Ave. Q to Close September 13- Page 2

[Borstalboy]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#26

Posted: 6/29/09 at 11:53am

Not bad for a musical pundits and other various douchebags thought was too Off-Broadway for Broadway.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[AvenueQResident]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#27

Posted: 6/29/09 at 11:54am

Gutting, but not surprising.

Way to go Ave Q, for a superb run!

Everything in life...is only for now.

[musikman]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#28

Posted: 6/29/09 at 12:07pm

: (

Had a great run, and will never forget that fist time I saw it right after it opened, listening to and joining with the audience who roared after every number.

-There's the muddle in the middle. There's the puddle where the poodle did the piddle."

[Vespertine1228]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#30

Posted: 6/29/09 at 12:25pm

No reason to be sad or angry about this one. Amazing stuff. It should continue to do very well on the regional circuit as well.

I must admit I'm a bit excited that one of Broadway's smallest houses will be open to new shows again. It allows producers to take more risks.

[snowskittle]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#31

Posted: 6/29/09 at 12:39pm

Is Carey Anderson still in it? If so, is she staying until the end? If not, anyone know what she's doing next?

[Smaxie]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#33

Posted: 6/29/09 at 1:25pm

It will not be extended. I believe the theatre is booked already for fall and spring.

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

[tking001]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#34

Posted: 6/29/09 at 1:35pm

I hope it extends
Sad to see this 1 go.
Are they holding tickets back for the final show. I just looked online and the best it gave me was Row G left mezz which is the back of the mezz, It was only announced this morning an offical closing. When will better tix open up/Will better/more tickets open up? I remember with SA's closing tix's popped up like 2 weeks before and even when it was "SOLD OUT" more tix became available.

[Marianne2]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#35

Posted: 6/29/09 at 1:46pm

I'm glad I finally got to see this last Sunday for my birthday. It was very enjoyable. And I don't know the details of when people are coming to close the show or what characters they play, but Carey Anderson is still in the show, as of right now.

"I don't want the pretty lights to come and get me."-Homecoming 2005 "You can't pray away the gay."-Callie Torres on Grey's Anatomy. Ignored Users: suestorm, N2N Nate., Owen22, master bates

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#36

Posted: 6/29/09 at 1:56pm

Had a fantastic run. But it's time for it to go.

[jennamajig]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#37

Posted: 6/29/09 at 1:58pm

- I couldn't see August once more before it closed and despite the fact that the tour is coming to Boston, I think I need to see Avenue Q once more on Broadway. I hope it goes out with a giant roar!

[Theatreboy49]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#38

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:14pm

It was my first bway show! so sad to see it go, i might have to add it to my trip this fall.

<------ Me and my friends with patti Lupone at my friends afterparty for her concert with audra mcdonald during the summer of 2007.
"I am sorry but it is an unjust world and virtue is only triumphant in theatricle performances" The Mikado

[tking001]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#39

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:19pm

Could they possible extend thru the end of the year? It seems silly to have a dark theater for the holiday season.

[obsessedjb]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#40

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:20pm

as Smaxie said, it's already booked for the fall

[ljay889]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#41

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:20pm

Can you read???

A show is booking it for the Fall as a limited run, and then another show will open in the Spring.

[tking001]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#42

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:21pm

What show is booked for the fall?

[lull89]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#43

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:31pm

My question: What's next for Jennifer Barnhart?

[singer73192]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#44

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:42pm

Bought my tickets for the closing. I have actually never seen this show yet. I really don't know why as I have tried the lotto etc. But, I'm happy that they had such a great run!

[taylorPHENOMENON2]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#45

Posted: 6/29/09 at 2:46pm

Great run, ready for something new!

[phantom39]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#46

Posted: 6/29/09 at 3:37pm

Here's hoping they'll film the final cast!

"Movies will make you famous; television will make you rich; but theatre will make you good." - Terrence Mann.

[CyCoSpAz2]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#47

Posted: 6/29/09 at 4:16pm

After coming to BWW for over a year waiting to see this news on the front page, I am strangely ok. It is absolutely my favorite musical of all time, the second show I ever saw, and the only show I can comfortably sit through more than 3 times without getting bored.

But I went back and rewatched Broadway: The American Musical and listened to all those people talk about how Avenue Q would barely make it through Winter 2003, it was pretty awesome.

[goldenstate5]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#48

Posted: 6/29/09 at 4:41pm

We all knew this day would come. If this happened in 2005, I think I would have had a heart attack. Still, six years is a very long and healthy run and I wish it the best for its legacy. Maybe a movie version, maybe a television show, at least something to let these characters live on. The fact that Marx and Lopez seemed to have drifted apart makes chances of these possibilities very slim. (Marx seems to be the only one who wants to even be associated with the show) As an above poster said, a filming of the show would be a great way to encapsulate it so we don't have to relive it through terrible community productions with off-model versions of the puppets.

Just please, please don't let it sink as low as Hairspray has with its new "cruise ship" version. (seriously, the rights became THAT dirt cheap for the show?)

[tking001]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#50

Posted: 6/29/09 at 5:44pm

Any chance they'll release more tix for closing night?

[defyingravity07]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#51

Posted: 6/29/09 at 5:48pm

Shut up...

[tking001]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#52

Posted: 6/29/09 at 5:54pm

I'm just asking a question
B/c I would like to be their closing night and would prefer to not sit in ROW G of the mezz if possible
I'm just waiting for good seats to pop up

[somethingwicked]

re: Ave. Q to Close September 13#53

Posted: 6/29/09 at 5:55pm

A New York transfer of the Doug Hughes-directed LA production of OLEANNA starring Julia Stiles and Bill Pullman has booked The Golden for a limited run in the fall.

The West End revival of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is said to be looking at the theater for a spring opening.

Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.