Speech and Debate (I can't believe that was this year.) In the Heights Is He Dead? [title of show] The 39 Steps Gypsy Forbidden Broadway Shrek
Wow, I thought it would be more... Speech and Debate was probably one of the best things I have ever seen. Although I actually enjoyed everything on the list.
Young Frankenstein Spamalot Sunday in the Park (twice) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 39 Steps Gypsy Rent Mary Poppins Hairspray Boeing Boeing Nero (Reading at Vassar) Death of a Salesman (Arena Stage) The Occupant (Off Broadway) The Visit (Signature in Arlington) The Happy Time (Signature in Arlington) Kiss of the Spider Woman (Signature in Arlington) [title of show] A Chorus Line Bash'd (Off Broadway) Tale of Two Cities (twice) Equus A Man for All Seasons 13 Pal Joey Billy Elliot White Christmas and Shrek next week
RENT Curtains Wicked (4 times) Legally Blonde (4 times) Xanadu (3 times) The Little Mermaid (2 times) Young Frankenstein A Chorus Line GYPSY [title of show] Spring Awakening Hairspray 13 (3 times) Billy Elliot
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
1/8 Die Mommy Die 3/8 In the Heights 3/12 Jersey Boys 3/29 Argonautica (Princeton McCarters Theatre) 4/9 South Pacific 4/12 A Catered Affair 4/20 The New Century 5/15 Dear World (Pennsy's Bristol Riverside Theatre) 6/18 Gypsy 7/15 (title of show) 8/26 Bernadette Peters (Philadelphia) 9/20 Equus 9/21 Saltimbanco-Cirque du Soleil 10/12Herringbone-BD Wong (Princeton McCarters Theatre)
Xanadu The Color Purple Sunday in the Park with George Mamma Mia! Gypsy Passing Strange Equus (x2) A Man for All Seasons 13 All My Sons A Tale of Two Cities Pal Joey Shrek
Off-Broadway:
Corpus Christi (Rattlestick Theater)
Regional/Community:
Dames at Sea The Rocky Horror Show High School Musical Singin' in the Rain The Full Monty Thoroughly Modern Millie Damn Yankees Hello Dolly! Leader of the Pack Seussical (college) Star Wars - The Musical! (college) William Finn's Elegies The Toxic Avenger Updated On: 12/26/08 at 12:51 PM
1. Curtains- January 12, 8 pm 2. Spring Awakening- January 19, 2 pm 3. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee- January 20, 7:30 pm [Closing Night 4. Spring Awakening- February 3, 2 pm 5. In The Heights- February 14, 8 pm [First Preview] 6. Legally Blonde- February 15, 8 pm 7. Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit (Tour)- February 23, 8 pm [Ridgefield, CT] 8. Spring Awakening- March 8, 2 pm 9. Young Frankenstein- March 22, 8 pm 10. Gypsy- March 30, 3 pm 11. Spring Awakening- April 11, 8 pm 12. Spring Awakening- April 26, 2 pm 13. Spring Awakening- May 18, 7 pm [Groff and Michele's final performance] 14. Xanadu- May 31, 2 pm 15. Gypsy- May 31, 8 pm 16. Spring Awakening- June 16, 8 pm 17. Xanadu- June 17, 7 pm 18. The Wedding Singer (Tour)- June 21, 2 pm [Hartford, CT] 19. Curtains- June 29, 3 pm [Closing Night] 20. Wicked- July 1, 7 pm 21. In The Heights- July 15, 8 pm 22. Spring Awakening- July 19, 2 pm 23. [title of show]- July 19, 8 pm 24. A Catered Affair- July 23, 2 pm 25. Legally Blonde- July 23, 8 pm 26. Gypsy- August 2, 2 pm 27. Spring Awakening- August 2, 8 pm 28. [title of show]- August 9, 8 pm 29. Xanadu- August 17, 3 pm 30. A Chorus Line- August 17, 6:30 pm [Closing Night] 31. Spring Awakening- September 13, 2 pm 32. 13- September 13, 8 pm [Invited Dress Rehearsal] 33. The 39 Steps- September 21, 3 pm 34. Xanadu- September 27, 2 pm 35. Hairspray- October 10, 8 pm 36. Billy Elliot- October 11, 2 pm 37. Boeing-Boeing- October 11, 8 pm 38. 13- October 19, 2 pm 39. Legally Blonde- October 19, 7 pm [Closing Night] 40. Billy Elliot- November 1, 8 pm 41. Spring Awakening- November 3, 8 pm 42. Spring Awakening- November 16, 2 pm 43. In The Heights- November 22, 2 pm 44. 13- November 22, 8 pm 45. Spring Awakening- November 29, 8 pm 46. Legally Blonde (Tour)- December 13, 2 pm [Hartford, CT] 47. Spring Awakening- December 14, 2 pm 48. Billy Elliot- December 21, 3 pm 49. Shrek- December 23, 7 pm 50. White Christmas- December 24, 2 pm
