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Post by danb on Feb 10, 2018 23:01:56 GMT
Just got in from what must be my fifteenth Blood Brothers over a 30 year period, but based on tonights walk through I’d not bother again. At least it was Pellow-less. A singing narrator makes all the difference. Lin Paul was great vocally but just looked way way too old. Linda is always my fave character; I just wish she had a proper song as a grown up...
‘Rent’ at least twenty times is my most watched and I’d always be up for a production but I’m deffo in double figures for Sunset, Les Mis, Miss Saigon, Wicked, Tommy and Grease over the years.
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Post by drowseychap on Feb 11, 2018 0:02:38 GMT
Blood brothers is mine 56 times since 1992 or 93 .... but it deserves a new set and production .... would love a completely new vision for it ... taboo I saw 10times ... wicked 6 .... kinky boots 8 ... if I like it il ike it lol
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Post by theatreian on Feb 11, 2018 10:02:28 GMT
Blood brothers must be mine too. Not sure how many but must be approaching 20. Coming from Liverpool it does have a certain resonance.Up there too is Les Mis, Sunset, Wicked, Mamma Mia.
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Post by Scswp on Feb 11, 2018 11:39:05 GMT
Sunset Boulevard- far too many times to remember, dating back to the lavish original in the nineties. Have seen lots of Normas, several of them multiple times - LuPone, Buckley, Paige, Close, Faith Brown, Kathryn Evans, Ria Jones.
The original was fab!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2018 13:43:38 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! I am kind of glad I'm not the only one who's seen that particular show so many times.  I'm at 135 if I counted right, but that includes 133x Bochum, 1x 2012 UK tour and 1x 2017 workshop.  Followed by Priscilla Queen of the Desert (20x) Kinky Boots (16x) We Will Rock You (11x) Wow - you're the first person I know that's seen it more than me! Do you live in Germany? For me Starlight is the perfect show! It's got everything - great songs, fab story, great choreography, utterly visually take-your-breath-away spectacular and with the amazing skill of everyone being on skates. What's not to love! |
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Post by distantcousin on Feb 11, 2018 14:12:49 GMT
Sunset Boulevard. I think 12 times now. Across various productions.
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Post by ensembleswings on Feb 12, 2018 12:12:24 GMT
I love this thread, mainly because it's incredible useful for me to show work colleagues that it's not 'just me' that see's the same show more than once and in fact it is rather common - even if it is only the one return trip.
I'm trying to see new shows rather than repeat viewing shows this year but that's only because there is a lot of shows currently playing that I haven't seen but would like to. However, my most seen is currently Wicked on 22 performances, followed by Kinky Boots on 14, Wonderland on 5 and Legally Blonde on 4. Then there's another 8 or so shows that I've seen twice.
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Post by stuartww on Feb 12, 2018 13:09:49 GMT
In two weekends time I will have seen Miss Saigon for the 79th time....
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Post by singularsensation10 on Feb 12, 2018 15:50:51 GMT
Love this sort of thing.
Wicked - 57
(Started in 2006 at the age of 11 and it was my teenage obsession. Haven’t been nearly as much in the past 3 years as I did between 2009-2012.)
Hair - 19
Hairspray - 16
Ghost - 12
Les Mis - 11
Mamma Mia - 9
Kinky Boots - 6
BoM - 5
In The Heights - 4
Various other shows such as Dreamgirls, Sweeney Todd, Funny Girl, 42nd St, Hamilton and Jersey Boys at least 3 times...!
Must be on about 15 for Joseph - it was my first show as a kid and loved it growing up. Haven’t been for so long though!
