Rent Tour To Go On?

[bwayfan9]

Rent Tour To Go On?#1

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:29pm

is the rent tour going to continue beyond the cities they have booked. I was just wondering, because I want to see the live, but I can't see it on this tour.

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[bwayfan9]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#2

Posted: 10/24/08 at 7:58pm

bump

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[Unknown User]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#2

Posted: 10/24/08 at 8:01pm

I'd like to know the answer to this to, cause the closest it's coming to me is Washington D.C. and I'd really prefer to just have to make a 10 minute trip to the theater in Baltimore than to the the theater in D.C.

[bwayfan9]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#3

Posted: 10/24/08 at 9:11pm

bump

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[masb19872]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#4

Posted: 10/24/08 at 10:43pm

While the show itself will continue touring, Adam and Anthony probably won't extend with it. They may throw in a few more stops in the schedule, but I highly doubt it.

[bwayfan9]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#5

Posted: 10/25/08 at 9:54am

ok that is fine with me. Is this tour Equity, if it is, will it switch to non after they leave.

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[whythedrama]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#6

Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:51am

No. Because the rest of the actors in it will be equity!

[bwayfan9]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#7

Posted: 10/25/08 at 10:52am

I meant EVERYONE, like the Drowsy Chaperone

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[fromthecity]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#8

Posted: 10/25/08 at 11:08am

What are the odds that EVERYONE will leave at the same time so that they can turn it into a non equity tour? I would assume that maybe, given if this tour is successful, they would let the leg of this tour end and the next leg would go back to being non-eq. But it would not happen mid tour.

[bwayfan9]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#9

Posted: 10/25/08 at 12:03pm

You totally don't get what I am saying.

Adam and Anthony Leave
They are replaced.

Then, everyone's contract is up and the tour switches to non-eq

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[jimmycurry01]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#10

Posted: 10/25/08 at 3:58pm

I'm going to guess once the tour with Adam and Anthony is done then that will be it for touring productions of Rent for a long time.
Rent's future is going to be making money via licensing the rights to regional theatres and it is easier to do that without the restrictions an on-going tour would cause. They will do this farewell tour and that will be it, besides the last two times I saw it on tour it didn't exactly pack the house, so without Adam and Anthony, I doubt it would be worth it for the producers.

[NGD2225]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#11

Posted: 10/25/08 at 4:11pm

So what if it turns Non-Eq again. RENT is a pretty stationary set so you won't get cuts there & the talent is the same quality. They just haven't had their big break yet.
Updated On: 10/25/08 at 04:11 PM

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#12

Posted: 10/25/08 at 4:13pm

Nicolette Hart will most likely be Maureen. She said so at the Legally Blonde stage door closing night.

2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5 May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot

[Gobstopper]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#13

Posted: 10/25/08 at 6:56pm

Supposedly the non-equity tour last year was more profitable than the Broadway production was last year...

Incidentally, I think every time I've seen the non-eq tour, it's been sold out.

[DefyGravity777]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#14

Posted: 10/25/08 at 7:07pm

^ I saw the non equity tour and IMO it was better than the one on Broadway which I saw 3 times.

It's more profitable since the houses are smaller? Even though where I saw it is a big theatre.

Don't believe everything that you hear! Only the peeps involved know the truth!

[NGD2225]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#15

Posted: 10/25/08 at 7:09pm

Touring theatres are generally MUCH larger than Broadway ones.

[Fosse76]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#16

Posted: 10/26/08 at 12:31am

The tour cannot turn into a non-equity tour when they leave unless it is terminating in its last booked city. Then it has to be "re-incorporated." They can't just simply hire non-equity actors and replace the equity actors.

As for profitability, the non-equity tour was more profitable because a) road houses generally have 2000-3000 seats compared to the Nederlander's 1232 seats; and b) non-equity performers don't receive anywhere near the $1509/week, and with RENT's low running costs it really has more ability to make money than its Broadway counterpart.

[tourboi]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#17

Posted: 10/26/08 at 1:26am

This tour will follow all it's bookings as planned. Then it will close. And it's VERY likely that NETworks will resume touring a non eq version again, because it's a show that consistently does very well for them.

[Paul W. Thompson]

re: Rent Tour To Go On?#18

Posted: 10/26/08 at 1:54am

Listen to Tourboi! lol