Legally Phantom cannot be preformed in LA????
Legally Phantom cannot be preformed in LA????
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#1Legally Phantom cannot be preformed in LA????
Posted: 10/30/07 at 5:59pm
I heard somewhere a while back that there was some sort of legal case in LA. The outcome of this was that Phantom or any Webber show for that matter cannot be done in LA.
The main reason why I said Phantom is because that is the only show of his that is touring in major cities.
Anyone have any more info on this situation.
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#2re: Legally Phantom cannot be preformed in LA????
Posted: 10/30/07 at 6:02pmCan it be postformed?
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#2re: Legally Phantom cannot be performed in LA?
Posted: 10/30/07 at 6:14pmIt can't be performed in LA for the same reason Spamalot and Jersey Boys can't -- they have or will have Vegas productions.
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#3re: Legally Phantom cannot be preformed in LA????
Posted: 10/30/07 at 6:15pmConsidering we just had the tours of JCS and Evita come through, I would say that maybe it's not true.
#4re: Legally Phantom cannot be preformed in LA????
Posted: 10/30/07 at 6:56pmJersey Boys was just here, though. The Spamalot tour wasn't allowed to come here even though the Vegas production didn't open for nearly a year after the tour did.
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#5re: Legally Phantom cannot be performed in LA?
Posted: 10/30/07 at 6:58pmYes, but Jersey Boys can't come back to LA for the duration of the Vegas run. That's why it was hitting all the CA stops so close together.
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#6re: Legally Phantom cannot be performed in LA?
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:03pmPhantom is coming to Sacramento in May 2008.
CarolynW
Leading Actor Joined: 9/8/04
#7Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:14pm
It is a contract between California, Arizona with Las Vegas, Nevada
It is called a non-compete clause. The producers agree not to tour their shows for aq certain number of years. That is why Las Vegas never got Lion King, Wicked, and other tours, because they were playing in Los Angeles or other cities close to Las Vegas. This was the first time that the clause was used that made the other cities not have the tour of a major show. It is usually Las Vegas that is at the other end of the deal. In fact Phantom never came to Las Vegas due to the clause.
I believe the cluase is off and it was only for Phantom, that I know about. It supposedly is over as many cities in California are now getting the Phantom tour.
I do not know if any other productions are affected as I think Mamma Mia! and Spamalot both stopped in Los Angeles. I think The Producers is under the clause.
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Carolyn
#8Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:19pmDude...I totally forgot about Sacramento. Ha.
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threatXthree
Understudy Joined: 11/7/04
#9Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:33pmIf anyone wants to know, I believe the last stop in CA for Jersey Boys before the Las Vegas run stars in 3 weeks in Costa Mesa. And I believe it's by the SECOND national tour.
#10Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:43pmWhat is the differece between 1st and 2nd national tours? Is one better?
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#11Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:45pm
The second national tour opened up because the first national tour kept extending its booking dates in San Francisco because business was phenomenal. Eventually it extended into the dates of its next engagements, and a second national tour was formed. I believe the second national tour continued the San Francisco run while the first went to the other cities on its scheduled tour. I believe the second company has left San Francisco, but are returning for another engagement 'round Christmas.
"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite
Updated On: 10/30/07 at 07:45 PM
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#12Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:53pm
With Jersey Boys, the 1st national tour is the company that is doing all the engagements on the tour. The 2nd national tour did continue the run in San Francisco after the 1st left but they became the company that is doing the sit-down in Chicago. San Francisco is actually getting a new cast (rumored to be the Vegas cast) for the holiday engagement.
Updated On: 10/30/07 at 07:53 PM
#13Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 7:59pm
Listen to mll85. :)
Many successful shows have had more than one tour running simultaneously -- it just seems more confusing these days because really, when these previous multiple tours were running, it was pre-internet and people lived in blissful ignorance.
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#14Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 8:02pm
"...they became the company that is doing the sit down in Chicago"
What is meant by the term "sit down"?
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#15Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 8:05pmWhen I saw this thread, I immeditately thought they had combined Legally Blonde and Phantom into some odd hybrid musical masterpiece.
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#16Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 8:15pmGypsy, 'sit-down' basically means a permanent production. Like Wicked in Chicago and LA, and the Vegas productions of Phantom and Spamalot and soon to be Jersey Boys.
"You mean what was the best picture of the year or what did they pick as the best picture of the year?" - California Suite
#17Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 8:15pmClumsy Dude, I thought the exact same thing. I was kind of excited.
I chose, and my world was shaken. So what?
The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not.
#18Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 8:34pmClumsy, me three. Totally creepy idea.
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#19Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 8:43pm
"Clumsy Dude, I thought the exact same thing. I was kind of excited."
"Clumsy, me three. Totally creepy idea."
Me too!
HAHA! =)
Yes. It is creepy. HAHA.
OMIGOD YOU GUYS
LOOKS LIKE THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA HAS APPEARED!
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Updated On: 10/30/07 at 08:43 PM
#20Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 10:04pm
Whipped into the Music of the Night
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#21Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 10:08pm
Legally Phantom... The new ALW musical starring Laura Bell Bundy.
EDIT: Guess I'm not the only one who was thinking this.
Updated On: 10/30/07 at 10:08 PM
Remote33
Chorus Member Joined: 8/28/07
#22Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/30/07 at 10:12pmFeaturing the hits "Omigod Raoul", "Daee or European?" and "Chandelier-gally Blonde Remix"
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#24Non-compete clause
Posted: 10/31/07 at 10:11am
"Whipped into the Music of the Night"
HAHAHA!
Nikki Snelson leads the Phantom in a heavy jump roping workout down in the bottom of the Paris Opera House.
I'd pay to see it!
It would be a bomb, but I'd love it!
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