Wedding Singer's future?

[theatahguy]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:13am

I dont seem to recall hearing/reading anything about it. Are there plans for the show to tour? Any talk of rights being made available?

Thanks.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:14am

It should R.I.P.

[theatahguy]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:26am

yes, ok, possibly. that's your opinion....i'm curious to know if there are any facts about touring or rights availability any time in the near future.

anyone with anything helpful to contribute, please?

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:28am

I dunno, but I hope the rights are released just because I want to design a hideous 80's set.

Akiva

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:31am

A National Tour was announced.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:35am

It is going on tour

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:38am

The Wedding Singer will play in Fort Lauderdale, FL in October and I saw it announced when I saw Legends at the Barbara Mann in Fort Myers, FL.

[Tchi4Lif188]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 11:54am

It's playing at the Hippodrome in Baltimore in September. I have yet to see an actualy list of dates though.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:33pm

A Non-equity tour produced by NETworks and based on the Broadway staging launches in the fall.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:34pm

I hate that it's going Non-Equity. I don't see why it would, but whatever. It's opening here in Birmingham, AL in Sept. Apparently we're the first stop.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:39pm

It's an equity tour, I think.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:43pm

no, musclle, it's non-equity.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:47pm

Usually BroadwayAcrossAmerica produces equity tours, yet, I am not sure about what Im saying because I have no written proof. We will find out soon if it's equity or non-equity.

Baltimore, Minneapolis, Fort Lauderdale, Atlanta, Orlando, St. Petersburg, Louisville, Columbus, Appleton, Pittsburgh and Tempe are the cities announced on www.broadwayacrossamerica.com

[jg4892]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:51pm

It IS non equity.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:51pm

Oh, I think you're right, they said they were looking for non-equity performers for the tour on their website.
Still, I think it will be a great non-equity production, Rent is always non-equity, yet, I found the tour to be fantastic. So we shall wait and see, before we judge the show for the only fact it won't be "non-equity"

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:52pm

i heard it was non equity to

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:54pm

I didn't know that Piazza's tour and Sweet Charity's were non-equity. I am pretty sure Molly Ringwald is an equity performer since she was in Cabaret on Broadway. So that means that equity performers can be in a non-equity production? I didn't know that.


http://networkstours.com/seasons.cfm

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 12:56pm

Rent had two equity tours before it went Non-equity.
Frankly, I believe the current tours to be sub par, not for being non union (they have always found much of their cast that way for Rent), but because even with such a basic, basic set, they downsized it.
I am willing to bet that Wedding Singer is going out with no automated show deck, like what they did with Hairspray.

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 1:12pm

I have yet to see a Non-Equity tour I liked. I saw the recent RENT tour and they were pretty horrible, as was 42nd street, and Cats. I don't think Sweet Charity - at least this last season - was non-equity because I have the playbill and a lot of the performers mention Equity. It may be going Non-Equity but the show itself was way too big of a production to be considered non-equity.

[Ourtime992]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 1:38pm

I believe that Sweet Charity and Piazza are both equity tours. Perhaps there are plans to restructure?

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 2:06pm

Maybe Im wrong, I assumed that NETworks produces only non-equity shows.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 2:32pm

NETworks produces Equity AND non-equity, but primarily non-equity. Currently, Charity and Piazza are equity, but will be closing and then restructuring to go out as non-equity tours.

[muscle23ftl]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 2:47pm

Oh, ok, thanks for clearing that up.

[DRSisLove]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 3:31pm

Random Question...
When DRS closed, did it become Non Equity upon reopening?

[Piercemn]

Posted: 4/30/07 at 4:45pm

I rather liked it. It was a pleasant surprise, and it's coming to Minneapolis Sept. 25-30. I definitely plan to see it again. I thought it was a lot of fun, and I'm not a big fan of Adam Sandler, so I wasn't overly impressed by the movie version.