I've been organizing theatre groups in the San Francisco, CA area for over 30 years, starting with BEATLEMANIA at SF's Orpheum Theatre. It's not a business, just "What I Did [Do] For Love."
darreyl102 said: "So here in KC MO, starlight theater has announced that the US tour of hello Dolly is coming here at the end of September. However I don't see any dates listed on the official site for the tour pass August. I was curious if anyone knows how long Betty Buckley is contracted to be with the tour? I thought about tweeting her but thought it would be a long shot that she would respond, and a lot of people on the board here really seem to have a lot of knowledge on the
SFCowboy said: "Falsettos starts in San Francisco in a week, March 19. I received a promotional e-mail from the San Francisco Bay Times with a link to orchestra tickets for $60 ($49 plus $11 fees). It looks like this is good for the first ten or so performances. I snagged a pair, orchestra center row B. Not sure if this link will work:
RippedMan said: "Anyone have any pictures of the marquee"
Oh, I doubt that will be up in SF for several months. Will be very interesting to see if it will be an original concept or a copy of one of the other cities' marquee.
SFCowboy said: "Yes, premium is $279 for each part. I opted for a2-show Saturday (2 pm and 7:30 pm). It occurs to me that mid-week might be cheaper. I didn’t check."
Best of luck with your marathon Saturday. I opted for that in NYC and found it exhausting.
I was contacted today by Curran group sales, who verified that I'll have 50 seats in the balcony for my group on 11/14 [part 1] and 11/15 [part 2]. These are preview dates and will be slightly less expensive, but the final cost per ticket is still yet TBD for groups. Most likely no savings.
SFCowboy said: "Hey, folks. A bit of an update. As a Curran Club member I was able to buy tickets to San Francisco's Harry Potter this morning. I decided to splurge and go for premium. As expected, you can't choose your specific seats. I checked a few dates and was always given center orchestra row B, C, or D. (I had been hoping for front row mezzanine.)
A couple of observations that might be of interest -- premium tickets were $279. I believe this is somewhat less
Mar 2
2019, 02:16:55 AM
Sounds like not one thing has changed since the world premier I attended in Berkeley, CA. Altho the cast works their tails off (and are very good) and the songs are great to hear (however brief some of them are), the book is the killer for this very slick show (Jersey Boys production design cloned). Audiences may eat it up, but a long run may be very iffy. Additional touring/regional productions in the future should do very well at the box office.
Theatrefanboy1 said: "I sure hope it doesn’t out perform the Cher show. Friends in Toronto went to see it and weren’t too impressed they thought it was more a Jersey boys lite. And a been there done that type of show"
I tend to agree with your assessment, but think it will have a healthy run. Out-of-towners will love it and locals will probably tolerate it because of the Motown catalog and the [possible] star-making turn from one of the actors.
RippedMan said: "It’s kind of crazy Nickelodeon is going non-equity! How are you going to tour this show on such a small budget to smaller markets? Makes no sense."
Do we actually know yet if it is non-equity? Also, I haven't heard about the budget. Please share if you have.
The original pre-Broadway staging at Berkeley Rep was VERY Jersey Boys. Des McAnuff directed both pieces and the staging/production design mimicked JB considerably. The book was close to JB as well, but constructed very piecemeal by comparison. The musical numbers and the performers shown very brightly throughout. Audiences of a certain age should eat it up.
I often see shows at least twice because I'm a group leader for a theatre-going group (a hobby I organized back in 1975 in San Francisco). I'm often comped into opening night and then attend with my group (paid admission). Since tours of mega-shows usually return to SF I do end up seeing the shows multiple times. Now and then I reach my limit (Rent, Cats and Mamma Mia come to mind), but usually soldier on and see multiple productions. Now that I'm retired I
andrewftw said: "Okay, I just found this here (x) It was a picture of maybe the tour Sandy and Spongebob.
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This almost looks photoshopped and/or CGI-ed. Kinda spooky IMHO. Incidentally, I LOVED the show in both Chicago and NYC. Fingers crossed that it tours to San Fra
Random thoughts/opinions from this past Wednesday night's press opening in SF:
Altho very warm to the production, the SF audience did not reach the heights of ecstasy I observed in NYC the past two years... i.e. A wave of applause and cheers when the Sunday Clothes chorus appeared in their finery. Standing ovulation did occur during bows.
Production design did not seemed to be scaled down in the slightest, with the exception of the passerelle.
Looking forward to opening press night tonight, 2/20. As a group leader I've been comped in. Will attend a second time with my group in March. So for me it has been Hello, Carol, Bette, Donna, Bernadette and now Betty!
My group of 60 attends in May, but I'll continue to check out ham4ham to see if I get lucky with the lottery - like I did during the previous company's visit to SF.
I've also been told that another block of tickets for the fall should go on sale in the spring - not too far away.
Since her career has a long way to go and she's already proven herself by winning multiple Grammys and being nominated for an Oscar, do you think Lady Gaga will be an EGOT* recipient one day? What Emmy and Tony roles would she shine in?
Islander_fan said: "Stage Entertainment has been listed as a producer for a few Broadway shows only so that they would be able to produce them in Europe. The three recent examples of these would be Sister Act (played in various countries in Europe all produced by Stage Entertainment) Anastasia (now playing in Spain.) And, Pretty Woman(starts performances in Germany in September.)"
SomethingPeculiar said: "God, that set was gorgeous.
We wouldneverget a design like that today."
Not lavish on a Sunset Boulevard scale perhaps, but wait until you get a gander at Moulin Rouge. Should look even better in NYC because the Colonial in Boston is a large house.
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