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Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional
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 Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional On/Off Broadway
Cats
The Phantom of the Opera
Avenue Q (2x)
Spring Awakening
Rent
Rock of Ages (3x)
Guys and Dolls
Wicked
The Toxic Avenger Musical
Mamma Mia
Hair
Memphis
*Non-Musicals
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm in Therapy!
On Tour
The Phantom of the Opera
South Pacific
Rock of Ages
Mary Poppins
Cats
Hair
Spring Awakening
Shrek the Musical
Les Misérables
Next to Normal
Mamma Mia!
West Side Story
Regional
The Wedding Singer
Chicago
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Seussical
Oliver!
College
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
*edit* No one's going to shows anymore? (It's been 2 months since this original post.)
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BROADWAY
Wicked x2
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Phantom of the Opera
TOUR
The Lion King
RENT x2
Mamma Mia!
Wicked
Mary Poppins
Billy Elliot x2
In the Heights
Spring Awakening
Avenue Q
REGIONAL
NCSF's A Christmas Carol x8 (somewhere in there)
Triad Stage's A Christmas Carol
Bloody Blackbeard x2
The Night of the Iguana
Bell, Book, and Candle
Beautiful Star
Black Pearl Sings!
Ghosts
The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead
Tartuffe, or "The Hypocrite"
Picnic
Oleanna
Around the World in 80 Days
Ethel Waters: His Eye is On the Sparrow
Providence Gap
The Glass Menagerie
Educating Rita
The Sunset Limited
OUTDOOR
The Sword of Peace
The Lost Colony
Unto These Hills
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional Broadway:
Wicked
In The Heights
Hairspray
Mamma Mia!
Touring:
Wicked
In The Heights
Spamalot
South Pacific
The Wizard of Oz
Spring Awakening
Jesus Christ Superstar
Upcoming Tours:
Spamalot
West Side Story
Mamma Mia!
Regional:
Music Man
Beauty and the Beast
Clue the Musical
White Christmas
A Christmas Carol
Meet Me in St. Louis
Upcoming Regional:
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional BROADWAY
Phantom of the Opera
Mary Poppins
Billy Elliot
The 39 Steps
WEST END
Billy Elliot
Les Miserables
Blood Brothers
Wicked
TOURING
A Chorus Line
Chicago
Lion King
Legally Blonde
The Producers
Annie
Mamma Mia!
Wicked
Beauty and the Beast
CATS
Jersey Boys
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BROADWAY
Wicked x2
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
The Phantom of the Opera
TOUR
The Lion King
RENT x2
Mamma Mia!
Wicked
Mary Poppins
Billy Elliot x2
In the Heights
Spring Awakening
Avenue Q
Next to Normal
REGIONAL
NCSF's A Christmas Carol x8 (somewhere in there)
Triad Stage's A Christmas Carol
Bloody Blackbeard x2
The Night of the Iguana
Bell, Book, and Candle
Beautiful Star
Black Pearl Sings!
Ghosts
The Blonde, the Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead
Tartuffe, or "The Hypocrite"
Picnic
Oleanna
Around the World in 80 Days
Ethel Waters: His Eye is On the Sparrow
Providence Gap
The Glass Menagerie
Educating Rita
The Sunset Limited
Masquerade
OUTDOOR
The Sword of Peace
The Lost Colony
Unto These Hills
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional Updated - 19 July, 2011
Added a um...special...um...category at the bottom.
