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Post by steve10086 on Nov 28, 2017 15:13:31 GMT
Sunset Boulevard - 55 times
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 28, 2017 15:14:03 GMT
Wicked, REALLY?! *heart sinks*
What IS it about that show that captured a certain demopraphic/zeitgeist (much like Harry Potter films)?!?
I found it very average.
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 28, 2017 15:15:54 GMT
I think it depends how you go about it. I've seen Wicked 19 times, but that is over 6 and a half years, so I don't get bored of it because I don't see it all the time and make sure I don't unless Tucker is in it hahaha. But I know someone on this board who has seen Dreamgirls 12 times in the past fortnight and is going again next week. He may still enjoy it that way. It wouldn't work for me, I'd get bored, but that works for him. I shouldn't judge but I think 10 of those 12 times for Dreamgirls over a fortnight could have been spent seeing new musicals or plays, I understand people have their favourites but given how many shows are produced in a year, it seems a bit of a shame that people don't want to branch out and see shows they wouldn't normally see or venues they wouldn't normally visit. Obsessive personalities
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 28, 2017 15:18:38 GMT
I think by reading this thread you can guess people’s ages! Or at least when they became real West End Wendy’s. TOTALLY!
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Post by musicallady on Nov 28, 2017 15:54:25 GMT
The Bill Kenwright tour of Joseph (before he Palladium version.)
Well into 3 figures.
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Post by Michael on Nov 28, 2017 16:14:03 GMT
I knew my Excel sheet would eventually come in handy...
Wicked - 131 Rock of Ages - 47 Memphis - 27 Book of Mormon - 24 Avenue Q - 20 Legally Blonde - 19 Newsies - 14 Aladdin - 12 School of Rock - 10
Wicked is at the top as it's been running for ages. If Rock of Ages and especially Memphis hadn't closed that early (and if Memphis' tour hadn't been pulled), they'd have overtaken Wicked by now. However, if Newsies were to come to the UK (which is most likely never going to happen, but one may hope), that'd be another candidate to dethrone Wicked.
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 28, 2017 17:49:23 GMT
Doing this off the top of my head as I'm on a train so don't have my list.
Wicked somewhere around 65 Showstopper 37 (not sure that counts though!) Phantom 30 Top Hat 26 Zorro 24 Les Mis somewhere around 12 Mamma Mia ditto Lend Me A Tenor 11 Crazy For You 10
I think that's all the musicals I've seen in double figures. I am a serious repeat-viewer when I enjoy a show & I also like to try to see as many understudies as possible. Sorry I'm another one topping my list with Wicked. That was nearly all racked up 2007-9. I've only seen it 4 times since 2009.
If anyone's doing plays too then my most-seen play is The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, which I'm en route to see for the 37th time.
Disclaimer: I do not claim to be sane!
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Post by shady23 on Nov 28, 2017 17:54:07 GMT
I wonder if there are any other things that you repeat attend? Concerts etc? Or is just musicals?
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Post by Dawnstar on Nov 28, 2017 18:06:52 GMT
I wonder if there are any other things that you repeat attend? Concerts etc? Or is just musicals? Musicals are arguably the easiest type of show to repeat-view because they're the most likely to have long runs. However I for one also repeat-view plays & operas. With the latter it usually has to involve seeing different productions or revivals of the same production, since it's rare I manage to see more than 1 or 2 performances in a run, given that there will usually only be half a dozen to a dozen performances. Concerts (classical variety) are usually one-offs or only repeated in different countries so repeat-viewings are not possible.
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Post by Michael on Nov 28, 2017 18:07:52 GMT
I wonder if there are any other things that you repeat attend? Concerts etc? Or is just musicals? Back when they were still touring, I did attend several concerts of one tour from the German band Die Ärzte. They haven't been touring for quite a while now, but if they were again, I'd try to catch a few more concerts. Not sure if that counts, but I've completely lost track of how many times I've seen The Big Bang Theory.
