Cheers- Live on Stage

Posted: 8/23/16 at 12:34pm

Wow, this sounds just as bad as " I Love Lucy- Live"  ...ugh  http://www.citicenter.org/buy/show-listing/cheers-live-on-stage

Posted: 8/23/16 at 12:35pm

No cast list either!

[10086sunset]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 12:46pm

I love it...For the $100 ticket, you can have a beer on stage at intermission...

Brilliant!!!

[trpguyy]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 12:48pm

CBS is producing, and I'm told the script is actually pretty good. 

[Blue_Lotus]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 12:53pm

According to the website this production uses scripts from the show's first season adapted for the stage:

Utilizing the original award winning television scripts skillfully adapted from the first season of NBC’s long-running sitcom....
 

Updated On: 8/23/16 at 12:53 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 1:38pm

Why would CBS produce a show based off of a NBC tv series 

[Hairspray0901]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 1:43pm

Cast list:

http://www.playbill.com/article/check-out-who-will-be-playing-cheers-characters-in-national-tour

Website: http://cheersliveonstage.com

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 1:45pm

Call_me_jorge said: "Why would CBS produce a show based off of a NBC tv series 
 
CHEERS only aired on NBC. The show was produced by Paramount Television. Paramount Television is now owned by CBS, Inc. 

As per Wikipedia: 

At the end of 2005, Viacom split into two completely separate companies, one of which was called CBS Corporation, the other retaining the Viacom name. Despite Paramount Pictures being owned by the new Viacom, CBS inherited Paramount Television, as well as the right to retain the Paramount name. On January 16, 2006, CBS renamed the unit CBS Paramount Television.[3]Paramount's final series was Courting Alex (co-produced with Touchstone Television) for CBS.

Updated On: 8/23/16 at 01:45 PM

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 8/23/16 at 1:50pm

Here is the cast list for those of you too lazy to click on links (jez knows who you are):

The show will star Grayson Powell as Sam Malone, Jillian Louis as Diane Chambers, Barry Pearl as Ernie “Coach” Pantusso, Buzz Roddy as Cliff Clavin, Sarah Sirota as Carla Tortelli and Paul Vogt as Norm Peterson with Jeff Applegate, Jen Burleigh-Bentz, Justin R. G. Holcomb, Erin Mosher, Jed Peterson, Andrew Sellon, Richard B. Watson and Laura Woyasz.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 11:40am

 Well wishes to all involved. 

 

http://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/closing-time-comes-early-for-cheers-live-on-stage/

Updated On: 10/8/16 at 11:40 AM

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 11:46am

^your post sounds like the entire tour has been cancelled when only the rest of the Chicago run has been cancelled. 

Edit: I see you edited your post.

[trpguyy]

Posted: 10/8/16 at 11:52am

Yeah, I edited the post because the official information is unclear, but my understanding is that the tour has been cancelled.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/CHEERS-LIVE-ON-STAGE-to-Play-Final-Performance-This-Sunday-20161007

Updated On: 10/8/16 at 11:52 AM

[Adair Haywind]

Posted: 11/11/16 at 12:18pm

Did anyone actually see this? I was really curious to check it out.

[KJisgroovy]

Posted: 11/11/16 at 12:41pm

We got free tickets (they were quite easy to come by). It wasn't my thing but it was quite lovely. I think if you were the kind of person who liked Cheers and wanted to see Cheers on stage you would have liked it an awful lot. Doesn't seem like there were many of those kind people though. 

[10086sunset]

Posted: 11/11/16 at 12:55pm

Sad this couldn't find an audience...

The photo of the set looked great, very close to the actual show...