For Those of us Who Love Broadway...

[LMO429]

Right now my current favorite Broadway Play is ROCK OF AGES! seriously such a blast! and they serve drinks right to your seat as well...can't beat that!

 

[Sooze]

I am beyond jealous! Those are two shows (and the two parts as a matter of fact) that I am DYING to be able to perform in at some point! They must have been so much fun!

I sure hope you get the opportunity to do so! I'm actually auditioning for Joseph again in a few weeks... we'll see what happens!

 

[ShesAPirate]

Ooh, I know I'm late on this, but had to join in:

My top 5 (all of which I've seen at least once):
1. Rent (and I can't believe I'm saying that, because it took me forever to even want to see it.)
2. Miss Saigon (I'm drinking out of my Miss Saigon coffee mug right now, in fact)
3. Les Miserables (saw this one several times)
4. Jesus Christ Superstar (has been a favorite since I was a little girl)
5. Hair (It was just so much fun and I love the music)

All of my bottom 5 are Cats. I fell asleep, right in the front row. It was just so boring

Oh, and when Debbie Gibson was playing Eponine in Les Mis? That was my least favorite time seeing that show.

 

[snowy76]

I have yet to see a show on Broadway but I've been able to see several national tours and some shows in Toronto, so here's my top 5:

1) Phantom (with Colm Wilkinson in Toronto - saw him there twice)
2) Tommy (also the Toronto production - Tyley Ross left me with chills)
3) Lion King (national tour)
4) Phantom (again in Toronto - but Paul Stanley of KISS played Phantom, what a neat edge to the role)
4) Les Miserables (national tour)

 

[DisneyKevin]

I have yet to see a show on Broadway but I've been able to see several national tours and some shows in Toronto, so here's my top 5:

1) Phantom (with Colm Wilkinson in Toronto - saw him there twice)
2) Tommy (also the Toronto production - Tyley Ross left me with chills)
3) Lion King (national tour)
4) Phantom (again in Toronto - but Paul Stanley of KISS played Phantom, what a neat edge to the role)
4) Les Miserables (national tour)

I saw Colm Wilkenson in Les Mis.

His rendition of the song "Bring Him Home" brought tears to my eyes.

He has an amazing voice.

 

[snowy76]

I saw Colm Wilkenson in Les Mis.

His rendition of the song "Bring Him Home" brought tears to my eyes.

He has an amazing voice.

Agreed. Have heard him in Les Mis only on the albums (he's what made me a fan of that show); I think would give a kidney to see him live as Valjean!

I loved what he brought to Phantom - a very different voice from Michael Crawford, who at the time was THE Phantom. It just brought something more authoritative to the role IMO.

 

[Nonie12]

I actually live in NY too. I love Broadway. I've seen most of those. But my two favorites were Wicked and Billy Elliot. Since I'm having my first child in November, I don't think that we'll be seeing that many Broadway shows anymore.

 

[DisneyKevin]

Agreed. Have heard him in Les Mis only on the albums (he's what made me a fan of that show); I think would give a kidney to see him live as Valjean!

I loved what he brought to Phantom - a very different voice from Michael Crawford, who at the time was THE Phantom. It just brought something more authoritative to the role IMO.

I bet he was great. I'd see anything he was in.

 

[CBisMe]

Best Theater Experiences

1. Angels In America (Millennium Approaches and Perestroika)
2. The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
3. Evita (with Patti Lupone)
4. West Side Walt with Katherine Hepburn
5. Noises Off


Worst Theater Experiences.

1. The Best Little *****house Goes Public.
2. Fosse
3. Orpheus Descending with Vanessa Redgrave
4. Sunday In The Park With George
5. Fences with James Earl Jones

I'm so jealous!! Patti Lupone - I could listen to her sing the phone book!

And.... Signs for Intelligent Life - did you actually get to see it with Lilly Tomlin? I've only been able to read the book, and see pictures of her performing it.

 

[CBisMe]

Love this thread! I try and go to Broadway every year to see a show.

Top 5:
1. Spamalot (funniest thing I've ever seen on Broadway)
2. Wicked
3. The Producers
4. Rent
5. The year of Magical Thinking ( with Vanessa Redgrave)

Worst:
1. The Pirate Queen - loved the people (Stephanie Block and Linda Balgord!), but the musical storyline/writing was terrible.
2. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( the traveling Broadway version)

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Love this thread! I try and go to Broadway every year to see a show.

