I am writing a book on Broadway groupies/fans and would love to find out if anyone has seen a Broadway musical over 100 times? I am also interested in seeing if there are any Broadway plays that have fans that see multiple performances?
Most likely. Shows like RENT and Phantom of the Opera attract crazed fanatics that have no problem seeing their favorite show every couple times a week. Priorities....
I met a girl once while in line for Hedwig standing room that had seen Book of Mormon about 90 times, from OBC to the West End and back again. Wish I knew her name.
It is amazing people still wonder why producers Jack up prices when they see stories like this. People are so hooked they will pay anything to see a show a million times.
Seeing B O M was one time to many.Nice to have access to unlimited funds.
As much as I love musical theatre, I cannot fathom seeing the same show multiple times. ESPECIALLY if it's the same production. I can understand that if (for instance) you saw the OBP of A Little Night Music and then wanted to see the revival X amount of years later. That makes sense. But I see no point in doing so on a bigger scale than that. To me, a lot of the magic is lost. The only time I did it was for Cinderella on Broadway because I wanted to support my friend who joined the cast...
By the by, is anyone familiar with the traveling CATS superfan?
I have revisited a few shows several times but it was over the course of many years that the show(s) ran. Was a repeat offender for many reasons: was brought the first time when I was young, revisited show when I was older, took a date/family, cheap price off-season (winter), took friend/business associate in town, new actor/actress in a role, right before show closed, etc but to go many times in a month...nope.
ive seen many shows multiple times, including My Fair Lady, A little night music, Aida, Phantom, How to Succeed, Kinky Boots, Book of Mormon, Les Miserables, and a few others
why go multiple times?
1) different casts and interpretation
2) I really love a show and there arent that many truly great musicals(about 50-60 IMO)
3) Aida was the first musical i saw again because was so stunned by Heather Headleys performance I had to go back
4) I live in San Francisco, and there are only so many professional productions playing, so if a great national tour is here, I may go more than once
5) you start to look for, and look at different things, especially when you see the same production
I met a woman who said she has seen Wicked over 100 times, and a renthead who saw rent over 100 times, and a guy who saw les mis 65 times and wrote his college thesis on it
You may want to consider setting the bar a little lower for your book.
I mean, if someone has seen the same show 50 times, doesnt that make them a raving fan too?
If I lived in new york, I would still go to the sames shows I liked multiple times (and see a lot more plays, which i love but will not see when in NY because I love musicals more), especially if you can get great discount tix.....
Wow, you didn't like Mormon, Roxy? A little surprised you've never mentioned that before.
I was actually close to seeing Bronx Bombers 100 times last year, but the brevity of the show's run and the fact that I never went to see it left me only 100 shows short.
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Posted: 7/9/15 at 10:22pm