Big League Producing American in Paris / South Pacific tour in Rep

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/29/21 at 12:27pm

Wow, they're really getting creative by abusing these non-union actors. Two big splashy musicals touring and done in rep? Never heard of that before. 

Producer/Theatre Company: Big League Productions Inc
Producer: Daniel Sher
An American in Paris Music: George Gershwin
An American in Paris Lyrics: Ira Gershwin
An American in Paris Book: Craig Lucas
South Pacific Music: Richard Rodgers
South Pacific Lyrics: Oscar Hammerstein II
South Pacific Book: Oscar Hammerstein II Joshua Logan
Director for Both Shows: Jeffrey B Moss
Choreographer for Both Shows: Bob Richard
Musical Supervisor for Both Shows: Matthew Lowy
Casting Director: Alison Franck
Audition Date(s): 08/01/2021 - 08/15/2021 via Eco-Cast
Callback Date(s): TBD in September or October 2021
Rehearsal Date(s): 12/13/2021
Opening Date(s): 01/21/2022
Closing Date(s): 05/22/2022

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 7/29/21 at 1:19pm

I was just looking for information on this South Pacific tour yesterday. Although I didn't realize that it was being done and rep?

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 7/29/21 at 1:40pm

???

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/29/21 at 1:49pm

Big League is such trash but this is going to extremes.

[Spikemark1]

Posted: 7/30/21 at 10:25pm

What show have you seen or been a part of that makes it refer to it as trash?

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 7/31/21 at 10:02am

Spikemark1 said: "What show have you seen or been a part of that makes it refer to it as trash?"

I think it has less to do with the quality of the productions, and more with their long history of being shady to their non-union companies, as well as how their productions are advertised to the public. Their trashy reputation goes back to at least the 2001 tour of The Music Man, which shook the theatre industry and made headlines in many of it's stops, and lead to some major changes at Equity, many of them not for the better. 

 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/31/21 at 11:03am

Spikemark1 said: "What show have you seen or been a part of that makes it refer to it as trash?"

Not myself personally, but have had several friends do Big League tours. The mistreatment of actors, forcing them to go on injured or sick due to lack of swings/understudies. Doing ten shows in 6/7 cities in one week.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 7/31/21 at 11:43am

They definitely have a terrible reputation. When I was in school, many professors recommended graduates to stay far away from Big League.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 12:52pm

Is this still happening? I see they just announced the cast for the An American in Paris tour but there is no mention of South Pacific.

[SouthernCakes]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 1:10pm

Would love to know more about the music man situation! 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 1:21pm

SouthernCakes said: "Would love to know more about the music man situation!"

The situation was just that people were shocked the first national tour of a pretty major revival would go out non-equity.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/31/21 at 3:11pm

The South Pacific tour has announced its cast and its pretty much a copy paste of the An American in Paris cast. So, it looks like it’s still going to be in rep with on another. I’m curious about what the set design(s) look like. Considering the middle of the pacific doesn’t really look like Paris… If anyone has the opportunity to see these, please let us know how they are. I’m intrigued.

An American in Paris cast announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXbVyOhLZsO/?utm_medium=copy_link

South Pacific cast announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYHY1tfBhwB/?utm_medium=copy_link

[Jakeevan942]

Posted: 12/31/21 at 4:31pm

The Big League American in Paris scenic package, as it was before the shut-down, is 90% projection, with some assorted tables/chairs/small physical pieces. I'd assume South Pacific is also going to be 90% projection, and made to work with some of the same physical pieces.