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The Producers!

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Topic: The Producers!

Posted By: spikesgirl
Subject: The Producers!
Date Posted: 5/14/08 at 6:12pm

Just found out "The Producers" is available for non-profits as of today - our producing director has already put in for the rights to open our 09/10 season. I'm so stoked, I feel like slapping my head and quaking like a duck!

Life is good!

Charlie

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Posted By: JoeMc
Date Posted: 5/14/08 at 6:40pm

Yes I got the email yesterday from MTI, although it is i believe being put on by a community theatre group in the eastern States.

I forwarded the email on to my mob, to see what they think!

But I see it has listed about 29 US theatre groups already received a licence to do it.

http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000243 - http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000243

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[western] Gondawandaland
"Hear the light & see the sound!
TOI TOI CHOOKAS
{may you always play to a full house!}

Posted By: spikesgirl
Date Posted: 5/16/08 at 10:04am

Originally posted by JoeMc

Yes I got the email yesterday from MTI, although it is i believe being put on by a community theatre group in the eastern States.

I forwarded the email on to my mob, to see what they think!

But I see it has listed about 29 US theatre groups already received a licence to do it.

http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000243 - http://www.mtishows.com/show_home.asp?id=000243

Checked out the list - no one by us - thank the Powers That Be. We won't be doing it until Aug '09 and the closest to us is Santa Rose later this year. Yea!!! We have to wait until Aug. 08 to secure the rights, but we are hopeful. Our only competition is the local college and they don't decide upon their schedule until next spring. I'm hopeful!!!

Charlie

Posted By: pdavis69
Date Posted: 5/16/08 at 2:35pm

I tried to get my group to yank our Urinetown from the next season and replace it with the Producers but no go. Oh well there's always next year. I'm chomping at the bit to do this.

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Patrick L. Davis
Fort Findlay Playhouse

Posted By: spikesgirl
Date Posted: 5/17/08 at 9:24am

As are we, Patrick, we want to anchor our whole season around it, but we can't secure rights until August...sigh

Of the two, I'd want to do "Producers" over "Urinetown" - our local college did it and it didn't make that much of a showing. Of course, they did nothing to promote it either - the director was of the 'If I Put It On, People Will Come' mind. Well, he did, they didn't and now he's restricted to one small show a year...oh well...

Charlie

Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 5/18/08 at 10:05pm

Someone just asked at auditions today for another show if The Producers had been released. I thought that I had received an email, but I had deleted it.

This is a very timely post.

Posted By: spikesgirl
Date Posted: 5/19/08 at 9:22am

Always glad to be of service to the theater community! I'm just hoping no one else grabs it before us. We'd like to be the first in town to produce it.

We'll have to see if Thespes is with us !

Charlie

Posted By: Amos Hart
Date Posted: 5/21/08 at 3:38pm

Music On Stage in Palatine, Illinois will be opening their season with The Producers in October, 2008. (They got the e-mail from MTI about an hour before meeting to name their season; they jumped right on it. Very few boards can move that quickly.)

I will be directing the show. If you're in the Chicagoland area, I've set up a Facebook group for actors to keep track of audition/production information. Go here if you're interested:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18840044545 - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18840044545

Thanks!

Craig

Posted By: spikesgirl
Date Posted: 5/21/08 at 5:32pm

No summer plans take me to the Chicago area (I'm in California), but thanks for the invite. That is the one nice thing about working with smaller, more receptive boards. We'd already announced and are selling our 08-09 season, so this will be for 09-10.

Charlie