Mad Guys

So the guys are on the ice in Madison for another week and a half. We've been here since the day after Thanksgiving hard at work as you can see. The theatre is working well for us but our houses have been small. We had a great audience full of students last night and hopefully they will spread the word and send more our way. Other than that, it's been Cold but we're enjoying our hotel right across the street from the state capitol and sampling all the different restaurants and shops on State street between our hotel and the theatre.

Once we finish up here, we'll be spending our Holidays in the Steimke at the Rep and then it's on the road!

See ya on da ice

9 Days To The Ice

The Guys will be Back out on the Ice in this year's Milwaukee Rep tour of the greater Wisconsin Area.

We start with two and half weeks in Madison, then spend our Christmas and New Years at the Rep before hitting the road.

We are bringing the Miracle Food to several new venues this year including Grand Rapids Michigan, Green Bay WI and many more.

More news soon!

and See ya on da ice!

Home!

2008 Bachelors tour by the numbers!




Approx. 9088 people saw The Bachelors on the Road in
20 performances in
15 Cities

80.2 inches of snow (we drove through probably 25"!)plus rain, sleet, fog
-9 degrees air temp (at the lowest)
-41 degrees wind chill (at the lowest)
53 degrees (at the highest)

3 different actor vans
1 truck
2650 miles each for the truck and the vans

20 spit takes
2 fart machines
60 tuna deaths
5 tuna bowls through the window
8 press interviews
4 new venues
90 hotel rooms
6 1/2 hotel bars (Ladysmith sells Beer & Pizza at the front desk - we played cribbage in the lobby!)

Infinite number of HODAG references!

Platteville

A new venue - and very nice looking. Everyone was very professional and so ready for us that the load in was only 3 1/3 hours instead of the usual 5! It allowed a little relaxed goofing around before a very good - clean show. Unfortunatly, we only had about 140 people in a 500 seat house. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow... one more show!

Day off - Bachelors Eat

To Celebrate Leap Year and a day off in La Crosse, we all went to a swanky restaurant called the Waterfront on the Mississippi River. The view of the sunset was gorgeous and the food was outstanding. Next up... our last venue Platteville.

La Crosse

La Crosse is our third new venue on this year's tour. We LOVE La Crosse. It's a beautiful space on the campus of Viturbo University. Except for the mask class in our dressing room area, it didn't really have the feel of a college theater. The stage and equipment were very nice.



In this 1100 seat house, we had around 750 people, and they were very responsive. Our contact appologized that there would have been more but the weather kept people away.

After all of our weather drama this tour, we barely noticed the dusting of snow that La Crosse received around the dinner hour.





The booth was brand-new and the crew was very helpful and attentive.








Though it was almost a two minute walk from the dressing room to the booth (and more for Craig - we never saw him after sound check!) it was a comfortable area and we had a special treat; cookies from Sam! and Cheese Curds from Steve! THANKS Guys!

Manitowoc

Last year we had a great time in Manitowoc and this year was no different. Although this year's audience was a little smaller (just over 400 rather than the 1000 people that came to see Guys, but they made up for their smaller numbers by being very responsive. Unfortunately it's another big dark house, so hard to get good pictures, but the Capitol Civic Center, like Oshkosh's Grand and the Al Ringling, has some beautiful features. We also enjoyed the poster out front that said "Capitol Civic Center Presents GUYS! The Bachelors" and the saying on the front of their programs and posters that asked "Does a case of reincarnation weigh the same as a case of beer" Very cute!


After the show we went to Kathie's Stage Door pub, a small Irish bar behind the theater. We had a lovely time, Steve, Katherine and Becca even took to the Piano to serenade the bar. We would love to continue to return to Manty!