REDHEAD with Gwen Verdon -- considered her biggest dance show in terms of how much dancing she did in the show, what with Fosse doing choreography and his first Broadway directing gig, he apparently went all out - I enjoy the OCR, but it's very tough to cast the lead role as originally conceived
CAN-CAN - opening night with Verdon literally stopping the show, becoming a star, and having to be recalled from her dressing room to take a bow so the show could proceed
MY FAIR LADY - Andrews and Harrison
GYPSY with Merman - especially on a night with a celebrity friend in the house (when she was known to give even better performances)
MAME (original cast with Lansbury, though I did see the revival) - some clips of the original show Lansbury really dancing a lot, literally working her ass off for long-awaited stardom
FANNY - Pinza, Walter Slezak, William Tabbert and Florence Henderson - the long excerpt on "Ed Sullivan" looks wonderful
ONE TOUCH OF VENUS - to see Mary Martin in this as well as SOUTH PACIFIC
LADY IN THE DARK - to see Danny Kaye stop the show with "Tchaikowsky" then watch Gertrude Lawrence's competitive instinct kick in and top it with "The Saga of Jenny"
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK -- Robert Redford, Elizabeth Ashley and Mildred Natwick - not too many folks here have mentioned comedies among the shows, which really does show how underestimated when someone is up for an award in a comedy vs. a drama.
BORN YESTERDAY - seeing Judy Holliday in this and in BELLS ARE RINGING, even though she repeated them in the film versions.
THE MUSIC MAN - Robert Preston and Barbara Cook -- and back then, plenty of people must have been utterly surprised how wonderful Preston was in musical comedy after being known mostly as a dramatic character actor in movies
FUNNY GIRL - with Streisand, early in the run, when she wasn't bored or tired of the repetition
KISMET - to see Alfred Drake in what Sondheim considered one of the greatest performances he ever saw, along with a great cast including Richard Kiley, Doretta Morrow and Joan Diener
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