2025 - 2026 Touring Season — Page 2

Timon3 said: "Do we think that Hamilton will still have 2 companies on the road?

Where will Harry Potter go if it continues with its longsit downs? Could it be Boston or back to San Francisco and Toronto or maybe Cleveland? Cannot think of any other cities that would sustain a long sit down?"

I doubt Toronto. They don't have a great track record of bringing back shows that weren't hits the first time around.

I mostly suggested Orlando as a joke. The touring venues in Orlando and Las Vegas are very much localized and aren’t really selling to the tourists.

I always had a similar thought about Florida; you have Broward, Adrienne Arsht, and Kravis PACs all hosting first run tours relatively nearby each other. Can’t you just have one them host a long sit down run? Same with Costa Mesa. It makes no sense why you need a venue hosting first run tours that close to LA where you have the Pantages and Ahmanson.

Updated On: 12/5/24 at 06:16 PM

The Smith Center feels like it is way too far off Strip to attract tourists. With the price of parking at strip resorts most people aren't renting cars unless they have plans to travel out of the city. I just looked at Google maps and put in the MGM Grand as an example, and it says it takes about hour to get there on the Deuce bus. Google does show it as being walking distance from Fremont.

I've never happened to be in Las Vegas when something was plating at the Smith Center. I made a hotel reservation for the first week of October next year on a black friday sale because it was a good deal, so I'll be watching for what events get anounced. But it's easily canceled if my plans change.

Call_me_jorge said: "Somehow Hell’s Kitchengot permission to be sent out on a level 5 contract."

What does level 5 mean? (I’m in NYC but always invested in what my parents will get in Tampa as subscribers - excited to see what they’re getting next year.)

Also, any insight on whether Illinoise might tour, even limited?

Haven't heard anything new about Illinois living on elsewhere. Word when it closed was possibly the West End or Toronto for a limited run. Doesn't seem like a tour is happening.

inception said: "DAME said: "So is the Sweeney tour not happening? That is a shame. I would have thought the title would have sold well."

Sweeney is done a lot regionally. Even while it played Broadway there was a stand alone production playing in Seattle at the 5th Avenue, which usuallyhosts a few touring productions. If they had had plans to tour, then performance rights would have been withdrawn."

They had announced a tour.

https://playbill.com/article/tony-nominated-sweeney-todd-revival-will-tour-u-s-in-2025

Sterophonic has announced a US tour, originating in Seattle.

Ceej said: "Houston's Theatre Under the Stars 2025/2026 season:

Brigadoon - 10/21-11/2/2025
White Christmas - 12/9-12/21/2025
Illinoise (Tour) - 2/17-3/1/2026
Back to the Future (Tour) - 3/31-4/12/2026
Spamalot - 4/14-4/26/2026
Xanadu - 5/19-5/31/2026

TUTS does a combination of locally produced shows and tours. ILLINOISE AND BTTF are tours. The rest should be locally done."



Wait, I guess this is then a back door announcement for an Illinoise tour?

I had heard Mockingbird was going back out on tour but non eq-not sure what the status of that is.

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Updated On: 1/22/25 at 10:29 PM

Cleveland is not doing a traditional "reveal" this year, but instead has been releasing its season bit by bit, without specific dates.

So far:

The Notebook - September 2025
Hell's Kitchen - October 2025
Stereophonic - January 2026
Suffs - February 2026
Water For Elephants - March 2026
The Great Gatsby - June 9 - 28, 2026

One more show yet to be announced.

Updated On: 1/24/25 at 11:59 AM

Birmingham Alabama is announcing this Tuesday. I’m sure most people here won’t care about it, but it’ll be nice to be one of the first announcing for a change, damned if it’s only second or third season shows.

That would be like saying, " Why should Baltimore & DC have their own seasns when they're right beside each other." Or why should Dallas & Houston when they're only a few hours apart.

RemlapLBC said: "
You obviously don’t live in Southern California. Costa Mesa subscription is its own two week run which is better than one week in many markets. People aren’t going to fight So Cal traffic for 2-3 hours each way to get to Pantages from South OC.

Pantages subscription run is 3 weeks, with many shows longer

Ahmanson I think is four weeks? Not really sure with their One CTG subscription thing"