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Old 05-12-2020, 09:39 PM
 
Location: Southwestern, USA, now.
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A memory lane---
Just visiting on my way to Boston to live...then, visiting friends later:

-Front row Stage left - 'Agnes of God' - Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Ashley, Amanda Plummer---
AND with small, inconspicuous binoculars besides...I could see the lines on their faces. Wow.
Brilliant, transcendent, all.
-Some other thing with Judith Ivey, Ed Harris

-Off Broadway - 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', funny story I later waited on a prominent character, one of the
patients, in Key West, FL at Rod's Restaurant on Duval St...When I said something about seeing him
there (imagine that) -he could care less, lol, I didn't exist to him - an unattractive man
with a big nose that I later saw in bit parts in movies, like, as a cab driver type...but maybe for Jack Nickelson, ha.

-'Torch Song Trilogy' with Harvey Fierstein, a Tony for that.

Not bad for not living there yrs ago. The restaurants after -oh, man.
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Old 05-13-2020, 06:28 AM
 
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I know I'm being terribly pedantic (please forgive me), but a point of clarification ... there is a difference between plays and musicals.

Most of the shows we're discussing in this thread are musicals. They use song and dance to tell the story. Plays generally stick with the spoken word. (I say generally because there are exceptions ... "Lady Day at Emersons Bar and Grill" is a play and not a musical because the songs that are sung in the show don't progress the story.)

Also, I forgot to mention in my earlier post that I had/have tickets to see 'Six' in the West End, as well as 'Company' and 'The Music Man' (starring Hugh Jackman) on Broadway, but COVID has messed things up. Six and Company have been cancelled, and I'm not optimistic about the future of The Music Man. My tickets are for mid-December, but Broadway is now shut down until Sept 6 and they were supposed to open to previews on Sept 9. I don't know if they'll delay the opening or cancel the production altogether.
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Old 05-13-2020, 07:56 AM
 
Location: STL area
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How was Beautiful? Carole King songs? I would like to see Come from Away. My brother & a cousin saw it
and enjoyed it.

Not a play but I saw and highly recommend Riverdance!
Yes. Carole King songs. I really enjoyed it. Although, if you ask my husband, I seem to enjoy everything. Love musicals.
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Old 05-15-2020, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Corona del Mar, CA - Coronado, CA
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I'm sure I am missing a lot, but here is what I remember. Several I've seen multiple times, maybe too many.


Musicals

The Sound of Music
Oklahoma
42nd Street
Company
Miss Saigon
Wicked
Mary Poppins
Promises, Promises
The Lion King
Annie
Hair Spray
Rent

Big River
Kinky Boots
If/Then
Something Rotten
Aladdin
Sunset Boulevard
Waitress
Come from Away
Cinderella
Hello Dolly
Once on This Island
Hamilton
Dear Evan Hanson

The King and I
My Fair Lady
Phantom of the Opera
Les Misérables
Chicago
Cats
Beatlemania
A Chorus Line
Annie Get Your Gun
Shenandoah
Ragtime
Jersey Boys
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Cabaret
Avenue Q
A Bronx Tale
Billy Elliott
Evita
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
The Producer
Spiderman
Five Guys Named Moe
Starlight Express

Into The Woods
Carousel
Scotsboro Boys
Damn Yankees
Newsies
Ain't Misbehavin'
Spamalot
Finian's Rainbow
West Side Story
Book Of Moron
Fiddler On The Roof
Beauty And The Beast

Smokey Joe's Cafe
Man of La Mancha
School of Rock
La Cage Aux Follies
Kiss of the Spiderwoman
South Pacific
Mame
The Music Man
1776
Guys & Dolls

Plays

Equus
Same Time, Next Year
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Crucible
Death of a Salesman
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Old 05-15-2020, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Northern California
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None on Broadway, as I live in California. But we have seen many (plays & musicals) over the years, as we had season tickets to different regional theaters.
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Old 05-16-2020, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Earth
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Haven't been to Broadway since 1983!

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Old 05-17-2020, 09:14 AM
 
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Maybe a better idea would have been favorite ones?

Jersey Boys was by far my favorite. Also liked Little Shop of Horrors a lot.
Les Miz was also good. Avenue Q also very good.


Seen...

Cats
Wicked
Chicago
Mamma Mia
Fela
Alladin
Rent
Stomp (if it counts)
Phantom
Probably a couple more.

The worst was Chicago.
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Old 05-22-2020, 05:21 PM
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Location: Annandale, VA
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Mama Mia
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas w/Ann Margaret
Some Like It Hot w/Tony Curtis
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Old 05-23-2020, 10:15 PM
 
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I've never seen a touring production and I couldn't even begin to list all of the plays and musicals that I have seen on Broadway and off Broadway. My first musical was Carousel, which I saw as a child and I didn't really understand it. When I grew up, I got a job working for Broadway producers. I'm still friends with a couple of choreographers.
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Old 05-24-2020, 04:29 PM
 
Location: Floribama
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The only one I've seen on Broadway is The Adams Family Musical with Brooke Shields.
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