I live in LA and subscribe to both the Pantages and Ahmanson. Very good season at the Pantages. "Fun Home" and "Curious Incident" will probably end up at the Ahmanson. Is "On The Town" still going to tour? And I'm curious where "Honeymoon in Vegas" and "Into The Woods" will end up. I'd wager Segerstrom Center in Orange County for the former and maybe The Ahamanson for the latter. Disney shows usually go into the Pantages, so I don't expect to see "Aladdin" till 2018. That said, we've been able to enjoy the short version at Disney Califronia Adventure for over a decade and coming "in summer" - "Frozen", the way off-Broadway short try-out version.
That's sad. In a weird way, it speaks to the spirit of the show, but this tour will no doubt be marketed as a "Broadway tour" as part of "Broadway seasons," which will be inaccurate. :/
The last non-equity tour of Rent was pretty phenominal talent wise. It shouldn't speak to the quality of the show or the talent of the performers involved just the morality of the producers.
I have a feeling that Curious Incident, Fun Home, and Something Rotten will find their way to the Ahmanson in LA. The Pantages also gets a lot of one week (or less) tours scattered in that are announced later on as bonus options (usually it's the non-Equity tours and return engagements). I wouldn't be surprised to see Rent in that line-up.
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SO with the Aladdin announcement made today (its awesome to be a Broadway fan in Chicago, Hamilton, and Aladdin) When is Disney going to announce new Newsies tour dates?
Well, when did they announce them last year? At this point, they will probably leave it up to each city to announce their stop like Lion King does since it is no longer a new tour and they are starting to do return engagements.
I wonder if Aladdin will be touring in the same vein as billy Elliot with longer tour stops.
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It also looks like aladdin is starting off its tour similarly to mary poppins tour. Both beginning in the spring in chicago and staying until the middle of summer.
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KnewItWhenIWasInFron said: "I think those "Neverland" dates are, all or in part, fictitious. The Minneapolis season was announced today and "Neverland" isn't on it."
Proctors in Schenctady announces next Monday, about 10 weeks earlier than last year, so something big is probably in the works-Thanks to the NYS Tax Credit passing in Albany, expect another tech process, possibly Aladdin before its opening in Chicago, like the Newsies Tour before its Philadelphia opening a few years ago. Also, from the Yellow Card site, Cabaret is booked in Schenectady in May 2017, and the full route, now through the Pantages in July/August of 2017, is available online.