Is this a matter of the opportunity never presenting itself, or do you have an aversion to such things?
Actually my hearing deficiency is the deciding factor....I don't go to movies in a theater nor plays in a theater
Gotcha. Go to a rock concert...you'll hear them fine. Of course, you'll be hearing a constant high-pitched whine for a week or two... I went to one and forgot to take hearing protection. I had my hands over my ears the entire time. I was angry. They should hand out foam plugs on your way in.
November 1965 Fort Polk La Basic Training. Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington and band. On their way to New Orleans they just stopped and had a show for a few of us. It was a small area and my Training company A/1/2 luckily were chosen to attend. It was one show and they packed up and continued on to New Orleans. How nice it was of of them to think enough of us to do that.
My first live concert was a Louis Armstrong concert in Bloomington, IL. While in HS, several of my friends and I would save up and drive up to Chicago's famed London House to eat and enjoy live jazz (e.g., Ahmad Jamal, Dave Brubeck, Oscar Peterson, etc.) There were other live concerts at Illinois State University that I attended while in college (e.g., Stan Kenton, Henry Mancini, Peter Nero.)
The first was in first grade where we put on a fall concert and we learned to sing a song about a little dog in both English and Spanish. "Where oh where has my little dog gone, where oh where can he be?" The only Spanish I remember from it was perrito for little dog. After that probably relatives that played strings with orchestras. The first big concert was by Joan Sutherland opera singer, in Dallas, in November 1960. Her USA debut! We had made a trip to visit relatives in Texas centered around this world-class concert. It was supposedly a birthday present for me. My dad loved and sang opera as a hobby. My mother did not. Since I attended gossip concerts with her, I couldn't refuse world-class opera with my dad. To this day I have no idea what I was being punished for.
Ahhh, and that Stones concert in 1966? I believe Ike & Tina Turner played just before them. Really something.
And now I remember ... I saw Them (with Van Morrison) in some California suburbs, probably in 1965. He was laying down on the floor and singing. I thought it odd.