national tour

MK · Newbie

national tour

AZN Danny · Veteran Member

Allie Schultz will be Betty Rizzo.

Judy · Senior Member

Does anyone have a schedule of the national tour ? I'm hoping they will be in Ct. !

MrE1111 · Guru

Lauren something from the Legally Blonde television show was offered Sandy after she went into contract for the Legally Blonde touring company. Turned it down.

Shadi Ladi · Guru

AZN Danny wrote:
Allie Schultz will be Betty Rizzo.

Yes, Allie is a smart and talented gal! I'm sure that they are other people from the TV GYTWTIW that would have been great in the tour and would love the opportunity! A lot of the cast members from that show have fans all over the country. Would have been smart for the Producers to offer some of the parts to them. Their fans would have loved to see them on tour.
Cara Hille for example. I thought she had a beautiful voice and was adorable! I always thought she would make a great Frenchy!

There was quite a bit of talent in that pool

Broadway Dude · Veteran Member

MrE1111 wrote:

Lauren something from the Legally Blonde television show was offered Sandy after she went into contract for the Legally Blonde touring company. Turned it down.

Lauren wasn't in the Grease TV show was she?

Shadi Ladi · Guru

Broadway Dude wrote:
MrE1111 wrote:

Lauren something from the Legally Blonde television show was offered Sandy after she went into contract for the Legally Blonde touring company. Turned it down.

Lauren wasn't in the Grease TV show was she?

No, I don't think she was.

LauraFan1 · Senior Member

Broadway Dude wrote:
MrE1111 wrote:

Lauren something from the Legally Blonde television show was offered Sandy after she went into contract for the Legally Blonde touring company. Turned it down.

Lauren wasn't in the Grease TV show was she?

Mr. E is talking about Lauren Zakrin, who came in 4th "Runner Up", if you will, in the Legally Blonde: Search For Elle Woods show on MTV. Very pretty girl with a huge Broadway Voice....she is going to be in the national tour for Legally Blonde, which kicks off soon. I was privileged to see Max & Laura's final performance of Grease, and that afternoon I had seen Legally Blonde and just LOVE that show!!!! I want to plan another trip just to come out and see it again, it was awesome, and everything a Broadway show should be

I especially love the new Elle, Bailey Hanks; she definitely deserved to win!!!!!!

Buzzy Bee · Veteran Member

I tried to watch Legally Blonde when it was on MTV. Just couldn't get into it. There is nothing like watching a Broadway Show in the theatre. I think there was a lot lost in translation on the TV screen.

I am referring the the actual Broadway Show...not the Search for the New Elle.

-- Edited by Buzzy Bee at 16:42, 2008-09-04

Eris · Guru

Lauren was not in the Broadway production of Grease or YTOTIW. I'm assuming she caught the eye of the producers while on the LB reality show.

-- Edited by Eris at 17:06, 2008-09-04

pinkfan · Senior Member

LauraFan1 wrote:
Broadway Dude wrote:
MrE1111 wrote:

Lauren something from the Legally Blonde television show was offered Sandy after she went into contract for the Legally Blonde touring company. Turned it down.

Lauren wasn't in the Grease TV show was she?

Mr. E is talking about Lauren Zakrin, who came in 4th "Runner Up", if you will, in the Legally Blonde: Search For Elle Woods show on MTV. Very pretty girl with a huge Broadway Voice....she is going to be in the national tour for Legally Blonde, which kicks off soon. I was privileged to see Max & Laura's final performance of Grease, and that afternoon I had seen Legally Blonde and just LOVE that show!!!! I want to plan another trip just to come out and see it again, it was awesome, and everything a Broadway show should be I especially love the new Elle, Bailey Hanks; she definitely deserved to win!!!!!!

Well at least you have your fond memories of Max and Laura's final show until something new comes along for them. Did you ever check to see if "LEGALLY BLONDE' has message boards
like this one that you can join?

DogsandBirds · Guru

MK wrote:

will any of the current cast or Max and Laura be joining the national tour of the show?

Neither Laura or Max will be in the national tour. Haven't heard who is cast as Danny and Sandy.

Eris · Guru

Legally Blonde does have a message board and I'm sure LauraFan would be just welcome there as she is here.

Wish I Knew It All · Senior Member

Eris wrote:

Legally Blonde does have a message board and I'm sure LauraFan would be just welcome there as she is here.

Legally Blonde on Broadway - Official Website -

Here is the website Eris is talking about. Bailey Hanks sounds great! I will have to sign up to join that message board too. Check it out. Looks like there are lots of things to see on that website...and it's kept quite up to date. That is nice!