-----------------------------------------------------------Avenue Q- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - 14 October, 2007
Beauty and the Beast- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
1st National Tour - March, 1996
Blood Brothers (3x)- Wilshire Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
National Tour - March, 1995
- Phoenix Theatre - London, UK
7 September, 2010
Bondage- Zephyr Theatre - Los Angeles
July, 1997
By Jeeves- Geffen Playhouse - Los Angeles
Original Los Angeles Production - March, 1997
Carousel (2x)- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - August, 1996
- Freud Playhouse - Los Angeles
Reprise! Series - January, 2010
Cats (3x)- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
4th National Tour - May, 1994
- Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA
4th National Tour - October, 1995
- Winter Garden Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
Chess - Hudson Theatre - Los Angeles
Regional: The Blank Theatre Company -
August, 1995
Chicago (5x) - Shubert Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
2nd National Tour - August, 1998
- Shubert Theatre - Broadway
July, 2000
- Terrace Theatre - Long Beach, CA
3rd National Tour - October, 2006
A Chorus Line (14x) - Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA
(2x)
National Tour - April, 1997
- California Theatre For the Arts - Escondido, CA
National Tour - March, 1998
- Little Theatre - Valley Glen, CA
College: Los Angeles Valley College - May, 1999
- Performing Arts Center - Redondo Beach, CA
Regional: Civic Light Opera Of South Bay Cities - June, 1999
- Terrace Theatre - Long Beach, CA
Regional: Theatre League - September, 1999
- Alex Theatre - Glendale, CA
Regional: Theatre League - March, 2001
- Curran Theatre - San Francisco
Pre-Broadway Engagement - September, 2006
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
(4x)
National Tour - May & June, 2008
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
National Tour - June, 2010
The Color Purple- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - January, 2008
Distracted- Mark Taper Forum - Los Angeles
April, 2007
Dreamgirls (2x)- Wilshire Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - December, 1997
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - 5 March, 2010
Evita (7x)- Alex Theatre - Glendale, CA
(2x)
Regional: Theatre League - May, 1996
- Covina Valley Playhouse - Covina, CA
Regional: C.V.P. - June, 1996
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
20th Anniversary National Tour - May, 1999
- Civic Auditorium - San Gabriel, CA
Regional: San Gabriel Civic Light Opera - May, 2001
- Terrace Theatre - Long Beach, CA
Regional: Theatre League - October, 2000
Fiddler On the Roof- Alex Theatre - Glendale, CA
Regional: Theatre League - February, 1997
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum- St. James Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
Grease- Wilshire Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - April, 1997
Hair- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - 21 January, 2011
Hairspray- Performing Arts Center - Costa Mesa, CA
National Tour - April, 2010
In the Heights- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - July, 2010
Into the Woods (2x)- Crossley Theatre - Los Angeles
Regional: Actors Co-op - May, 1994
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
Pre-Broadway Run - March, 2002
Jelly's Last Jam- Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA
National Tour - January, 1995
Jersey Boys- Prince Edward Theatre - London, UK
5 September, 2010
Jesus Christ Superstar (3x)- Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles
"A.D." Tour - June, 1993
- Theatre For the Performing Arts - La Mirada, CA
Regional: Music Theatre of Southern California -
April, 1995
- Ford Center For the Performing Arts - Broadway
July, 2000
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - August, 1995
Kiss of the Spider Woman- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - March, 1996
Late Nite Catechism- Coronet Theatre - Los Angeles
March, 2007
Les Misérables (30x)- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
2nd National Tour - 23 June, 1989
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
1st National Tour - 26 February, 1991
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
3rd National Tour - 15 December, 1992
- Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA
(2x)
3rd National Tour - 13 & 21 January, 1994
- Terrace Theatre - Long Beach, CA
(2x)
3rd National Tour - 27 December, 1995 &
6 January, 1996
- Imperial Theatre - Broadway
(2x)
July, 1997
- Civic Theatre - San Diego, CA
3rd National Tour - 3 October, 1999
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
(5x)
3rd National Tour - December, 1999;
January & February, 2000
- Imperial Theatre - Broadway
(2x)
July, 2000
- Terrace Theatre - Long Beach, CA
3rd National Tour - October, 2001
- Imperial Theatre - Broadway
August, 2002
- Imperial Theatre - Broadway
2 January, 2003
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
3rd National Tour - December, 2004
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(3x)
3rd National Tour - June, 2006
- Broadhurst Theatre - Broadway
21 July, 2007
- Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles
August, 2008
- Queens Theatre - London, UK
(2x)
6 & 8 September, 2010
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
25th Anniversary Tour - 13 July, 2011
The Life- Ethel Barrymore Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
Little Shop of Horrors- Theatre for the Performing Arts - La Mirada, CA
Regional: McCoy Rigby Entertainment - 1 May, 2011 *
Man of La Mancha- Freud Playhouse - Los Angeles
April, 2009
Martin Guerre- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - March, 2000
Mary Poppins- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - 30 December, 2009
Master Class- James H. Doolittle Theatre - Los Angeles
Summer, 1997
Miss Saigon (9x)- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
(3x)
1st National Tour - March, May, &
September, 1995
- Broadway Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
- Civic Theatre - San Diego, CA
2nd National Tour - August, 1998
- Performing Arts Center - Costa Mesa, CA
2nd National Tour - July, 1999
- Broadway Theatre - Broadway
July, 2000
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - June, 2004
- Performing Arts Center - Redondo Beach, CA
Regional: Civic Light Opera Of South Bay Cities - May, 2008
My Fair Lady- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - April, 2008
The Phantom of the Opera (18x)- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
(3x)
1st National Tour - March & September, 1992;
June, 1993
- Performing Arts Center - Costa Mesa, CA
3rd National Tour - August, 1994
- Majestic Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(3x)
2nd National Tour - October, November, &
December, 1997
- Curran Theatre - San Francisco
1st National Tour - March, 1998
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
2nd National Tour - September &
October, 1998
- Majestic Theatre - Broadway
July, 2000
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
3rd National Tour - November, 2003
- Majestic Theatre - Broadway
20 July, 2007
- Performing Arts Center - Costa Mesa, CA
3rd National Tour - 6 April, 2008
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
3rd National Tour - January & 8 February, 2009
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
3rd National Tour - 31 October, 2010
Ragtime (3x)- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
American Premiere - January, April, & July, 1998
Rent (9x)- Nederlander Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
(7x)
"Benny" Tour - September, October,
November, December 1997; January, 1998
- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
"Angel" Tour - February, 1999
The Secret Garden- Civic Auditorium - Pasadena, CA
National Tour - August, 1993
Show Boat (2x) - Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
1st National Tour - November, 1996
- Plummer Auditorium - Fullerton, CA
Regional: Fullerton Civic Light Opera - November, 1998
Spring Awakening- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - 11 February, 2011 *
Strip! Barely Legal- Hudson Backstage Theatre - Los Angeles
Summer, 1997
Sunday In the Park With George- Freud Playhouse - Los Angeles
Reprise! Best of Broadway - February, 2007
Sunset Boulevard (3x)- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
American Premiere - April & June, 1994
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - October, 1999
Sweeney Todd- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
Concert: Reprise! Best Of Broadway Series - March, 1999
Titanic (2x)- Lunt-Fontanne Theatre - Broadway
July, 1997
- Ahmanson Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - January, 1999
Tommy (3x)- Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles
(2x)
National Tour - July & August, 1995
- Shubert Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - October, 2001
The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife- Zephyr Theatre - Los Angeles
Return Engagement - July, 2006
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee- Wadsworth Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - June, 2007
West Side Story (5x)- Granada Theatre - Santa Barbara, CA
Regional: Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera - February, 1996
- Starlight Bowl - Burbank, CA
Regional: Burbank Civic Light Opera - March, 1996
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - June, 1997
- Center For the Performing Arts - Cerritos, CA
National Tour - February, 1998
- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - November, 2010
Wicked- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
5 July, 2007
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A new, *special* category I hope won't see further additions  :*Late Arrival/Partial Performance:Little Shop of Horrors (Late AND Partial)- Theatre For the Performing Arts - La Mirada, CA
Regional: McCoy Rigby Entertainment - 1 May, 2011
I made the huge mistake of trusting technology and used my smartphone's GPS feature for directions to the theatre, which is a fair distance from my home. I have seen one other show there in the mid-90's and I did not drive back then as I was a child, so it was like a first time. Needless to say, the GPS was 110% wrong and so I ended up lost and going in circles. I arrived at the theatre half an hour late.
