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Dates confirmed for Avenue Q

Thu, 6 Nov 2008, 05:48 pm
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Avenue Q 07-06-2009 to 21-06-2009 Comedy Theatre on sale 17/11/08 http://www.marrinertheatres.com.au/mtPublicAction.do?cmd=whatsOn (scroll down) blah blah 50 words needed to post

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Tue, 2 Dec 2008, 07:50 pm
It might be a fully pro off-beat musical, but it is a Tony winner, an incredible success in both UK and NY, and very very very catchy. Look at the song title list. How is Wicked going with ticket sales? Avenue Q is a better show (waiting to be beaten by the Wicked fans now!) with a far smaller cast and tech/production requirements. If the producers are smart and we see a couple of tv appearances on something like Rove or similar, you will be batting people away. Even without it will still do quite well. There is absolutely no way this musical should fail in these small runs if the venues are the right size and the producers have a clue. The musicals said to fail above, well I can't say they are Tony winners, 'pop' enough, or even flat out good enough. I am fairly knowledgeable in music theatre and know little (nothing) about Alter Boys, so it's unlikely the public will. Into the Woods- has anyone ever made money on this? and I suspect that the producers who passed over the show had several concerns. Don't know that it will make 'big' money in Australia. Not sure anything can to be honest. Also it is incredibly non-pc, therefore risky to producer's reps. However, it is possible you are right and the whole thing will drop in a hole. Hopefully Australians won't get this one wrong. It's the simple things stupid...

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