Official AVENUE Q Tour Thread

I don't know if one has been started yet. If you're not a visitor of the SF regional pages, you might be delighted to learn the SF engagement of AVENUE Q is featuring $25 rush tickets!

Details here: Avenue Q Tour Hits SF Aug 7, Rush Tix Available
www.broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=20452

If you've seen the pre-tour engagement in San Diego, start your comments and reviews here.

Who's seeing the show in San Francisco? I'll be there Opening Night, August 8. Loved the show when I saw it front-row, center on Broadway in April 2006.

Updated On: 8/3/07 at 03:17 AM

I saw it in San Diego! The whole cast was really very strong. I will miss having it in San Diego.

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Hi I'm new to the board. I'm going to see Avenue Q tonight and I was wondering if anyone knew who the drummer was? It sounds weird to post that on this but I am a drummer and I didn't know if it was the same person on the cast album or not. How is the sound at the Orpheum? The cast album has the band in the background so it's hard to hear some of it.

ETA: The review from The Chronicle is up on sfgate.com.
http://tinyurl.com/yvfb57

I rushed just last night. The line got pretty long at 5 or 5:15, I was there at 4:30ish and I got tickets just fine. So, plan on getting there early if you want to rush and bring something with you to entertain yourself.

Well...they did end up giving us third row Orchestra on the side, which for me, I couldn't see the last building located stage right. BUT, there were some empty seats in the house, so my friends and I ended up snagging Front Row center seats at intermission! Overall, the obstructed seats weren't all that bad.

Updated On: 8/10/07 at 04:41 PM

How did the house look? It seems like there are still a lot of good seats available - I thought that if this show was going to do well anywhere, it'd be in SF.

Well the Orpheum is huge not sure of the exact number of seats but it's probably around 2500. If I were to put a percentage on it, I'd say 97 or 98% of the house was sold. From what I could see the balcony and mezz were sold out. The only section that had free seats was the extreme left side of the orchestra. I have a feeling the show will do well. While I was waiting for the rush tickets to be sold alot of people were coming up to the box office buying tickets for later dates.

The show has been getting great reviews in the Bay Area. Some are posted on the SF page.

Updated On: 8/11/07 at 01:23 PM

I cant wait till the show comes over to the east coast. My friend is the drummer for the show and has assured me tickets and a backstage tour. :)

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Aww, I'm so glad this show is touring! Robert McClure looks adorable, and Christian Anderson is always hysterical!

I'm glad to hear they have assembled a top notch cast.

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going to see it tommorow night, really excited :)

I just saw the show last night in Kansas City.

First off, downtown Kansas City was insane.

Across the street was a Garth Brooks concert, next door was a circus (literally) and in the Music Hall played Avenue Q.

Overall I enjoyed myself a lot!
I had never seen the show elsewhere so I didn't know what to expect.

Living in Kansas I always wonder if tour casts put on a half assed show because it's "just Kansas" however if the cast was just performing half assed it didn't show!

Robert McClure as Princeton/Rod was amazing. His character change b/w the two was very definite. And comedic timing was amazing.

Kelli Sawyer as Kate/ Lucy the Slut: yet another stand out performer. As the post above me stated, her "Fine Fine Line" was very moving and you felt for the character... even if it was a furry puppet. ha

Only problems I had....
Cole Porter as Brian, sometimes funny jokes that had a lot of potential were thrown away. It took a while to understand that "I'm not Wearing Underwear Today" was an act at the bar, I was really confused as to why that was thrown in the show then I had to process that he was performing that. Make sense?

A funny part added to the show just for Kansas City, after they passed the hats around during "The Money Song" they went back on stage and asked what they had collected from the audience, and Princeton says, "Not much.. only a ticket stub to the Garth Brooks concert!" the audience went crazy with laughter.


Seeing as how I haven't seen this show on Broadway I was wondering if there are any changes made from the Broadway show to the tour. If so could anyone elaborate?

Overall great show!

I am seeing it on November 17th (my birthday ) in Des Moines, IA. I am glad the reviews have been favorable.