Q or Spelling?
Q or Spelling?
jacco
Stand-by Joined: 7/29/05
#0Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:02amHave 1 option left for my NY trip next weekend. will see Light and DRS, so the choice now seems to be between Avenue Q and Spelling Bee. Which show would you recommend to someone who loved Urinetown and Hairspray, but hated The Producers and Forbidden Broadway? Tough decision....please advise.
#1re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:10amQ!!
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#2re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:34amAvenue Q
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#3re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:41amQ - most definitely
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#4re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:41amI'm VERY partial to Q, but I feel that it's better to see Q anyway because it's almost what a show like Spelling Bee branches off from with some of the topics...Go for Q, and if not, have fun anyway! If you see Bee you'll love it too. :)
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DefyingPopular
Featured Actor Joined: 4/10/05
#5re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:41amI'd say Spelling Bee.... Altho I did enjoy Q. They're totally different shows, so i mean... it's really a matter of what type of humor they'd prefer.
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#6re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 9:54am
That is a very hard choice. I loved both.
If I had to choose though, it would be Q!
But, Spelling Bee is adorable. Dan Fogler won my heart with his magic foot. 
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#7re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 10:02amQ- I saw both back to back.. I liked Bee and both are clever, but Q is a more complete show.
jefflang007
Understudy Joined: 6/13/04
#8re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 10:07amhaven't seen it but, the cd of spelling sucks, how can one compare chalk and cheese!
bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#9re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 10:07am
See Q! It won't tour...
Bee is already planing one!
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#10re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 10:09am
But you hated Forbidden Broadway.
I am at a loss for words.
#11re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 10:27amI'd pick Spelling Bee. I remember laughing harder and enjoying myself more at Bee. Although, I did love Avenue Q.
#13re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 11:09amAvenue Q is more laugh out loud funny while Spelling Bee is more endearing and chuckle kind of funny.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#14re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 11:09am
Avenue Q
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Understudy Joined: 8/5/05
#15re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 11:27amthis wednesday im going into the city to see a show cause its my birthday, and my mom and i are trying to ave Q lottery before we try spelling bee lottery...Ave Q def.
i trust my soul...my only goal is just to be.
bare_nakedlady
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/05
#16re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 11:45am
Just a commentary on laughs! 
As far as laughs are concerned, Everyone has a different opinion as to which is funnier. However, Laughs can hinder the show. I know when I took four people who had never heard of Q to see it. They couldn't understand a lot of the jokes due to the fact that the audience was already laughing at them before they happened because everyone loves the recording. However, Bee on the other hand is BOOK Heavy. The songs are not as funny as the book so...the recording doesn't give too much away. Everyone (except die hard fans) is coming in new to the show and are able to understand it better.
But I still stand on my first response.
"It's like children's theatre for 40-year old gay people!" - XANADU THE MUSICAL
#17re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 11:46amForget the lottery for Spelling Bee, go for SRO!
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Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#18re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:05pm
I'd say Q, but I'm a crazy Q~tip
although Spelling Bee is adorable and really good too
I don't know if this will help but Q is basically R rated and Bee is basically PG rated as far as humour content
#19re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:06pmI think I'm one of the only people who wasn't floored by Spelling Bee. I liked Q a LOT more - I'd say go with that. I laughed so much more, and I think it's just far more clever.
#20re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 12:08pmQ was good and all, but the best time I have had at a musical since Urinetown was at Spelling Bee. Get SRO tickets. It is the funniest thing you will see all year. Trust me!
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Blair
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/03
#22re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 2:37pm
Spelling Bee is original cast. Avenue Q is not. You can always see more replacement casts since Q will most likely be around for a while, but this is probably the only time you'll be able to see the original cast of Spelling Bee.
I love both, but I say Spelling Bee.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#23re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 2:42pmSee "Q", since it won't have a national tour. "Bee" will be touring next year.
Bal
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#24re: Q or Spelling?
Posted: 8/13/05 at 2:51pmYou know, I love Avenue Q, but I recommend Spelling Bee. I enjoyed myself way more at the latter, especially since a lot of the OBC was looking kind of bored when I saw Q...
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