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Post by sprampster on May 27, 2019 8:59:55 GMT
There are a few on the list but my biggest regret back in my teens was not seeing the original “La Cage Aux Folles” at the London Palladium in 1986. George Hearn and that incredible old style broadway staging !!!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 9:06:48 GMT
Ooh great topic.
The original London cast of Phantom - Not really a regret though seeing as I was a wee nipper a the time.
Les Mis at The Palace.
Sunset Blvd by ENO at The Coliseum - Prevented by health restrictions.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 27, 2019 9:09:25 GMT
Good idea for a thread!
Original Sunset Boulevard with that set, and the NT Carousel come to mind straight away.
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Post by wicked on May 27, 2019 9:14:03 GMT
It's still open but I know mine will be Emilia- been dying to see it but I can't get down before it closes.
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Post by Tibidabo on May 27, 2019 9:31:17 GMT
Easy question! Antony Sher's Richard III.
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Post by anita on May 27, 2019 9:38:33 GMT
Michael Crawford in "Billy"@ Drury lane.
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Post by Tibidabo on May 27, 2019 9:40:36 GMT
Are we allowed to gloat if we've seen one on someone else's list....
...AND got an autograph?😉😇
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Post by notmymuse on May 27, 2019 9:41:04 GMT
What a great question! I'll kick myself later for not remembering more but:
- Sunday in the Park with George with Jenna Russell and Daniel Evans
- Pipe Dream at the Union (they announced the run just after I booked to go travelling for the exact time it was on) - I would have loved to have seen all the R&H shows so hoping someone brings it back one day...
On reflection, I guess my list of "shows I nearly didn't see but am massively glad I did" is much longer, so on balance I can't complain!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on May 27, 2019 9:59:57 GMT
If we’re including plays too, then I’d better move this over to General.
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Post by david on May 27, 2019 10:00:55 GMT
The original casts of Phantom and Chess.
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Post by poster J on May 27, 2019 10:42:49 GMT
Plenty of things that were on before I was old enough to go to the theatre!
More recently though, I was gutted to miss Follies, and to not be in New York at the right time to see Hello Dolly or to see Hamilton pre-Broadway.
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Post by tonyloco on May 27, 2019 10:57:07 GMT
Mine is easy, if a little off the wall.
Back in 1954, Gypsy Rose Lee gave a show in Sydney at what was then called the Palladium Theatre for 12 nights. At the ripe old age of 17, and quite heavily into musicals, I decided I had no wish to see a tired old American stripper so I gave the show a miss. How I regretted doing that when Gypsy opened on Broadway in 1959 and became one of the great American musicals!
Is there anybody on TheatreBoard who saw Gypsy Rose Lee do a striptease live in a stage show?
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Post by alexandraastrid79 on May 27, 2019 11:01:12 GMT
The commitments, and similar to a post the original cast of les Miserables and chess.
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Post by d'James on May 27, 2019 11:05:36 GMT
Got to be the original cast of Starlight Express. I wasn’t born. I don’t think I ever saw He Whistled At Me performed on stage which is disappointing.
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Post by winonaforever on May 27, 2019 11:08:41 GMT
Michael Crawford in "Billy"@ Drury lane. I've been singing songs from that show all morning! My dad's got the original cast recording on vinyl, I love it😊 |
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Post by winonaforever on May 27, 2019 11:17:11 GMT
Almost all the shows I long to have seen happened before I was born😕 If I had to choose one, it would be Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing
(Or Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday)
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 11:22:28 GMT
Easy question! Antony Sher's Richard III. I came in to say this. My mum thought I was too young, so we saw something forgettable locally instead. |
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Post by viserys on May 27, 2019 11:25:02 GMT
I wish I had seen Children of Eden back in its first big incarnation. The show might have been dumb but the London cast recording is an all-time favourite of mine. Also other big shows of the period - I had just begun travelling to London somewhat regularly (well, once a year or so) and stuck to re-visiting favourites rather than giving unknown things a shot.
Also kinda regret I didn't get to see Comet in New York with Josh Groban as I've given up hope for a transfer.
I won't list stuff I didn't get a chance to see because I was too young/not born, because that list would be LONG.
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Post by alece10 on May 27, 2019 11:28:51 GMT
Never got around to seeing The Producers when it was at Drury Lane and wish I had.
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Post by Deal J on May 27, 2019 11:33:33 GMT
Kiss of the Spider Woman with Chita Rivera.
I keep reading this thread title to the tune of “The Road You Didn’t Take”!
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Post by daisy24601 on May 27, 2019 11:33:43 GMT
I should've seen Heathers before it closed! Also the original Ghost with the better production. Everything else I was too young.
Also to throw a music concert into the mix, I regret not seeing Christina Aguilera's Stripped tour. These are shows you'll definitely never get to see again.
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Post by 49thand8th on May 27, 2019 12:22:01 GMT
The commitments, and similar to a post the original cast of les Miserables and chess. Both of the latter, and would've loved to have seen the original LM at the Barbican. And Carrie. Why not?! |
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Post by crabtree on May 27, 2019 13:11:26 GMT
anything with Ethel Merman in.
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Post by learfan on May 27, 2019 13:18:18 GMT
Another vote for Sher's RIII.
Lots more but would be too long a list.
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Post by Flim Flam on May 27, 2019 13:33:40 GMT
Peter Brook's Midsummer Night's Dream.
Original cast Les Mis. Yes please.
Oh and Philip Quast's Javert, which I sadly missed.
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Post by QueerTheatre on May 27, 2019 13:53:38 GMT
yes to Brook's midsummer nights dream! My go to answer for this is always Judi Dench in Cabaret, i wasn't even born then though...
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Post by raider80 on May 27, 2019 13:53:49 GMT
I had the chance to see one of Carol Channing’s last performances ever as Dolly back in 1997. I chose to go watch a basketball game instead.
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Post by tmesis on May 27, 2019 14:01:59 GMT
It's got to be the original cast of My Fair Lady with Andrews, Harrison and Holloway.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2019 16:45:50 GMT
Got to be the original cast of Starlight Express. I wasn’t born. I don’t think I ever saw He Whistled At Me performed on stage which is disappointing. Same. This is the biggie for me! (Though Heaven knows I’ve been making up for it ever since!) Would also have loved to have seen the ill fated Broadway production. Otherwise it’s mainly stuff from back in the day when had to get parents to take me to London (I’m in the undoubtably charmed position of being able to see most of what I want to as an adult). Things that spring to mind: Chess, Children of Eden and Martin Guerre at Prince Edward. Moby Dick at Piccadilly. JCS Lyceum version. By Jeeves. Also REALLY wish had seen the following more than once: Miss Saigon Drury Lane Aspects of Love Prince of Wales Whistle Down The Wind Aldwych. |
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Post by indis on May 27, 2019 16:58:48 GMT
misusing this thread but better than opening another
was wondering if "The wild party" is on around the UK somewhere this/next year?
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