Shows that Toured For a Pre-Broadway Tryout- Page 2

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 10:33pm

How long do these tours tend to last?

[James2]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 10:42pm

Busker Alley toured in a few cities and was going to open at the St. James, but that was cancelled when Tommy Tune broke his foot.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 10:48pm

LITTLE WOMEN had a tryout in N.C. that I went to.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:46pm

But it wasn't a tour.

[philly03]

Posted: 6/2/09 at 11:56pm

"How long do these tours tend to last?"

Usually there..what? I think 3 months (like tour during the summer and open in the fall). Jekyll & HYDE had it's first tryout in January 1995 at TUTS, followed by it's run in February in Seattle, then toured March '95 until April '96-ish; the idea was to land on Broadway do a quick preview week and open at the end of the season, but obviously the exact opposite happened: everything changed and they had almost 40 days of previews I believe!

[TxTwoStep]

Posted: 7/18/09 at 2:40pm

my understanding from a FOSSE Toronto featured player (so featured that her image was used to promote the show in NYC, including on bus sides) was that the show not only changed some cast for Broadway, but a director. She did not appear in NYC, replaced i believe by Valerie Pettiford.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/18/09 at 2:50pm

Robert Longbottom's upcoming tour of DREAMGIRLS is hoping to come to Broadway in the fall of next year.

[gvendo2005]

Posted: 7/18/09 at 3:14pm

JCS had a pre-Broadway tour back in '71, though this was aimed more at combating pirate productions by amateurs and getting the live version of the show out there. The revival in 2000 was supposed to have one that ran through Boston, L.A. and Toronto, but it never happened.

Updated On: 7/18/09 at 03:14 PM

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/18/09 at 4:02pm

A couple years ago, Michael Mayer (of Spring Awakening and Thoroughly Modern Millie Fame) was supposed to direct a pre-Broadway tour for a 'Hair' revival. That never happened.