Les Miserables national tour ???

[Unmasked05]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 1:40pm

Will there possibly be a new National Tour of Les Miserables?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 1:53pm

A while ago I heard a rumor that one might (re)start after the revival closes.

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 2:33pm

I think I heard somewhere that it might be non-equity as well, but don't quote me on that.

[friedrichVT]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 5:53pm

they are putting out another tour in 2008

[My Oh My]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 6:12pm

^ Sources?

I'd pee my pants with joy if they do.

[winston89]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:21pm

I think that there was some discussion about the show going back on tour after NY. This was of course when they had originally planned to be here just for six months and then after those six moths they would go back on tour. Now that it looks like they aren't going anywere any time soon all bets are off. i do think that if this production continues to do very well it would still play on boradway and they would build a new set and have a broadway production as well as a tour.

[HumATune]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:24pm

I doubt they'd need a new set.

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 7:46pm

If it does tour again, I hope they sell it as a season extra not in with a set season. I loved Les Miserables the first 4 times, not sure I want to see it again. Or at least so soon.

Off-topic...why did it close on Bway?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 8:06pm

Off-topic...why did it close on Bway?

Why do most shows close on Broadway?

[The Boy From Ohio]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 8:15pm

True. But if was doing bad enough to close why bring it back so soon??

[IAMmyownMUSICAL]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 8:40pm

I dont think it was doing bad at all...maybe the show just neede to take a nap for awhile

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 7/7/07 at 9:33pm

It needed a nap. Sales were low (around $400,000) during the winter of 2002, which was when they announced the closing. Following the announcement, sales increased and the March closing was pushed to May. The Broadway set then traveled to Berlin where it played for several years at the Theatre des Westens.

[Gobstopper]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 6:51pm

Bump.

Has anybody heard any more rumors about a Les Miserables tour?

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 7:03pm

There's the current Wolftrap/Atlanta/TUTS tour, and this one: http://bbonyc.com/shows/lesmis/Default.htm

[HOUFlip04]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 10:12pm

Is it still an Equity tour?

[Neverandy]

Posted: 8/24/08 at 4:30am

yes

[mmousefan]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 3:19pm

just to be clear, my understanding is that tour is actually Atlanta (TOTS), DC (Wolftrap) and Kansas City (Starlight). The version TUTS recently announced is not a tour, but a locally produced single engagement.

[Byron Abens]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 3:26pm

Even though they tend to apply the term tour to those productions, I've always viewed the TOTS, Wolftrap, Starlight shows more as co-productions than an actual tour.

[mmousefan]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 5:08pm

agreed, Byron.

[amn]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 11:10am

The way I understand it is, Cameron Mackintosh will view Les Miserables in Atlanta. If he likes the production, it will become the new National Tour. Also, the set IS different, including no turntable. But I could be wrong.

Updated On: 9/14/08 at 11:10 AM

[Neverandy]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 12:08pm

AMN-I am a cast member of this production. Yes, Cameron is coming to see us in Atlanta,and he visited us during rehearsals in New York, however it's not as cut and dry as you say in your post.
This is a new staging of the show, with a new set, and no turntable. We use some, but not all of the broadway props and furniture as well. It is staged by Fred Hanson, who was the executive producer of the revival as well as a long time associate director of the piece and one of the original stage managers going back to 1987. Fred has staged many other of Cameron's shows (most notably major productions of Miss Saigon here in the US as well as Japan) It is musical directed by Dan Riddle, who oversaw the Tenth anniversary company in New York, as well as conducting the Marius Company on the road for many years. The Set was designed by John Napier's Assistant, in the original Les Mis style, although its much different in execution. We travel with our own floor, but it is not automated. Plus there is heavy use of projections.
That being said, it isn't as simple as Cameron coming to Atlanta and this production turning into a tour(even though this particular production has been very successful in terms of ticket sales). It really is more of a case of Cameron seeing the show in this new staging and seeing if it works. He is very protective of the show (he is actually listed as a producer of this production) and as far as i know is really coming to see the show done without a Turntable.
This particular show (because of the huge venues we are playing) is massive in its size, and there really aren't many theaters around the country that could hold us.
Also, a national Tour would have to be booked way in advance, so we're talking about at least 2010 till a tour really could be put together.

[musicaltheater1]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 4:26pm

Not a tour but I read in PBOL that the Signature Theatre's (Virginia) new 2008-09 production of Les Misérables, will be "up close and personal." The set is going to be quite different. Greg Stone (Les Miz/Miss Saigon) will perform the role of Jean Valjean. He was amazing in Miss Saigon as Chris.
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[Neverandy]

Posted: 9/14/08 at 5:45pm

Greg Stone is actually in my production too. He is actually Rob Evan's understudy.