"The Producers" Tour Now Ending Early in July

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 5/24/05 at 4:18pm

Just got this press release in my e-mail. I don't know if this is old news already. Bummer - I was looking forward to seeing it for the first time in Vancouver. Does anyone know the reason for the early ending?



NATIONAL TOUR TO CONCLUDE IN JULY
AFTER 221 TOURING WEEKS
& $222 MILLION IN GROSS RECEIPTS

TOTAL WORLDWIDE TAKE NOW TOPS $500 MILLION,
OVER 10 MILLION TICKETS SOLD


The producers of THE PRODUCERS the new MEL BROOKS musical have announced that the show’s 2nd national touring company (‘Leo’ Co.) will close after its engagement in Japan this July. The show’s 1st national touring company (‘Max’ Co.) closed in Pittsburgh on January 30, 2005, after 120 weeks (that company launched in Pittsburgh in September 2002). The ‘Leo’ Co. opened in Boston in June 2003.

Both companies will have played a (combined) total of 221 touring weeks and together will have grossed more than $222 million.

THE PRODUCERS has now topped a total worldwide box office take of more than $500 million, with more than 10 million tickets sold.

A third U.S. company of THE PRODUCERS was slated to begin in September, 2005. That scheduled tour has been delayed one year to accommodate the schedules of Susan Stroman and Mel Brooks, both of whom are committed to completing and promoting the film version of the musical, which is being released this Christmas.

New productions of THE PRODUCERS are slated for Sydney (opening Thursday, May 26, 2005) as well as Japanese and Korean language productions scheduled for August, 2005 and January, 2006, respectively. The new productions will join the current runs in New York and London.

THE PRODUCERS opened on Broadway on Thursday, April 19, 2001 (previews began March 21, 2001). Currently in its fifth smash year at the St. James Theatre (246 West 44 Street), THE PRODUCERS, the 2001 Tony Award winning Best Musical, and recipient of the most Tony Awards in theater history. The production currently stars Richard Kind (Max Bialystock), Roger Bart (Leo Bloom), Jonathan Freeman (Roger DeBris), John Treacy Eagan (Franz Liebkind), Brooks Ashmanskas (Carmen Ghia) and Angie Schworer (Ulla).

THE PRODUCERS has a Tony Award-winning book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, Tony Award-winning music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and Tony Award winning direction and choreography by Susan Stroman. The musical also has Tony Award winning set design by Robin Wagner, Tony Award winning costume design by William Ivey Long, Tony Award winning lighting design by Peter Kaczorowski, and sound design by Steve Kennedy.

THE PRODUCERS is produced by Rocco Landesman, Clear Channel Entertainment, The Frankel · Baruch · Viertel · Routh Group, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Rick Steiner, Robert F.X. Sillerman and Mel Brooks, in association with James D. Stern and Douglas Meyer and by special arrangement with StudioCanal.

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[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 5/24/05 at 4:42pm

What if it is booked in a 2005-2006 season already?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 5/24/05 at 4:42pm

Nevermind, I guess a third is starting.

Updated On: 5/24/05 at 04:42 PM