Lead in Avenue Q London

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 12:34pm

I just saw Avenue Q a few days ago in London and it was FANTASTIC. Definitely one of my new favorite shows! Anyway, since they don't hand out playbills (BOO!), and I didn't buy the program...does anyone know who the actor is that plays Princeton/Rod? He was absolutely INCREDIBLE and I need to know who he is! There is no cast list on the website! Thanks!

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 1:06pm

BUMP! someone please help! My friend and I are dying to know!

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 1:09pm

DANIEL BOYS
Princeton / Rod

Training: Guildford School of Acting.

Theatre includes: Austin Bennet in the UK premiere of I Love You Because (Landor), Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Royal Festival Hall), Mark in Rent (European tour), Parson Nathaniel in the world premiere of Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds (UK tour), Doody in Grease (Scandinavian tour), Tony in West Side Story (European tour), Roger in Grease (Victoria Palace and Japan tour), Morino in Sunset Boulevard (UK tour) and Alternate Mark in Rent (UK tour and Prince of Wales). Pantomimes include both the title roles in Peter Pan and Jack and the Beanstalk (Wyvern, Swindon) and Muddles in Snow White (Buxton Opera House).

Concerts include: Friday Night Is Music Night (BBC Radio 2), Christmas in New York (Apollo), The Best of the West End (Castle Howard), Disney’s Enchanted Evening (Hyde Park, broadcast on BBC1), Noël Coward the Centenary Celebrations (Savoy) and Party in the Park 2003 (live on C5).

Television includes: Any Dream Will Do, BBC1’s search for Joseph.

[Practically Perfect]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 1:09pm

His name is Daniel Boys. He was a contestant on "Any Dream Will Do".

http://www.danielboys.net/

Mary P x

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 1:10pm

http://www.avenueqthemusical.co.uk/the-show/cast.php

You should have purchased a program and brochure, they are fantastic here in the UK, unlike the god awful playbills you get there

Anyway i think that link is the up to date cast X

glad u loved the show

[jpbran]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 1:16pm

Kind of a lame argument: on Broadway the Playbills are free AND you can still buy a program if you choose...

The UK brochure is listed at 7 pounds (not sure of the pound symbol on my keyboard), which would be about $14 U.S.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 3:11pm

Kind of a lame argument: on Broadway the Playbills are free AND you can still buy a program if you choose...


- Exactly. I don't get how our Playbills are awful anyway? They are pretty damn nice for free. Lots of articles, the show's info, other show listings.

[ruthiefan_felix]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 4:51pm

playbills & programmes are exactly what we paid for. Playbills are free and they give sufficient cast/creative credits to us whilst programmes gives the same but with more extra stuff and usually in a nicer printed booklet.
I LOVE to buy brochures & programmes but for shows I've seen too many times, only programmes.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 5:03pm

The 10 programs I collected on my last trip were well worth the $$.

[jpbran]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 6:29pm

I never said they weren't worth the $$...

I was just pointing out to the person blasting Playbill that there's no charge for Playbill, and you can still buy a REAL program, just like in London where that's the ONLY choice.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 6:34pm

Shut up, Daniel Boys is in Avenue Q now? Last I heard he was doing I Love You Because.

[shesamarshmallow]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 6:34pm

Shut up, Daniel Boys is in Avenue Q now? Last I heard he was doing I Love You Because.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 6:35pm

"I never said they weren't worth the $$..."

But they are free...?

[jpbran]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 6:42pm

Programs? Every one I've ever seen, in NY and London, have some kinda charge. Anywhere form $5-15 usually...

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 7:21pm

In London, the Playbills (specially made programs for each show) cost about 3 pounds.

[SpellingBeeFan4Ever]

Posted: 1/7/08 at 7:51pm

I don't mind the program or the souvinier program. Both are great to have. Can't wait to go back to London.

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/9/08 at 4:40am

I am definitely going to buy a program when I see the show (again) on Thursday. I went to buy Rush tickets last night but then I found out Daniel was out... Hopefully he'll be back on Thurs! Anyone else catching the show then? I am so excited! He has remarkable talent...a new favorite for sure!

[Mark_E]

Posted: 1/9/08 at 6:29am

I saw him last year when he and the rest of the new cast had only been doing it 2 weeks. Was very impressed.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 1/9/08 at 11:58am

There is a major difference in the UK and US programs. In the UK you get full biogs, with decent pictures, each program is 100% different for each show. There is normally an in depth history of the theatre your sitting in plus other topical articles to do with that show. Well worth your $5 appx. The Broadway Playbill contains 3 or 4 pages of cast list, small biogs with even smaller pics. If your lucky sometimes you get a potted theatre history. 90% of the rest of the program is the same as you get for every other show you see in that month together with very heavy advertisng for drug companys etc etc. Yea, its free but hardly worth keeping and thats why i see hundreds off them just thrown on the theatre floor or street outside. Souvenir brochures on Broadway are expensive compared to the London version. You should see, for example what you get for 'Lord Of The Rings' and 'Hairspray' for less than $10- they are amazing with the 'Hairspray' one having 52 pages of show photos and loads of related articles to the show and theatre- only 3 pages of advertising- for $10. Ive never seen that on Broadway. On my many, many visits to Broadway shows over 20 years i always wish they did a decent program for me to keep.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 1/9/08 at 11:18pm

I always buy both the programme and souvenir brochure when a show has them, they're always beautifully done, and even though the credits are the same, the rest of the surrounding information each one has is always interesting.

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 8:46am

Just got tickets for tonight's show! I am EXTRA excited! Crossing my fingers that Daniel's better now... I'll come back with a full review! :)

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 2:21pm

I love my theatre programmes, I always get one (unless I have just seen the show and the cast hasn't changed).
I love what Wicked and Hairspray have done with their combined programme / brochure. At £6 it is pricey but has lots of infor and great photos.

Really Useful Group theatres (housing Phantom, Spamalot etc..) have a playbill like programme with general articles, which I like but they need updating!

I feel I am going off topic so Avenue Q, I haven't seen the current cast but it sounds like I will have to :)

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 5:59pm

£6 pricey! Come on!

[biggest CHENO fan]

Posted: 1/10/08 at 6:46pm

Ok, so I just got back from the show. Daniel was out tonight!
Oh, and with all this talk about the programs, I got one (haha). ANYWAY, Simon Gorton went on for Princeton/Rod and he didn't really do it for me. He was good, but not great. The rest of the cast was incredible again. Mark Goldthrop as Nicky/Trekkie Monster/ Bear was a stand out performance for me. He is so versatile. I felt like I was truly watching 3 characters. I was also impressed with the New York sounding accents. That must be tricky for them!
A little off topic, but I thought I would just ask...Do people not do stage doors in London? Maybe I'm just inexperienced, but my friend and I waited tonight and we were the only ones there. When we asked some of the cast to sign our programs, they were shocked. Also, in case anyone was wondering Daniel will be out until Monday, so try and go see him. I have never been so impressed!