Is Avenue Q Over rated?? — Page 3

I think he means the deceit by Avenue Q wasn't a choice between touring and a sit-down in Vegas. Right before the Tony voters were able to cast their votes, Avenue Q announced it would indeed go on a National Tour. It courted Road presenters, (many of whom voted in the Tonys) and campaigned vigorously, and kept enforcing the fact that it would tour. Then, the day after it won the Tony, the producers said that they will be going to Vegas instead. The deceit comes because they gave Vegas an exclusivity deal preventing any other productions of the show while it is playing in Vegas. Essentially, Avenue Q bribed the Road presenters with "see, this small little musical beat out the behemouth Wicked, so it must be good" type of potential advertising. Now, should Avenue Q ever tour, it will most likely flop. Who's to say how it would have been received.

Oh, so my information from 2 Tony voters whom I know is wrong? If you say so.

From tonyawards.com:

"...today there are approximately 750 eligible voters."

Hmmm. 2 out of 750? Wow. Quite the solid arguement.

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The show has thr triple crown. Amazing Music, Lyrics and book. Can't ask for much more than that.

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"Yes, I expected Wicked to win, but if they were going to pick a show and actually base their choice on quality, it seems completely illogical to me to pick Q."

I really think that Quality, when it comes to awards, is based on the taste and experience of individual who is voting. It's all about how that individual voter feels about the shows that they see and which one of those show moved them the most or the one that gave them the most pleasure. People experience different things when they go to shows and what you experience will differ from others.

You would be incorrect to say that they did not base their choice on quality. They may not have based their choice on what you consider quality but you are not the person who decides what quality is. That is not a decision for any one person to make.

I'm sure that one can go back and look at numerous awards shows and say this one deserved the award over this one and that would be based on how that person was feeling about the show when they saw it and what kind of shows they liked.

I would have picked "All the President's Men", "Network" and "Taxi Driver" over "Rocky" for best picture back in 1976 but "Rocky" apparently moved more of the voting members of the Academy and it won. I'm really not sure how many people would look back on that vote today and say that it was a better picture than the other three movies mentioned and some might even say that "Bound for Glory" , another contender that year, was also better. I'm sure there are some people would probably still pick "Rocky" but again it all comes down to a matter of OPINION and as it has been said on many occasions, "opinions are like assholes, everybody has one".

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After listening to the CD, which I enjoyed, I did not expect to get much more out of seeing the show. I was wrong. Half the fun is watching the puppetry and the creative use of the set as well as some of the priceless deliveries of the lines. Remeber, the CD is only 50% of the material represented in the show and there were enough surprises to keep me in stitches from beginning to end. I'm not sure how a show as unique as Ave Q could be considered overrated because there is very little to compare it to. Either you like that sort of humor or you don't. The songs are not incredibly complex because they don't need to be. It's not a show about showing off vocal range or intricate compositions and rhyme schemes. It's a show about a very specific style of parody that reaches out to most of the American population. It sings out loud what we think in our heads and it allows us to laugh at these characters while we are (knowingly) laughing at ourselves. It's more biting than Spamalot, but not quite as crude as South Park (though I do love South Park). It walks that fine fine line between highbrow and lowbrow humor while adding a bit a heart. It took a lot of creativity and a huge amount of guts to get the show to Broadway and the risk paid off.

That is why it won the Tony for Best Musical. Or at least, why I like to think it did. Too bad the voters didn't recognize the similar golden qualities found in Urinetown over the rather pedestrian-but-cute Millie. If the producers of Ave Q chose not to tour in the end, then the any Tony voters would voted for Q strictly on the promise to tour got a very well-deserved slap in the face. Another reason to love Q.

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And, sorry, FOA. I understand that you are arguing about something you feel strongly about as am I and I should've respected that.

Oh lord.

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avenue q = one of the best shows on Bway right now!

Not that you probably care... I LOVED Avenue Q, it's smart, very funny and has wonderful music and lyrics.

it's a very funny, very creative show that i enjoyed very much- boundry breaking: probably not (in the scheme of things) but i liked it alot

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The producers did lie. They actually announced a national tour. It wasn't until after they won the Tony that they announced that they had an exclusive deal with Vegas. They shouldn't have included the exclusivity agreement and went ahead with a tour as well. Now, if the show ever goes out on tour, it will flop. Too many shows have opened that have high appeal and buzz and Avenue Q's will be long gone.