XANADU Tour Route
XANADU Tour Route
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#1XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 7:33pm
For those who have been asking where the route was, looks like it just got published!
Xanadu On Tour
#2re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 7:35pmGlad Seattle was finally announced. I knew it was going to Portland so I figured it'd be here but you never know. Thanks goodness we're getting some better touring shows after the crap from this past year.
sally1112
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/13/04
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#3re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 7:42pmArgh, the closest place for me is Providence.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#5re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:24pmI'll be there in Cleveland. Kinda a random tour route...
9/10 - Next To Normal, Ensemble Theatre
9/18 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cincy Pop's
9/28 - Death Of A Salesman, Wright State
9/18 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cincy Pop's
9/28 - Death Of A Salesman, Wright State
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#7re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:28pmIll see it in Cleveland. Hopefully more than once. Ill have to grab some onstage seats. :)
"The sexual energy between the mother and son really concerns me!"-random woman behind me at Next to Normal
"I want to meet him after and bang him!"-random woman who exposed her breasts at Rock of Ages, referring to James Carpinello
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:29pmHow is it random? This is a small show, so it makes sense that they are going to some of these cities.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#9re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:39pmI just think some of the cities seem random... I grew up in Sarasota and there was never a first year tour, I always had to go to Tampa. I didn't mean it as bad, just random.
9/10 - Next To Normal, Ensemble Theatre
9/18 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cincy Pop's
9/28 - Death Of A Salesman, Wright State
9/18 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cincy Pop's
9/28 - Death Of A Salesman, Wright State
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#10re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:40pmSarasota has been actually growing as a market to attract smaller first nationals. It began a few years ago when they got the first natl of Altar Boyz.
#11re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 8:53pmWhen I was in Sarasota 12+ years ago Van Wezel was non-Equity hell. I'm glad things are changing. They have always been good at gettings Stars, and dance companies. I know Sarasota has changed and grown alot since I left.
9/10 - Next To Normal, Ensemble Theatre
9/18 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cincy Pop's
9/28 - Death Of A Salesman, Wright State
9/18 - Brian Stokes Mitchell, Cincy Pop's
9/28 - Death Of A Salesman, Wright State
SakeDad
Featured Actor Joined: 6/26/06
#12re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 9:16pmI've played the Purple Cow (Van Wezel) in Sarasota with 2 Equity 1st Nationals in the past several years.
"God, I hope it's not a REAL emergency...I only brought one bottle of Vodka!"
That's my Diva Dog, Sake in the picture.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#13re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 10:02pm
YAY DALLAS!
I am *so* going!
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
AquariusJawn
Swing Joined: 8/22/09
#14re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 10:40pm
Ahhhhh.... I was hoping they would do a stop in Michigan 
Booo!
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#15re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/26/09 at 10:42pmIf you want a show to come to your area, the best thing to do is call the presenters in your area and tell them to BOOK the show. :)
xoffender45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/07
#16re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 12:38pmHow is the tour doing? I LOVED the show when I saw it in previews, when it was still small and humble, but then as its popularity grew, it just became a parody of itself. I saw a video of Elizabeth Stanley -who I loved in Company-performing one of the songs (Suddenly?) on a morning talk show, and she kind of sucked. Has anyone seen it on tour? Is it worth a 4-hour drive to Orlando?
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#17re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 12:42pm
it just became a parody of itself
That's what this show is. A parody.
xoffender45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/07
#18re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 12:49pm
No sh*t. Thanks.
I meant that it seemed to me like the show was trying too hard to be campy halfway through the run.
TheatreFan4
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/09
#19re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 12:51pmWhy thank you dumbass. There is no such thing as a parody of a parody.
tourboi
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/15/05
#20re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 12:52pmThe tour is on hiatus at the moment, but is a lot of fun. There's a few differences from Broadway. And Elizabeth is great. Don't judge by TV performances that are usually filmed at 7 AM.
xoffender45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/07
#21re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 12:54pmI guess its your job to be the bitter theater queen of this forum, but you didn't answer my question about the quality of the Xanadu tour. You must have been too busy thinking of that clever "the show IS a parody" comment.
xoffender45
Broadway Star Joined: 8/12/07
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#23re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 1:06pm
"I meant that it seemed to me like the show was trying too hard to be campy halfway through the run."
I always thought that was the point. It always has been an extremely campy show. I don't understand the "parody of itself" comment either.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
#24re: XANADU Tour Route
Posted: 8/27/09 at 1:09pm
I think it has just the right amount of camp. . and the perfect cast. Kerry Butler always annoyed me a bit on the cast recording. . but Elizabeth Stanley is a treat in the theatre.
I've seen every major tour to come through Chicago in a long time, and I went back to Xanadu four times before it left.
It is an extremely enjoyable time. . I highly recommend going if it is near you at all.
-Jacob.
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