BROADWAY PRODUCTIONS I'VE SEEN

1959 – WEST SIDE STORY – DENVER ROADSHOW (CAROL LAWRENCE)
1960 – MUSIC MAN – KANSAS CITY ROADSHOW (FOREST TUCKER)
1961 – CAMELOT – DENVER ROADSHOW - KATHRYN GRAYSON, LOUIS HAYWARD, ARTHUR TREACHER
1962 – BYE BYE BIRDIE – DENVER ROADSHOW
1970 – PRIVATE LIVES – NYC (FIRST NY PRODUCTION SEEN ON BDWY)
1970 – THE GROOVE TUBE – NYC (VIDEO)
1971 THRU 1975:
OTHELLO - STRATFORD, CONN - MOSES GUNN, A FRIEND AND FELLOW ACTOR FROM KU
THE GREAT WHITE HOPE - NYC
CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON (NYC AND BUFFALO ROADSHOW—1ST WAS GREAT; 2ND WAS NOT)
GREASE - NYC; ROYAL THEATRE
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC - NYC - GLYNIS JOHNS
SHERLOCK HOLMES - NYC
NO, NO, NANETTE – BUFFALO ROADSHOW (RUBY KEELER & DON AMECHE)
THE SUNSHINE BOYS – NYC (SAM LEVINE)
1978 – ANNIE - NYC
DEATH TRAP - NYC
1979 – SWEENEY TODD--THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET - URIS THEATRE – NYC (ORIGINAL CAST – BEST SHOW SEEN) (ANGELA LANSBURY, LEN CARIOU, VICTOR GARBER
1980 – CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD – NYC -LONGACRE THEATRE (WORST SHOW SEEN)
BARNUM – NYC- ST. JAMES THEATRE (JIM DALE & GLENN CLOSE)
THE BEST LITTLE WHORE HOUSE IN TEXAS – NYC - 46TH ST. THEATRE (FANNY FLAGG)
1982 - THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS – EL PASO ROADSHOW (BAD)
1985 – A MATTER OF GRAVITY – SAN FRACISCO TOURING COMPANY FEATURING KATHERINE HEPBURN (WITH RICHARD KELTON, AN ACTOR I ACTED WITH AT KU IN 1963; HE DIED IN 1986)-CURRAN THEATRE
42ND STREET – SAN FRANCISCO ROADSHOW
1990 – LES MISERABLES - SAN FRANCISCO ROADSHOW
1993 – CATS – NYC; WINTER GARDEN THEATRE
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – NYC – MAJESTIC THEATRE
WILL ROGERS FOLLIES – NYC (LARRY GATTLIN) PALACE THEATRE
JELLY'S LAST JAM – NYC (GREGORY HINES & SAVION GLOVER) VIRGINIA THEATRE
FALSETTOS – NYC (ALSO WORST SHOW) – GOLDEN THEATRE
1996 - STARLIGHT EXPRESS - LAS VEGAS - LAS VEGAS HILTON
1997 – CONVERSATIONS WITH MY FATHER – NYC (JIM BELUCHI)- ROYAL THEATRE
SUNSET BOULEVARD – NYC; MINSKOFF THEATRE
MASTER CLASS – NYC (DIXIE CARTER) JOHN GOLDEN THEATRE
RENT - NYC; NEDERLANDER THEATRE
PLAY ON - NYC; BROOKS ATKINSON THEATRE
PRESENT LAUGHTER - NYC; WALTER KERR THEATRE (FRANK LANGELLA)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – SAN ANTONIO ROADSHOW
1998 - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – AUSTIN ROADSHOW (MY 60th BD)
AMADAUS – LONDON - THE OLD VIC THEATRE (DAVID SUCHET)
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND – LONDON - ALDWYCH THEATRE
ALARMS & EXCURSIONS - LONDON - GIELGUD THEATRE
2000 – LION KING – NYC – NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE
WAITING IN THE WINGS – NYC (LAUREN BACALL) EUGENE O'NEILL THEATRE
KISS ME KATE – NYC – MARTIN BECK THEATRE
CHICAGO – NYC; SHUBERT THEATRE (BEBE NEUWIRTH, JAMES NAUGHTON)
STOMP – NYC – ORPHEUM THEATRE
2004 – THE PRODUCERS – NYC - ST. JAMES THEATRE
HAIRSPRAY – NYC (MICHAEL McKEAN) NEIL SIMON THEATRE
I AM MY OWN WIFE – NYC (JEFFERSON MAYS – TONY FOR BEST ACTOR AND BEST SHOW) LYCEUM THEATRE
WICKED – NYC (ORIGINAL CAST) (IDINA MENZEL - TONY FOR BEST ACTRESS) GERSHWIN THEATRE
BEATLE MANIA – SR ROADSHOW
2005 - LES MISERABLES (2ND TIME) LONDON, ENG.

