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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
Quick Hijack...
Does anyone know if "Broadway Across America" shows are (Actors) Equity or non-Equity? Are the musicians AF of M?
I'm curious since I have a son who is now an Equity member. He's back from his cruise contract and auditioning in New York again. He has two auditions today and a call back on Friday. Two of the shows are NYC, and one regional theatre.
I've never heard of Broadway Across America until reading the posts in this thread. Has it been around long? We don't have it here in Denver -- I suspect because Robert Gardner Center Attractions at the Denver Center For The Performing Arts (DCPA) is so good, and has been around for so long, that we get all of the first national tours and have actually premiered the national tours of Sunset Boulevard and Lion King, as well as the pre-Broadway runs of Little Mermaid and Broklyn, The Musical (which was done at the Denver Civic Theatre, not a part of DCPA).
We've seen one non-Equity (tour) show here, and while the performers were really pretty good (I'd say not quite as good as most we've seen), none had the big New York or national tour credits that we're used to seeing. And the music was a track instead of a live orchestra. That was not great. The excitement of the live music is part of the theatre experience to me.
OK, so maybe we're theatre snobs. I guess it comes from having a former theatre teacher/actor, two actor/singer/dancers and an actor/singer/director in the family. (None of the above is me, by the way, my director credits are in live TV)
Just curious.
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I think they're Equity. Seattle has a huge theatre community and is filled with theatre snobs, though we're also very open minded. That's why we were the test market for Hairspray (actually developed locally), The Wedding Singer, and A Light in the Piazza (again, developed locally). Actually, all of those shows and many of the other "big" shows done in Seattle are at the 5th Avenue Theatre, which is a different theatre than the one that hosts the Broadway Across America series. All BAA is is a name to put all of the national tours under; the shows that come to town are the same national tours that go to Denver and other places, so yes, they have big credits and of course a live orchestra (I can't imagine going to a show without one!). It's probably a production company of some kind, kinda like Live Nation is for concerts...i dunno, just a guess.