THE BALLOON MAN

Coming to America
Q&A with Batman Live! Producer Nick Grace on the show's American debut


Kamran Darabi-Ford and Sam Heughan, in character as Robin and Batman, present the batmobile.
by Jessica Boudevin
from: venuestoday.com
September 5, 2012
Batman Live! premiers in America tonight, Sept. 5, at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The production kicked off in the UK in 2011, where it debuted at Manchester Arena and went on to gross $2.9 million in 17 shows at London’s O2 Arena. It has since been performed in multiple languages including German, French and Czech. The show’s producer, Nick Grace, sat down with Venues Today to discuss why his pitch worked and why he’s glad to be speaking English again.

 

Batman Live! Producer Nick Grace
Q. You’re in the U.S. until December. Any plans to add some East Coast dates to the tour?
ANS. We will be but, at the moment, we’re concentrating on the West Coast. It’s a big country and we’re just taking it as we come on it. The rest of 2012 is now on sale, so we’re actually selling tickets right up until the end of December.
How did you make the decision to bring the show to the U.S.?

It was always part of the plan. We started in the U.K. because I’m based in the U.K. and the creative team that we wanted to use was based in the U.K. and they’re a world-class creative team and, to get them together, that’s where we had to start. But North America is the home of Batman. It’s always been our target to be here, so it’s exciting that tonight we’re actually starting our North American tour.
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