2014-2015 National Tours Seasons — Page 4

The Sister Act tour is staying equity.

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Seattle's "Broadway at the Paramount" has just announced their upcoming season.

"Beauty and the Beast" 10/21/14-10/26/14 (Season Option)
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" 12/2/14-12/7/14
"Dirty Dancing" 1/20/15-2/1/15
"Cinderella" 2/24/15-3/1/15
"Phantom of the Opera" 4/30/18-5/10/15
"Wicked" 7/8/15-8/2/15 (Season Option)
"Pippin" 8/18/15-8/23/15

Nothing too terribly exciting for them.

The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle also has yet to announce their full season, but they have announced that "Kinky Boots" will be coming in April. They usually have only two or three touring shows (due to producing thier own in-house shows, and also trying out shows for Broadway), but I'm hoping that "Newsies" gets announced for the 5th also.

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I can't believe Beauty and the Beast is still touring.

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do you mean portlandaine or portland or because i what wicked to come here to portland maine.

Hannahbelle, I know what you mean by the Seattle disappointment, but unfortunately, it doesn't seem like there is too many National tours of note that are coming through anywhere in the country. I did see in one of the e-mails I got that the Paramount is going to announce one more "Broadway Show" in the next couple of weeks as another bonus add on show. I'm starting to think that "Newsies" might show up at the Paramount now, as they usually put on "Disney" themed shows. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave much to the 5th.

And fortunately, in Seattle, there's a plethora of smaller venues and companies that are producing musicals, and many of them are off the beaten path and surprisingly good. This past season, I really enjoyed StageRight's "Floyd Collins", Balagan's "Carrie" and "Jerry Springer: The Opera", and most things produced by The Village Theatre in Issaquah/Everet. Those usually get me through some of the "leaner" touring seasons.

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SOOOOO happy Matilda is touring.

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Looks like Matilda will get two months at the Ahmanson before it heads to SF in July. Obviously it's on to Seattle at 5th Avenue after that.

I wonder if SF's 5th TBA show is Phantom.

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SF's fifth show might be Cinderella.

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Hmm, San Diego has a nice line up. Sort of. Four new tours, and two very well known sellers.

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A Few More: Denver, Kansas City, Toledo and South Bend

Denver, CO: Everything at the Buell except Book of Mormon and Forbidden Broadway)

Pippin September 6-20, 2014
Kinky Boots - October 29-November 9, 2014
Forbidden Broadway - November 15, 2014-March 1, 2015 - (@ Garner Galleria)
Jersey Boys - December 10-14, 2014
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - December 17-28, 2014
Cinderella February 3-15, 2015
Motown - March 31-April 19, 2015
Annie - April 29-May 10, 2015
Wicked - June 3-July 5, 2015
The Book of Mormon - August 11-September 13, 2015 (@ The Ellie)

Kansas City:

Motown - December 9-14, 2014 - Music Hall
Chicago - January 20-25, 2015 - Kauffman Center
The Book of Mormon - February 24-March 8, 2015 - Music Hall
Once - March 24-29, 2015 - Kauffman Center
Peter and the StarCatcher - May 26-31, 2015 - Kauffman Center

Season Specials:
Mamma Mia - October 7-12, 2014 - Music Hall
The Price is Right Live - 11/15/14 - Music Hall

South Bend, IN:

Chicago - October 17-18, 2014
Camelot - December 5-6, 2014
Sister Act - January 23-24, 2015
Memphis - March 20-21, 2015

Toledo, OH:

Camelot - October 23026, 2014
The Book of Mormon - December 16-21, 2014
Sister Act - April 9-12, 2015
Once - May 5-10, 2015

Hmm… I'm not excited that Heartbeat of Home is part of the regular season versus an add-on. Ahmanson could have used one more musical.