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If you could choose one...

jess20882

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If you could choose one...#0
Posted: 10/31/06 at 2:34pm

I am doing a poll for a project I'm working on (and I'm also curious)...

If you had to choose one Broadway show to see over and over again, or you could only see one show for the rest of your life, which show would it be and why?

If you could choose one...

If you could choose one...

avab802

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re: If you could choose one...#1
Posted: 10/31/06 at 2:55pm

Well, I've already seen RENT over and over again, so... there's my answer for that, lol.
I don't think I could choose just one show to see for the rest of my life, to the exclusion of all other shows. I like seeing new things too much. :)

Kitzarina

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re: If you could choose one...#2
Posted: 10/31/06 at 2:57pm

A tough question. I would probably pick Sweeney Todd. Even though Les Miz is my favorite show, Sweeney is a piece that I can watch over and over and find something new every time. I'd take either the original Hal Prince staging or the recent revival by John Doyle.

"You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" --Family Guy

"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.

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munkustrap178

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re: If you could choose one...#3
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:07pm

FOLLIES

"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy." -Charlie Manson

uncageg

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re: If you could choose one...#4
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:07pm

"Into The Woods" (Which I already watch a lot on DVD!)

Just give the world Love.

FoscasBohemianDream

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re: If you could choose one...#5
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:09pm

Sunday in the Park with George (which I constantly watch on DVD) and Follies.

WOSQ

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re: If you could choose one...#6
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:19pm

As I ripen, mature or simply get older, I could see A Little Night Music once a year for the rest of my life.

I liked the show a lot when I saw it in my early 20s, but now 30+ years later, Night Music makes so much more sense in my 50s. One needs some mileage on their tires to truly appreciate this show.

"Send in the Clowns" is never to be a dirge. It is chock full of irony.

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Allentown2

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re: If you could choose one...#7
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:31pm

Les Miz all the way. The show has probably the best score ever. Other ones would be The Light In The Piazza and Fosse.

DRSisLove

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re: If you could choose one...#8
Posted: 10/31/06 at 3:46pm

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Titanic
Wedding Singer

ragdoll4390

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re: If you could choose one...#9
Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:38pm

Jersey Boys

choose to be happy:0)-Grey Gardens

Ciaron McCarthy

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re: If you could choose one...#10
Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:41pm

FOLLIES!

mauriposa

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re: If you could choose one...#11
Posted: 10/31/06 at 4:53pm

RENT. I have immense loyalty for my theater gateway drug. I even saw the movie in the theater 15 times because I don't live in New York and can't see the real thing as often as I'd like to.

justagirl2

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re: If you could choose one...#12
Posted: 10/31/06 at 5:58pm

I'm going to have to second Sweeney Todd.

bwaylvsong

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re: If you could choose one...#13
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:06pm

Kiss Me, Kate
Phantom is a close second

Lizzya9

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re: If you could choose one...#14
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:12pm

Beauty and the Beast because it is amazing and never ceases to amaze.

lucydee

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re: If you could choose one...#15
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:17pm

If I had to choose one, I would say Sweeney Todd.
Everytime I saw this, I picked up something different from
it. Comming in second would have to be Jersey Boys for me.
I've seen it so many times, I'm still laughing out loud.

Feel the Love - Les Mis

ashbash1990

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re: If you could choose one...#16
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:46pm

Kitzarina's message to a T... except i prefer the new John Doyle version...

What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!

BSoBW2

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re: If you could choose one...#17
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:49pm

Les Mis. Forever. And ever.

kelzama

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re: If you could choose one...#18
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:51pm

Pick a Sondheim. Just about any will do. So many layers, so much to not only watch and listen, but absorb. Sweeney, SITPWG et al.

Elphaba3

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re: If you could choose one...#19
Posted: 10/31/06 at 6:51pm

The Light in the Piazza

Over_the_Moon

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re: If you could choose one...#20
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:22pm

Debating between Cabaret and Into the Woods. Cabaret is my favorite, but I think I could watch ITW more...

"what have we learned? Don't smoke... don't do drugs and don't sing 'Defying Gravity'." -CATSNYRevival

MistressoftheHouse

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re: If you could choose one...#21
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:28pm

Les Miz. It's my favorite show, and when I don't see it for a while, I go through withdrawal. As of now I've been going crazy because it's been 3 years...and I've been dying to see it/going through my withdrawal for about 1 1/2 years, so yeah...

I just love it...the story, the music, everything.

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snl89

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re: If you could choose one...#22
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:29pm

ooooo this is a tough question!! if I could only choose one? gahhh.. my first impulse would be to say RENT... either RENT or..no, Tick Tick Boom (with OOBC in tact). But the problem is eventually I'd probably end up getting pretty depressed by it. Just, you know, after seeing it so many times! I would hate not to have something like wedding singer to balance it out :) But, yeah, for sake of just picking one show, ttB.

(runners up include RENT obviously, les mis, last 5 years, and wicked but only with idina. ONLY)

I don't need a life that's normal. That's way too far away. But something next to normal would be okay. Something next to normal is what I'd like to try. Close enough to normal to get by.

Updated On: 10/31/06 at 07:29 PM

dirty rotten guy

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re: If you could choose one...#23
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:31pm

Sweeney

It is dearly missed...

"The hallmark of aristocracy is responsibility. Oh brother, that got me, that did me in!"

dancingthrulife04

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re: If you could choose one...#24
Posted: 10/31/06 at 7:37pm

The Light in the Piazza

http://www.beintheheights.com/katnicole1 (Please click and help me win!) I chose, and my world was shaken- So what?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda "And when Idina Menzel is singing, I'm always slightly worried that her teeth are going to jump out of her mouth and chase me." - Schmerg_the_Impaler

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