"I never had theatre producers run after me. Some people want to make more Broadway shows out of movies. But Elliot and I aren't going to do Batman: The Musical." - Julie Taymor 1999
I’ll bet this is the new small cast version with five actors and a singing, sometimes dancing band. It played Pittsburgh a few years ago and was hysterical.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
RippedMan said: "Surprised they’d do a cheap non-union tour! But fun idea!"
They're probably getting paid the same as they would in an AEA tour, without the benefits. A shady but not unprecedented move (especially if they were previously AEA members and dropped out).
I believe they're playing Melpomene/Medusa and Calliope/Aphrodite, the tracks Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman played. Though I'm not sure which is playing which.
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This is absolutely brilliant. The tour is coming to Buffalo and I can’t wait to see it. I presume Ginger Minj is playing the Testa role.
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This is an AMAZING idea!!!...I LOVED this show when it played briefly in Chicago!...This show should have done a lot better than it did, and deserves to be seen by everyone!...
darquegk said: "I’ll bet this is the new small cast version with five actors and a singing, sometimes dancing band. It played Pittsburgh a few years ago and was hysterical."
This show was never a huge cast show to begin with... Was there really a need to whittle it down?!?! Weird!
The small version is specifically designed for small spaces and cabaret theatres. Pittsburgh CLO has a special initiative for developing small scale musicals and premiering the cabaret-sized (which they define as five people or less) editions of larger musicals. They premiered First Date in a cabaret edition as well.
They'll probably be treated better and have a less grueling schedule than Hater's Roast or those other drag tours that hit a new state nearly every night.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
There's nothing on social media, which is odd, but the announcement is on the official website.
I wonder if this is fully canceled, or if it's just the early dates. The dates coming up this and next month are listed as canceled on venue pages, but I checked Philly in March, and you can still buy tickets to that date.
TheSassySam said: "Looks like the tour has been canceled. They just posted rehearsal footage a few days ago I don’t think the tour is cancelled. Maybe they are cutting some of the one night stops and cities with sluggish sales. They stop for a week in Buffalo and most days are sold out. I can’t see them cancelling.
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