We are ALL going on TOUR! Give us you Tony Votes! Let me Be Your Star!

[Michael Bennett]

Not to be in the least pit snarky, have you ever seen so many plays announce an upcoming tour immediately after Tony nominations? So far we have EVITA, PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, ONCE, and now END OF THE RAINBOW all going on the road! I do hope they all happen because it would be wonderful for the rest of the country to get all this good theatre, but I'm only slightly skeptical...

[emo_geek]

Glad I wasn't the first to say it

[DAME]

It has been this way for a few years now. Whatever they need to do to get their shows in a "city near you" is fine by me.

[After Eight]

MB,

The ploy is so obvious it's embarrassing.

But, hey, if it gets you the votes ......

[Michael Bennett]

What 'give us your Tony votes' shows have announced tours that didn't happen? AVENUE Q I think was the first biggie (after announcing a tour, it instead went to a sitdown in Vegas).

Wasn't CATCH ME IF YOU CAN supposed to tour?

[emo_geek]

Catch Me if You Can is touring this year.

[Awl864]

Add NICE WORK and GODSPELL to that list of announced tours.

[Overkill]

CATCH ME is going to be non-equity right away. Really interesting...

End of the Rainbow is actually a surprise... didn't really see it as a national touring show, but that's awesome!

[RippedMan]

I'm sure Rainbows national tour will be like L.A., Boston, and Chicago, or something. It's not going to play like Eugene, Oregon.

I would think Peter and the Starcatcher and Once would be in the same boat.

I think it's kind of cool that more plays are touring. The last play I can think of to have a big national tour was 12 Angry Men.

[Kad]

Frost/Nixon toured, as well.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Didn't August: Osage County and God or Carnage tour as well?

[californiasnow]

August Osage County did tour with Estelle Parsons for about a year. Carnage did not tour, but the OBC did play LA.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Thanks. I remember Carnage played Chicago, but I wasn't sure if that was a tour or not.

[Michael Bennett]

I think there was some rumbling that STREETCAR was going to tour, or at least play select cities. Not sure if that's still happening given the critical reaction, but they should hurry up and announce now if they want any chance of winning that Best Costume Design in a Play Tony Award.

[Awl864]

God of Carnage Announced a National Tour and dates for Chicago but it was cancelled.

Driving Ms Daisy was supposed to launch a tour this fall. That was announced and never happened...

[Overkill]

Driving Miss Daisy will be touring with Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones in Australia.

http://broadwayworld.com/article/Angela-Lansbury-to-Join-James-Earl-Jones-in-DRIVING-MISS-DAISY-Australian-Tour-20120430

[Jonwo]

Newsies is the only new hit show yet to announce a tour although I imagine they'll announce it when it becomes an open run and/or recoups.

[RippedMan]

12 Angry Men though was like a big national tour. It came to Alabama/Georgia, which to me, is kind of unheard of for a play.

[keb2]

If the reason the Ahmanson still hasn't announced all of its season (beyond Anything Goes and today's announcement of Over the Rainbow) is because it's waiting to work out when these shows can fit in their schedule, that is more than fine by me. Other than Book of Mormon, the Pantages' season doesn't look too promising, so here's hoping the Ahmanson gets some truly stellar shows.

[singtopher]

Once all the shows announce tours, how will the Tony voters know what to vote for?

[AEA AGMA SM]

By which tour they think will sell the most tickets at their venue.

And, to clarify, not all Tony voters make their decision based on touring potential, just the road presenters

[HeyMrMusic]

I think the title of this thread should go on tour. It's already a winner in my book, but we need to get Tony's vote.

[adamgreer]

With all of these shows touring, there's going to be a lot of people "in tech" at the same time. How will anyone get anything done in the world?

[hermajesty]

[hermajesty]

If they all go on tour, it levels it off again to the original 'competition'.