LauraFan1 · Senior Member

pinkfan wrote:
LauraFan1 wrote:
Broadway Dude wrote:
MrE1111 wrote:

Lauren something from the Legally Blonde television show was offered Sandy after she went into contract for the Legally Blonde touring company. Turned it down.

Lauren wasn't in the Grease TV show was she?

Mr. E is talking about Lauren Zakrin, who came in 4th "Runner Up", if you will, in the Legally Blonde: Search For Elle Woods show on MTV. Very pretty girl with a huge Broadway Voice....she is going to be in the national tour for Legally Blonde, which kicks off soon. I was privileged to see Max & Laura's final performance of Grease, and that afternoon I had seen Legally Blonde and just LOVE that show!!!! I want to plan another trip just to come out and see it again, it was awesome, and everything a Broadway show should be I especially love the new Elle, Bailey Hanks; she definitely deserved to win!!!!!!

Well at least you have your fond memories of Max and Laura's final show until something new comes along for them. Did you ever check to see if "LEGALLY BLONDE' has message boards
like this one that you can join?

Oh thanks so much for your kind reply Pinkfan! And yes, I loved Max & Laura's last show, and look forward to following their careers

As many others know on this board, GREASE was only the first step in two very long, glorious careers for the two of them, yay!!! And yes, I love LEGALLY BLONDE too, and may very well check out the message board-----thank you Wish I Knew It All for the nice post about it. Hope everyone's having a nice day, take care!

Wish I Knew It All · Senior Member

When does the tour start? Does anyone know?

Broadway Dude · Veteran Member

I guess no one has the answer to this.

Hello799 · Senior Member

From the little info that I have, I will attempt to try to give you a schedule.

Dec. 2 - 7, 2008..............Providence, RI
Dec. 9 - 14, 2008............East Lansing, MI
Dec. 16 - 21, 2008..........Columbus, OH
Dec. 30 - Jan 4, 2009......Minneapolis, MN
Jan. 6 - 18, 2009.............Chicago, IL
Jan. 20 - Feb. 1, 2009......Cincinnati, OH
Feb. 4 - 15, 2009..............Baltimore, MD
Feb. 18 - 22, 2009............Omaha, NE
Mar. 3 - 8, 2009................San Diego, CA
Mar. 10 - 22, 2009............Los Angeles, CA
Apr. 22 - 26, 2009............Portland, OR
Apr. 28 - May 10, 2009.....Costa Mesa, CA
May 12 - 30, 2009.............Seattle, WA
June 2 - 7, 2009................Appleton, WI

Seems like this is an open schedule. Looks like some dates are still available come late March into April. I'm sure there is a venue already booked, I just don't have it right now. If/when I get it, I will update this as much as possible.
Hopes this helps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

greasefan · Senior Member

I am planning to go to the Hippodrome in Baltimore in Feb! Anyone interested in making it a group thing?

molly · Member

i may go to a baltimore show, though i haven't 100% committed yet. but i want to :)

-- Edited by molly at 21:55, 2008-09-16

henrysmom · Senior Member

I'm still debating as to whether to go to the Legally Blonde tour here next month.

Kristen · Guru

henrysmom wrote:

I'm still debating as to whether to go to the Legally Blonde tour here next month.

I'm taking my grandmother to the one in Philadelphia when it comes there. smile

greaseistheword · Newbie

Are they doing a detour? That's not on the schedule. Maybe a runout from Baltimore? Or a dress rehearsal pre-tour? biggrin

zeus55 · Veteran Member

henrysmon:

Run, don't walk, to see "Legally Blonde". It's afun show and the actree playing Elle Wod was Laura's understudy on Broadway. She is excellent.

BroadwayStar · Senior Member

I'm definitely going to the Baltimore show with a few others. Was wondering the same thing.......will Max & Laura be there........would love to see them again

marlo t · Veteran Member

BroadwayStar wrote:
I'm definitely going to the Baltimore show with a few others. Was wondering the same thing.......will Max & Laura be there........would love to see them again

Why would Max and Laura be there?

BBS420 · Guru

griz wrote:
Add this one to the itinerary - March 24-April 19th at the Golden Gate Theater, San Francisco, CA.

I know someone who will be very happy with this news.

Chickaboom · Member

I left my heart under that golden gate, it sure gave me the blues.

DogsandBirds · Guru

Max and Laura turned down the tour quite a while ago.

