2014-2015 National Tours Seasons — Page 6

"I wish Ahmanson was getting Nice Work instead of that Riverdance show."

Agreed!

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The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle announced their season tonight in a special spotlight night for current subscribers. Looks like only one (maybe two?) touring shows for them. The rest are in-house productions


A Chorus Line (in-house)
Kinky Boots (tour)
A Christmas Story (this could possibly be a tour)
Carousel (in-house)
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well...(in house)
Something Rotten (world premiere. Directed & choreographed by Casey Nickolaw)
Grease (in house)

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Tampa

Cinderella, Oct. 21-26, 2014
Dirty Dancing, Dec. 2-7. 2014
Phantom of the Opera, Dec. 17, 2014-Jan. 4, 2015
Book of Mormon, Jan. 20-Feb. 1, 2015 (season special)
Annie, Feb. 17-22, 2015
Motown, March 17-22, 2015
Pippin, April 14-19, 2015
Beauty and the Beast, May 5-10, 2015 (season special)
The Illusionists, May 26-31, 2015

Hartford, Connecticut:
Evita September 23-29 2014
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat October 14-19 2014
Wicked November 5-23 2014
Pippin January 6-11 2015
Nice Work If You Can Get It Feb. 3-8 2015
Camelot (non-equity) April 21-26 2015
Once May 19-24 2015
Kinky Boots June 23-28 2015

Updated On: 2/25/14 at 02:07 AM

As for the SCFTA's new season how disappointing with only three shows that I'd be interested in seeing. Won't be renewing my season subscription; have decided that I will trade theirs for the La Jolla Playhouse.

2014-2015 Season:

"Chasing the Song", a new musical by the creators of "Memphis" (May 13-June 15, 2014)

"The Orphan of Zhao" with BD Wong (July 8-August 3, 2014)

"Ether Dome", a new play based on the true story of the discovery of ether as an anesthetic in 1846 (July 11-August 10, 2014)

"The Bald Soprano" by Eugene Ionesco (Sept. 23-October 19, 2014)

"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" U.S. Premiere Musical by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (October 26-December 7, 2014)

Kingdom City--World Premier Play in which a 20th Century classic play (The Crucible) inspires a 20th Century showdown. (Feb. 10-March 8, 2015)

Updated On: 2/25/14 at 07:45 PM

Official Portland,OR season

Kinky Boots- October 1-5 2014
Dirty Dancing- January 13-18 2015
Cinderella- February 17-22nd 2015
Guys and Dolls- March 10-15th 2015
I love Lucy April 7-12 2015
Phantom of the Opera May 13-24th 2015
Wicked August 5-23rd 2015

Overall I am pretty pumped that we were able to secure a show like Kinky Boots so early in its run.

Louisville just Announced theirs:

I Love Lucy - October 7 - 12
Newsies - November 18 - 23
Once - January 20 - 25
The Lion King - March 3 - 29
Pippin - June 2 - 7

One of our better seasons in awhile. I'm excited for everything except The Lion King. I saw it in Tennesee and was a little let down because it did not live up to the hype. I don't really think it needs that long of a run. Also has anyone seen Lucy yet? I'm really excited for it because I love the TV show and the concept of the audience being the studio audience interegues me. Is it any good?

gleek4114: I saw I Love Lucy, and honestly wasn't too thrilled by it. I do like the show cause I would sometimes watch it with my parents but the play was pretty dull. All the performances were terrific but the episodes they recreated weren't that funny. If you're an absolute die hard I love lucy fan than I guess go see it but if you're not then I would probably not recommend it.

Regarding the Milwaukee season, it should be noted that THE LION KING will not be performed at the Marcus Center. The Marcus Center has continental-style seating with no center aisles for the animal parade at the start of the production. Instead, the tour will play the vast Milwaukee Theater, formerly the Milwaukee Auditorium, which has 4,086 seats -- and plenty of aisles!

As you may see in this picture, the only aisles in the Marcus Center are narrow ones on each side of the auditorium. The large elephant would not fit in one of those aisles. And there is no aisle at the back of the auditorium either.

San Diego has also announced West Side Story for January 2015.

Columbus OH has just announced:
The Lion King oct 14-nov 9
Newsies. Jan 13-18
Anything Goes Jan 3-8
Sister Act April 28-May 3
Once June 9-13

And. Mamma Mia (again) March 3-8

All in all, not too bad. Can't wait until we get Pippin and hopefully Kinky Boots. (I'd love to see those again)