Avenue Q Vegas: Not doing well? — Page 3

This whole thread takes me back to the week after the 2004 Tonys
Will these arguments never cease?

MissNY - thanks!

Does anyone know of any hotel/airfare packages?
I think a weekend trip is in order. How long will John be in the show?

Corine, given that they're doing about 189 performances a week, Vegas style, it would be something of a crap shoot which cast members you would see.

If you lived in Vegas, you could do your "save this show" thing that you did for The Normal Heart and Millie. What you were able to do for those shows was nothing short of inspirational.

Also, given how you're the Yenta of NY activities, certainly you know how to find travel package deals by doing a two second search online?

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Yes.

But aside from that, Corine has demonstrated that she is a powerful, intelligent and independent woman. When she falls into Helpless Girl Mode it's an insult to The Real Woman she is.

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Yes, It's a mammoth, embarassing disaster. Bomb. Uh Huh. Stone-Cold Turkey. Flop-A-Roonie. People are running out in droves, screaming. Babies are crying. I think Wynn should pass out hemlock spritzers to everyone in the cast. As for Wynn, I hear he's planning to absolve himself of the humiliation by building a pyre of all his impressionists and he's going to throw himself on top of the flames while clutching his new Vermeer.

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Updated On: 9/14/05 at 11:10 AM

When I was planning my trip to Vegas for the end of the month, I came thisclose to buying tickets to "Q" but decided why see a show in Vegas that I can see in NYC?

Maybe, that's a prevailing sentiment.

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Some of us already saw it with John and Rick, so that isn't a selling point. People in Vegas don't know who these people are. It isn't a family show, so it won't grab that demographic, and it isn't a glitzy spectacle, so it loses that demographic as well. The fact that most shows that open in Vegas are trimmed should tell you the type of people who go to Vegas, and most of them aren't interested in theatre, but rather, spectacle. But I do know tha Vegas has nothing in terms of advance sales. But I think the producers made a mistake, not in having the sit-down, but in giving Winn the EXCLUSIVE rights to the sit-down, which prevents any other productions until the Vegas company closes.

Re-read my post again, Jeff!

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I thought it was sarcasm. I had to re-read it myself just to make sure. Are any of the changes coming to Broadway? I have no desire to set foot in the tacky city of Vegas (despite my friend's constant begging to visit her) to see a show I can see six blocks from my overpriced apartment.

When Wicked had its tryout in SF, I had thought about going to see it (I lived in Chicago at the time). But there were reasons: 1) I read the book years before, and was curious to see how it worked on stage 2) I had been to SF before and loved it, so I felt the time was ready to go back. I have no desire to go to Vegas, and since I saw the show in New York, I had no reason to go see it in Vegas. Why go to Vegas, when I could go to New York, see it there, and see other shows and REAL culture (obviously now that I live in new York it doesn;t matter). I wasn't so disappointed that Vegas had a sit-down, but rather that no other production in the US can be created while the Vegas production was running. I'm sure Chicago, LA, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington could have sustained long runs. All of those cities have venues that Avenue Q can fit in (especially Chicago, with over 200 theatre companies, I'm sure one of them coukld have reccommended the perfect venue). Why do presenters think shows these days should only be in a particular city for three to four weeks.

My favorite is in Chicago, where all three of its vaudeville houses where renovated using corporate naming rights money, yet they still charge people a $3 restoration fee.

Whitless,

Glad to hear the audiences are growing, just as they had on Broadway. And you're right: Both casts are wonderful. Congrats! And I hope you're getting a piece of the souvenir sales!