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Post by danb on Feb 12, 2018 16:41:06 GMT
I am kind of glad I'm not the only one who's seen that particular show so many times. I'm at 135 if I counted right, but that includes 133x Bochum, 1x 2012 UK tour and 1x 2017 workshop. Followed by Priscilla Queen of the Desert (20x) Kinky Boots (16x) We Will Rock You (11x) Wow - you're the first person I know that's seen it more than me! Do you live in Germany? For me Starlight is the perfect show! It's got everything - great songs, fab story, great choreography, utterly visually take-your-breath-away spectacular and with the amazing skill of everyone being on skates. What's not to love! I had forgotten about all our £5 stand at the back ‘Starlight’s. That plus the dodgy tours put it into my top ten! |
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Post by 49thand8th on Feb 12, 2018 21:04:13 GMT
70-plus times for both Mormon and Les Miz, although the latter started in the '90s.  I've seen every English-language production of Mormon multiple times — except Melbourne (just once there). Probably in the dozens for Rent and Phantom. Maybe in the 40s for Jersey Boys? |
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Post by AliceFearnFan2212 on Feb 16, 2018 14:13:09 GMT
Wicked - 103
Dreamgirls - 73
Evita - 18
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2018 11:59:23 GMT
miss saigon more times than i can count. At Drury Lane, First tour, 2nd tour, 3rd tour, twice at the cinema and more times than i can count on DVD. For me nothing can beat it. phantom and sunset a close 2nd and third.
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Post by hannechalk on Jun 26, 2018 12:32:22 GMT
Blood Brothers - about 50 times since 2006. Next visit already booked.
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Post by martello736 on Jun 26, 2018 18:25:04 GMT
I've seen Wicked 243 times and Showstopper: The Improvised Musical 62 times. Book of Mormon, Kinky Boots and Bat Out of Hell I've all seen between 10 and 20 times.
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Post by dontdreamit on Jun 26, 2018 18:32:06 GMT
I saw Joseph 49 times with Jason Donovan (my first theatre as a teenager) and have seen it another few dozen times I’m sure with various other Joseph’s over the years.
Priscilla has got to be about 30 times between the West End and on tour- should have been more but having children made things tricker what with childcare costs.
There are a few others I’ve seen a fair bit, but these are my top two.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 18:36:51 GMT
The (Calendar) Girls: 5 - 6th time booked
Miss Saigon: 4 - 5th time booked
Wicked, Kinky Boots, Dreamgirls, Funny Girl, Matilda, The Bodyguard: 3
When Come From Away opens in the new year it will definitely rise to the top though, (cast dependant).
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Post by jamb0r on Jun 26, 2018 18:57:04 GMT
Showstopper: The Improvised Musical 62 times. Have you seen they've started a loyalty card scheme this week? see 4 shows and get your 5th free, and they backdate them to the beginning of 2016! You've got a lot of free tickets to claim! |
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Post by indis on Jun 26, 2018 19:17:38 GMT
Tarzan, Elisabeth, Dance of the Vampires and Wicked (Germany and London)
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jun 26, 2018 19:40:24 GMT
Eek! I can’t really compete in this thread! My humble offering is
Sweeney Todd 9 times in 7 different productions
Company 6 times in 5 different productions
Into the Woods 5
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Post by martello736 on Jun 26, 2018 21:22:19 GMT
Showstopper: The Improvised Musical 62 times. Have you seen they've started a loyalty card scheme this week? see 4 shows and get your 5th free, and they backdate them to the beginning of 2016! You've got a lot of free tickets to claim! I did see! It also annoyingly says that you can only claim 2 a year, which I think was specifically to stop people like me getting hundreds of pounds worth of tickets for free  |
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Post by haz23 on Jun 27, 2018 9:46:39 GMT
Jersey Boys - around 10 times
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Post by drowseychap on Jun 27, 2018 23:35:28 GMT
Got to be blood brothers have not been for 5 years now still miss Steph Lawrence and Berni Nolan as mrs j but seen it 56 times
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Post by westendcub on Jun 27, 2018 23:38:30 GMT
Mine is ‘Blood Brothers’ & ‘Made In Dagenham’
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I've seen every English-language production of Mormon multiple times — except Melbourne (just once there).
