Total number of times I have seen Les Mis to date: way too many.

[tenlittlebullets]

I finally did something I've been putting off for three years or so: figured out exactly how many times I saw the Les Mis Broadway revival, and from there, how many times I've seen the show total. It got difficult to keep track of about at the point I stopped counting, because instead of pre-buying tickets through Telecharge and taking the Greyhound up to New York, both of which leave digital receipts, I would occasionally drive up to New York, or buy tickets at the theatre through student rush or what-have-you. And I stopped reviewing every show on LJ. So coming up with an actual number involved a lot of backtracking through which shows I had bootlegs of, figuring out whether I'd seen one show or two on a particular day, old LJ entries, Greyhound/Telecharge receipts, and occasionally chat logs.

This has all led to the following breakdown:
London: 12 (once in 2005, five times in 2009, six times in 2010)
3rd national tour: 8 (2005-2006: DCx2, Bostonx2, Waterbury, Indianapolis x2, St Louis)
Broadway revival: 57 (...I think this speaks for itself)
25th anniversary tour: 7 (five times in Paris, twice in the US)
Regionals: 11 (North Shore, Walnut Street, Wolf Trap, Québec, Signature, Lancaster, Pittsburgh CLO, Forestburgh, Québec again, Lausanne, Copenhagen)

Total: 95

There might be one or two more in there that I'm missing from the last four months of 2007, but 95 is now my official obsession count. XD

Comments

[tyriangalley.livejournal.com]

Daaaang, dude. XD

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

I didn't honestly think it was that close to 100. o___O

[tyriangalley.livejournal.com]

You clearly win at many things. (Also have I mentioned how much I love Carpe Horas recently, God. ♥)

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Eee, thanks! Glad to know someone's still looking at that thing.

[tyriangalley.livejournal.com]

It comes in ridiculously handy for rp purposes! I approve. :D

[collectingbees.livejournal.com]

I am! I must say that it's been so very useful in writing LOV, so I am so grateful for it.

(I am also glad that someone else has decided to translate that prostitution digression, so I don't have to. I couldn't handle it! ;p)

[patchsassy.livejournal.com]

I have yet to see it, mostly because I live in BFN. I'm hoping the 25th anniversary tour comes to Dallas and then it won't be that big of a deal for me to pop down there and see it. If not, I'm planning to talk a co-worker into either driving to Arkansas or Denver to see it. :D

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Ooh, good luck! I think it also has stops in Omaha and Birmingham, which might be a little closer than Denver depending on where in BFN you are. XD

[patchsassy.livejournal.com]

I'm in Texas. I was hoping for a stop in either Dallas or Oklahoma City, because those would definitely be doable as well.

[lucieandco.livejournal.com]

...

... I must confess I am almost as impressed by your ability to reconstruct the number/s with such comparative precision as I am by, you know. The fact that you've seen it ninety-four times. Ninety-four times. (Just one step beyond 'epic and redoubtable'.)

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Well, Broadway revival might be closer to 60 because I'm not sure I tracked down every single time I saw it. But yeah, um. It's at least 95. (Turns out I missed one, as ladybranwen pointed out below.)

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

You saw it at Signature, too. That should add at least one more to your count.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

sjkl;ajsdf how did I forget Signature, it was only one of the most awesome regionals I saw.

[mmebahorel.livejournal.com]

You left it off because you didn't want to admit to stealing Felicia's boots, right? :)

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

>_____> Busted!

*tucks boots hurriedly away in closet*

[ladybranwen.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you think that. ;)

[ariastar.livejournal.com]

...I think sometime soon I must go down the hall and high five you for BEST OBSESSIVE DEDICATION EVER.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

*accepts e-high-fives!*

[endofthewest.livejournal.com]

Your geekery is epic and formidable. Dude. (Do you have it memorized yet? :D

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

In two and a half languages. >___>

[miserable-rose.livejournal.com]

NINETY-FIVE! Can I be you? That is a seriously enviable amount of times to see the show.

[10littlebullets.livejournal.com]

Enviable or perhaps embarrassing. XD

[collectingbees.livejournal.com]

I want to see it in French. I know that's a pipe dream, but I want to see it in French.

I'll be skipping the 25th Anniversary US tour (I don't think that I like the cast so much to spend money to see it), but I'll be on the look out for a regional (there was one in Los Angeles last year, but it wasn't.. that amazing).

Still! HOLY CRAP. I AM SO IMPRESSED BY YOUR NUMBERS. It's like super-hero status.

[ulkis.livejournal.com]

I never in a million years thought I would see it in French before this year, so never say never :)