All in London unless otherwise stated. (You'll NEVER GUESS when I moved away from Bath! XD)
Dealer's Choice La Cage aux Folles Doubt The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby parts 1&2 Much Ado About Nothing Absurd Person Singular Othello Shadowlands War Horse The Vortex (Bath) Visiting Mr Green (Bath) The Deep Blue Sea (Bath) Merrily We Roll Along (Newbury) Uncle Vanya (Bath) The Nutcracker (Bath) Cinderella (Bath) Potted Potter (Bath) A Trip To Scarborough (Bath) Hamlet (Bath) Journey's End (Bath) War and Peace parts 1&2 (Bath) Breakfast With Mugabe (Bath) And Then There Were None (Bath) The Clean House (Bath) Sleuth (Bath) The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Bath) The Sea God of Carnage She Stoops to Conquer (Bath) Contains Violence Major Barbara The Lover/The Collection Equus (Bath) Gone with the Wind Fram Single Spies (High Wycombe) Fat Pig Richard II Henry IV parts 1&2 Henry V Henry VI parts 1, 2, &3 Richard III The Revenger's Tragedy Troilus and Cressida The Lord of the Rings Betwixt Candide Marguerite The Merry Wives of Windsor A Slight Ache Never So Good Black Watch Timon of Athens Six Characters in Search of an Author (Chichester) The Music Man (Chichester) Romeo and Juliet Zorro Sunset Boulevard (Newbury) Hamlet The Woman in Black ...some trace of her Six Characters in Search of an Author Love's Labour's Lost (Stratford-upon-Avon) Hamlet (Stratford-upon-Avon) La Cage aux Folles Ivanov August: Osage County War Horse Hamlet No Man's Land Imagine This
If you think I've seen too much Shakespeare this year, you would be right. For the remainder of the year, such as it is, I'll be visiting Hamlet one last time then rounding off 2008 with Twelfth Night. It's a wonder I'm not talking in iambic pentameter these days.
(And if you were wondering, I'm really good at getting discounts and I don't spend much money on anything else. :P)
I'm glad I'm not the only dork who keeps this information in a spreadsheet!
Jan. 5: Altar Boyz Jan. 9: The 39 Steps Jan. 11: A Bronx Tale Jan. 23: November Jan. 27: The Tempest [The Acting Company] Feb. 2: Xanadu Feb. 3: Spamalot Feb. 9: Applause [Encores!] Feb. 14: Sunday in the Park With George Feb. 24: Spring Awakening Feb. 25: Gray Area [off-Broadway] Mar. 1: Xanadu Mar. 28: Hairspray Apr. 5: The Country Girl Apr. 6: The Homecoming May 10: Endgame [BAM] May 21: Macbeth June 14: Saved [Playwrights Horizons] June 20: Top Girls June 21: A Catered Affair June 21: Sunday in the Park With George June 22: Xanadu July 15: Damn Yankees [Encores!] July 19: Thurgood Aug. 5: [title of show] Aug. 30: Xanadu Aug. 31: Hair Sep. 7: RENT Sep. 12: Equus Sep. 30: In the Heights Oct. 5: [title of show] Oct. 12: [title of show] Oct. 13: A Tale of Two Cities Oct. 24: Naked Boys Singing! Nov. 7: Farragut North [Atlantic Theatre] Nov. 9: American Buffalo Nov. 9: Road Show Dec. 3: Speed-the-Plow Dec. 4: Dust [off-Broadway] Dec. 12: Young Frankenstein Dec. 13: Boeing-Boeing Dec. 13: August: Osage County Dec. 14: Hairspray Dec. 19: Gypsy Dec. 20: Liza's at the Palace...
