Dates confirmed for Avenue Q

For someone who doesn't want Q to flop, you're certainly doing your very best to find every reason why it would - without providing many reasons why it could - and there are many!. No-one is saying it's a sure bet, but it is a very good show and it is a totally different show to any other musical in town - and a LOT cheaper. It will appeal to a new age group and audience type that is not the norm for musicals - but this is not a normal show! I was told by someone last week that the reason it has never been picked up by the major Australian producers is because it has always been too expensive to bring out to Australia because of the huge amount of royalties you have to pay the Americans. However this is a NEW production, so the royalty expenses are a lot lower. I hope it does work. These are new young producers on the scene, and it is great to see them give it a go and put on a professional production and offer something totally different to audiences, and as people who are obviously interested in musicals and theatre, we should do all we can to support a new production that offers an alternative to the theatre scene around the country, instead of putting it down and closing it before we even really know all the facts and information about the production that will tour the country. Comparing it to productions like Altar Boyz is not really that valid. Altar Boyz is an off-Broadway show, and I'm sure if it ever made the jump to Broadway, it would close in a matter of weeks. Someone here said that Avenue Q should have been mounted at Chapel off Chapel, which is pretty ignorant, however I think this certainly should have been the case for Altar Boyz. The theatre it plays off-Broadway is not much bigger. I like people critiquing and discussing the theatre, however people slamming things and criticising without knowing facts and before a show even opens really gets me! We're a small industry, people! Support it!!!!!!