NETworks 2009-2010 Season North American Season — Page 3

"Non-equity tours don't really do full weeks"

For the most part you're right. But certain tours (DRS, Wedding Singer, Oz, Cats) that either did/do mostly full weeks, or half and half full weeks and split weeks.

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Yeah, singtopher you're right about those tours doing full weeks. It's probably a good thing that BATB isn't doing full weeks in big cities, because non-eq tours are supposed to be about bringing broadway-style entertainment to smaller towns such as my own... NOT going to big cities and sitting down for a month to make double the money the tour would if it were equity.

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Brave Sir Robin2, SHN has always done non-equity tours as add-ons. I doubt it will be part of the subscription.

And the 1998 tour of OZ, which was Equity, naturally, and starred Mickey Rooney and Eartha Kitt, did the same exact thing and more.. 3 show days and things like that.

I e-mailed NETworks and managed to get a few words out of them, but not much. Here's are conversation.

Hi! I'm [Blank] and I have two questions. My first question is, will the tour of Beauty and the Beast be a recreation of the UK Tour, The Broadway Production, The International Tour, A Brand New Never-Before-Seen production, or a tour of some other production that I missed? Also, what's going on with Cry-Baby? Has Cry-Baby been cancelled, postponed, or touring with another company? Thanks in advance,
[Blank].

Hi [Blank],

Thanks for the questions! I will have to get back to you about your Beauty and the Beast question, but in regard to Cry-Baby, NETworks is not producing an 09-10 tour of Cry Baby the Musical.
Thanks!

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I'm PRAYING that it isn't, but NETworks does like to take the cheep way out sometimes... and the UK tour did look rather cheep. I hope it's either the Broadway version or the International Tour version.

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Cry-Baby is completely canceled & not going out at all.

Please, not the UK tour. The sets were okay but the rest of it was...

It's the only "professional" show I have ever seen that used strobe lights blasted liberally into the audience in order to attempt to hide the "effects" (as in, the Beast ripping his face off as he spun on clearly visible wires).

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So the Les Miz tour is confirmed?

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how bad are the NETworks non-equity tours, as in what is the quality.

I was excited for BATB, but they aren't going to the West Coast, ugh

BwayToday

BATB will stop in Colorado, New Mexico, and California.


tourboi, of the non-eq tours they are THE best.

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Les Miz may be touring in 2010? I am hyperventilating a little bit here...