I can't think of a better way to end the year. :)
Bet you can't guess when my semester ended!
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
RENT Mary Poppins A Chorus line Legally Blonde (4 times) 13 Spring Awakening
I'm a professional. Whenever something goes wrong on stage, I know how to handle it so no one ever remembers. I flash my %#$&.
"Jayne just sat there while Gina flailed around the stage like an idiot."
My list!: (In this order, just can't remember the dates) Les Miserables Revival Linda Eder/Michael Feinstein's Concert EVITA (Non-Eq. National Tour) Sunday in the Park with George Revival Patti LuPone Gypsy Les Miserables (Walnut Street Theatre) Les Miserables (Walnut Street Theatre) A Tale of Two Cities Legally Blonde 13 Jekyll & HYDE (Regional) Patti LuPone Gypsy (Nov. 16, after the ATOTC complication!) Legally Blonde National Tour Legally Blonde National Tour
I think that's all! That's pretty much around the number I see every year, but just not so many repeats :)!
(not in any order except what I thought of first off the top of my head)
Shrek (5th Avenue Theatre, World Premiere) 5 times and 3 dress rehearsals The Drowsy Chaperone (5th Avenue Theatre, National Tour) Spring Awakening (The Paramount Theatre, National Tour) Mamma Mia (The Paramount Theatre, National Tour) The Crucible (Bellarmine Prep High School) Saint Heaven (Village Theatre) Cabaret (5th Avenue Theatre) 2 times Mame (5th Avenue Theatre) 2 times Cabaret (Lyric Theatre, London UK) Romeo and Juliet (Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford UK) Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Adelphi Theatre, London UK) The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre, London UK) Les Miserables (Queens Theatre, London UK with Drew Sarich!) Arabian Nights (The Overlake School) Jersey Boys (5th Avenue Theatre, National Tour) Little Shop of Horrors (Studio East) The Secret Garden (Village Theatre KIDSTAGE Summer Stock) Bat Boy: the Musical (Second Story Rep) Same Time Next Year (Second Story Rep) Greater Tuna (Second Story Rep) Born Yesterday (Second Story Rep) Godspell (Second Story Rep Teen Program) Oz (Redmond Junior High) Once Upon a Mattress (Bethel High School) Aladdin, Jr (East Ridge Elementary) 2 times Children of Eden (Edmonds HS Resource Center MT 1) No Hole Holiday (Second Story Rep SPROUTS)
also in the next four days: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (5th Avenue Theatre)-saturday New Voices 6 (Seattle Rep)-monday The Nutcracker (Pacific Northwest Ballet)-sunday
40 performances (plus the other ballet, operas, concets, etc that I'm not including and the plays that I'm forgetting)
Hopefully more next year but not bad for busy and broke 16 year old :) Updated On: 12/26/08 at 04:23 PM
Shows in bold are the shows I've seen more than once, which is ridiculous, I know. 2009 will probably be 1/8 of 2008.
