Stupid question about Avenue Q
Stupid question about Avenue Q
OneNJen
Chorus Member Joined: 11/18/07
#1Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 12:57amI saw the touring cast of Avenue Q last night in Baltimore. I have a question about "The Money Song." When the actors came into the audience a good amount of people passed down dollars to put in the actor's hats. Does anyone know where the money goes? I thought maybe Broadway Cares...but I don't know if that applies to the touring cast....
IsolatingAge
Leading Actor Joined: 12/18/05
#2re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 12:59amIf it doesn't it should.
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#2re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 12:59ami dont' have an answer, but I wondered this as well when I saw the show.....so dont' worry you're question isnt' stupid at all!!!!
#3re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:02am
It goes towards puppet maintenance...
You got me. I have no idea either.
Updated On: 12/17/07 at 01:02 AM
OneNJen
Chorus Member Joined: 11/18/07
#4re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:04am
Ahhhh! I have my answer. I was flipping through the Playbill and in very small writing it says... "Any donation received during this performance will be given to Broadway Cares/EFA."
So for the rest of you that were also wondering, there you go!
#6re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:42amJohn Tartaglia mentioned early in the run that the money was donated to Broadway Cares and that the phone numbers were thrown away.
OneNJen
Chorus Member Joined: 11/18/07
#7re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 1:48am
I didn't notice any phone numbers (not that I would have been able to see), but during the line when they say, how much did we get, they "pulled out" a Baltimore Ravens ticket stub... It was cute and got a good laugh, considering the pitiful season they had this year. What do they say in NY?
Updated On: 12/17/07 at 01:48 AM
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friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#9re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:45amthe "finding" in the hat mirrors any local team or town affiliation, but rest assured, ALL donations go DIRECTLY to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids....
winston89
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/18/06
#10re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:49am
It's a Metrocard not Metropass.
That is what they usually pick out of the hat after.
Usually, when they are sorting throw the money the got during the song and they comment about getting a metrocard. Princeton says something to the effect of " I'll take that." But, during the demise of the Mets I saw a preformance that had a very funny ad lib between princeton and Gary Colman.
Instad of the Metrocard it was a Mets ticket that resulted in the following adlib
Character who picks up ticket ( forgot who this usually is): Oh, And a Mets ticket.
Princeton: I'll take that
Gary: Why the hell would you want that?
Princton: free baseball ticket
Gary mumbles under his breath: stupid ass puppet doesn't know a thing about sports."
I mean yes, they do change the item around depending on where the show is playing. I have heard people say that they pulled out things like a ticket to the san Deigo Zoo. To a card that says " if your looking for a good time call..." when they were in Vegas.
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friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#11re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 2:54amIn Vegas it was ALWAYS... "this ticket from 'Thunder from down Under'"
#12re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:03am
they should make a list of all the great ad lib lines that Avenue Q says during that moment....
They could do all kinds of things...
I am glad to know the money goes to BCEFA seeing as I was one who got money into the hat.
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#13re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:03am
they should make a list of all the great ad lib lines that Avenue Q says during that moment....
They could do all kinds of things...
I am glad to know the money goes to BCEFA seeing as I was one who got money into the hat.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#14re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:03am
they should make a list of all the great ad lib lines that Avenue Q says during that moment....
They could do all kinds of things...
I am glad to know the money goes to BCEFA seeing as I was one who got money into the hat.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#15re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:05amWhen I saw Ave. Q in Houston, at the end of the show, they said all the money would go to Broadway cares. Updated On: 12/17/07 at 11:05 AM
#16re: Stupid question about Avenue Q
Posted: 12/17/07 at 11:52am
I wonder where it goes in the west end production...
If i wasn't so tired I'd go find one of my programmes.
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