Non equity tours and original creative teams

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 9/5/16 at 10:19pm

Do original creative teams ever work with non equity tours or do they usually let their associates work on it? 

 

[trpguyy]

Posted: 9/5/16 at 10:32pm

Almost always the associates will be doing the heavy lifting. Sometimes the original director will be involved, sometimes they won't even ever see the show and be content to just collect a weekly. It varies from person to person and show to show.

Associates are often the ones steering the ship even with AEA tours or remounts around the world. It really depends on scheduling.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 9/6/16 at 1:49am

I noticed the current Cabaret tour actually credits the direction and choreography for the tour to the associates while crediting Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall with the original direction and choreography. I don't often see it listed that way in the program.

Updated On: 9/6/16 at 01:49 AM

[And Peggy]

Posted: 9/6/16 at 9:51pm

Back in the 90s I saw a tour of Evita using the Hal Prince staging that was okay but fairly lackluster. Some years later (mid 00s) I saw a Troika tour of Evita using the Hal Prince staging that had just been visited by Hal Prince and it sparkled. It was electric. I couldn't believe the difference.   

[And Peggy]

Posted: 9/6/16 at 10:04pm

On a related note, the latest Martin Charnin-directed tour of Annie is coming to my town, and I'm desperately hoping it will be a chance to revisit the show in a way that isn't tainted by the movie version and thirty+ years of misconceived amateur productions. I really want to see the three liberal creators reacting to the re-election of Richard Nixon more than I want to see a parade of cute children.