Producers Tour

I didn't see the touring cast currently; I saw them back in 2004 with Lewis Stadlen and Alan Ruck.

I can say, however, that I think the Producers works better on stage than it does on film. When I saw the film I noticed that it was too much of a carbon copy of what you saw on stage, so why don't you just see it on stage where it works better? For example, in the movie in the beginning, you can tell "Opening Night" was shot on a stage rather than an actual New York street. That was one of the weaker scenes in that show, in my opinion, since it didn't seem to translate well on screen.

I don't know anything about the touring cast now, but when I saw the show, I had fun. Unlike a lot of people on BWW, I liked the music. I also liked the choreography, sets, costumes, talent - everything. I think the production you're seeing is non-Equity so I'm not sure if anything has been scaled back, especially with lighting, but let us know. When are you seeing it?

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funny you say that cause i was thinking how could they pack TWO office if Max on a bus/truck tour.

I am not supprised by this in the slitest, if you read Jeffry Denman's book "A Year With the Producers", you will find out that this gave them trouble and they almost cut this out of town, however they decided to keep it and to hire an extra stage hand. I really dont care about the quality of the sets, can somebody tell me about the performances of this tour, I am suprised the moved to Non Equity, but so did Chicago for a while.

Hey all,

My school the University of California, Irvine went to NYC last year to study on Broadway for spring quarter, and three of my classmates got into this non-equity national tour while we were there, including my good friend Erika as a chorus girl and Ulla understudy...I also know the dance captain/swing and one of the old ladies and they are all top-notch performers! But of course, they are all college students like myself just taking a year off for this national tour. So that's what the cast seems to be made up of, just FYI. I am so excited to see this though. You may not be getting equity performers, but you are getting the best of the best college kids who are SOOO excited to give their all every night of this tour...

"My main problem with non-Equity tours is that they try to pass them off as "Broadway tours", which they most certainly are not, both in terms of the quality of the performers and the production values."

I don't agree with what you said as passing them off as Broadway shows, and the production values, but I will not say that about the performers. I've seen a few non-Eq tours, and I've found the performers are as good, if not better than their Broadway "counterparts". As you said, the only thing they lack is experience.... but that doesn't mean those with talent are superior.