trpguyy said: "JennH said: "I keep forgetting the international ones, my apologies. I never seem to know about them, but It's not like it matters since I live in the US of A lolz.I'mmore referring to US sit downs. I believe theGermany one is still running."
Yes, Aladdin currently has companies in the US (x2), Japan, Germany, London, and Australia.
I believe we'll be seeing another Hamilton sit, and probably a Cursed Child or two down the road."
With the tight grip J.K. Rowling has on the entire Harry Potter Empire, I don't see Cursed Child touring. She will likely not want to do any of the stagecraft trimming that is necessary when a spectacle based theatrical production goes on tour. For example it can be easily argued that Mary Poppins Broadway and North American Tour were two separate productions, with the tour being inspired by the Broadway production. This would be due to the storybook set, instead of the Banks house, as that was the only way Disney could figure out how to build a tourable set. Add to that, Mary Poppin's flight paths had to be changed in each house due to each houses architectural set up, thus the final iconic moment where Mary flys into the raters above the audience had to be altered for the tour. With all of the renovations that are being made to the Lyric, just so that it can house Cursed Child, I can't imagine a standard touring house being able to house the production in its entirety as they currently stand. Add to that its a 2 part epic, so it's going to have to have in tier 2 and 3 cities where most tours play maybe a week or two, it will have to play two weeks to a month, just to have the same number of performances. Therefore the fiances of a touring production would be nearly infeasible as well.
In regards to a sit down, I think the only way it will get a sit down is if Universal finally beats Disney to the punch and builds theaters to house Curse Child within or right outside of The Wizarding Worlds of Harry Potter in its Orlando or Hollywood theme parks. It would be much more logical then a traditional sit down, as the play logically has difficulties selling to tourists, unless they are specifically coming to New York or London to see Cursed Child, since will take up 2 nights of a tourists life. This would be much more easily justified on a week long vacation to Orlando, then it is a 2-3 day trip to Chicago. I don't see this happening or even being rumored about until after the Tony's as its producers do not want it to be seen as a Theme Park production.
