Cute show, but it would crash and burn on Broadway, even if they played in the Helen Hayes. Did you end up seeing the show, munk? In some capacity, yes.
Cute and mindless, but not something I would see again, or pay to see again. What capacity was that? Um...not...live. munk, with all due respect, you didn't see it. You bought the CD and have listened to it, but did not pay money and see the show live. The weekend before the show closed, you came onto the board and said you would not pay money to see it. And you just confirmed now that, in fact, you didn't see it. So feel free to express an opinion, but it's not fair to make judgments about a show ("it would crash and burn on Broadway") as though you saw it, when in fact you didn't. There is a lot of physical comedy and dialogue throughout that cannot be and was not captured on the CD.
That said, I'd be skeptical about the show hitting Broadway, but people were skeptical about SPELLING BEE and AVENUE Q. They started off in small Off-Broadway houses (Second Stage and The Vineyard, respectively) and they have become hits on Broadway. And look at SPRING AWAKENING. People were skeptical (and still are) about bringing it to Broadway, but it's still happening.
CurtainPullDowner, the fact that the show was constantly on TDF when it played Off-Broadway means nothing. I saw AVENUE Q twice Off-Broadway (in addition to SPELLING BEE once and SPRING AWAKENING once Off-Broadway), all through a papering service for $3 a ticket.
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Updated On: 10/9/06 at 09:13 AM
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