Spring Awakening, Jan 2 Xanadu, Jan 3 Jersey Boys, Jan 10 A Chorus Line, Jan 11 The Fantasticks, Jan 18 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Jan 20 Sunday in the Park with George, Jan 25 August: Osage County, Jan 29
August: Osage County, Feb 2 Avenue Q, Feb 4 Speech and Debate, Feb 7 A Chorus Line, Feb 12 In The Heights, Feb 15 Is He Dead?, Feb 20 Speech and Debate, Feb 21 The Seafarer, Feb 23
Passing Strange, March 2 Chicago, March 3 The 39 Steps, March 6 Passing Strange, March 7 Next To Normal, March 8 August: Osage County, March 20 Passing Strange, March 22 The Homecoming, March 27 The Seafarer, March 30
Rent, April 4 A Chorus Line, April 6 The Four of Us, April 12 Les Liasons Dangereuses, April 12 Gypsy, April 15 From Up Here, April 17 Adding Machine, April 18 Boeing Boeing, April 19 Gypsy, April 22 Boeing Boeing, April 24 Top Girls, April 25, South Pacific, April 26
Glory Days, May 1 August: Osage County, May 4 The Lion King, May 8 Passing Strange, May 13 Good Boys and True, May 22 Saved, May 24 Passing Strange, May 25 Cry-Baby, May 27 The New Century, May 29 Reasons To Be Pretty, May 31
From Up Here, June 7 The 39 Steps, June 13 Sunday in the Park with George, June 17 November, June 24 Rafta Rafta, June 26 Top Girls, June 28 Curtains, June 28
The Little Mermaid, July 2 Passing Strange, July 4 Title Of Show, July 5 Xanadu, July 8 Jersey Boys, July 15 Young Frankenstein, July 16 Passing Strange, July 18 Passing Strange, July 20 A Catered Affair, July 24 The Marriage of Bette and Boo, July 26 In The Heights, July 29
Hair, Aug 6 Legally Blonde, Aug 8 Thurgood, Aug 17 Boeing Boeing, Aug 28 Bashd, Aug 29
Title Of Show, Sept 4 The Marvelous Wonderettes, Sept 7 Cirque Du Soleil Kooza, Sept 12 A Chorus Line (Tour), Sept 12 Cirque Du Soleil Saltimbanco, Sept 18 The Seagull, Sept 21 13, Sept 26 Three Changes, Sept 27
Fifty Words, Oct 3 Equus, Oct 9 Title Of Show, Oct 10 August: Osage County, Oct 12 Gypsy, Oct 17 The Language of Trees, Oct 19 Fifty Words, Oct 24 Diving the Estate, Oct 29
A Tale of Two Cities, Nov 1 Shrek the Musical, Nov 13
Mouth to Mouth, December 6 PalJoey, December 22 Speed-The-Plow, December 27 What's That Smell, December 27
Best shows I've seen this year: Passing Strange, Speech & Debate, August: Osage County, Sunday in the Park with George, Boeing Boeing, From Up Here, Fifty Words
Updated On: 12/27/08 at 06:24 PM
Hairspray (London) Wicked (London) Spamalot (London) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour) South Pacific (UK Tour) Fiddler on the Roof (UK Tour) Beauty and the Beast (UK Tour) Blood Brothers (UK Tour)
Broadway: Xanadu August: Osage County (x2) In the Heights (x2) The Homecoming Passing Strange (x2) Young Frankenstein Spamalot [title of show] Gypsy South Pacific Boeing Boeing The 39 Steps Spring Awakening Hairspray Dividing the Estate All My Sons Shrek Equus
Off-Broadway: Fuerzabruta Adding Machine Hair in Central Park Road Show Back Back Back
Touring: Sweeney Todd (Equity John Doyle Production) The Wizard of Oz (NETworks Touring Production) Annie (NETworks Touring Production)
Regional: Altar Boyz (Actors Playhouse in Coral Gables, FL) Footloose (Actors Playhouse) Thumbs (Actors Playhouse) 1776 (Actors Playhouse) A Christmas Carol (Actors Playhouse) The Little Dog Laughed (Gablestage in Coral Gables, FL) Blackbird (Gablestage) The Accomplices (Gablestage) In Common Hours (Gablestage) Shining City (Gablestage) Betrayed (Gablestage) November (Gablestage) As You Like It (New Theatre in Coral Gables, FL) Fill Our Mouths (New Theatre) Tony 'n Tina's Wedding (Broward Center for the Performing Arts) Summer Shorts (City Theatre in Miami, FL)
University: Guys and Dolls (University of Miami) Cabaret (University of Miami)
47. Wow. And I think I'm missing some.
A very good theatre-going year for me.