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Post by cheesy116 on Nov 28, 2017 19:09:58 GMT
I've seen Matilda around 25 times, only once in the past year but before that I had a crazy year going all the time, considering I stay in Scotland... I have opening night of the tour booked too.
Kinky Boots 8 or 9 times but everything else is a max of 2 times
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Post by ensembleswings on Nov 28, 2017 19:13:18 GMT
Wicked - 18 Kinky Boots - 8 Wonderland - 5 Legally Blonde - 4 The Addams Family / Annie / Billy Elliot / Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Dreamgirls / Grease / Joseph and the ATD / School of Rock - 2
So that's only four shows that I've seen more than twice, and a total of 12 that I've made a repeat visit to (at least if memory serves me right). It's only been this year that I've properly developed the love of theatre hence why the shows I have seen multiple times are currently running or only recently closed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 19:18:09 GMT
The last performance at The Other Palace I'm proud to say was the 100th time I've seen Starlight Express. Started when I was 10, so that's over the last 30 years!
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Post by itsemily on Nov 28, 2017 19:42:29 GMT
Jersey Boys x5, Rock Of Ages x3 lots of other things I've seen twice. Just remembered I've also seen the Joseph tour 3 times but that's over 12 years (although I was in choir on and off for a year and half, which lead to a 9/10 year old me sneakily trying to watch what was going on in the middle of the stage from the corner of my eye without turning my head at least 30 something times... it was over a year before I got to watch it from the audience!)
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Post by profquatermass on Nov 28, 2017 19:59:50 GMT
Wow! I've seen at least a dozen *different* Into the Woods and probably a similar number of several other Sondheims and a bunch of Sound of Musics. But life's too short and my purse is too empty to go to see the same show dozens of times. Do you never wonder what else you might be missing?
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Post by Mark on Nov 28, 2017 20:20:12 GMT
Legally Blonde for me at 16 times. Haven't seen the new UK tour yet.
Others: 12: Blood Brothers : (hopefully 13th visit this week) 8: Priscilla 7: Love Never Dies, Sister Act 6: Avenue Q, Rock of Ages, Wicked, La Cage aux Folles, Book of Mormon, In the Heights 5: Bend It Like Beckham, Billy Elliot, Ghost, Kinky Boots, Hairspray, Phantom, Memphis, The Bodyguard, We Will Rock You, Dreamgirls, The Girls
Then lots more going down from 4/3/2....
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 20:52:22 GMT
The Boy From Oz: 9 times. Avenue Q: 6 times almost accidentally (various tours different friends wanting to see it) Rent: 14.5 (I walked out of one...I won't say which but it wasn't Rent: Remixed, though I should have...)
I've seen Wicked 4 times which really makes me feel like I'm not trying here...
Plays wise, I saw Bent (Alan Cumming/Daniel Kramer version) 5 times.
Angels in America (both parts): 10
I've seen a lot of Hamlets too, but let's not re-live that some of them I'd forget. I've left the Shakespeare off in general because frankly I can't be arsed to count.
ETA: I did not see 'Ben' 5 times but Bent...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 20:57:18 GMT
The Boy From Oz: 9 times. Avenue Q: 6 times almost accidentally (various tours different friends wanting to see it) Rent: 14.5 (I walked out of one...I won't say which but it wasn't Rent: Remixed, though I should have...) I've seen Wicked 4 times which really makes me feel like I'm not trying here... Plays wise, I saw Bent (Alan Cumming/Daniel Kramer version) 5 times. Angels in America (both parts): 10 I've seen a lot of Hamlets too, but let's not re-live that some of them I'd forget. I've left the Shakespeare off in general because frankly I can't be arsed to count. ETA: I did not see 'Ben' 5 times but Bent... 'The Boy From Oz' 9 times?? You lucky girl. I only got to see it once. Were they all on Broadway or elsewhere??
