January 25, 2009 Hedda Gabler â?? January 28, 2009 Pal Joey â?? February 13, 2009 The Story of My Life â?? February 18, 2009 The Savannah Disputation â?? March 1, 2009 33 Variations â?? March 12, 2009 Rooms: a rock romance â?? March 22, 2009 Noel Cowardâ??s BLITHE SPIRIT â?? March 29, 2009 Guys & Dolls â?? April 1, 2009 The Toxic Avenger â?? April 3, 2009 Rock of Ages â?? April 5, 2009 next to normal â?? April 18, 2009 reasons to be pretty â?? April 26, 2009 Desire Under the Elms â?? May 2, 2009 Waiting for Godot â?? May 27, 2009 West Side Story â?? June 3, 2009 Exit the King - June 10, 2009 HAIR â?? June 17, 2009 The Wiz (Encores!) â?? June 24, 2009 God of Carnage â?? July 8, 2009 Avenue Q â?? September 12, 2009 Superior Donuts â?? October 3, 2009 Hamlet â?? October 11, 2009 Oleanna â?? October 17, 2009 Bye-Bye Birdie â?? October 21, 2009 Ragtime: The Musical â?? October 31, 2009 FELA! â?? November 18, 2009 Memphis â??- November 25, 2009 The Royal Family â?? November 29, 2009 This â?? December 13, 2009 RCE -
* I had to take a break from theatergoing due to a lapse in time and availability, having made my directoral debut regionally during the summer months - Reason enough to 'pause'. *
TOTAL: 35
Not my best (last year's record), but DEFINITELY not my worst.
BROADWAY Hedda Gabler The Story of My Life Equus In The Heights Speed-The-Plow The American Plan Joe Turners Come and Gone Norman Conquests: Table Manners Norman Conquests: Living Together Norman Conquests: Round and Round the Garden Exit the King 9 to 5 33 Variations Irenas Vow Waiting for Godot Mary Stuart Reasons to be Pretty Guys and Dolls Blithe Spirit The Phantom of the Opera Bye Bye Birdie After Miss Julie Wishful Drinking Finians Rainbow In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play) Brighton Beach Memoirs God of Carnage Hair Burn the Floor Oleanna The Royal Family Shrek
OFF-BROADWAY / FESTIVALS Sleepwalk with Me Blanche Survives Katrina Krapp 39 Kasper Hauser Habeus Corpus Garden of Earthly Delights The Hefner Monologues The Marvelous Wonderettes Distracted The Unseen That Pretty Pretty (or The Rape Play) Ruined Everyday Rapture Why Torture is Wrong (and the People Who Love Them) Suddenly Last Summer The Dishwashers Stunning Twelfth Night The Tin Pan Alley Rag The Toxic Avenger Therese Raquin For Lovers Only The Columbine Project Naked Boys Singing Sweet Storm How Now Dow Jones Vote: The Musical Hint: The Murder Mystery Musical Americas Next Top Bottom A Contemporary Look at a Successful Marriage c.1959 Abraham Lincolns Big Gay Dance Party Citizen Ruth Dolls Far Out Baby Wants Candy Puppetry of the Penis The Ghosts of Provincetown A Lifetime Burning Keep Your Pantheon/School Killers and Other Family The Retributionists Dial N for Negress Still Life Kiss of the Spider Woman Love Child The Understudy The Oldsmobiles Age of Iron This The Brother/Sister Plays Girl Crazy at Encores! City Center Finians Rainbow at Encores! City Center The Gayest Christmas Pageant Ever Ordinary Days Nightingale
VARIETY / CONCERTS New York Pops - Carnegie Hall Miami City Ballet - City Center Defying Inequality London Philharmonic - Lincoln Center The Hot Box Burlesque - Slipper Room NYCGMC - Big Gay Sing Vienna Teng - Le Poisson Rouge Broadway for a New America Adele - Roseland Youth Pride Chorus - Lullabies and Wake-Up Calls Wall to Wall Broadway School of American Ballet Workshop Broadway Bares 19.0 Click It - Roseland Miss Richfield 1981 - Provincetown Art House The Paper Raincoat - Joes Pub The Little House on the Prairie Musical - Paper Mill HRC Annual Dinner Gala - Lady GaGa, Lea Michele, Gavin Creel Our Lady J Gospel for the Godless - Joes Pub Youth Pride Chorus - Get On Your Feet NYCGMC - Together at Town Hall Updated On: 12/26/09 at 08:27 PM