Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
#1Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:22pmI'm having that problem with next to normal.. and it is not like I did not like the show either, I thought it was brilliant!
#2Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:25pmShrek. I have a hard time convincing my mother we were actually there.
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#2Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:27pmI almost always have trouble remembering details of shows that i've seen only once after 15-30 years have gone by.
#3Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:27pm
Im glad someone else has experienced this. I know it sounds silly but this is really frustrating. Especially because the show is one of my favorites! And I saw in in may 2010, so I shouldnt have too much trouble right?
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#4Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:40pmThe one that comes to mind for me is Me and My Girl. I think I remember a couple of songs, but characters and plot, I'm drawing a blank on.
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#5Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:43pmAPPLAUSE. But I was five.
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#6Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:43pmuuuug yes, I saw 42nd Street with Beth Leavel, had no idea who she was at the time and I literally could tell you nothing about that show
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#7Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:46pm
This is something I constantly think about. It's not so much that I cannot remember *any of it*, I generally can remember snippets or some tiny details or moments etc..of even the most distant shows in memory.
I just wonder how some of the members here can talk about the original FOLLIES in such intricate detail. Do they really remember that much from their experience of watching the show? (Or is it reconstructed since based on cast recordings, TV segments, photos and books).
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#8Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:46pmDozens.
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-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
#9Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:47pmWell I remember certain moments and songs, but collectively the thing is a blur. But I remember being stunned by the performances.
#10Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:53pmThis is why I have never and WILL never believe anyone when they talk about every detail of a show they saw 40 years ago. And they do it constantly around here. The only reason I can remember every detail about a show I saw years ago is because I have a video of it.
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#11Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 8:59pm
I know that there are people who think that if you can't remember a show, then it just might not be good. However, for me I don't find that to be the case. I feel that because I do go to the theatre with some frequency, that it is hard for me to remember everything. For example, I know that I have seen The Lion King twice. One time when it first opened ( when I was in the third grade) and once when I was in high school not that long after the show had moved to The Minskoff (when I was in my second or third year of high school). Now, I was thinking about going to see it pretty recently. But, when I looked back, I couldn't, for the life of me, remember if I enjoyed it at all. I think that because I had a lot happen between the second time I saw it and now, that it's hard for me to remember something like that. I do remember going but that really is about it. That doesn't mean however, that it was bad or that I didn't enjoy it. It just means that I had a lot going on to remember every exact little detail.
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#12Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 9:03pm
The day after the Lion King... literally, I remember absolutely nothing, except when Mufasa spoke to Simba in act two, and looking up at that.. massive trust that rotated, panning lights across the house.
I think it was because it was overwhelming.. an eye opening experience.. I saw it at the New Amsterdam, quite a bit ago, as a child.
#13Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 9:11pm
Catch Me If You Can
I Love You You're Perfect Now Change
Story of My Life
A Catered Affair
LoveMusik
Fame Becomes Me
Fame on Broadway
Tarzan
Woman in WEhite
Urban Cowboy
Sweet Smell of Success
Marie Christine
Big
Victor Victoria
Passion
The Goodbye Girl
Big Deal
Breaking the Code
Loot
I Ought to be in Pictures
Eubie!
#14Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 9:19pmWhen I was four and I saw The Lion King. My entire mind is a blank about that. But then again, I was four.
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#15Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 9:24pm
Have I ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
IF ONLY!
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#16Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 9:50pmAside from being confused by the constantly rotating,dimmly lit projection screens, I remember nothing of Jane Eyre. Even listening to the cast recording doesn't trigger anything. But I was definately there...and sober.
#17Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 9:54pm
I have a relatively large collection of playbils and occasionally I'll look through them and I could swear that I was never there. Yes, there are some shows I have vague memories of (some by choice, some by nature) and others that I can't say I've intentionally forgotten.
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#18Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 10:02pmThere are plenty of shows that I can remember bits and pieces of but a show like PREPPIES draws a zero from me. All I remember is the title. The same could be said for DO BLACK PATENT LEATHER SHOES REFLECT UP? and YOUR ARMS ARE TOO SHOT TO BOX WITH GOD.
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#19Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 10:19pm
The first Broadway show I ever saw was the original 'Into the Woods' back in 1989 and I only remember two things about it... The Witch talking to me because I was seated in the box (unfortunately, it was not Ms. Peters at the time) and Little Red skipping across the stage. I also remember meeting Chip Zien at the stage door afterward for some reason (I was five years old and he was so sweet to me). I just revisited my old Playbill from it and realized I saw Marin Mazzie as Rapunzel, which is pretty cool.
However, I feel like I remember every detail because I grew up watching the PBS broadcast, which I had on video tape (remember those?) I must have watched it hundreds of times by now (I upgraded to the DVD a few years ago lol).
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Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/04
#20Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 10:50pmI distinctly recall sitting in the theatre for "By Jeeves" but I don't remember a single thing that happened onstage.
#21Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/1/12 at 10:59pmI saw the Revival of Barefoot in the Park a few years ago and remember absoloutly NOTHING about it except for meeting Patrick Wilson and Amanda Peet after the show... (I only remember because my sister begged me to take her to the Stage Door b/c she wanted their autographs...)
#22Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/2/12 at 1:02am
Once A Month - that is a genius list
here's mine
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Titanic
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#23Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/2/12 at 1:34amI know I saw Damn Yankees with Jerry Lewis in the West End with one or other of my parents when I was a teenager. I have the programme and I remember being there, and I remembering not realising that Jerry Lewis wasn't Jerry Lee Lewis. But neither of my parents nor me remembers the show itself...
#24Have you ever seen a show and cannot remember any of it?
Posted: 2/2/12 at 3:06amOnce A Month, if you saw all of the shows in your list but truly can't remember anything about them, I'm worried that your screen name refers to the frequency of your shock treatments.
