Avenue Q - why is it at 87%

Avenue Q
(Golden) $425,084 5,544 0 8 796 $76.67 87.1%

Is it normal for a play that won Best Musical be at 87% attendance week after week?

Week after week?????

The 87.1% was for the week of the RNC which killed business on Broadway nearly across the board (the only exceptions were Wicked, and Boy From Oz's next to last week). Heck, even Lion King was at 80% for that week.

Avenue Q has otherwise been basically sold out for months:

The Week ending 8/29 -- 99.6%
The Week ending 8/22 -- 99.7%
The Week ending 8/15 -- 99.6%
The Week ending 8/8 -- 99.6%
The Week ending 8/1 -- 99.5%
The Week ending 7/25 -- 99.8%
The Week ending 7/18 -- 99.7%
The Week ending 7/11 -- 99.2%


Week after week? Check your facts before you post, please.

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Updated On: 9/13/04 at 10:18 AM

Margo - you are awesome... You always find a way to give an answer without making the poster feel like an idiot... THANK YOU!

Popcultureboy - that was a bit harsh - and no - Glue is not my thing... Do you need a hug?

It's not selling cause it sucks and people are realizing that WICKED did get screwed. I have not seen Ave Q though but I know it is not great like Wicked

Notice that it IS sold out week after week after week (look up the page, dear). So sorry to disappoint you. Guess those psychic powers you use to determine what shows you haven't seen "Suck" or "Don't suck" must be on the fritz......

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87% - I think that was your blood alcohol content when you read it...

Avenue Q is brilliant on so many levels and that is why it's selling at near 100% capacity (also, the TONY helped)

- It started off-broadway and created a good buzz.
- It discounted heavily (BECAUSE IT KNEW IT'S SHOW WAS GOOD) in the beginning. Hey, I saw it for free in Previews.
- It came into a small Broadway house.
- Kept it's overhead low.

Now, they are profiting week after week (at near 100% capacity). For a new musical to pull this off (especially one about puppets geared towards adults)... is remarkable. Then again, Lopez and Marx wrote a brilliant script.

And, I didn't even mention the talented actors.

My only problem with Q is that they aren't doing the national tour. I don't like the way that whole situation went down... there are alot of dissapointed regional theatres.

Updated On: 9/13/04 at 11:24 AM

Go, BlueWizard!

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""bronx bound express" that says it all

and what is that supposed to mean?

(i was born and raised in THE BRONX )

Oh for the love of baby Jesus. Please read the following VERY carefully:

A lot of people on this board love Wicked. A lot of people on this board don't care for the show one way or the other. A lot of those people are sick to death of threads about the show that are worthless or have appeared hundreds of times before and can be found using the search function. That's why so many Wicked threads dissolve into bashing. This has been said time and time again so for God's sake would you all pay attention this time? THIS thread started by someone called Wickedfan2 and was a veiled (and ill informed) attack on Avenue Q. Which is why it's gone the direction it's gone in.

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Updated On: 9/13/04 at 12:43 PM

I'm fairly sure you'll get your chance, joeyjoe.

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i think all of y'all should come down from the pedistools you have so eagerly put yourselves on and get over the fact that you might know everything about broadway...it's not impressive and quite annoying.

I guess you won't be receiving another 50 PMs trying to cruise you anytime soon.

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I love militant posters with horrid grammar. It's so ironic.