AVE Q - A flop ( $ ) in Las Vegas — Page 2

Avenue Q is prevented from touring while the Vegas production continues. Once it closes in Vegas, there is nothing to prevent Q from touring (well, presenters refusing to book it notwithstanding). That's one of the main reasons they opted not to tour. While financially a tour is risky, it appears now that they weren't any better off in Vegas.

thats too bad for q in vegas, but...yeah
so are phantom, hairspray, and spamalot still going to vegas? im not too up to date on that...

I wonder if Avenue Q isn't going on tour because the cities they could go to would be SOOOO limited. A sit down seems more logical because it is hard to find a city that can handle the show.

Namo, they're already giving out popcorn
Is Pizza really essential?

Rumor ( and I say rumor) is that it will fold in April.

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I think DAME is refering still just to Vegas
NYC's Q isn't closing anytime soon

Oh for chrissakes, read the thread title. Dame is talking about the VEGAS company. The Broadway production has done nothing but stellar business since it opened. It'll run for several more years.

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Is there anyway to check the grosses for Las Vegas shows?

I just want to comment on Q in vegas.

Entertainment in Las Vegas works very different then entertainment in new york. Sources of revenue for a show are a bit different then other places. Casinos generally will subsidise the income of a show in order to attract gamblers to the casino. When Steve Wynn put Q in his casino he knew that it might not sell out every night. However, the type of person willing to see Q generally is a more intelligent, more cultured, higher-expendable-income person. Therefore, not only are people who are seeing Q just seeing the show, they are gambling, and dining in Steve's resort.

Case in point, I go to Las Vegas often, but would probably not go to the Wynn if Q wasn't playing there. Because I will go see Q, I will make dinner reservations at the Wynn, and probably gamble for a while either before or after the show. So, Steve Wynn is potentially making a lot more than the ticket price to Q off of me. (Of course, I hope to make money off of him....heheh)

That is also why you won't find grosses for the Vegas Shows.

Q will run for a while, no matter what. Everyone associated with the show will make money.

As for We Will Rock You. It has been playing for over a year now. It has had a very healthy run. (For an adequate show.)

Dame: I know your post said you had some discount codes back in November, but do you (or anyone else for that matter) know of any discounts for now? I am going Jan. 12-15 and want to see Q. PM me if anyone has info.

I've heard mixed things about Vegas' Q too. I'm seeing it on the 9th (anyone else?) and I hope to see things are going well.

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Ok. I'm back from Vegas and Avenue Q was GREAT!!! I saw the Rick Lyon's cast and everyone was just great. Byrne was soooo sweet as Kate and super bitchy as Lucy. reat actress. Rick was on the top of his game. Took several GREAT comedic pauses that brought the house down. Tonya Dixon was playing Gary Coleman and she ROCKED. They fixed several of Gary's lines and made some of his jokes better, and she worked extremely well with what she was given. I sat in the front row and put a note in her hat. She read it as the song went on and smiled and gave me a highfive. So nice. Princeton (Mr. Booth...I forget his first name) was good. Voice was enjoyable, but his acting was alittle behind the rest of the cast, but it was nice to know it is his first Equity show. Kudos to him! Christmas Eve was great. The accent was slightly hard to to understand at parts, but her singing voice blew us away. Brain was ok. Just ok. And Mrs. T, et al. was very spirited. Her Bad News Bear was soooooo funny. In all, everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves, but I agree they are no advertising the show well enough in Vegas itself. Sure, there are several signs, but as far as newspaper ads go, there was little Q coverage. If you're out West , you should go see the Q!

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