GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
#1GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 5/21/14 at 7:12pmThe Segerstrom lists "Guys and Dolls" as coming to Costa Mesa in May 2015. Any news on this?
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#2GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 5/21/14 at 9:00pmIt will be an equity tour produced by Big league theatrical. They produced a small regional theatre tour back in 2011, so I imagine it will be a re staging of that. You can see clips from that production on YouTube.
#2GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 5/21/14 at 9:22pmIt's a non-equity tour directed by Jeffrey Moss and choreographed by Denis Jones.
#3GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 3/12/15 at 12:26am
I'm curious to know if anyone has seen the tour recently as I'm thinking of seeing it next month when it comes to my town.
Interestingly, the high school I teach at the theater company had their rights to the show pulled. We have a very strong theater program that has won regional musical theater awards. I'm assuming that Big League was afraid of some high school competition?
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
#4GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 3/12/15 at 12:43amThat's always the case when most major tours come into a region. I am catching it this weekend. While it's non-equity, I've never been disappointed by other Big League productions. I've heard it's pretty strong.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#5GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 3/12/15 at 2:39amBig League is not "afraid" of anything. It is standard that when a professional production of a certain level happens, all amateur rights with a certain radius are blacked for a certain window of dates.
#6GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 3/12/15 at 4:56pmThat may be guy2, and I'm aware of the restricted rights practice. It just seems a shame to pull rights after they've been granted to a high school and planning has taken place. I'm sure that the theater that the tour is playing in and the fact that the local high school musical theater awards is hosted at the same venue is a coincidence.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#7GUYS AND DOLLS Tour?
Posted: 3/12/15 at 5:37pm
Yes, that IS a coincidence.
Then again, I am sure Big League Theatricals has plenty of time and extra cash to persecute high school theatre programs.
If you aware of the practice, then that should be the final line on the matter. That is what happens every time.