Top 5:
1. Spamalot (funniest thing I've ever seen on Broadway)
2. Wicked
3. The Producers
4. Rent
5. The year of Magical Thinking ( with Vanessa Redgrave)

Worst:
1. The Pirate Queen - loved the people (Stephanie Block and Linda Balgord!), but the musical storyline/writing was terrible.
2. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels ( the traveling Broadway version)

I loved The Year of Magical Thinking... I love Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, too, though. (Original Broadway Cast). DRS cemented my love for all things John Lithgow.

 

[CBisMe]

I loved The Year of Magical Thinking... I love Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, too, though. (Original Broadway Cast). DRS cemented my love for all things John Lithgow.

Oh - how I wished I could have seen John Lithgow and DRS!

I saw the traveling version when it came to Charlotte, and I was really disappointed. In fact, I stopped going to the local ones, and just saved my money to go back to Broadway!

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

Oh - how I wished I could have seen John Lithgow and DRS!

I saw the traveling version when it came to Charlotte, and I was really disappointed. In fact, I stopped going to the local ones, and just saved my money to go back to Broadway!

Have a listen to Lithgow's "Love Sneaks In" on iTunes. It's worth it.

And it makes me even more excited for "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" which starts at the Belasco on 10/2 written by David Yazbek, starring Patti LuPone, Sherie Renee Scott, deAdre Aziza, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and our friend Danny Burstein

 

[CBisMe]

Have a listen to Lithgow's "Love Sneaks In" on iTunes. It's worth it.

And it makes me even more excited for "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" which starts at the Belasco on 10/2 written by David Yazbek, starring Patti LuPone, Sherie Renee Scott, deAdre Aziza, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and our friend Danny Burstein

I'll definitely check out iTunes - Thanks for the tip!

And for the new show! I heard it was coming, but it's not showing up on my Broadway iphone app yet -
I didn't realize it was going to be Patti LuPone. I have always, always.. wanted to see her perform live!!

This is so exciting!

 

[DisneyKevin]

And.... Signs for Intelligent Life - did you actually get to see it with Lilly Tomlin? I've only been able to read the book, and see pictures of her performing it.

I was lucky to see it four times. It seemed that everyone I knew wanted to go.

An amazing evening with one woman wearing black pants and a print shirt on a stage carpeted in grey and they only set was a metal chair.

Mesmerizing.

 

[DisneyKevin]

Saw Patti LuPone in Anything Goes at Lincoln Center.

Had a much better seat than I did for Evita (balcony).

We were right up front and when she hit the big notes, you could almost feel your hair move.

Blow Gabriel Blow was amazing.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

The sometimes frustrating but amazing thing about Broadway is you never know what's going to be a once in a lifetime performance. When they announced Patti was going to do Gypsy at City Center, it for sure wasn't going to transfer, so I literally saw the show 12 times in the three week run. I bought expensive tickets once, third row on the aisle, for opening night, but was otherwise thrilled to sit in the balcony and watch her go.

Of course, then it DID transfer to Broadway, so I saw the show again four or five times, including closing night.

I totally don't regret it. Gypsy is my favorite show, and has been since I saw Tyne Daly as Madame Rose when I was nine. We sat in the front row of the orchestra, and my then six year old brother poked the conductor in the back repeatedly through the overture until my parents noticed what he was doing.

 

[CBisMe]

I was lucky to see it four times. It seemed that everyone I knew wanted to go.

An amazing evening with one woman wearing black pants and a print shirt on a stage carpeted in grey and they only set was a metal chair.

Mesmerizing.

It sounds absolutely incredible! How lucky you are!!.

Wow, is all I can say... If there was only one show I would want to see live that isn't performed any more, it would be that one. Thanks for describing it - it sounds even better than the pictures I saw..incredible.

 

[Sooze]

I totally don't regret it. Gypsy is my favorite show, and has been since I saw Tyne Daly as Madame Rose when I was nine. We sat in the front row of the orchestra, and my then six year old brother poked the conductor in the back repeatedly through the overture until my parents noticed what he was doing.

I'm sure this may have been covered already, but is your screen name in reference to Miss Saigon, by chance?

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

I'm sure this may have been covered already, but is your screen name in reference to Miss Saigon, by chance?

Yup.