Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
#1Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/9/08 at 11:12am
What are some? I thought of:
Sunset Boulevard
Ragtime
Mamma Mia
9 To 5
Curtains
The Drowsy Chaperone
Fosse
Into The Woods (2002)
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#2re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/9/08 at 11:42am
Ragtime started in Toronto and ran several months there before coming to LA.
This season, besides 9 to 5, there are Vanities and Minsky's.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
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#2re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/9/08 at 11:45am
from the LOS ANGELES CIVIC LIGHT OPERA ARCHIVES (1938 - 1987)
http://www.broadwayla.org/info/civic.light.asp
Geez, I remember seeing: 1491, THE BAKERS WIFE, GONE WITH THE WIND, LOVELY LADIES KIND GENTELMAN, GIGI, SUGAR, THE ODYSSEY, SHINE IT ON (THE ACT), EVITA, UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, LITTLE JOHNNY JONES, A DOLL'S LIFE, CHAPLIN, MACK AND MABEL, SWEET CHARITY
All PRE-BROADWAY bound musicals (still have the programs too).
#3re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/9/08 at 2:30pm
In the 1939 and 1940 productions of the LA Civic, one of the chorus/dancers was Gwendolin Verdon.
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699
Updated On: 8/9/08 at 02:30 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#4re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/9/08 at 7:44pmI believe At The Grand did LA & maybe Zenda as well.
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alterego
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#5re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/9/08 at 10:17pmTHEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG.
#6re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 6:40amDidn't Caroline, Or Change have its out of town try-out at the Ahmanson?
Recreation of original John Cameron orchestration to "On My Own" by yours truly. Click player below to hear.
Chuck012
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#7re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 3:42pm
I saw Evita and Sunset Boulevard in LA during their pre-Broadway
engagements.
stanton
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#8re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 4:14pmSunset Blvd. Also I think "A long Days Journey into Night"
I wish I could sing.
stanton
Featured Actor Joined: 3/8/06
#9re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 4:14pmMAMA MIA
I wish I could sing.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/3/06
#10re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 6:35pmPasadena Playhouse sometimes presents world-premieres of pre-Broadway shows, can't think of any off hand. Maybe Sister Act will qualify if it ever gets going.
#11re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 8:43pmI would have loved to have seen the delightful Pasadena Playhouse production of Do I Hear a Waltz? head to Broadway.
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
#12re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/10/08 at 9:06pm
I saw/survived The Baker's Wife (which never made it to Broadway) and The Odyssey (which had one Broadway performance as Homer Sweet Homer) at LA CLO. My grandmother survived The Act.
I saw Umbrellas in SF (1980), as part of the joint LA and SF CLO arrangements, but I don't think it ever went to NY, although it was terrific.
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#14re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/11/08 at 8:34pmDon't forgot the last revival of Flower Drum Song. I was in tears at the end.
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#15re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?
Posted: 8/11/08 at 10:58pm
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Martin Guerre (although it never went to broadway)
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