XANADU Tour Route- Page 2

[xoffender45]

Posted: 8/27/09 at 1:11pm

What I meant, Millie, was that I saw the show three times: twice during previews, with Curtis Holbrook playing Sonny both times, then once again later in the run with Cheyenne, and to me, it just didn't have the same "unsure about itself" feel it originally had. I KNOW it's a parody, and I KNOW it's meant to be camp, but *I* just felt it started trying too hard to keep up with itself. Perhaps I'm just not using the correct words to describe how I felt, but I just know it wasn't the same feel before and after.

[xoffender45]

Posted: 8/27/09 at 1:13pm

Thanks,Jacob. I doubt this, but by any chance do they do on-stage seating during the tour?

[tourboi]

Posted: 8/27/09 at 1:15pm

They do. The stage seats are part of the set.

[threetwoone]

Posted: 10/1/09 at 5:02pm

Does anybody know anything about the on-stage seats? Maybe how they were sold in San Diego or Chicago? I imagine the specific tour theatre deals with it. I emailed the Paramount in Seattle, but they apparently don't want to respond to me. They were terrible when I tried to get info about Spring Awakening's on stage seats last year.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/1/09 at 5:09pm

When it was in Chicago you could buy the onstage seats in the same way you'd buy the regular house seats. I saw it twice, both times on stage and both times I bought my tickets through Ticketmaster.

[threetwoone]

Posted: 10/1/09 at 5:38pm

Thanks for the info! Did they normally sell out right away? I would imagine so...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/1/09 at 5:41pm

No, not really. The first time I saw it I bought them a day or so before.

The show in general didn't really sell well here, though. It was intended to be an open ended run, but it closed before it was actually supposed to close in the first place. Both times I saw it the house wasn't very full at all. I don't think the stage seats were totally full either time as well.

[tourboi]

Posted: 10/1/09 at 7:08pm

Actually the show wasn't meant to be an open end run. They said, repeatedly, that if the show was a monstrous hit in Chicago they would consider setting up a second company to stick around, but never, ever did they announce it as an open ended run.

The show was initially on sale for a few months, then extended bookings through March 31. The Tokyo engagement was already pre-set before opening in Chicago in January, and that's a large reason the show closed... because it had to move across the Pacific which takes time.

Was XAN a huge smash in Chicago? No.. but it didn't do terribly, either. The real problem I think the show had was the venue. For whatever reason it's a hard theatre to sell (Spelling Bee being the exception, which was a rareity). A lot of people still don't even know it's there!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/1/09 at 9:17pm

I stand corrected. For some reason I thought it wound up closing earlier than expected. It was disappointing that it didn't stick around longer. It was souch fun and thought the cast was uniformly terrific.

You're right about the venue. It's weirdly located.

[SakeDad]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 7:25am

FYI - On the tour you will NOT be able to buy onstage seats through Ticketmaster....you can only get them through each venues box office. It avoids confusion by those that don't know what "onstage seats" are.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 1:33pm

Are people on these tour stops that stupid, or more to the point, do they think the people on these tour stops are that stupid? When it was in Chicago it clearly explained on Ticketmaster what sitting onstage entailed.

[SakeDad]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 3:03pm

No Phyllis. It's just much easier to control the onstage information when in a different theatre every week with potentially different ushers sitting every show. In Chicago the house staff was the same for all shows and it was very easy to control. Even then there were several serious issues with Chicago on-stage patrons regardless of the information they received from TicketMaster! So it has nothing to do with thinking someone is stupid, as you assert.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 3:12pm

I was just wondering! But thanks for the explantion.

And see the tour, anyone who can, especially if the sublime Elizabeth Stanley is still in it!

[tourboi]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 4:23pm

Actually I know that some venues are choosing (most venues) NOT to sell stage seats online, as SakeDad said, but at least in Cleveland they ARE selling onstage seats through Ticketmaster online.

[threetwoone]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 4:35pm

I still don't understand why the Paramount in Seattle is so secretive over info regarding the stage seating. Their response regarding it to me was to sing up for their weekly email update to receive info before anyone else. Oh how insightful!

I guess closer to January I'll call the theatre.

Posted: 10/2/09 at 5:46pm

For what it's worth, Spring Awakening is in Milwaukee next week and they are only selling stage seats at the box office to avoid "difficulties." When SA was in Chicago in August, the ushers acted as if we were disarming a nuclear device instead of sitting on stage. And it seemed everyone had seen it before and knew more about the show than the ushers did. Very bizarre.

[SakeDad]

Posted: 10/2/09 at 5:47pm

Threetwoone, I'm sure once they actually start selling tickets they'll have the info.
Tourboi, Playhouse Sq is selling those tickets, not TicketMaster. TM actually directs you to Playhouse Sq website for all tickets.

Updated On: 10/2/09 at 05:47 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

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

I would love to join this tour as Max von Essen's concubine. Do you think I would get a per diem?

Posted: 10/2/09 at 10:57pm

Phyllis I am afraid you'd actually have to pay a per diem. Sorry.