Only 1 Show to See
Only 1 Show to See
Joined: 12/31/69
#0Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 7:51pm
Here's the premise. You and a guest have been given a full day in Manhattan, all expenses paid. You are given a choice to see one Broadway musical with the original cast exactly as performed during opening week of the show. The fact that it may not actually be on a Broadway stage today is of no consequence. It's the opening week, the house is SRO and you are there. Prime seats. Your choice can only be one from this list. Not 2, not 3. Only 1. Which one would it be?
A) HAIRSPRAY
B) MY FAIR LADY
C) THE PRODUCERS
D) HELLO, DOLLY!
E) OKLAHOMA!
F) CATS
G) A CHORUS LINE
H) RENT
I) WEST SIDE STORY
J) GYPSY
K) HAIR
L) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
Yours for a better Broadway!
Updated On: 7/8/03 at 07:51 PM
BatBoi
Understudy Joined: 6/21/03
Duane Reade
Featured Actor Joined: 6/30/03
#2re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:09pmYeah, I go with West Side Story, although I will always have a soft spot for the original cast of Rent.
MsNina
Stand-by Joined: 5/15/03
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
luluhed
Featured Actor Joined: 5/15/03
#5re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:26pmNone of those were among my favorites, so I just chose the one I'd like best from them- West Side Story.
CaTheatreGirl
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#6re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:26pmHello Dolly! I'd loved to have seen it with Carol Channing.
#7re: re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:36pm
Sitting with DP at Hello Dollllllllllly.....
"Life is not measured by the number
of breaths we take, but by moments
that take our breath away."
"Life isn't about how to survive the storm,
but how to dance in the rain."
jillchris
Swing Joined: 5/16/03
#8re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:44pm
Well, since Nine isn't on the list (EITHER version), I'd pick "The Producers" - original cast, that is.
"Chorus Line" was pretty amazing too.
moljul
Broadway Star Joined: 5/28/03
#9re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 8:45pmNo question. My Fair Lady. To see Julie Andrews on stage when she was at her stage heyday. I wouldn't pass that up for anything. Seeing her in Victor/Victoria was fun but I would love to see her in a good show when her voice was in top form.
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#11re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 9:01pmI would actually love to see RENT with its original cast. That would be awesome.
CCM '10!
#12re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 9:02pmGypsy. I can never tire of the score, or the story. Just give me a good Mama Rose and I'll be happy.
"Peace! The charm's wound up."
--Macbeth
#13Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 9:36pmMY FAIR LADY!! Hands down. Julie Andrews and her RRRRRs. Would have loved to see that.
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/8/03 at 10:54pmIt's hard to choose. All four of my favorite all-time musicals are on the list. But since there has always been and I think always will be only one Ethel Merman, I'll take "Gypsy"--I saw Merman in it way back when and would love to have seen it again and again.
thirdrowcenter
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
SONDHEIM8
Understudy Joined: 6/23/03
#18re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/9/03 at 12:24am
Tough choices but I would have to go with MY FAIR LADY.
LINK: Tracy, you look beautiful behind bars!
TRACY: It must be the low-watt institutional lighting!
PennyWise
Swing Joined: 5/23/03
#19re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/9/03 at 12:53am
Hi! This is my first ever response on this board (though I've been reading for quite a while and LOVE it).... Good question. I guess I'd have to say "RENT" (though "THE PRODUCERS" is also tempting, I do love the original cast of RENT).
Belter
Stand-by Joined: 6/13/03
#20re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/9/03 at 12:56am
I saw The Producers and Rent with their OBCs (hated RENT)... I'd pick Oklahoma ... the chance to see the musical which changed Broadway? With Lorenz Hart in the audience and Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration up there? Wow!
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#21re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/9/03 at 1:12am
SOUTH PACIFIC, oh that's not on the list.
God, to be sitting front and center for the opening night of GYPSY would be heaven. And I mean the original production with the MERM!
PEACE.
musicaltheatreman
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/03
cabarethed
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
#23re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/9/03 at 2:07amNo Cabaret?? That's the only OBC I'm literally beating myself up for not seeing. Then I choose The Producers.
#24re: re: re: re: re: Only 1 Show to See
Posted: 7/9/03 at 7:34am
I think I'd have to go with GYPSY. To see Ethel Merman do that must have been amazing.
Second choice would be WEST SIDE STORY.
I can't believe so many people chose MY FAIR LADY! Yes, to see the great Dame Julie would be fabulous, but you'd have to sit through that ENDLESS show. If I had my Julie Andrews pick, it would be the OBC of CAMELOT -- the music is so much better than MFL.
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Updated On: 7/9/03 at 07:34 AM
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