All Memes Theatrical

Start a good meme and I am all over it like white on rice. It requires a different kind of thinking: the "let's travel down memory lane" kind of thinking instead of the more labor-intensive "let's write a blog post from scratch" type. I elaborated a little to make a little room for the non-musical and I added a couple.

• The first musical I ever saw on Broadway was: A Chorus Line (1985)
• The first play I ever saw on Broadway was: Cuba & His Teddy Bear
• The musical I would most like to see again is: Parade
• The play I would most like to see again is: August: Osage County
• The musical I never want to see again is: The Red Shoes
• The play I never want to see again is: Indiscretions
• The best female performance in a Broadway musical I’ve ever seen is: It is a tie between Chita Rivera in Kiss of the Spider Woman or Audra McDonald in 110 In The Shade.
• The best female performance in a Broadway play I’ve ever seen is: Deanna Dunagan in August: Osage County.
• The best male performance in a Broadway musical I’ve ever seen is: Michael McElroy in Big River or John Gallagher, Jr. in Spring Awakening.
• The best male performance in a Broadway play I’ve ever seen is: Billy Crudup in The Pillowman or Robert DeNiro is Cuba & His Teddy Bear.
• The person I wish they never cast was: Musical: Jerry Lewis in Damn Yankees; Play: Kathleen Turner in Indiscretions.
• The person they should have cast was: In Damn Yankees, Alan Rickman. In Indiscretions... it wouldn’t matter because the play is terrible!
• My favorite Broadway choreography was in the show: All time? Pippin (Bob Fosse) or West Side Story (Jerome Robbins). That I've seen? Crazy For You (Susan Stroman)
• The lyric/line that always brings a lump to my throat is:
  He went to you for guidance
  You hid behind a screen
  Knowing how much empathy might mean
  Do you know how much he loved...?
  Did you know how much he cared...?
  Lost in the teachings was a boy so all alone and scared
  Father, we were so in love!
  And that's what I find so odd
  Our love was pure and nothing else
  Brought me closer to God
  (from "Absolution" in bare: the musical)
• The stupidest lyric/line I’ve ever heard is:
  I’ve written a play, Mr. Jaffee
  An average conductor’s day, Mr. Jaffee
  It’s all about life on a train
  I call it “Life On A Train”
  (from "I Have Written A Play" in On The Twentieth Century)
• The first musical I had to go back and see twice was: Les Miserables
• The first play I had to go back and see twice was: Cuba & His Teddy Bear
• The first show I ever walked out of was: Walk out? Are you kidding? I paid good money to see that drivel!
• The most under praised and overly deserving musical in my opinion is: Violet by Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley or A New Brain by William Finn.
• The most under praised and overly deserving play in my opinion is: The Diviners by Jim Leonard, Jr.
• The most overly praised and under deserving musical in my opinion is: Dirty Dancing
  The most overly praised and under deserving play in my opinion is: The Farnsworth Invention
• The song show tune I’m most likely to sing while I’m dancing around at home is: "Totally F*cked" or "Bitch of Living" from Spring Awakening
• If I could recast any role in a current Broadway musical with a performer of the past it would be: Marilyn Monroe as Kira in Xanadu
• If I could recast any role in a current Broadway play with a performer of the past it would be: Judy Garland as Violet in August: Osage County
• If I could recast a current actor in a Broadway musical that was before their time it would be: Kerry Butler as Eva Peron in Evita
• If I could recast a current actor in a Broadway play that was before their time it would be: John Gallagher, Jr. as Alan Strang in Equus
• The musical they should never change a word of because it is already perfect is: Les Miserables
• The play they should never change a word of because it is already perfect is: A Streetcar Named Desire
• The show I'd most like to get my hands on and rewrite is: Hmmm… There are three with music that I love but are widely criticized for having a “bad book” – I guess I would tackle those. They are Hair, Chess and Merrily We Roll Along.
• The non-musical role I was born to play on Broadway is: Now? Becca in Rabbit Hole or Barbara in August: Osage County. Down the road? Violet in August: Osage County or M'Lynn (and later Ouiser) in Steel Magnolias.
• The musical role I was born to play on Broadway is: Adult Women in Spring Awakening or Calliope in Xanadu.
• The last standing ovation I enthusiastically gave for a musical was: The December 9th performance of Spring Awakening (their one-year anniversary on Broadway).
• The last standing ovation I enthusiastically gave for a play was: August: Osage County. Easily.