touring company

[ toor-ing kuhm-puh-nee ]

noun

1. 1. a cast of stage actors taking a popular show on the road, sometimes replacing certain actors with local ones as they travel from city to city:

      He’s part of the touring company of Rent, which features two members of the original Broadway cast.

   2. a popular stage production performed by a traveling cast of actors:

      While in Cleveland we attended the touring company of Les Misérables.

2. a company whose business is planning, arranging, and conducting sightseeing trips for groups of tourists:

   Our first night in Albania was a walking tour with our tour guide and the owner of the touring company.

Word History and Origins

Origin of touring company¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Cecily Strong Strong also comes from—you guessed it—Second City, where she was a member of the national touring company.

From The Daily Beast

And then, at last, came the conquering male, a singer in a light opera touring company in the chorus of which she was engaged.

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The singing, acting, and even the dancing could not be surpassed by at least any first-class touring company in England.

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No sooner had he attained a position of trust as manager of a touring company than he tampered with moneys intrusted to his care.

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A touring company of mouth-organ musicians was having a great success in the war zone.

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The stage is commodious, and the performers as accomplished as any touring company that visits the second-class English towns.

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