Non-Equity Tours for 12/13?

[kellymarie465]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 4:17pm

- Hair
- West Side Story

...are both being produced by Troika Entertainment! They both start this fall and will non-equity.

Does anyone know of any other shows, going non-eq next touring season?



Updated On: 1/15/12 at 04:17 PM

[brian.klimowski]

Posted: 1/15/12 at 4:19pm

I only know that In the Heights has been non-equity for a while, but that's all that I can think of.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 12:28am

Next to Normal?? Unless it got cancelled.

[mybestaudition]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 12:36am

Catch Me If You Can

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 2:12am

Now it's not in their list of upcoming shows, but Troika has a marketing listing for Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

http://troika.com/_marketing/

Now I can't find anything on their website or my playbill that they were producing the show. Could they be planning a tour for it?

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 11:31am

Just saw the In the Heights non-Equity tour here in Chicago. Naturally, it wasn't advertised as such so I'm glad I had used a discount code for the tickets. That said, it was one of the better non-Equity tours I've seen. The guy playing Usnavi (Perry Young I think his name is) was definitely of Broadway quality, even if some of the supporting cast wasn't.

[mpd4165]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 11:37am

Baritone - I saw In the Heights as well and I was rather impressed! Perry Young was great and the girl as Nina was someone I truly bought as a Freshman in college. I also loved Daniela, she had a great voice and comic timing.

[kellymarie465]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 1:20pm

mybestaudition: I'm pretty positive that the Catch Me If You Can tour isn't non-eq!

ACL2006: From what I heard about the Next to Normal tour ... there won't be second one! Although, BroadwayWorld has it listed as tour next season, the date they have in Kansas City is actually a regional production.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 2:20pm

Saw the non-equity tours for Rock of Ages and In the Heights and both were excellent. I actually thought this Usnavi was better than the one I saw in the first tour.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 4:20pm

Glad to see the love for Virginia Cavaliere (the current Nina on the non-Eq In the Heights) popping up here from time to time. I worked with her this summer and she is incredibly talented, and an absolute sweet heart to work with.

[gypsy4]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 5:02pm

I just saw the Big League Non-Equ tour of My Fair Lady! it ended being beyond my expectations just as good as any other equity tour if not better a lot of fabulous young new talent in the cast with some excellent top notch voices and a well played orchestra. They did cut the embassy ball scene but i've always thought it slowed down the flow of the show any way. If it's playing nearby go and see it, tours through march

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 6:45pm

I know a Damn Yankees tour just went out. It seemed to be a super quick process. But I can't find any information on it.

[bwayphreak234]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 7:08pm

I just saw the Big League Non-Equ tour of My Fair Lady! it ended being beyond my expectations just as good as any other equity tour if not better a lot of fabulous young new talent in the cast with some excellent top notch voices and a well played orchestra. They did cut the embassy ball scene but i've always thought it slowed down the flow of the show any way. If it's playing nearby go and see it, tours through march

What was the set like for this production? I can find no pictures or anything.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 7:30pm

And for the record, a lot of these companies do Equity tours as well. Just because a name is listed doesn't automatically mean it's going non-eq.

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 7:38pm

I assume equity and non equity tours are to do with the trade union, but what baffles me is, I always assumed the union is the nemesis of the producers as it pushes up their costs significantly, so why do commercial producers do equity tours?

Updated On: 1/16/12 at 07:38 PM

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 7:38pm

Ignore.

Updated On: 1/16/12 at 07:38 PM

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 7:41pm

Ignore.

Updated On: 1/16/12 at 07:41 PM

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 7:43pm

Ignore

Updated On: 1/16/12 at 07:43 PM

[kipster]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 8:27pm

bwayphreak: The sets are from the Pittsburgh CLO, here are some pix. Also, the website for the tour has numerous youtube videos that give you a good idea.
My Fair Lady Sets

[gypsy4]

Posted: 1/16/12 at 8:43pm

those Youtube clips don't give any justice to the production.