Best touring production you have ever seen? - Page 4

[Poconopanther]

Posted: 11/5/19 at 6:18pm

I saw the current touring production of Miss Saigon in LA this past summer and on Broadway two years ago. Both were remarkable! The current tour is Simple amazing. Beautiful sets... wonderful cast... great spectacle!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/5/19 at 8:58pm

I saw the National company of "Seesaw" with Lucie Arnaz joining John Gavin and Tommy Tune, recreating B'way roles. I had seen Michelle Lee (wonderful), but the retooling and streaming of the show was expert (writing a great new Coleman tune for Gittel at the end of the first act, "The Party's On Me" which Arnaz knocked out of the park). She was stunning, and the entire show made a leap around her performance. 

Updated On: 11/5/19 at 08:58 PM

[jwsel]

Posted: 11/6/19 at 10:39am

All of these were in Los Angeles.

A Chorus Line original tour with most of the original cast.

Much Ado About Nothing from the Royal Shakespeare Company with Derek Jacobi and Sinead Cusack as Benedict and Beatrice.

Caroline, or Change with Tonya Pinkins and Anika Noni Rose.

South Pacific with Carmen Cusack, Rod Gilfry, Anderson Davis, and Keala Settle.

Pippin revival tour. I saw an understudy as The Leading Player on Broadway and thought Sasha Allen was better. Matthew James Thomas and Andrea Martin were in the LA cast.

I guess they don’t count as touring productions, but the pre-Broadway productions in Los Angeles of Master Class, and Drowsy Chaperone were phenomenal. I believe those casts were nearly the same as the OBC. The pre-Broadway run off Ragtime with Brian Stokes-Mitchell and LaChanze also was great..

[Ms_Flyover]

Posted: 12/13/19 at 12:39am

There was a tour of Noises Off in the mid 80s that came to Purdue.  I laughed so hard, I woke up the next morning with a pulled ab muscle.  30 years later, I still remember moments from that show.

Add my vote for the recent Hello Dolly Tour with Betty Buckley.  Caught it by chance in Chicago, and liked it better than I did on Bway with Bernadette Peters - and I bloody loved it on Broadway.  Literally flew to DC just to catch the tour a second time.  There was some sort of fairy dust being sprinkled on the show audiences; the joy from that show was tangible.  Easily the best directed show I've ever seen.

 

[Fosse76]

Posted: 12/13/19 at 2:17pm

Mike Barrett said: "magictodo123 said: "This is more of a touring question...

I know Harry Potter and The Cursed Child has several different productions going on right now, but with everything involved in it, the intricacies of the set...could the show ever tour?"

Highly doubt it. My guess is just multiple sit down productions. San Francisco, LA, maybe Orlando since the WizardingWorld is so popular and Universal is doubling their resort size, Chicago, Boston, but I wouldn't expect much more than that. The Broadway grosses are down a tiny bit, so they're going to want people heading to that production. Also just too big of a set to tour id imagine.



In general, have any 2 part shows in the past toured? And been successful? I"

I agree, it would be tough, they'd have to rethink a few of the effects. The set is actually pretty simple, made complicated only by the magic effects it must accommodate. If they rethink how they do those effects, it could tour. But yes, the two-part aspect to it is a hindrance. 

I agree that it would most likely just do a bunch of sit-downs, but Orlando isn't a market that could sustain one. Disney hasn't even tried with its shows.

[George in DC]

Posted: 12/13/19 at 2:36pm

Mike Barrett said: "n general, have any 2 part shows in the past toured? And been successful? I"

 

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned or not

The RSC toured their amazing production of "Nicholas Nickleby" to great success. I can honestly say I've gone to thousands of shows and this remains in my top 5 greatest theatrical events I've seen.

 

[broadwaydanwi]

Posted: 12/13/19 at 4:52pm

I really loved the short national tour of THE BOY FRIEND that was directed by Julie Andrews and went out for about a dozen dates from the end of 2005 to early 2006. It was sweet and simple -- a pleasure from start to finish. I wish it would have been recorded and/or filmed. I doubt if we will ever see that musical go out on a national tour again.

[markypoo]

Posted: 12/13/19 at 7:46pm

What I think might have been the 1st national tour of The Producers: 2003, with Brad Oscar and Andy Taylor.