'Avenue Q' Moves To The Avenue — Page 2
#27
Posted: 3/7/09 at 7:37pm
phantom - IMO= In My Opinion (not that my opinion is worth much lol)
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#28
Posted: 3/7/09 at 7:45pm
IMO = IDNKT (I did not know that)!
I have just fallen off my chair, when you said Avenue Q is one of your top shows in the West End, a man who loathes Hairspray and is dreading Priscilla, thought def this is not your genre of show!!!!
I have just fallen off my chair, when you said Avenue Q is one of your top shows in the West End, a man who loathes Hairspray and is dreading Priscilla, thought def this is not your genre of show!!!!
#29
Posted: 3/7/09 at 7:50pm
I never thought I'd like Avenue Q either - but when I first saw it in New York it blew me away. It is everything I love in musical theatre - innovative, funny, intelligent, with great depth of sub-text and a really catchy score. In contrast, I found Hairspray to be pretentious, decidely un-funny (the humour was just SO forced), mindless and had a score that was so predictable it bored me senseless.
THEATRE 2020: CURTAINS**** LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS***** WICKED***** KEITH RAMSAY TAKING NOTES WITH EDWARD SECKERSON***** KAYLEIGH MCKNIGHT CONCERT***** RAGS***** ON MCQUILLAN'S HILL** DEAR EVAN HANSEN***** THE JURY***
#30
Posted: 3/9/09 at 10:30am
Now official
http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831236608426&title=Avenue+Q+Relocates+to+Gielgud+Theatre%2C+1+Jun
No mention of casting though
http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8831236608426&title=Avenue+Q+Relocates+to+Gielgud+Theatre%2C+1+Jun
No mention of casting though
#31
Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:05am
According to playbill the whole cast are moving with it
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127073.html
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127073.html
#32
Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:09am
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/West_End_Avenue_Q_to_Transfer_to_Gielgud_Theatre_20090309
says the cast will transfer, but previously it had been said daniel boys would be doing that best of lloyd webber tour.
says the cast will transfer, but previously it had been said daniel boys would be doing that best of lloyd webber tour.
#33
Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:11am
He's been doing the tour already, and he will also be touring with John Barrowman. Many dates are/have been Sundays, and i guess he will just take the odd day off here and there when he is performing
#34
Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:13am
Is that proof enough for you Nick?!?
#35
Posted: 3/9/09 at 11:24am
Confirmed with a cast member today, everybody's transferring with the show and they're all very happy to have jobs for a few more months.
#36
Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:36pm
This is great news :). Im guessing if Witches decides not to transfer then Avenue Q could easily run another full year. And if Witches does come in then I can definitely see Avenue Q going on a pretty extensive tour and maybe even returning to the West End. Seems it is very cheap to run.
But glad that I will get to see this again in London, and it frees yet ANOTHER slot for me in New York since I was going to see it there if the London show shut.
But glad that I will get to see this again in London, and it frees yet ANOTHER slot for me in New York since I was going to see it there if the London show shut.
#37
Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:46pm
The complete Coward cast are to open the show on Shaftesbury Avenue.
#38
Posted: 3/9/09 at 4:59pm
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't express how happy I am this is staying open! Will be sure to pop down in the Summer :)
I can't express how happy I am this is staying open! Will be sure to pop down in the Summer :)
Everything in life...is only for now.
#39
Posted: 3/9/09 at 6:14pm
When I first saw Avenue Q, I really lapped it up. going a second time I was a bit tentative, not sure if this is a show you can see more than once?
#40
Posted: 3/9/09 at 7:06pm
Phantom of London, over the summer I saw Avenue Q spur of the moment ( granted this is on Broadway, but I think that the point I am going to make won't matter where I saw it) and thought that I wouldn't find it as funny as I once did. However, once I got in there and sat down and the show was starting, I cracked up and had a great time. In fact, I had so much fun that I went again the next night. I think that if you take a fair amount of time between visits, you will find things funny again and find things that you didn't laugh at the first time to be things that you're now laughing at.
As for Avenue Q getting lost in a big theatre on tour, that seemed to be one of the problems before they sent it off on tour in America. But, it seemed to be not that big a deal when they did play the bigger touring houses in The States.
As for Avenue Q getting lost in a big theatre on tour, that seemed to be one of the problems before they sent it off on tour in America. But, it seemed to be not that big a deal when they did play the bigger touring houses in The States.
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#41
Posted: 3/9/09 at 7:38pm
I've seen it 6 times on London and once on Broadway, and I've laughed just as much every time. I enjoy the audience's reaction as well as the show, and it's great when the cast get to know each other better and add things. Every performance is different.
#42
Posted: 3/10/09 at 9:02am
The West End production is FAR superior to that on Broadway. So much tighter, set is more detailed. A brilliant, stunning production of a great musical and it looks like we have it for another year.
Great news.
The new ad campaign is pretty fantastic by the way!
Great news.
The new ad campaign is pretty fantastic by the way!
#43
Posted: 3/10/09 at 9:04am
I've heard today they may re-cast the witches for the West End more... on Cameron's wishlist (apparently anyway) is Ruthie and Sally Ann Triplett
#44
Posted: 3/10/09 at 9:09am
He does want names but there are certain contractual problems if this cast don't go in. Its horribly complicated and over the years I've seen stupid situations actually make a show disappear before it even begins.
Now, everybody hold hands and pray.....
Now, everybody hold hands and pray.....
#45
Posted: 3/10/09 at 9:18am
Thats a shame as the three Witches were the one good thing about this production, especially the sensational Poppy Tierney!
#46
Posted: 3/10/09 at 10:46am
"The West End production is FAR superior to that on Broadway. "
I thought the exact opposite. The show plays better when it looks more run down and it's played with more gravity on Broadway. The sarcasm is higher in New York and the jokes land with far more acidity.
I thought the exact opposite. The show plays better when it looks more run down and it's played with more gravity on Broadway. The sarcasm is higher in New York and the jokes land with far more acidity.
#47
Posted: 3/10/09 at 10:55am
Ugh, I simply can't abide Henshall or Triplett. XP I'm well aware my dislike is probably completely irrational, but that doesn't make me want to see them onstage. ESPECIALLY if one of them might be replacing the outrageously sexy Poppy Tierney, the only reason the Aspects of Love tour wasn't a total washout for me. 
Exy, I was flicking through magazines this morning, and I saw a contributing name that I suspected might be you, then I read an article attributed to the name in question, and now I'm 95% certain I've found you. You big nerd.
Exy, I was flicking through magazines this morning, and I saw a contributing name that I suspected might be you, then I read an article attributed to the name in question, and now I'm 95% certain I've found you. You big nerd.
#48
Posted: 3/10/09 at 11:22am
Oh god Weez so true about Poppy, that woman oozed sex in Aspects. Also saw her as Mary Poppins when it first opened in London and she showed another side to her then. She deserves much more recognition!!
#50
Posted: 3/10/09 at 11:53am
"Exy, I was flicking through magazines this morning, and I saw a contributing name that I suspected might be you, then I read an article attributed to the name in question, and now I'm 95% certain I've found you. You big nerd"
But did you BUY the magazine and help ensure that I keep having a writing job?
I thought not.
But did you BUY the magazine and help ensure that I keep having a writing job?
I thought not.
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