You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
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#0You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 3:36pm
If you could go back in time to any Opening Night of any ONE Broadway show (straight play or musical), which would it be and why?
"Only one to a custahmah," please.
(Hey, it's Saturday afternoon and I'm in the office.
Go figure.)
#1re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 3:54pmI would love to see the opening night of Brooklyn.
#2re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 3:58pm
And I would love to see the opening of The Play What I Wrote!
Meg
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#3re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:03pmSorry, I cant pick just one: I would love to go to Wicked, BFO, hairspray, Nine (revival), Avenue Q, and the Producers. Cant just pick one! =D
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SammyGal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/04
#4re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:06pm
Taboooooooooo!!
I was there opening preview night and it was really awesome cause everyone was dressed up or had 80's clothes on.
But I would have loved to be there for the official opening when all the celebrities were there and the atmosphere was prob. crazy! :)
On a clear day I can see myself for miles ~Taboo
GovernorSlaton
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/04
#5re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:08pm
Anyone Can Whistle. Because I love the show, and by the end, I would have the entire theater to myself. 
newyorkuniq
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/03
#6re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:09pmAs much as I love my Barbra I would love to see opening night of My Fair Lady with Julie Andrews.
#7re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:10pmSimple. Gypsy with Ethel.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - Willy Wonka
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#9re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:25pmGypsy with Ethel (or maybe Can-Can to see Gwen Verdon's famous opening night showstopper).
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#10re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:25pmCARRIE with the critics
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
jmnpublications
Broadway Star Joined: 4/2/04
#12re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:41pmI remember seeing "The Gin Game" when it held its pre-Broadway tryout in Boston and thinking, "This is going to win the Pulitzer." I would have enjoyed being in the NY opening night audience to see history being made. Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn were magic. What a privilege to have seen them together.
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#13re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:56pm
Phantom - absolutely.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#14re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 4:57pmOriginal production of MY FAIR LADY.
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Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#16re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:07pm
Dame Edna Royal Tour but I was there opening night so:
Frogs!
Updated On: 7/10/04 at 05:07 PM
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:09pm
I shouldve been at Hairsprays opening.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#18re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:10pm
I would have liked to been to the opening night of Forbidden Broadway 23 years ago.
It was past my bedtime.
shesings
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/14/04
#19re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:14pmMy Fair Lady with Julie Andrews! I cannot even imagine how amazing that would be.
JakeB
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:19pmThough I don't care for the show too much, the opening night of Rent off-Broadway would have been such an experience.
sean martin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/4/04
#21re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 5:44pm
Wow. Seriously torn here, between ANYONE CAN WHISTLE and CARRIE. I have a real soft spot for CARRIE, TTTT: I have recordings of both the B'way and London casts, and underneath all the absurd orchestrations and incomprehensibly bad dance music, there's the nugget of a decent little show.
Hmm.
CARRIE, I think. Just to see the cardboard scenery.
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Updated On: 7/10/04 at 05:44 PM
AnothaPartofMe
Broadway Star Joined: 5/22/04
#22re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:02pmI'm with Craig. Ethel Merman in the first "Gypsy".
And if she'll say, "My darling, I'm yours!" I'll throw away my striped tie and my best pressed tweed, all I really need is the girl...
CurtainUp
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/9/04
#23re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:14pmhmm SO many...but if I must choose, I guess The Producers and Sweeney Todd.
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#24re: You Are There--THE OPENING NIGHT OF...?
Posted: 7/10/04 at 6:31pmI'd also have loved to be in the audience for the openng night of "Girl Crazy" in 1930 -- Ethel Merman sang "I Got Rhythm," held a single note for the entire last verse, got a standing ovation and became a star overnight.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
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