Is Jersey Boys Tour going Non Equity?

[Mike Barrett]

Next year they will be making many 1 night or just weekend stops in many small markets, any idea if this will be non equity? 

[Phantom4ever]

According to the Equity audition notice that was on BWW last weekend, the tour is going out on a reduced scale.  So still union, but not a full production contract

[hi127]

Based on this audition notice: https://www.broadwayworld.com/equity-audition/JERSEY-BOYS-National-Tour-2017-15887 its still equity and and is a  SETA tour. 

[LizzieCurry]

SETA

http://www.playbill.com/job/jersey-boys-seta-nyc-ecc-female-singers-who-move-extremely-well-070617/0000015c-8e24-dd56-affc-ceafd54f0000?q=&category=Performer&date=&state=NY&paid=&union=&intern=

[asmith0307]

Specifically, a SETA Category 4, which is not the lowest level (they go to Cat. 6), but still not top tier. For example, Something Rotten!  is category 1. Fun Home  is also out on a SETA, but I'm not sure what tier. 

 

I thought they were going non-eq too. They are playing a market that rarely ever gets equity tours, and are only there for one night. However, I was wrong.

[Mike Barrett]

Man, not sure how much more they can cheapen set. Idk if anyone else saw the tour this year, but the set was really noticeably smaller. Worried about how much smaller it will get. 

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Frankly, I'm surprised Jersey Boys hasn't just devolved into a bunch of Four Seasons tribute acts at this point like what happened after Beatlemania ran its course. (I know it did at least in one case, and it led to legal issues, which might be why.)

[RippedMan]

I think it's great of the producers to not go non-union. Allows these smaller houses and venues to see Equity caliber stuff. 

[GavestonPS]

Mike Barrett said: "Man, not sure how much more they can cheapen set. Idk if anyone else saw the tour this year, but the set was really noticeably smaller. Worried about how much smaller it will get. 

 

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I saw the tour a couple of weeks ago in LA. Set seemed fine to me, but I hadn't seen the show before (and I was sitting in the second row).

[bear88]

The LA tour stop was for a month, and they brought it Mark Ballas, a big name with a good falsetto who closed the Broadway run, so I wasn't expecting it to be cheap there. My wife loves the Four Seasons and the show, so I've seen it multiple times and it was in good shape there - not the best I've seen, but not the worst. (We didn't get front row seats, as we did the first time I saw it, and that does the leave the show's flaws more exposed.) I do wonder how things will go as the tour continues and the stops get shorter and shorter. But I'm glad the cast members will get paid.

 

[Miss Jezebel DuPree2]

Will Matt Bogart join the tour????

[SmokeyLady]

bear88 said: "The LA tour stop was for a month, and they brought it Mark Ballas, a big name with a good falsetto who closed the Broadway run, so I wasn't expecting it to be cheap there. My wife loves the Four Seasons and the show, so I've seen it multiple times and it was in good shape there - not the best I've seen, but not the worst. (We didn't get front row seats, as we did the first time I saw it, and that does the leave the show's flaws more exposed.) I do wonder how things will go as the tour continues and the stops get shorter and shorter. But I'm glad the cast members will get paid.

 

 

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I saw the LA stop recently and thought the production looked awful.  Mark Ballas was also the worst Frankie I have ever seen.  And vocally he was struggling. 

[Mike Barrett]

I hope Keith Hines stays with the tour. He is a star and his Nick Massi steals the show. Aaron De Jesus aslo did a fabulous job as Frankie. 

[LizzieCurry]

That's too bad. I saw Mark Ballas twice on Broadway and thought he was excellent.