PERFORMERS SEEN IN CONCERT – 1956 TO PRESENT

JACK DEMPSEY (HEAVY WEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION- ABT 1950, PITTSBURG, KS (JUST SAW HIM, NO CONCERT)
SMILEY BURNETT--ABT 1953--COZY THEATRE, PITTSBURG, KS. (HE WAS GENE AUTRY'S SIDEKICK IN MOVIES)
BLUE BARRON ORK - PITTSBURG STATE UNIV. ABT 1957
FATS DOMINO – PITTSBURG, KS 1958
WOODY HERMAN ORK - PITTSBURG STATE UNIV. ABT 1958
JIMMY DORSEY ORK - PITTSBURG STATE UNIV. 1958
THE HILLTOPPERS – PITTSBURG STATE UNIV. ABT 1959
THE INK SPOTS - PITTSBURG STATE UNIV. ABT 1959
DAVE BRUBECK – KANSAS UNIV. 1960
PRESIDENT GERALD FORD - EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIV. - 1969 (HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN AT THE TIME; I ASK HIM A QUESTION AT A PRESS CONFERENCE)
BUFFY ST. MARIE – BUFFALO, NY 1971
HARRY CHAPIN – BUFFALO, NY (3 TIMES – 1972, 73, 74); LONG ISLAND, NY AND WESTBURY – 1978--LONG ISLAND, NY (MET AND TALKED TO HIM)
PAUL STUCKEY – BUFFALO, NY 1972
TOM PAXTON - BUFFALO, NY 1972
VAN CLIBURN – BUFFALO, NY 1973
SEGOVIA – BUFFALO, NY 1973
EDDY ARNOLD – BUFFALO, NY ABT 1973
GEORGE GOBLE - BUFFALO, NY ABT 1973
PEGGY FLEMMING - BUFFALO, NY ABT 1974
SEALS AND CROFTS - NIAGARA FALLS CONVENTION CENTER 1974
ELVIS PRESLEY – BUFFALO, NY 1975
PATSY & ELMO – ABT 1978 – ALPINE (THEIR HIT SONG WAS “GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A RAINDEER”)
JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ – ABT 1983 - CHUTE #1 IN ALPINE
ERNEST TUBB – ABT 1984 – CHUTE #1 IN ALPINE
"PHIL DONAHUE SHOW" - 1993 (BUMPED INTO HIM IN HALL PRIOR TO SHOW)
SUSAN ANTON & THE ROCKETTS – 1996– LAS VEGAS
ROBERT EARL KEEN - 2001 - GALLEGO CENTER, ALPINE (COUNTRY SINGER)
"LIVING IT UP WITH ALI & JACK" – 2004 NYC – AT TAPING OF SHOW AT CBS STUDIO
DIEDRA HALL – 2004 NYC – ON ABOVE SHOW
WILLIE NELSON CONCERT -- FEB. 14, 2006--GALLEGO CENTER, ALPINE
DAN RATHER AT WILLIE NELSON CONCERT
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL W/ RAY BENSON--DEC. 31, 2006--ALPINE CIVIC CENTER