I won't even try to rank them or pick a top ten, that would just be dumb- and incredibly difficult. Updated On: 12/31/08 at 11:35 PM
On Broadway: August: Osage County Young Frankenstein Xanadu Come Back, Little Sheba Gypsy South Pacific Sunday in the Park with George Juno (Encores) title of show Equus Billy Elliot Mamma Mia!
Tours: The Color Purple Mamma Mia! Liza Minnelli (in Louisville, KY) Sweeney Todd Avenue Q Tuna Does Vegas
Regional/Actors Theatre of Louisville: The Tempest The Clean House Doubt Topdog/Underdog Glengarry Glen Ross Pride and Prejudice A Raisin in the Sun Dracula
Legally Blonde 2x (OBC and then Haven Burton as Elle Woods) Altar Boyz My First Time Cry Baby 10x Passing Strange N2N Saved 2x Young Frankenstein Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Revival Come Back, Little Sheba Revival August: Osage County Xanadu 16x (Anika Larsen as Kira/Clio, and numerous times with Curtis' understudy) The Seagull (Alan Cumming at CSC) The Color Purple Spring Awakening In the Heights Gypsy [TOS] The Homecoming The Seafarer Adding Machine A Chorus Line Wicked Macbeth The Country Girl Glory Days
Xanadu Mary Poppins Wicked Altar Boyz (New World Stages) Gypsy Billy Elliott Equus South Pacific Spring Awakening August: Osage County A Tale of Two Cities [title of show] closing performance
Tours Avenue Q Mama Mia Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Regional 33 Variations Altar Boyz Jerry Springer: The Opera Pirates of Penzanse (sp?)
2/12 - RENT 4/6 - Drowsy Chaperone 5/31 Avenue Q (first show alone with a friend) 6/1 - Avenue Q 6/25 - Jersey Boys 6/30? - SHOUT! (So bad I forgot the date) 7/16 - Jersey Boys
1/18- Shear Madness (DC) 3/9- RENT (tour) 3/27- Jersey Boys (Chicago) 3/28- Wicked (Chicago) 4/5- In The Heights mat 4/5- Wicked eve 4/6- Legally Blonde mat 4/6- RENT eve 4/20- Hairspray (tour) 5/18- Spring Awakening 5/31- RENT 6/14- Wicked 6/29- RENT (tour) 7/1- Mamma Mia! (tour) 7/5- Wicked mat 7/5- Young Frankenstien eve 7/6- November mat 7/6-RENT eve 7/13-Legally Blonde 7/19- In The Heights mat 7/19- August:Osage County eve 7/20- [title of show] 8/3- RENT 8/20- Shear Madness (DC) 9/5- RENT 9/6- RENT mat 9/6- RENT eve 10/5- Broadway: Three Generations (Girl Crazy, Bye Bye Birdy, Side Show) DC 10/9- Legally Blonde (tour) 10/21- Blue Man Group 10/22- Hairspray 11/1- In The Heights mat 11/1- Wicked eve 11/2- Spring Awakening 11/28- Altar Boyz (DC) 11/29- Grey Gardens (DC) 12/14- A Chorus Line (tour) 12/17- West Side Story (DC tryout) 12/26- Wicked 12/28- Shear Madness 12/30- Next To Normal (Arena Stages) 12/31- Legally Blonde (Tour)
Not bad for a 13 year old. And before you make fun of me, yes, I am a Wicked/RENT fangirl. Shut up.