Meredith Blair is a booking agent and the President of The Booking Group. She has booked tours for shows such as Something Rotten, Mamma Mia, The Addams Family, Anything Goes, Pippin, Motown, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, and Fun Home.
The Broadway touring business is often called “The Road.”
If that’s the case, then Booking Agents are the traffic cops, giving the green light to some, sending some right, sending some left, and pulling some over to say, “What the heck were you thinking trying to drive down this road?”
One of the best cops the biz has is Meredith Blair, the President of The Booking Group (one of the most powerful booking agencies we’ve got) who has single-handedly booked over . . . well, you’re just going to have to listen to this podcast to hear how many shows she has booked. And you’ll also hear . . .
- How the touring industry has changed in the last 20 years . . . and how it hasn’t.
- The biggest challenge for Presenter/Producer negotiations and how she’d solve it.
- How Producers can use tours to improve on the original New York production.
- Is there a market for straight plays on the road?
- Her take on the union tours vs. non-union tours debate.
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