This is getting kinda rediculous; how did a simple question about the rights of a popular musical turn into yet-another Tony debate? (and you know it all comes down to that win.)
Here's my opinion on the subject at hand: both
Avenue Q and
Wicked would be hard to do, for completely different reasons. The pros and cons:
- For
Avenue Q, you need: a) extremely skilled puppeteers, and b) a small but very talented ensemble. Every character onstage has a large and distinct role, and sometimes a performer would have to do two, even at once (ie. Kate Monster and Lucy T. Slut fighting - both voiced by the same actor). There are no small, "easy" parts in Avenue Q.
- However, with a fixed set and no lavish costumes, it's not a technical show, so that part's easy.
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Wicked is a very technical, visual show, so you'd need the lavish production values and special effects.
- On the other hand, with the show's large ensemble, an amateur theatre group could pull off having an ok-chorus (albeit you'll need some hefty voices for the two leads).
But these views are based on our current interpretation of
Wicked and
Avenue Q. Who knows, maybe someone could stage a minimalist
Wicked or an
Avenue Q with robotic puppets.
BlueWizard's blog: The Rambling Corner
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