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 20:59:27 GMT
The Boy From Oz: 9 times. Avenue Q: 6 times almost accidentally (various tours different friends wanting to see it) Rent: 14.5 (I walked out of one...I won't say which but it wasn't Rent: Remixed, though I should have...) I've seen Wicked 4 times which really makes me feel like I'm not trying here... Plays wise, I saw Bent (Alan Cumming/Daniel Kramer version) 5 times. Angels in America (both parts): 10 I've seen a lot of Hamlets too, but let's not re-live that some of them I'd forget. I've left the Shakespeare off in general because frankly I can't be arsed to count. ETA: I did not see 'Ben' 5 times but Bent... 'The Boy From Oz' 9 times?? You lucky girl. I only got to see it once. Were they all on Broadway or elsewhere?? All Broadway- my first real 'obsession'. I should say, in my defense I lived in Canada at the time so I was more 'popping down' for the weekend rather than crossing an ocean every time! I was, I confess a super-fangirl. But it did launch me properly into theatre-loving. And it also (fun fact nerds) was the seed that started my 'AIDS theatre' professional life...
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Post by danb on Nov 28, 2017 21:39:24 GMT
Oh tell me it was the Caprice abomination Emmi! The subsequent tour without her was fine, even Rickitt showed a smidgeon of emotion but her miming TMOLM was a true low point in musical theatre. Think I’ve blocked it out.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Nov 28, 2017 21:49:17 GMT
this thread...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 21:52:34 GMT
I shoulda asked how many musicals have you seen drunk, that woulda been interesting... naming no names eh @ryan 😅
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Post by danb on Nov 28, 2017 22:02:52 GMT
We were absolutely hammered for (the first act of) Tommy Steele: What A Show at the POW about 18 years ago. Didn’t make it back for act two but may have created our second born that night so it wasn’t a complete write off. 😂
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Post by shady23 on Nov 28, 2017 22:25:34 GMT
this thread... Embrace your inner Fanboy Mr Bear 😉
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 22:36:45 GMT
I shoulda asked how many musicals have you seen drunk, that woulda been interesting... naming no names eh @ryan 😅 Every. Single. One.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 22:38:19 GMT
Bodyguard. Hammered. She goes up in the lift. Centre stalls, one man standing ovation mid song. 😅
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 23:38:56 GMT
'The Boy From Oz' 9 times?? You lucky girl. I only got to see it once. Were they all on Broadway or elsewhere?? All Broadway- my first real 'obsession'. I should say, in my defense I lived in Canada at the time so I was more 'popping down' for the weekend rather than crossing an ocean every time! I was, I confess a super-fangirl. But it did launch me properly into theatre-loving. And it also (fun fact nerds) was the seed that started my 'AIDS theatre' professional life... To me the show was perfection. The cast were ALL amazing, Hugh Jackman, Stephanie J Block, Beth Fowler (who had me in tears at Don't Cry Out Loud) Jarrod Emick, and the fabulous woman who played Judy... cant remember her name! The songs, the staging. I paid top dollar and it was worth every cent! I have played the OBCR over and over. Too bad it never transferred. Now if only Andrew Garfield could sing....and we could have ourselves a new Peter Allen
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Post by daniel on Nov 29, 2017 0:09:40 GMT
Legally Blonde for me at 16 times. Haven't seen the new UK tour yet. I wouldn't - it'll ruin it for you.
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 29, 2017 8:33:31 GMT
this thread... I am really keen to examine what it is about the obsession of Wicked on this particular board, and wider.
It is plainly addictive to many people, and I'd really like to explore why..... (call it sociological study, if you will!)
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Post by distantcousin on Nov 29, 2017 8:35:09 GMT
Oh tell me it was the Caprice abomination Emmi! The subsequent tour without her was fine, even Rickitt showed a smidgeon of emotion but her miming TMOLM was a true low point in musical theatre. Think I’ve blocked it out.
I saw that! Mind you, I was underwhelmed with Rent in general. Good score though.
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