Baltimore Out of Town Tryout

[JakePinckes]

Posted: 7/10/12 at 9:46pm

Have any notable Broadway Productions had their Tryout in Baltimore? Just a thought that has come across my mind.

[justoldbill]

Posted: 7/10/12 at 10:03pm

Fred Graham's musical production THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. (You know Baltimore.)

[After Eight]

Posted: 7/11/12 at 7:44am

A Mother's Kisses with Bea Arthur and Hellzapoppin with Jerry Lewis both had pre-Broadway tryouts in Baltimore. Both closed out of town.

[egghumor]

Posted: 7/11/12 at 9:28am

SMILE and THE WIZ had their tryouts at the Mechanic.

[Nick Murphy]

Posted: 7/11/12 at 9:56am

Didn't the original production of SKIN OF OUR TEETH try out in Baltimore?

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 7/11/12 at 10:04am

I also saw the pre broadway run of "A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine" and "Lend Me a Tenor".

[WOSQ]

Posted: 7/11/12 at 1:22pm

Applause and Canterbury Tales were also early tryouts at the Mechanic. The Nederlanders and later Alex Cohen booked the theatre and a lot of their shows played there.

Before the Mechanic, was built the road house in Baltimore was Ford's Theatre which was torn down in about 1964.

Charm City theatre trivia - the last play to play Ford's was the rewrite of Milk Train in late 63 and starring a certain Miss Bankhead, and the last show to play there was the national tour of Forum in early 64.