#1
Posted: 11/5/12 at 10:05pm
Canada's WIZARD OF OZ to launch North American Tour
#2
Posted: 11/5/12 at 10:09pm
I wonder if it will be a full Canadian cast?
#3
Posted: 11/5/12 at 10:12pm
I believe the article stated that the cast will be all Canadian.
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#4
Posted: 11/5/12 at 10:17pm
The Toronto cast has first right of refusal for the tour.
#5
Posted: 11/5/12 at 10:23pm
WHY is this thread headed "Canada's WIZARD OF OZ to launch North American Tour" ??
Shouldn't it say "Toronto's WIZARD OF OZ to launch North American Tour" ???
After all, when tours launch in new York or L.A. we don't call the thread "USA's [show] to launch North American Tour."
It always bugs me that we are so specific about cities in reference to U.S. locations but not elsewhere.
Anyhow, this IS fantastic news for the cast and creative team.
Shouldn't it say "Toronto's WIZARD OF OZ to launch North American Tour" ???
After all, when tours launch in new York or L.A. we don't call the thread "USA's [show] to launch North American Tour."
It always bugs me that we are so specific about cities in reference to U.S. locations but not elsewhere.
Anyhow, this IS fantastic news for the cast and creative team.
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#6
Posted: 11/5/12 at 10:30pm
^^
Sorry, just quoting the official article.
Sorry, just quoting the official article.
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#7
Posted: 11/5/12 at 11:11pm
Oh I am not blaming you... but have you noticed that as a nation Canada does more to promote U.S. cities than it does promoting its own!
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
#8
Posted: 11/6/12 at 4:12am
Great news, it's a wonderful production!
#9
Posted: 11/6/12 at 12:58pm
Well, aside from what one may or may not think of the London production, we don't yet know WHAT the North American production will really be like yet.. They actually announced that the Toronto production would tour quite a while ago and that it requires the production to be heavily redesigned to make that happen.. indeed, if any production would be physically impossibly to tour, it would be the London production of Oz.
#10
Posted: 11/6/12 at 4:18pm
Reminds me of our First National of MAMMA MIA which featured the original Toronto company. Glad to see a similar model being used here!
#11
Posted: 11/7/12 at 12:17pm
I thought maybe they are calling it the Canadian production because they cast Dorothy from nationwide auditions on a nationally-televised and voted reality show. Or maybe its just the "Canadian way" of trying to be fully inclusive at all times, whether it makes sense or not in a specific situation.
#12
Posted: 11/7/12 at 8:15pm
They're calling it the Canadian production because it's forming in Canada, with an "all Canadian" cast. That said, even in the hayday of "all Canadian" casts (Phantom, Mamma Mia, Lion King, etc) there have almost always been at least a sprinkling of Americans in the casts.
#13
Posted: 11/7/12 at 8:49pm
I am very curious to see if, in fact, they do announce an all Canadian company. I am certainly not at all fond of Webber's work in this show, but I am very curious to see how the physical production is adapted. Now to see what dates will be booked for the show. I'd love to see it, and I will.
#14
Posted: 11/7/12 at 9:59pm
Indeed and if they can find an easy way to transport it, it should be a huge seller on the road. I'd invest.
#15
Posted: 11/7/12 at 11:47pm
Scenically, they have said that it will be quite different. It will have to be, so I wait to see...
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