My life is a stage...or a seat in the theatre.

So I love Broadway..laugh it up all you want but there is nothing that makes me happier. Broadway and theatre is pure magic! Since my uncles have lived in NYC my whole life I have been very lucky to see a ton of shows. I'm going to use this post not only to show you what I've seen, but to also help ME remember what the hell I have seen.

*=Em's Top Picks!

1993

The Who's Tommy *

1994

Beauty and the Beast

1997

SIDE SHOW*** (#1 musical of all time!)

The Lion King*

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Jekyll & Hyde

1998

Footloose

Cabaret

Rent

Les Miserable

1999

Amadeus

Annie Get Your Gun

Kiss Me, Kate

Saturday Night Fever

Miss Saigon

2000

Aida

James Joyce's the Dead

The Full Monty

The Rocky Horror Show

2001

42nd Street

The Producers

Mamma Mia!

Urinetown

2002

Flower Drum Song

Hairspray *

Oklahoma

The Graduate

Thoroughly Modern Milly

2003

Little Shop of Horrors

Take Me Out

Wicked *

2004

La Cage aux Folles

2005

The Color Purple **

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

2006

A Chorus Line

Company

The Apple Tree

The Wedding Singer

2007

Xanadu

The Drowsy Chaperone

Young Frankenstein

2008

Gypsy

2009

next to normal *

West Side Story

The 39 Steps

South Pacific

2010

American Idiot

La Cage aux Folles*

Promises, Promises

2011

Anything Goes

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Sister Act

The Book of Mormon**

B'Way Touring Productions

You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Preview in Detroit)

Martin Guerre (Tour in Detroit)

A Bronx Tale

Twelve Angry Men

Legally Blonde

Avenue Q

Spamalot

Chicago

Sweeny Todd

Sweet Charity

Fiddler on the Roof

Movin' Out

Ragtime

Guys and Dolls

Here are a few of my rules when going to the theatre. This may sound silly but I have experience ALL of these things at my last 4 shows and it kills me.

1)Do not bring that damn drink with ice inside, these are real people on stage and they can hear you drinking, shaking ice and you sucking that last damn drop out with your straw. STOP!

2) It's not a movie and there are NO previews , so get there early. Sit down and act like a real person.

3) Shut your damn phone off.

4)Do not talk.

I know that you can survive for 2.5 hours without eating, drinking and using your phone. If I can do it, you can too. Man I sound like a bitch but 1 person can ruin the night for thousands of people who paid big bucks for these tickets. R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

Now go see a Broadway show people!