just being nosey, but was wondering who here is a regular theatre goer and how many go and get tickets because of the tv shows etc??, and if so what shows have you seen/would you like to see?

have seen many shows, which i have been lucky to see, however dont envy how much i have spent over the years, i would dread to work it out (not to mention the cost for the programmes

shows i ahve seen over the years include:

whistle down the wind
grease (god knows how many times, at least 4)
cats
west side story
goodbye girl
annie (twice, both on tour)
mother goose
othello
thoroughly modern millie
oliver x4
oh what a night (twice, both on tour)
buddy
phantom of the opera (x3, once in london, once on tour and once on broadway)
chicago (twice on tour and on broadway)
rent
rent remixed
godspell (x3)
saturday night fever (twice, once westend, once tour)
the king and i
beauty and the beast
miss siagon (x3, once in london, once on tour and once on broadway
les miserables
tale of 2 cities
rocky horror show (3 times )
blues brothers
tonights the night
fame (twice)
we will rock you
jeckyll and hyde (paul nicholas is past his best now)
mums the word (twice)
south pacific
tell me on a sunday (deniese van outen was fantastic)
boogie nights 70's (x2)
Bat Boy
Reduced Shakespeare
Murdered to death
Fosse
Boogie Nights 2, the 80's (x2)
West End Nights. Broadway Lights)
Crazy For you
Joseph (x3 with Jason donovan, darren day and H from steps)
Sunset Boulevard
Rat Pack
Go Play Up your own end, the brummie musical (jasper carrott was fab)
Our Countrys good
Me and My Girl
Copacobana
Blood Brothers (x3)
Kiss Me Kate
Full Monty Musical
Aladdin
High Society
Sleeping Beauty on Ice
Tommy (twice with Jonny in)
Love Shack
42nd Street
Starlight EXpress
7 brides for 7 brothers
my fair lady
other wise engaged (richard e grant and tony head were fantastic)
you can never tell
defending the caveman
guys and dolls (twice- once on tour tour and once in london nigel harman in it, what more do i need to say )
Billy Elliott the musical
chitty chitty bang bang
tonights the night (x2)
sweeny todd (jason donovan plays a convincing baddie!)
wicked
grumpy old women live (x2)
dirty dusting
me and my girl
love song
amys veiw (with felicity kendall)
the glass menagerie (with jessica lange)
hairspray(broadway)
the drowsy chaperone (broadway)
avenue q (west end)
pricilla queen of the night musical (sydney)
the wedding singer
hello dolly
fiddler on the roof
dr doolittle
sound of music
shout the musical

and beleive me the list goes on!!! (not bad for a 26 year old!!)

Me! Seeing Never Forget in two and a half hours and Hairspray on Thursday!

I'm not really, though I love the theatre. I could probably count the number of musicals I've seen in the West End on my two hands. I'm off to see Wicked on Thursday though, very excited

I go as much as I can, but it is expensive so I don't go nearly as much as I like. I always see Les Mis at least one every change in cast though (love that show). I went to the Chess concert a couple of weeks ago, which was very good despite some awful sound issues.

OMG anna - you`re a serious theatre junkie !!

I can't afford to see many shows that regularly (being a skint student and all!), but I do love going when I can. I've seen:

Les Miserables (x4 - my favourite show and intending to go again this summer)
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked
Cats (x2)
The Lion King
Avenue Q
The Producers
Annie (Broadway - first show I've ever seen, and hated it lol)
Fame
The Woman in White
Stomp (though this is not a musical!)

Plus plays like Romeo & Juliet, The Comedy of Errors etc.

I do know the cast recording of Miss Saigon inside out though and have seen amateur performances of other musicals.

Next musicals to see: Les Mis (after the cast change), Phantom (again), Oliver! (have tickets for Jan), Billy Elliot, Mamma Mia and Marguerite.

I've been to a few shows over the years, and I'd love to go regularly... but sadly seeing as I'm a poor student I can't afford it

its mums fault i love the theatre, i had spoint brat syndrome when i was 4 and my brother was born and my nose was point out of joint, so as a treat as something for just me and mum, we she used to take me to the pantos each xmas, (there are a couple theatres here in birmingham so we used to see 2 each xmas) then when i was about 6 she took me to my first musicall (which funnily was oliver!) and then it escalated from there!

Only seen:

Joseph (x 2)
Cats
Starlight Express
Phantom of the Opera
Me and My Girl

also non-musical:

The Safe
Twelfth Night
Woman in Black

Really would like to see Les Mis, just haven't got round to it, I HATE the underground!



