Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 3:55pm

What revivals have had pre-Broadway tryouts?

All I can think of....

Into The Woods
Sweet Charity (2005)
West Side Story (2009)

What else? I am not including London, Encores!, Off-Broadway, or Regional transfers.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:07pm

The My Fair Lady revival with Richard Chamberlain and Melissa Errico in the late 90's tried out in Chicago - With Errico missing most or all of the Chicago run.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:09pm

The Tyne Daly "Gypsy" and Topol "Fiddler" revivals from 1989 both toured for a year before they opened on Broadway.

I saw them both in L.A. (with their full Broadway casts) almost a full year before they hit NYC.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:09pm

Didn't the recent Company revival tryout out of town?

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:11pm

^ I thought that was transferred after a successful regional production.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:11pm

The revival of Flower Drum Song had their tryout in Los Angeles before going to Broadway as well.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:13pm

Deaf West's production of Big River started in L.A. as well, but that was more of a "regional transfer," since it was a Deaf West production to begin with.

Flower Drum Song was a tryout, though. They were testing the new book, etc.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:27pm

The Ashford-directed BRIGADOON was to tryout in Boston last season, but it was "postponed" due to a "lack of a theatre" in NY.

Isn't the current DREAMGIRLS tour Broadway-aimed? Or does that not count yet?

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:47pm

Gosh, why is it that I can vaguely remember a revival trying out in Boston? I'm probably getting it confused with High Fidelity which wasn't a revival, but heck, it tried out in Boston.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:51pm

PETER PAN opened at the la mirada theatre before touring and heading to broadway.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 4:55pm

Hal Prince's "Show Boat" tried out in Toronto, also I believe that the 70's revival of "No No Nanette" tried out in Boston. Oh, and the 50's "Pal Joey" tried out in New Haven.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 5:11pm

The Ahmanson in L.A. had "The Drowsy Chaperone", "9 to 5" and "Curtains". Mark Taper Forum had "13". The Old Globe in San Diego had "Damn Yankees", "Times They Are A-Changin'", Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, "Imaginary Friends","Oldest Living Confederate Widow" w/Ellen Burstyn, "Play On", "The Full Monty" and "Into the Woods". La Jolla Playhouse had "Tommy", "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" w/Matthew Broderick and "Thoughly Modern Millie"

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 5:13pm

^ Oy. I was asking for revivals only. But thanks.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 5:19pm

Yeah, it clearly says REVIVALS.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 5:26pm

Yes!! Damn you for giving us more knowledgeable information than we needed!!!

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:05pm

The Chamberlain/Errico MY FAIR LADY also had a tryout in DC. I saw it there, as well as the pre-Broadway tryout of the 90s GREASE revival with Rose O'Donnell.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/6/10 at 11:35pm

A CHORUS LINE tried out in San Francisco in 2006.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/7/10 at 12:05am

The recent Company revival was a regional transfer from the Cleveland Playhouse.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/7/10 at 1:59am

I believe the revival of MAN OF LA MANCHA with Brian Stokes Mitchell played Washington D.C. before opening in New York.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/7/10 at 2:02am

The revival of Annie toured before opening on Broadway.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/7/10 at 2:10am

"The recent Company revival was a regional transfer from the Cleveland Playhouse."

It was a transfer from Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, not the Cleveland Playhouse.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/7/10 at 7:33am

In the 70's NO, NO, NANETTE, IRENE and GOOD NEWS all had out of town tryouts.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/7/10 at 8:35am

Oh, those theatres in Ohio are all the same.

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/8/10 at 5:24pm

The 1999 B'way revival of CHARLIE BROWN tried out in Chicago (actually, Skokie).

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Musical revivals that had out-of-town tryouts?

Posted: 2/8/10 at 6:16pm

The HOW TO SUCCEED with Broderick and LA MANCHA with Raul Julia and Sheena Easton played DC first. At the Kennedy Center and National, respectively.