I had also not been feeling well and had a thunderous cough, which I thought had been going away. A few minutes into the show, I had a coughing fit and spent the rest of act one trying to suppress an un-suppressible cough. I knew it was time to go when the lights for intermission came up and I got a whole bunch of dirty looks. I did not stay for act 2. First time I've ever left a show like that. I was devastated because it really was a top-notch production and I've never seen it on stage before. Plus, I had a great seat. Ah well.
Spring Awakening (Late)- Pantages Theatre - Los Angeles
National Tour - 11 February, 2011
I had NEVER been late to a show before this performance. It was almost surreal to enter the theatre and hear the show in action and me not being seated in the auditorium. I was pissed. I had stopped at a gas station and my car seemed to stall. Then, I encountered unusually heavy traffic (you know it's frighteningly bad when you face such conditions in a city where traffic is ALWAYS bad) and ended up taking the streets out of desperation--best decision I ever made because I somehow made it there in 20 minutes from downtown and was only 10 minutes late to the show. Still, I was so upset, I found it difficult to concentrate on the show.
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional Tour:
Cats (German tour*2)
Mamma Mia! (International tour.)
West End:
Wicked
Phantom of the Opera
Pro Sweden:
Hair*4 (Friends in the cast^^)
Romeo and Juliet musical version*2
Sugar
We Will Rock You
Grease - The Swedish Version
Singing in the Rain (Stockholm and Malmoe.)
Kristina from Duvemåla*2
Cats*3
West Side Story*2 (Stockholm, Latest Gothenburg.)
Phantom of the Opera
Spamalot
Karlsson (Astrid Lindgren)
Rasmus (Astrid Lindgren)
Alfons and the magician
Bamse and the champion of evil
Trouble in Tahiti (Not sure if this is an opera or a musical thou.)
Regional/Amatour/School:
Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat
Jesus Christ Superstar
RENT
Class 9B - Ten Years Later
Related:
Musical Stars
From Wien to West End
A Musical Night
Sondheim 80 years
Hjalmars Burlesque Revue
Magnus Ugglas Revue
Coming up:
Dirty Dancing
Jesus Christ Superstar
The Three Musketeers
FAME (School)
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional Oooh! What fun! Here's hoping I remember. Musicals and Plays On/Off Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera - 2x Avenue Q - 4x Rent - Spamalot - x2 Hair - <3 <3 <3 AHHH GO SEE IT ON BWAY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! GO GO GO Movin' Out - <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 Ring of Fire - Equus - <3 The Producers - <3 Young Frankenstein - <3 Titanic - (My first BWay show! And I loved it! *I should note I was 12 and taste changed.) Groovaloo (sp? Off-bway. Would that count? Er....) On Tour: Cats - 13x... in the past year. xD (Friends in the cast, so gotta support it, right?  ) <3<3 expected to see on tour- Young Frankenstein (Friend will be in it!! Exciting!) expected to see on tour- Beauty and the Beast (will be VERY sad if I can't see that) Regional: Master Class... or rather the first act of it... unusually bad cast so... we left. But hey, tix were free... will be seeing: Little Shop of Horrors will be seeing: CATS, as directed by Jacob Brent. (buddies in that one, too--can't wait the few months to see my Misto (Chaz Wolcott--GO SEE HIM!) on tour, so a regional will do)
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional Which did you prefer? (Says the rabid JCS fan.)
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Quique
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional Sorry for the late reply. I need to explore this forum more. :S
At any rate, they all had their strengths and weaknesses. This show holds a special place as well, as it was only the second musical I had been exposed to (after Mary Poppins) and the one that really launched my interest in musical theatre.
The "A.D. Tour" was neat because it starred Ted Neely and Carl Anderson and the sis and I were already very familiar with the film version. Our three older brothers--Jose Luis, Fernando, and Gilbert--had been obsessed with the show as kids and had won tickets to the original Los Angeles production, which also starred Ted Neely and also played the Universal Amphitheatre (now re-named the Gibson Amphitheatre, ha!). I like hearing them recount the performance because you could tell it was one of the most magical experiences. Anyway, I was all of 14 or 15 in 1993 so our bro Fernando drove us there and tagged along. It was interesting because he had seen the original with Ted, so I was curious as to what he'd think of the 1993 tour.
