Fun Home Tour Staging?

[HD1313]

Posted: 1/5/16 at 10:41pm

This may have already been asked on the boards, but has anyone heard any news on how they are going to be staging the Fun Home tour since it is originally in the round? I have a friend auditioning for the show tomorrow, and she has heard they are re-designing it for the tour, but I don't know if this is from a reliable source. I love the show and I'm seeing it in NY soon, and I'm just curious :)

Updated On: 1/5/16 at 10:41 PM

[LightsOut90]

Posted: 1/5/16 at 10:45pm

its essentially being reconfigured back to the production that was presented at The Public. 

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 1/5/16 at 10:54pm

It was actually originally originally a proscenium setup.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/5/16 at 11:19pm

I don't know if any of us KNOW this to be a fact, but I'd imagine it would be easy to get it to tour. They'd be smart to tour it to smaller venues, but not sure if that's even possible. 

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 1/5/16 at 11:21pm

There were things I liked a little bit better about the proscenium staging.  But it'll be terrific in any configuration.

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 1/5/16 at 11:27pm

I joked to a friend that it should be booked into hockey stadiums to retain the in-the-round staging. Super feasible, right? I'll see myself out. 

[ChiTheaterFan]

Posted: 1/6/16 at 10:32am

RippedMan said: "I don't know if any of us KNOW this to be a fact, but I'd imagine it would be easy to get it to tour. They'd be smart to tour it to smaller venues, but not sure if that's even possible. 

 

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It's coming to the Oriental Theater in Chicago according to BIC. It's slightly smaller than the Cadillac palace but not by much.  I think the three main BIC theaters all seat over 2000. Not ideal. I'm sure it will still be great but seeing it here versus either the circle in the square or the public will be...  Different. 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/7/16 at 1:22am

Totally. It's just a small show. There's no big dramatic scenes, etc. It's all very subtle. But that said, I don't see why it wouldn't translate. I think audiences now are more use to actors giving you a subtle performance thanks to use of microphones. And the staging at the Public was quite beautiful as well. 

[MVintheheartland]

Posted: 1/7/16 at 7:32am

It's coming to the Oriental Theater in Chicago according to BIC. It's slightly smaller than the Cadillac palace but not by much.  I think the three main BIC theaters all seat over 2000. Not ideal. I'm sure it will still be great but seeing it here versus either the circle in the square or the public will be...  Different. 
 

Wow, the Oriental? I just saw "Beautiful" there, and the Oriental is BIG. I saw "Fun Home" in the round in NY, I can't see it transferring well to a big theater. However, I hope I'm wrong. 

 

 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 1/7/16 at 8:45am

I would think fun home would want to book the playhouse in Chicago.

[mpd4165]

Posted: 1/7/16 at 9:20am

Call_me_jorge said: "I would think fun home would want to book the playhouse in Chicago.

 

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I agree. In the original announcement, Fun Home was to be in the Bank of America Theatre (now PrivateBank), but Hamilton has taken the theater for an...indeterminate amount of time. I'd love for Fun Home to sit at the Playhouse, it'd be much more intimate than the Oriental.

[JossArden]

Posted: 6/18/17 at 10:11pm

Bumping to ask: sine the tour has been around for a while now, can anyone confirm whether the tour staging is the same as off-Broadway? I saw Fun Home on Broadway and the tour (in Philly) and was curious as to whether the staging was the same as it was off-Broadway.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/18/17 at 11:01pm

It is very similar to the Public staging, but of course it is a different production playing very different houses. The biggest difference was that there was a turntable on the stage at the Public. 

[Valentina3]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 10:18am

I was wondering if anyone knew how long the current tour cast is staying with the show? I really want to see Kate Shindle in this but haven't been able to travel to a city where it was in / won't have a chance to do it for next few stops at least.

[AC126748]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 10:34am

I saw the show during its Philadelphia engagement last week. While I would have preferred to see it in a smaller house, I didn't think all intimacy was lost in the Forrest Theatre (which is approx. 1900 seats). The staging is very similar to the production at the Public, and Gold has directed the show to maximize the intimacy factor in larger houses, such as playing a lot of the show downstage center, as close to the audience as possible. Unlike many tours, the performance was mercifully NOT overamplified.

I would assume that most of the principals are on at least a 1-year contract which would be October. But I have no idea. At the first performance in Philly, the full cast was there and they all sounded superb.