On Again Off Again
Avenue Q had it’s final Broadway performance this past Sunday, September 13th.
In an unorthodox move, it will be moving BACK to Off-Broadway in the next few months.
The history of the show is outlined on their site as follows:
Avenue Q opened off-broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in March 2003, where it gained rave reviews, and was extended four times!
It won the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Musical, as well as a nomination for the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical award.
It began previews at the Golden Theatre on July 11th, 2003, with a July 31, 2003 opening. Avenue Q played its final Broadway performance on September 13, 2009.
Avenue Q will re-open Off-Broadway at New World Stages later this fall.
I think it’s a BRILLIANT move! They already have the brand that’s on the tip of tourists’ tongues… and now they don’t have to have the pressure of filling a Broadway house.
Plus, it’s an intimate show (except for the giant baby in Act II… which always felt a little out of place to me), and a smaller venue would probably suit it well.
I think Q still has some life let in it yet.
–Sue
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