Broadway Touring Companies??????

[blogan]

Posted: 8/6/14 at 12:50pm

How can I find out the touring companies who are putting on these Broadway tours. I have lists of the shows that are on tour right now, but can find virtually no information about the company putting on the tour.

I'm a musician looking for information regarding auditions, and would like to contact the companies so as to get audition information from them.

Thanks

Updated On: 8/6/14 at 12:50 PM

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 8/6/14 at 1:57pm

The large majority of the first national tours are produced by independent producers, not one single company. They will tend to hire their musicians based on personal recommendations from the music staff (supervisor, director, orchestrator, etc, etc). You will rarely see an audition notice posted for those tours.

In terms of non-Equity touring companies, you'd want to look at NETworks, Troika, Phoenix, and WorkLight (some of them will also produce Equity tours on occasion). You'll sometimes see audition notices for one of their shows. You can also keep an eye on their websites. Notices will sometimes be posted there, or at least some method of submitting for future productions.

[JohnyBroadway]

Posted: 8/6/14 at 1:58pm

It depends on what productions you are looking at. The big productions like Lion King, Wicked, Book Of Mormon, etc. Travel with a small core group, and contract the rest of the parts through local markets. However, most non-equity tours Networks, Big League, Phoenix entertainment are always posting on their sites for musicians.

[blogan]

Posted: 8/6/14 at 2:09pm

Thank you for the responses. I'm aware of the Non equity companies mentioned and have actually auditioned for Work Light. But I was not aware that the equity productions were produced by independent producers.

It's frustrating not living in New York. I guess the next move is to literally move to New York.

Thanks again.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 8/6/14 at 9:14pm

You might find more work in Vegas.