first-nighter

The stage claimed a great part of my attention about this time, and I became an inveterate "first-nighter" in my holidays.

I was on the Long Branch boat the other day and met a well-known Empire first-nighter.

She dresses la mode, she is an habitue of the smart restaurants, an inveterate first-nighter.

He was not a "first-nighter," but dropped in to see a new piece whenever he wanted copy for his feuilleton.

Lady Prattler (a confirmed first-nighter, to actor-manager).