Kentucky Woman · Veteran Member

I'll be attending the Columbus, Ohio and Cincinnati shows. My girlfriend from Cincinnati called the minute she saw it posted and already had us tickets. She didn't get to go to New York so she is very, very happy that this show is going on the road. From the people that I have been in contact with, there are a lot so pleased they will have the opportunity to see Grease. It made my day when I heard they are touring.

BBS420 · Guru

Kentucky Woman wrote:
I'll be attending the Columbus, Ohio and Cincinnati shows. My girlfriend from Cincinnati called the minute she saw it posted and already had us tickets. She didn't get to go to New York so she is very, very happy that this show is going on the road. From the people that I have been in contact with, there are a lot so pleased they will have the opportunity to see Grease. It made my day when I heard they are touring.

I may see you at the columbus show.

BBS420 · Guru

mikki wrote:
BBS420 wrote:

Kentucky Woman wrote:
I'll be attending the Columbus, Ohio and Cincinnati shows. My girlfriend from Cincinnati called the minute she saw it posted and already had us tickets. She didn't get to go to New York so she is very, very happy that this show is going on the road. From the people that I have been in contact with, there are a lot so pleased they will have the opportunity to see Grease. It made my day when I heard they are touring.

I may see you at the columbus show.

Me too.

azure · Senior Member

In case some of you are going to the tour because you plan to see Taylor, he is not appearing in every city or every show. These are the dates he will not appear (posted by griz.)

From one of the Mods over on TOSP, here are the dates that Taylor won't be appearing in Grease, so take note if you're planning on going in the following cifies:

Minneapolis - Dec 30, 31, Jan 1
Baltimore - Feb 10 through Feb 15
Omaha - he will NOT appear in Omaha
Los Angeles - Mar 18, 19
San Francisco - April 7, 8, 9
Appleton - he will NOT appear in Appleton
Detroit - he will NOT appear in Detroit

djtino224 · Veteran Member

Ace was actually offered to be in the touring company of the show, but insisted on Broadway. He went to NY to audition and heard the same day that he got the part. I don't know the part about Taylor's apartment, though.

BBS420 · Guru

djtino224 wrote:
Ace was actually offered to be in the touring company of the show, but insisted on Broadway. He went to NY to audition and heard the same day that he got the part. I don't know the part about Taylor's apartment, though.

I wish he was going to be touring in december when I see the show in Columbus.

azure · Senior Member

-- Edited by azure at 01:35, 2008-09-20

antnana215 · Newbie

Did Taylor renew his lease? The NY Post said it was up on Sept 15th and in as of mid-July there was no talk of him renewing.

Silvia wrote:
I read that Taylor told a member of the SP that he recommended Ace for Grease and that Ace is staying in Taylor's NYC apartment while Taylor is away.

djtino224 · Veteran Member

According to Will Blum's facebook (Roger), he will also be joining the touring company in December.

Eris · Guru

Do I get a prize for figuring that out? No one told me but I suspected it.

henrysmom · Senior Member

Want some more cheezits?

Eris · Guru

Not a very good prize

djtino224 · Veteran Member

Eris wrote:
Not a very good prize

How about this?

-- Edited by djtino224 at 20:55, 2008-09-30

Eris · Guru

Husband! Yay!

zeus55 · Veteran Member

Hey Eris!

I feel the same way about Ashley Spencner. She is a doll. I was in the crowd at the stage door last week. She saw me, waved, finished signing, then ran over to me and threw her arms around me. Turns out she knew about my being in the hospital, and was concerned and glad I was up and around again.

Later that night, I met Allie, and SHE knew I had been sick. She said evryone ,i.e., my friends from GYTOTIW, know. Our community is small and news hits the grape vine quickly. I love being part of the theatre botherhood.

henrysmom · Senior Member

What you prefer Derek to cheezits?

Eris · Guru

That's a tough one....

henrysmom · Senior Member

Yeah, right!

Eris · Guru

Can I have both?

henrysmom · Senior Member

Sure, you can even have Derek feeding you cheezits one at a time!

Kentucky Woman · Veteran Member

djtino224 wrote:
According to Will Blum's facebook (Roger), he will also be joining the touring company in December.

Alright! This is good news! I really enjoyed Will's performance and look forward to seeing him in Columbus and Cincinnati.

BBS420: I hope to see you in Columbus. The snow must hold out for Santa because I'll have a three hour drive. Doesn't sound like much, but in snow or ice that could be a problem for me.

-- Edited by Kentucky Woman at 02:23, 2008-10-03