But it's on TOUR now? - A general question

[DreamFlyer22]

But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#0

Posted: 6/6/06 at 8:20am

Okay, so after a pretty crazy weekend working the big Alumnae Reunion at my college, I have come up with a question for the board- is it just the people in my area, or does the general populace NOT realize that a show can be both running in New York and still be on tour?

I must have had no less than half a dozen people- once they heard I was a musical theater major- start talking about Broadway and ask, "Well, what's playing in New York right now?" I'd list off a few and have them respond with, "But that's on tour now." Uhhm, yep. Indeedy. It... IS possible to have more than one cast of a show. Lots of actors out there an' all that.

I dunno. Maybe it's just me, but these people were driving me nuts!!

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[Unknown User]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#1

Posted: 6/6/06 at 8:38am

Maybe it's just the people in your area as some of them even start sentences with "Okay" Did you actually graduate from that college whose reunion you worked on?

[collins]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#2

Posted: 6/6/06 at 9:12am

Maybe they just don't understand how theater works if they are in an area where theater isn't popular. I didn't know a lot about it until I started reading this site.

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[RentBoy86]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#3

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:24am

No, dude, I totally understand! One of my really good friends was telling me, "So I heard Wicked closed on Broadway and is touring now...do you want to go see it." I was like, "What?" - I guess if you don't know, it just seems kind of odd to have three productions of the same show running in the country. My friend also wanted to know how they manage to house so many musicals in one theater because she thought Broadway was just a theater, not a street. Which I guess, with the Broadway Theater, can get sort of confusing if you don't know.

[EponineAmneris]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#4

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:28am

I like having the chance to explain how Broadway/theatre works, that you can have a show running on Broadway AND have a tour going at the same time.

But most of the people I know are Bway fans, too, and understand the way things are.

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[morosco]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#5

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:43am

It doesn't help matters when promoters advertise a show as being "direct from Broadway".

[EponineAmneris]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#6

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:47am

Good point, morosco... and I LOVE your icon

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[RentBoy86]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#7

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:49am

True and some shows do close (like Little Women) and tour, but I guess it's just a hard concept. I have a friend who knows so much about theater - he knows the opening date of RENT and the original cast of Sunday in the Park with George - but he told me Wicked closed on Broadway and is now touring. I was like "Are you kidding me? That show is making millions a week."

[FosseBoi]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#8

Posted: 6/6/06 at 11:51am

I had something like this happen to me. A friend that I dance with didnt get why "Movin' Out" wasnt up for any Tonys last year. Therefore I had to explain to her the Broadway works in seasons, much like out community theatre. It took a while to get it all in her head of how the Tonys work. Urg...

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[ashley0139]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#9

Posted: 6/6/06 at 12:20pm

That's funny. After we saw RENT, I once had a friend ask me, "So every show plays every night? And there are different actors for all of them." Umm... yeah.

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[wickedfreak]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#10

Posted: 6/6/06 at 12:29pm

My uncle in seatlle thinks that also, that a show ends it broadway rin to go on tour....ugghh....so annoying!

[collins]

re: But it's on TOUR now? - A general question#11

Posted: 6/7/06 at 7:14am

My 10th grade English teacher got me hooked on my first show, Phantom of the Opera. This was 1993. I watched the Tony awards that year to see if they won anything. I couldn't believe they didn't even get mentioned! I've learned a lot since then.

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