FAVORITE TOURED SHOW!

I enjoyed the IN THE HEIGHTS tour quite a lot.

I'd say NEXT TO NORMAL but Alice was a bit hoarse at the Matinee I saw (Pearl Sun actually went on that evening) so it kind of tarnished the experience, otherwise it was probably my favorite overall.

SOUTH PACIFIC was wonderful as well.

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I've seen several I liked. But the one I loved was "Angels in America: Perstroika" because it was significantly different from the Broadway production and included the Roy Cohn in hell scene.

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Book of Mormon (Mark Evans)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Hairspray
Wicked (it tours great)

Least favorite
Mary Poppins

Best:
Book of Mormon 2NT (I saw it way too many times with numerous leads. Only 1 was not superb.)
Evita


Worst:
Bring it On (Non Equity)
American Idiot (Non Equity)
Flashdance

When do they usually announce shows that are going on tour?
The Pantages Theatre in LA announced their season in January.

So far the 2015-2016 season shows announced are:
-Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
-The Sound of Music

Favorite touring shows:
-POTO (both the original and the "remake"). I saw top-notch performers as the Phantom each time (John Cudia and Tim Martin Gleason in the original version, and a terrific cover in the current tour), and the new sets are breathtaking, even though some of the stage business and costuming are downright odd.
-Sweeney Todd, many years ago at the Kennedy Center. George Hearn was Sweeney.
- Fiddler on the Roof.

Least favorite:
-My Fair Lady. Higgins was too old and fat, and some of the changes are odd. The hats at Ascot were just frisbee clones, well before the modern royals wore similar hats at Will and Kate's wedding. Also, now that the ride back to Covent Garden takes place on the underground, Freddy's line that "It's getting awfully cold in that taxi" makes no sense. I liked turning Freddy into a drunk, however.
-Book of Mormon, not because I saw it on tour and didn't like it. It's one of my least favorites because the tour tickets are so d--d expensive that I can't afford them, and they sell out in hours even in large venues.
-Jekyll and Hyde. The projections were amateurish, the show itself was too over the top, even for the over the top story, and the music was boring.
-Flashdance. Read my review on the DC page, from 12/26/13. Lots of flaws.

I haven't caught up with Wicked yet, either on tour or B'way, but I expect it will be on my favorites list, as long as the venue can support the special effects.

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Favorites:
Wicked tours very well.
I really think the current Phantom tour is a great production.
Anything Goes with Rachel York was very well-done and well-cast I thought.
The Addams Family

Least Favorites:
Legally Blonde (way too scaled down for the road)
Non-equity Hairspray
Non-equity Beauty and the Beast

Goes back a while...but my favorite toured show was Miss Saigon - It had Jon Jon Briones as the engineer...the part he currently plays in the latest London revival.

I've only seen one, but I loved it! It was Billy Elliot the last stop in the U.S. before it went to Brazil, and I am still in love with the music and the story. I found everyone in the cast (with the sad exception of the Ms. Wilkinson) to be great!

Favorites:
Billy Elliot
Kinky Boots
Book of Mormon

Least Favorites:
Catch Me if You Can
Ghost