I saw Jersey Boys there with my maternal grandparents in 2012, at age 13, and it was a family tradition to take a kid to see a Broadway show when they hit that age, and as the eldest grandchild, I was first in line to be the 2nd generation of kids to be taken to see Broadway shows. They were BIG Frankie Valli fans (understand, they were teens/young adults in the 60’s in New Jersey, when Frankie Valli first became popular), so they let me experience it. It was my first full length Broadway show (technically, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was my first one at age 6, but me and my then 3 year old sister were so emotionally overwhelmed by the spectacle that we had to be taken out into the lobby and stayed there for the rest of the show, surrounded by enclosed caption TV’s). Have been going to shows ever since (musicals and plays, though leaning more towards the latter than the former nowadays).
The interior of this theater has changed a lot over the years. When I saw the 1983 revival there of ON YOUR TOES, it looked more like a high school auditorium than a Broadway theater.
This looks very different from what I remember. I was in the 1979 production of Night and Day when this was the Anta theater. That was over 43 years ago, but it just looks different.
Yeah everyone never talks about that one…and if you read the history behind it and or read the book/lyrics (which even when revised is still pretty shaky), it’s understandable why.
I saw Jersey Boys there with my maternal grandparents in 2012, at age 13, and it was a family tradition to take a kid to see a Broadway show when they hit that age, and as the eldest grandchild, I was first in line to be the 2nd generation of kids to be taken to see Broadway shows. They were BIG Frankie Valli fans (understand, they were teens/young adults in the 60’s in New Jersey, when Frankie Valli first became popular), so they let me experience it. It was my first full length Broadway show (technically, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was my first one at age 6, but me and my then 3 year old sister were so emotionally overwhelmed by the spectacle that we had to be taken out into the lobby and stayed there for the rest of the show, surrounded by enclosed caption TV’s). Have been going to shows ever since (musicals and plays, though leaning more towards the latter than the former nowadays).
The interior of this theater has changed a lot over the years. When I saw the 1983 revival there of ON YOUR TOES, it looked more like a high school auditorium than a Broadway theater.
This looks very different from what I remember. I was in the 1979 production of Night and Day when this was the Anta theater. That was over 43 years ago, but it just looks different.
I think that there was a LOT of renovations made to the theatre in the years since then…
"a group that never goes to the theater called men" Literally all the interviews are of men... you just mean "normal" straight men.
My thought exactly. Apparently gay men -- who bankroll, produce, perform in, and in great numbers attend Broadway -- aren't men to him.
I like how they skip over carrie the musical.
Yeah everyone never talks about that one…and if you read the history behind it and or read the book/lyrics (which even when revised is still pretty shaky), it’s understandable why.
Just like Bruno, they don't talk about Carrie