Vegas Q - People Walking Out?

Just spoke to a friend who was in Vegas recently and caught 4 (yes, 4, don't ask) performances of Q. She said that at every performance at least one person got up and left during 'If you were Gay' and 'Everyone's a Little Bit Racist.' She also overheard multiple people talking about how offended they were by the show.

I know there's been all kinds of talk here about how this show was going to be received by the Vegas audience, so I suppose this was to be expected, but it still bugs me. Oh well, at least it's still getting great reviews. Hope it continues to do well.

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Updated On: 9/22/05 at 06:56 PM

Sucks to be small minded.
Sucks to be them.

I know when I saw it in the beginning of Sept there was an older couple (late 60's or older)sitting next to me. They left at intermission, I heard them say that woman found it to offensive. I be they had comped tickets. That is the problem with casino audiences, a lot of people are there on comped ticket. Therefore, since it is free they will see anything. I have found casino audience to be some of the rudest that I have ever been in.

They should give everybody in the audience a free slice of pizza at the top of act two.

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People complain that Q didn't tour, and I realize that it does suck not to be able to see it (I live in Chicago, so boo-hoo for me too) and I know that it's a really super sensitive issue because people thought they were gonna tour and voted on them partially based on that expectation and were all mad and stuff when they didn't...

But the fact is, that this is NOT a musical that appeals to a large amount of people. I think a tour could do ok in big cities, but if you take it to a smallish suburb, and it's just NOT gonna do well.

I bet, though, that every night SOMEONE walks out in NYC. I mean, there's always like at least one family who doesn't ignore the friggin' warning about no children, and there's probably some individual adults who get offended... so, um, yeah.

Anyway, not much to do w/the thread, but that was what I came up with while eating breakfast this morning.

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How the hell did VEGAS get offended?

Also, what is wrong with those people, as Q isn't hiding the fact that it's offensive. These people should do un poco research before they go see stuff.

Send your Avenue Q tickets to me.
Time to cash in all those frequent flyer miles.

"How the hell did VEGAS get offended?"

The fact is, most of the Vegas tourists are conservative. I'm assuming that what you're referencing is Vegas' reputation as 'Sin City'. The thing is, most of them view the activities in Vegas as legal escapes for adults - which makes them OK. In general, however, the tourist demographic is pretty solidly 'red state'.

This was brought up as a concern by another poster somewhere, and I really thought they had a point (which also included the fact that this is a very verbal show, whereas what normally flies in Vegas is more visual.) I'll be curious to see how it does.

"The fact is, most of the Vegas tourists are conservative."

Forgot about those touristy folks. Woops.

Do you know if Vegas Q still has the same ad campaign as in New York? You'd think a giant "I am NOT a closeted homowhatever!" and "Warning: Full Puppet Nudity" signs would at least hint at controversial material. Maybe they should post a song list in the casinos; the titles are pretty self-explanatory.

Whatever, if someone is so offended by the show that they have to walk out, it's their own fault, no one forced them to go.

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"Did we mention we won the Tony?!?!" Are you kidding. Please. Thats EGO. They won, and rightly so, but really do they actually have to put it in an add campaign like that? The Producers does it too and I hate it.

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I was thinking the exact same thing mominator

I really hope Ave Q hits it off.. I think it's crazy people are offended in Vegas. There's a lot worse things to go see there..