Aslo went to see a panto a couple of years back with the little'un...Never Again!!!

if any one on here wants to see west end shows but cant afford it take a look at

www.broadwaybox.com/london/ they have amazing discounts on there

also the society of london theatre have the tktx booth which sells that days tickets at half price, http://www.officiallondontheatre.co....hats_on_today/

both of whom i have sourced fantastic tickets from over the years at really good prices, in fact of the london shows i have seen i can count one one hand the number i have paid full price for! the rest have been at discount prices

WOW
anna that is an impressive list!!

I don't go as much as I used to because the ticket prices are getting higher and I can't keep up with the rising costs. I had to miss out on The Sound Of Music with Connie Fisher because of the outrageous pricing and I've still yet to see Joseph. I used to go all the time up until a few years ago.

When you say regular theatre goer, are you talking West End or do local productions count. I live in Northern Ireland so have only seen a couple of West End productions but I try to get to as many as I can here. My brother worked in the business here until a few years ago and I went to everything he was in and lots more besides.

to be honest i know there are several i have missed, as i started writing a list as mum and i argued several times over what we have and havent seen, so tried to do a rough list of what we had seen (because we ended up getting tickets to cabaret as we thought we had not seen it, but it turned out we had!)

i also have a couple more i want to see, and have also tickets to see the new david essex musical all the fun of the fair in october and there are loads of others on my wish list, dirty dancing for one,

any professional shows, as you can see from my list, i have seen regional tours, west end, broadway and sydney shows over the years

Yeah i am a regular theatre goer - i go to the west end approx once every other month.

I've seen quite alot. I can't get enough of the theatre!

Wicked (x... I think I've forgot about 18 ish times?)
Miss Siagon (x3)
Legally Blonde (x2)
Blood Brothers
Shout!
Annie
The Sound Of Music
Joesph And The Technicolour Dream Coat
Chess
Les Miserables
Beauty And The Beast
Tonights The Night (x2)
Cats
Starlight Express
Guys And Dolls
Taboo
Hairspray (x4)
Fame (x2)
Avenue Q (x2)
The Wedding Singer
Footloose
Momma Mia
Rent
Rent Remixed
Billy Elliot
We Will Rock You (x2)

There is probably more, can't remember..

Gosh, I'm v.jealous of you all.
This is part of the reason why I wanted to get into Uni in London as I could see shows more often but alas, it was not to be!

Here is my list:

Les Mis (many, many times)
Annie
Marry Poppins
The Sound of Music (x3)
Whistle Down The Wind
Fame (tour)
Grease
Chicago (x3)
Avenue Q (x2)
Joseph (tour)
We Will Rock You (x2)
Wicked (x2)
The Lion King
Hairspray
Blood Brothers
Chess
Miss Saigon
Phantom of The Opera
Evita
West Side Story
The Drowsy Chaperone
Mamma Mia
Blondel
Betwixt
Cabaret

Straight Plays
Twelfth Night
Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
Anthony and Cleopatra
Shadowlands
The Women In Black
The History Boys

I have to say many of those have been in the last couple of years, and shows like ADWD have basically been the catalyst for my rekindled love of musical theatre

anna42hmr did you see Rachel and Fran in Tonight's the Night. Rachel being the leading lady and Fran her understudy?

yep i saw rachel in ttn, and fran was on as ensemble the night i saw it,

i also saw fran on stage in rent remixed as one of the main characters, joanne (alongside denise van outen) and imo she should have stayed in this show longer than she did, but she did not show off her full potential on tv, i think fran was really good in rent remixed and was one of the ones that made the show good (despite my thoughts on how much the director and producer butchered the origional version! and how dodgy siobhan dhillon ex sugababe was as mimi!)

i'm a regular theatre goer - west end, local theatres and i also try and get to broadway once a year too! usually see at least 2 shows a month - hurrah for day seats and tkts

tkts is great - i pretty much always get my tickets on the day i am going to see a show

I go as often as I can, but tickets are so expensive.
I've seen:
Wicked (7 or 8 times.)
Les Mis
Phantom
Rent Remixed (With Fran and DVO. Fran was awesome.)
The 39 Steps
Chess (I saw it in concert. Does that count?)
Lion King
Hairspray
We Will Rock You (Local production)

Even if I haven't seen them, there are some musicals I know very well, e.g. Avenue Q and Miss Saigon. Avenue Q is one my Must-See list.

yeah me too, am too dis-organised to book in advance (although had to for the really popualr shows like joseph and hairspray)