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Post by daisy24601 on Aug 13, 2021 16:33:31 GMT
I usually go multiple times to see a specific performer, and even more so if there limited time left to do so. So I saw Memphis 45 times, originally because I love Matt Cardle, but totally fell in love with the show and as it was closing, I got in as many as I could. I still miss it.
I saw Wicked 20 times while Willemijn was in it in 2017, as she only had limited run.
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Post by CG on the loose on Aug 14, 2021 23:40:04 GMT
I've seen many shows (mostly musicals, but also some plays) more than once - often those on short runs that I've LOVED the first time and want to see again while I can - and a handful many times, simply because they make me happy... Singin' in the Rain at the Palace, High Society at the Old Vic, American in Paris and 42nd Street all fall into that category. But there's always so much I want to see, that I try to balance between the known and the new.
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Post by mistressjojo on Aug 15, 2021 9:09:38 GMT
I see more plays than musicals, but the musicals I do like I have seen multiple times. Once , 4 times in London, twice in Sydney and once in Melbourne. American Psycho - once in NYC and twice in Sydney. Although historically I've probably seen Jesus Christ Superstar more times than anything, as it was the long runner in Sydney during my school years and has made multiple returns since. Play-wise, I saw David Tennant's Richard II eleven times over 3 venues ( SuA, London and NY ), his Much Ado eight times , and Don Juan in Soho six times. I think you can see a theme there...  |
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Post by David J on Aug 15, 2021 23:56:50 GMT
8 times seeing the original version of Les Mis at the Queens. Once for the 'new' one at the Sondheim. Seen the two Lawrence Connor tours three times. Then the 2019 concert once as well as the 2008 Bournemouth concert.
Have seen Phantom 4 times at Her Majesty's. Once for the 2012 tour.
Old Vic's Christmas Carol is the play I've seen the most at four times.
Saw Play That Goes Wrong for the third time recently and am thinking of seeing it again
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Post by vickyg on Aug 16, 2021 11:36:32 GMT
It's completely normal for me to see both plays and musicals more than once and sometimes a lot more than once. I love to see things in previews and then again towards the end of the run and there are some things I just don't 'get' that I go to a second time to to see if I feel differently. The things I have seen the most are probably Wicked, Mary Stuart, A Woman of No Importance during the Wilde season at the Vaudeville, Chicago and Streetcar at the Young Vic. All very different but I *really* loved them.
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Post by crabtree on Aug 16, 2021 12:15:17 GMT
Well I'll throw in a couple of ballets as my most seen live show. At second place is Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake - about twenty times over it's long history, but first place belongs to David Bintley's Still Life at the Penguin Cafe, which has reduced me to tears of joy and sadness every times, and tears for simply witnessing a masterpiece.
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 22, 2021 9:51:22 GMT
Sat here thinking I've not been going to the theatre as much as I used to do, then looked at my log and saw that today will mark my 50th show since theatre reopened in May. It does creep up on you!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2021 16:00:58 GMT
Sat here thinking I've not been going to the theatre as much as I used to do, then looked at my log and saw that today will mark my 50th show since theatre reopened in May. It does creep up on you! 50!? That is outstanding. Is it that 50 different shows? I didn't think there was even that many on since May? Haha. |
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Post by Dr Tom on Aug 22, 2021 16:25:30 GMT
Sat here thinking I've not been going to the theatre as much as I used to do, then looked at my log and saw that today will mark my 50th show since theatre reopened in May. It does creep up on you! 50!? That is outstanding. Is it that 50 different shows? I didn't think there was even that many on since May? Haha. No, there are repeats in there. And a few of the one-night theatre concerts as well that were popular as other shows waited to reopen. Both of the shows I’ve seen today (Constellations and Be More Chill) are repeats, although a different pairing for the first of those. |
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Post by shady23 on Aug 22, 2021 20:00:05 GMT
As someone who doesn't live near London I can often find myself having multiple visits to the same show within a small space of time as a touring production may only be visiting my city for a week.
I managed to fit in four visits to Bedknobs and Broomsticks in the last week but, unlike trips to London, travel is free (the Theatre Royal in Newcastle gives you free metro travel to and from the venue with your theatre ticket) and no accommodation costs because I live nearby. The cost is only the ticket. Decent side stalls seats were available for twenty pounds upwards so it was affordable. I would usually only revisit a touring show once if I really loved it but I think the absence of theatre (the theatre here has only recently reopened and was closed throughout the pandemic) and the pure joy it gave me made it worth every single penny.
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