Well, he isn't nearly as picky as I am, so he thought it was awesome. I had MAJOR issues with the new orchestration which made me pout for 90% of the show. Far, far more than Les Mis, the original orchestration for JCS is itself iconic and you just DON'T redo it! I can see removing some of that ultra 70's funk but how could you even consider ridding those famous guitar parts and the awesome brass and, well, everything! The new orchestration was very different in many songs and worse still the string section was completely synthesized. Oh the humanity.
The biggest sin was turning "Pilate's Dream" into some weepy lament bathed in synth strings. Pilate was played by Dennis DeYoung of Styx but I don't remember his performance due to the distracting re-orchestration. Ted and Carl were amazing together though. The production itself was a hot mess, with neon colors making it seem it was all taking place in some disco. I also remember these two queens next to us constantly complaining about Irene Cara--who had been playing Mary M. in the tour--being replaced by her understudy, who was really good. Irene Cara was a little before my time so it irritated me that they were so irritated over what was to me some random broad.
A.D. Tour was blah, but Carl and Ted made up for it and made it easy to see past the garish production designs and idiotic re-orchestration. The leads saved this one.
The 2000 Broadway revival was basically the one filmed and released commercially around the same time. I saw the same Jesus too (name escapes me) and he was all wrong for the role. I also forget the name of the Judas but he was OK. Kevin Gray was jarringly shouty as Pilate and Natalie Toro lent her silky smooth vocals to Mary M., which were appreciated and I found comfort in among the heavy grunting and gyrating of the ambitiously updated mess. I knew this production was in trouble when the apostles emerged in what appeared to be black leather gear and Jesus looked like some homeless guy at Venice Beach.
However, it remains the most musically memorable performance due to the incredible orchestra playing a very faithful adaptation of the original orchestration by ALW. I can't describe the feeling of sitting 2nd row orchestra center and FEELING that score reverberate within me. Even the ugly set design and foolish costumes could not destroy the feeling the original work produces in oneself when heard live. Orchestra and orchestration made that production.
But it was the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts' 1995 production that was the best overall. Very simple yet effective in design, with an excellent full orchestra playing ALW's orchestration, and a stellar cast (with an incredible Jesus), it put the other two big productions to shame. It was very straight forward and avoided what most productions of JCS suffer from--gimmicky, over-stylized and outrageous designs and over amplification. Jesus was a true rock style belter which did wonders for "Gethsemane," which was evocatively staged with Jesus center stage and simple lighting techniques that spoke more than the bloated updates that, in hindsight, seem so dated as opposed to the timeless approach of communication through suggestion that is so effective.
Hope that answers your rabid fan question.
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional After nothing for almost 4 months, it's nice to get back to things, even if not with the vigor of last year/season.
On/Off Broadway
Cats
The Phantom of the Opera
Avenue Q (2x)
Spring Awakening
Rent
Rock of Ages (3x)
Guys and Dolls
Wicked
The Toxic Avenger Musical
Mamma Mia
Hair
Memphis
*Non-Musicals
My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, & I'm in Therapy!
On Tour
The Phantom of the Opera
South Pacific
Rock of Ages
Mary Poppins
Cats
Hair
Spring Awakening
Shrek the Musical
Les Misérables
Next to Normal
Mamma Mia!
West Side Story
Wicked
Regional
The Wedding Singer
Chicago
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Seussical
Oliver!
Gypsy
College
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
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Re: Shows You've Seen On-Broadway, Touring, Regional I'm counting plays with this as well.  National TourRent Young Frankenstein (x2) Mamma Mia! Wicked A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Spring Awakening Billy Elliot Mary Poppins RegionalYou Never Can Tell High Society We Will Rock You (x6) The Sound of Music The Boys in the Photograph The Doctor's Dilemma Macbeth Robin Hood The Toxic Avenger (x3) The Rocky Horror Show (x3) Rock of Ages (x8) My Fair Lady Heartbreak House CollegeArsenic and Old Lace Harvey Blame It On The Movies! Thoroughly Modern Millie Into the Woods
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