Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?

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Shows 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)

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#2

re: 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.

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#3

re: 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).

#4

re: 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.

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Updated On: 8/9/08 at 02:30 PM

#5

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Posted: 8/9/08 at 7:44pm

I believe At The Grand did LA & maybe Zenda as well.

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#6

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Posted: 8/9/08 at 10:17pm

THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG.

#7

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Posted: 8/10/08 at 6:40am

Didn't Caroline, Or Change have its out of town try-out at the Ahmanson?

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#8

re: 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.

#9

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Posted: 8/10/08 at 4:14pm

Sunset Blvd. Also I think "A long Days Journey into Night"

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#10

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Posted: 8/10/08 at 4:14pm

MAMA MIA

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#11

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Posted: 8/10/08 at 6:35pm

Pasadena 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.

#12

re: Shows That Had Out-Of-Town Runs In Los Angeles?

Posted: 8/10/08 at 8:43pm

I would have loved to have seen the delightful Pasadena Playhouse production of Do I Hear a Waltz? head to Broadway.

#13

re: 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.

#14

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Posted: 8/10/08 at 9:19pm

Evita
Dreamgirls

#15

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Posted: 8/11/08 at 8:34pm

Don't forgot the last revival of Flower Drum Song. I was in tears at the end.

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Posted: 8/11/08 at 10:58pm

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Martin Guerre (although it never went to broadway)

#17

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Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:18pm

And BIG RIVER!

#18

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Posted: 8/11/08 at 11:22pm

Follies.