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Saturday, July 04, 2009

The End is Near for "Avenue Q"

Another long-running Broadway show has announced it's ending its run in a few months.

According to Playbill:
Avenue Q goes down in history as (among many other things) the most successful musical starring puppets ever to grace Broadway. It will play its final performance at the John Golden Theatre Sept. 13. It will have played 22 previews and 2,534 performances.
The show, which uses puppets and humans together in a variety of not-for-kids songs, won the Tony Award for Best Musical - beating none other than Wicked.

But don't worry - the show is going on the road, so if you don't see it on Broadway, you should be able to catch it someday in a town near you.

2 comments:

Sanctuary said...

I want to see this one on tour! (unless someone is brave enough to produce it locally!) Then I'll give YOU my money instead!

Chuck Minsker said...

I would think it would be a tough show to produce locally, if just for the expense of creating the puppets - but maybe I'm wrong. I still can't believe there's a kid's version of the show. Is it 5 minutes long?