Avenue Q 3/17
Avenue Q 3/17
#1Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/17/08 at 11:24pm
Hi all-
I just got back from Avenue Q tonight and had a great time. If you will indulge me for a moment and let me gush, I have to say how much a love Sarah Stiles as Kate/Lucy. Her voice(s) was/were perfect and she had wonderful comic timing. I couldn't get enough of her performance. She was a doll at the stage door, and has amazing hair! LOL (ok, end gush)
Howie Michael Smith was also very good in the Princeton/Rod role, and may I say easy on the eyes too:). His final scene as Rod really had me in stiches! Ann Sanders was a fun Christmas Eve, but also showed a very tender side; I could def see her as a therapist.
The only person who didn't seem as "on" as the rest of the cast was Rashidra Scott as Gary. I don't know if she was just having an off night, but her energy seemed a little low, and some of her jokes just weren't landing. It wasn't enough to bring down the show or anything, though.
Overall, the show seems to be in pretty good shape. I did over hear some funny stuff from these two girls at intermission. The one girl would just not believe that the actors were singing live and not lip syncing, especially the females in the cast. Her friend was trying in vain to convince her that they were indeed singing.
#2re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/17/08 at 11:28pmGlad you had fun!
#2re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/17/08 at 11:28pmI agree with you on Rashidra Scott. Her understudy, Carmen Ruby Floyd, who used to be main Gary Coleman, was so much better. Great energy and timing. I don't know what happened there.
friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#3re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:41pmCarmen has always been the Gary understudy. I think you're speaking of Haneefah Wood,who left the show.
#4re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:44pmI don't understand why people still think that people lip synch in musicals. Other than a few exceptions they sing live! I just saw the show a few weeks ago on tour and it was fantastic.
#5re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 1:54pm
I agree about Rashrida--I also was not taken with her at all. I think Christian Anderson is the actor I have seen in the most roles...as Mark, Roger, Jerry from Full Monty, and now Nicky.
A question--I noticed that they took out the bridge in "Schaedenfruede." Does anyone know why they did that?
#6re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 2:52pmAs well as altering Schadenfreude, they also took out a verse of The Money Song (at least how it is on the OBCR).
viola13
Broadway Star Joined: 1/17/07
#7re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:03pm
I think they made those cuts for the Vegas production, and they transferred to Broadway, as well as the London production. The It Sucks to Be Me reprise at the top of act 2 was also changed.
And WhizzerMarvin...I think I was talking to you at N2N stagedoor, I was the girl in the red coat. Hi!
broadwayjim42
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/19/03
#8re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 3:07pmI wasn't terribly impressed with Haneefah Wood last summer, so it sounds like they're on a run of medicore Garys.
#9re: Avenue Q 3/17
Posted: 3/18/08 at 7:42pm
Carmen has always been the Gary understudy. I think you're speaking of Haneefah Wood,who left the show.
I am looking at my Playbill from when I saw the show November 6, 2007, and it lists Carmen Ruby Floyd as Gary Coleman. Jasmine Walker was the understudy. I guess she was Gary Coleman in between the castings. Anyway, she was way better than Rashidra Scott who I saw in February.
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