Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Which show have you seen the most number of times?
#1Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 5:28pm
And how many times?
Just a fun thread! 
Edit: I should add my answer
Wicked: 19
Phantom: 7
Mary Poppins: 6
Sister Act: 6
Updated On: 5/28/13 at 05:28 PM
#2Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 5:47pmI've seen next to normal 10 times (3x NYC, 3x Charlotte, NC, 3xMelbourne, Aus, 1x Adelaide,Aus)
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#2Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 5:47pmBetween the 2009 revival and the 2011 engagement I saw Hair eleven times.
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#3Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 5:49pmA LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (2009-2011) - 12 times
#4Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 5:52pmFive different productions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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#5Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 5:57pm
Original DREAMGIRLS - 10 times
Original SWEENEY TODD - 8 times
#6Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:23pmI'm not big on seeing shows more than once, but I have seen ROCK OF AGES, PRISCILLA, and the recent revival of DROOD twice.
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#7Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:27pm
CHICAGO and XANADU - almost 50 times each.
I know...
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#8Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:30pmTHE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - 69 times
#9Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:44pm^ Lol! Was that on purpose?
#10Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:44pm
Putting aside the Bway shows I worked on (countless views of the original LA CAGE, HARRIGAN & HART and LEGS DIAMOND), I'm not a big one for multiple views of the same show. Caught BILLY ELLIOTT 4 times between London and New York-- that's probably my record.
ETA: Plum forgot about my devoted attendance at THE RINK in '84. Even though I was working on La Cage, The Rink was the show I wanted to win the Tony's that year. Attended 4 times.
Updated On: 5/27/13 at 06:44 PM
#11Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:48pmThe only show so far I've seen more than once is Jersey Boys and I've seen it 4 times and don't plan on stopping. And I plan on seeing Memphis for a second time soon!
#12Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:54pm
Phantom - 7 times
Billy Elliot - 4 times
Hair - 4 times
Jersey Boys - 4 times
Wicked - 4 times actually sitting through it (not sure how many times I have seen it if I count having worked it.
If including local productions...
Beauty and the Beast - 7 times
I really don't get to see things more than once or twice. When I live in NYC I'm sure that will change though. I really do love seeing things more than once whenever possible.
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#13Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:56pmI've seen both INTO THE WOODS and ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD in three different productions, mostly regional. As I used to work on Broadway, I caught snippets of many shows many times, so I discount those. THE BOOK OF MORMON and ONCE I paid for twice, and SPAMALOT I saw (through various circumstances involving my not paying for tickets) in NY, on tour and in London. Other than that, I rarely ever see the same production multiple times.
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#14Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:59pmqolbinau You travelled to see next to normal in Australia and was it done by the MTC???
#15Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 6:59pmLol, he lives in Australia.
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#16Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:01pm
Les Mis (orig Bway production) 27 times.
Dreamgirls - 22 times (original run,. revival, concert and various tours)
Chess- 18 times total. London 2 times, Bway, 7 times, concert stagings 5 times , Off Bway 3 Carnegie Hall 1 time
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#17Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:13pm
The original production of HELLO, DOLLY 74 times. (That doesn't include tours and revivals). Looking forward to the Goodspeed production this summer. I already have tickets for several weekends.
The magnificent Broadway revival of GODSPELL, 35 times.
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Updated On: 5/27/13 at 07:13 PM
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#18Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:19pmXanadu, 15 times. My guilty pleasure. Usually evening performance when I was seeing something else in the afternoon.
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#19Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:23pm
Next to Normal - 4 times
How to Succeed (most recent revival) - 4 times
Once - 3 times (once at NYTW and twice on broadway)
Wicked - 3 times
#20Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:35pm
When EVITA played L.A. for its pre-Broadway tryout you could buy a student orchestra seat for three bucks. It played almost the entire summer and never sold out so there were always tickets to be had. So my future hubby and I would say to one another, "Watcha wanna do this evening?" And then one of us would answer, "Let's see if Patti's doing anything new tonight" (LuPone's performance changed weekly as she grew in the role while Patinkin had his characterization down pat from the first preview).
We'd hop in the car and steer it towards the Dorothy Chandler Theatre and fork over the price of a drink for a wonderful night of entertainment. We saw the show thirteen times including the very last performance where LuPone lost her voice and was replaced for the second act. Due to recording the 2LP OC album during the day that week, her voice was shot. Seeing her unable to shout out the words much less sing them during "A New Argentina" was truly painful to watch.
So EVITA for me was a true theatrical ride. During the run when Patti was out, the matinee Eva (Terri Klausner) would go on for her that evening instead. So if it fell on a Wednesday or Saturday matinee you would see Klausner's understudies. The same if Klausner was sick for a matinee. It happened enough times that we got to see some great Eva alternates. Florence Lacey was by far our favorite and Nancy Opel and Derin Altay were quite good too . And there was one hilarious actress that went on (probably only once) who played Eva as if she was Lucille Ball in "I Love Lucy". She was wide eyed, cartoonish and overly perky reminding us more of Hedy LaRue than Eva Peron. However no one came close to topping Patti. Some might have had a slight edge in either the singing, dancing or acting departments but overall Patti was by far the perfect Eva.
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#21Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:36pm
Xanadu 14
Taboo 9
Les Mis 11
#22Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:39pm
next to normal = 9 on broadway
wicked, rent, spring awakening = 5 times each on bway
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#23Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:39pm
I usually don't see shows more than once, if I have the money I try to see something I have not seen yet. I have made some exceptions though.
Catch Me If You Can - 4 times (Broadway)
Newsies - 2 times (Broadway)
Wicked - 2 times (Broadway)
Ghost - 2 times (Broadway)
#24Which show have you seen the most number of times?
Posted: 5/27/13 at 7:41pm
Have seen Hairspray a couple hundred times (Broadway, Tour, London ECT.)
And Priscilla 30 times- yeah, I have no life!
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