Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???- Page 2

[tourboi]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#25

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:07am

Personally I think the current SPAMALOT cast is tired and just not as funny as the originals. With the OBC, the show was a laugh riot. Without them...not as much. I guess the second time seeing it and not getting caught up in Python on stage (love me some python!) I saw that it really wasn't a great show. A good sure, maybe. But thats about it.

AVENUE Q, however, remains a delight. I've seen three different casts, and loved it each time. Howie Michael Smith is a great Princeton/Rod as well. It's not as flashy, but what it lacks in spectacle, it makes up for in charm, intelegence, and wit.

See Q.

[kasim]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#26

Posted: 3/5/07 at 3:02pm

Honestly i'd say Spamalot.

If you asked what album to listen to i'd be far say Avenue Q.

But Spam is a VERY entertaining show live. While aveQ is awesome. If i had to pick to see one live i'd see Spam (i've seen both shows btw)

[afaye11]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#27

Posted: 3/5/07 at 3:44pm

Avenue Q without a doubt.
I have seen both shows and in my opinion Avenue Q is ten times better.

[TIGGOSAURUS]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#28

Posted: 3/5/07 at 3:48pm

I just *knew* without opening this thread that people would be down on Spamalot - it appears to be the whipping-boy of BWW and has been for well over a year!

Having said that, I have seen both Ave Q and Spamalot in both NY and London and had differing reactions on different occasions. I'm not a huge fan of Monty Python but I am of DHP and I had the best time I've ever had in a musical the first few times I saw Spamalot on Broadway. Genuinely laugh-till-it-hurts moments - and the recognition for me wasn't about Monty Python, more about familiar musical genres. And lots of extremely silly asides ("Hey!")

I didn't enjoy it quite as much in London without the likes of Christian Borle and Michael McGrath (let alone DHP, obv), so I'm not sure how well the current Broadway cast carry it off.

As has been said already, Avenue Q is a bit less spectacular and a bit more intimate, but is also VERY funny.

In conclusion, I don't think I've reached a conclusion: read about both shows and try to determine which resonates with you most! Did you grow up watching Sesame Street and Diff'rent Strokes? Or Monty Python films and ALW ??? (Doesn't really matter if you liked them or not!)

Seen some shows in my time....

Updated On: 3/5/07 at 03:48 PM

[Testing1232]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#29

Posted: 3/5/07 at 8:21pm

"Q" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#30

Posted: 3/5/07 at 8:23pm

AVENUE Q, hands down.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#31

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:19pm

hands down? how far down exactly?

[AudreyTwoTwo]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#32

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:20pm

Avenue Q!!!

The Best of Times is Now!

[SweetQintheLights]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#33

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:39pm

CATSNYrevival, lovin' the avatar.

I don't know if I made myself clear before but:

"Avenue Q "

"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule "I have a penis, not a vagina." ~munkustrap178

[raphael06]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#34

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:49pm

No way!!! SPAMALOT FOR SURE!!!

"I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken. The choosing was not."-Sunday in the Park with George

[javertjunky]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#35

Posted: 3/5/07 at 9:53pm

Spamalot!!!

"Men like me can never change, Men like you can never change. No, 24601. My duty's to the law - you have no Rights. Come with me 24601. Now the wheel has turned around, Jean Valjean is nothing now. Dare you talk to me of crime, And the price you had to pay. Every man is born in sin. Every man must choose his way. You know nothing of Javert. I was born inside a jail, I was born with s like you, I am from the gutter too!" ~Javert

[pab]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#36

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:24pm

I'm a huge fan of Monty Python but Spamalot was a BIG disappointment.

"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"

Updated On: 3/6/07 at 10:24 PM

[Corine2]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#37

Posted: 3/5/07 at 10:57pm

I love both shows. But read between the lines:
I have seen Spamalot once. Avenue Q SIX TIMES.
One other thing:
AVENUE Q is my favorite show ever.
EVER!
My advice, Q!
OR IT WILL SUCK TO BE YOU. GET IT. GOT IT. GOOD.

One other thing: See Forbidden Broadway instead of Spamalot. FB is funnier and they have a great Spamalot number. I like Forbidden Broadway even more than Avenue Q. Updated On: 3/5/07 at 10:57 PM

[Mrs.LinkLarkin2]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#38

Posted: 3/5/07 at 11:13pm

Thank you guys for your advice! Keep the comments coming if you've got them!

[Shakespearean]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#39

Posted: 3/5/07 at 11:30pm

Tiggosaurus wrote:

I just *knew* without opening this thread that people would be down on Spamalot - it appears to be the whipping-boy of BWW and has been for well over a year!

Hear that? Now leave Tarzan alone...

OK, on topic now, I'm torn on this one too. The current cast of Spamalot is fine but they're not the originals and, in this case, it makes a difference. The current cast of Avenue Q is awesome. hemmmmmm. hawwwwwww. OK, go with Spamalot for now but catch Avenue Q soon?

[millie_dillmount]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#40

Posted: 3/6/07 at 1:04am

Or see Spamalot and student rush for Q if you're a student (or is it lottery).

Or see Ave Q and do cheap Spamalot SRO.

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

[Zeitoujo]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#41

Posted: 3/6/07 at 1:49pm

see spamalot! dont get me wrong, Q is good, but Spamalot is a bigger and better show. see spamalot and youll laughalot!

"Those You've Known And Lost Still Walk Behind You"-Spring Awakening

[peach]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#42

Posted: 3/6/07 at 1:55pm

They are both really funny, but they are quite different.

See 'em both.

Although I will say that most people I talk to like Q. Spamalot seems to have a "Love it or Hate It" thing going with very little in between.

[justafan2]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#43

Posted: 3/7/07 at 11:30am

Does anyone know if Michael McGrath is back in Spamalot? He's still listed in Playbill as Patsy.

[Theatreboy33]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#44

Posted: 3/7/07 at 11:33am

Without a question, Avenue Q. Material is better on every level, not to mention it's entirely original.

[bundy5000]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#45

Posted: 3/7/07 at 12:15pm

Spamalot

Herbie: "Honey, Don't you know there's a depression?"
Rose: "Of Course I know, I Watch Fox News"
-(modified)Gypsy
Broadway Schedule
December 5th- Hamilton, On Your Feet
December 19th- Noises Off, Edith Piaf Concert at Town Hall

[obsessedjb]

re: Advice! Spamalot or Avenue Q???#46

Posted: 3/7/07 at 1:09pm

Avenue Q! Spamalot was such a disappointment.