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Post by FairyGodmother on Feb 12, 2021 11:54:37 GMT
...to first nights or original runs.
What would you see?
I'd definitely go to the original Broadway My Fair Lady.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 12, 2021 12:09:24 GMT
Angela Lansbury in Sweeney Todd and Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in The Rink.
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Post by Being Alive on Feb 12, 2021 12:23:11 GMT
Carousel at the National in 1993 without a doubt.
And I'd love to have seen Streisand do Funny Girl.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 12, 2021 12:25:53 GMT
Carousel at the National in 1993 without a doubt. And I'd love to have seen Streisand do Funny Girl. I was also going to put Funny Girl but then remembered I have a recording of that and I don't really like her voice in her younger years. It hadn't matured enough for me. |
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Post by QueerTheatre on Feb 12, 2021 12:37:19 GMT
Judi Dench in Cabaret & Carrie in Stratford
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Post by crabtree on Feb 12, 2021 13:26:45 GMT
Oh don't waste a trip for Carrie - it really was dire, and not even in a good way. My time trips would be to have seen something at Epidaurus, the Birds perhaps, and then something at the Globe. Failing those, something with La Merman.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 12, 2021 13:48:37 GMT
Twelfth Night - just imagine sitting there and seeing that story unfold without having any idea where it was going. It would be magical
There are many first nights in the history of musical theatre that I would love to revisit.
I am torn between the first performance of The Beggar's Opera (in so many ways the start of what we now know as a musical) and that of Die Zauberflote (for similar reasons). Both mark major landmark moments in the development of MT as we now know it.
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Post by Deal J on Feb 12, 2021 13:58:33 GMT
The original Rocky Horror Show at Royal Court Upstairs. CHICAGO on Broadway with Chita Rivera, on the night Liza Minnelli surprised audiences by covering for a hospitalized Gwen Verdon. Thank you very much for the use of your time machine, FairyGodmother ! |
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Post by LaLuPone on Feb 12, 2021 14:01:12 GMT
Patti in Sunset, probably her last night when there was a set malfunction and she sang for the audience during the show-stop.
And to be honest it has to be Idina and Kristin in those first few months of Wicked Broadway, it must have been so special.
(These will be really recent for a lot of you but I’m very young 🙈)
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Post by partytentdown on Feb 12, 2021 14:06:23 GMT
Cabaret at Donmar Warehouse. Carrie in Stratford.
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Post by westendboy on Feb 12, 2021 14:08:54 GMT
1). Watch a performance of the original production of 'Les Mis' at either the Palace, or the Queen's (Sondheim).
2). Bit of an odd one, but watch a performance of the London production of 'The Lord of the Rings' musical, with Laura Michelle Kelly as Galadriel.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 15:10:59 GMT
Opening night of Phantom with Michael Crawford!
And I'd use the other trip to visit the rehearsal room and convince Craig Revel Horwood not to get involved in Son of a Preacher Man.
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Post by alece10 on Feb 12, 2021 15:17:54 GMT
The original Rocky Horror Show at Royal Court Upstairs. CHICAGO on Broadway with Chita Rivera, on the night Liza Minnelli surprised audiences by covering for a hospitalized Gwen Verdon. Thank you very much for the use of your time machine, FairyGodmother ! That's really funny as I have often wondered what my reaction would have been as an audience member when they announced at the start of the show "Tonight the role of Velma Kelly will be played by Liza Minnelli". I think i would have had a heart attack, wet myself or probably both. |
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Post by Steffi on Feb 12, 2021 15:31:46 GMT
First night of Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward Theatre.
One performance of Lord of the Rings at Theatre Royal Drury Lane with the OLC.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Feb 12, 2021 15:46:53 GMT
I have had a couple of truly memorable nights that could have made the list
First was seeing Victor/Victoria on Broadway about a week before Julie Andrews left. It was clear her voice was struggling but she gave a true star performance. One of her last.
Second was the complete opposite... Which Witch. Everyone should see a total turkey at some point and even though I have seen many awful productions over the years (tour of Tonight's The Night I am looking at you), WW will never be beaten for being a dreadful piece taken so seriously by the producers and so not seriously by the cast. Sometimes you can just tell from the faces of the cast that they have no faith in what they are doing....
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Post by intoanewlife on Feb 12, 2021 16:15:49 GMT
The OBC of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812...twice.
Once from centre mezzanine and once from stage left tavern seating.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 16:17:54 GMT
In terms of classics:
Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady on Broadway
Chita Rivera in West Side Story
And a cheeky third trip to see Gwen Verdon in Sweet Charity.
More recent:
I would have loved to have been in the audience for the first preview of Hamilton off-Broadway, before it became a phenomenon.
And for very different reasons, the first Broadway preview of Rent.
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Post by hannechalk on Feb 12, 2021 16:58:37 GMT
Blood Brothers - both in its school play-stage, and first night 'properly'. Also on Broadway.
Rocky Horror Show.
Les Mis.
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Post by dippy on Feb 12, 2021 17:32:55 GMT
I'll join FairyGodmother , @kevinuk and @posterj at My Fair Lady please. |
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Post by couldileaveyou on Feb 12, 2021 17:37:45 GMT
The original Rocky Horror Show at Royal Court Upstairs. I want to see the performance that was cancelled because glitter ended up under Rocky's foreskin |
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Post by Scswp on Feb 12, 2021 17:44:50 GMT
Picking just two is very hard.
Patti or Elaine in Evita
Elaine Paige in Piaf.
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Post by talkingheads on Feb 12, 2021 18:06:16 GMT
Laurel and Hardy in Boscombe.
Led Zeppelin at Knebworth
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 18:13:15 GMT
I would definitely want to see the 1993 National Theatre Sweeney Todd with Julia McKenzie
and Patti LuPone's closing night in Evita.
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Post by Dawnstar on Feb 12, 2021 18:14:30 GMT
I'm struggling to think of many musicals that I'm desparate to see in the original productions. I'd much rather see the original productions of numerous operas. But I suppose, as this is the musicals section, it has to be musicals. Maybe Cats, to see what the auditorium rotating was like, and Starlight Express, to see the rollerskating tracks going round the auditorium.
I confess I'm rather surprised that a couple of people want to see Lord of the Rings. Presumably for the fairly spectacular production rather than the not very good piece itself.
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Post by westendboy on Feb 12, 2021 19:06:53 GMT
I confess I'm rather surprised that a couple of people want to see Lord of the Rings. Presumably for the fairly spectacular production rather than the not very good piece itself. You're partially right there. For me it's both the production value and certain musical numbers. |
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