The Majestic Theater in 1990. That was one of my first real shows where I had 300 to 400 people there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When I owned the theater, I had the Glen Miller Orchestra. I had 20 girls singing and dancing. I had a cast of characters. It was a big group production, as well as ushers, ticket takers.
I've sat in the theater for thousands and thousands of shows.
My first Broadway show wasn't until I was a freshman in high school. It was my first trip to New York. I came with a group of theatre kids, and we saw four shows. The very first one was 'Contact.'
We did 300 shows in our first two years.
Two weeks later, we played our first concert and had 100 people there. It was pretty cool.
There are many, many more small theater spaces than there were when I was starting out.
I saw some musicals at dinner theaters where I grew up. But I didn't go to a big theater to see one until probably after I graduated from high school when I took myself to see 'Tommy' when it was on tour. I absolutely loved it.
I did a theatrical musical, Annie Warbucks, when I was 11. We did a tour and we stopped by Los Angeles.
I did a lot of theater in the South side of Chicago.
Two packed houses. I guess the theater sat 2,700 people every night so it was an amazing experience.