| AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 06:04 pm EST 01/13/14 |
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| I got to see Ave Q yesterday. Excellent production. The lead, Will Giammona, was a little soft in voice--but i think he was losing his voice and concerving it--he barely made out the last lyrics. The cast was uniformly excellent and really captured the broadway production. And its AMAZING the sound from a 3 person band (2 on keyboards, so i think the synthesizers help fill in the gaps of just a piano). The show was sold out. I wonder why it didn't extend. I thought the puppets might need to be returned, but the Decker statement was a joint partnership with SFSU that did the show last year and NCTC used those puppets. By the way, "bush for now" has been changd to "Fox news for now". I'm not sure if that occurred for the tours and current off-broadway production. | |
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| re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance | |
| Posted by: | Richard Connema 01:07 am EST 01/14/14 |
| In reply to: | AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance - dramedy 06:04 pm EST 01/13/14 |
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| I asked that question when we saw it press night. The reason was some of the actors had further commitments. | |
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| re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance | |
| Posted by: | rodneyra 06:08 pm EST 01/13/14 |
| In reply to: | AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance - dramedy 06:04 pm EST 01/13/14 |
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| I was thinking of seeing but it was all sold out. I'm surprised they didn't extend it also. | |
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| re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance | |
| Posted by: | SFnative 03:18 am EST 01/14/14 |
| In reply to: | re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance - rodneyra 06:08 pm EST 01/13/14 |
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| NCTC has a full season of shows (both the pride plays and the student conservatory shows) so it is imposable to extend the shows. Yellow opens later in February, but before that the students have a show that runs for three weekends. I have heard that Avenue Q might be brought back later on. | |
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| Bollywood Sleeping Beauty is in Theater 3 | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 05:52 pm EST 01/15/14 |
| In reply to: | re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance - SFnative 03:18 am EST 01/14/14 |
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| not the big theaters for Pride shows. | |
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| re: Bollywood Sleeping Beauty is in Theater 3 | |
| Posted by: | SFnative 01:10 am EST 01/16/14 |
| In reply to: | Bollywood Sleeping Beauty is in Theater 3 - dramedy 05:52 pm EST 01/15/14 |
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| previews for The Paris Letter start on January 17, so there still would have been no time to hold Avenue Q over. | |
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| different theater | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 01:56 pm EST 01/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Bollywood Sleeping Beauty is in Theater 3 - SFnative 01:10 am EST 01/16/14 |
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| Paris Letter is in the small theater across from where Ave Q was. Richard stated that the actors had other commitments, so that probably is the reason for closing without extending. | |
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| re: different theater | |
| Posted by: | SFnative 03:09 pm EST 01/16/14 |
| In reply to: | different theater - dramedy 01:56 pm EST 01/16/14 |
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| sorry, it's Yellow that is opening in the larger theatre on february 21st. when i have performed at nctc, extensions were included in the contracts, so you knew from the beginning that there might be an extension, so 'actors have other commitments' doesn't seem likely to me. could have been that the rights were not available after a certain date or the theatre is going to be used for other things. | |
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| l think they might have just sold the entire run at once | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 06:49 pm EST 01/16/14 |
| In reply to: | re: different theater - SFnative 03:09 pm EST 01/16/14 |
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| looking at the dates of the other shows, they play 5 weeks. AveQ played 6 weeks. So they technically should have ended the run on Jan 5 and extended a week to Jan 12. NCTC must have decided to sell the entire run instead of extending--since they sold out weeks in advance, it was a smart move. | |
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| re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance | |
| Posted by: | rodneyra 02:31 pm EST 01/14/14 |
| In reply to: | re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance - SFnative 03:18 am EST 01/14/14 |
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| Wasn't sure when the next show started. They probably should bring it back if it did so well. As their season usually ends in June, maybe they can bring it back for the summer. | |
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| the only reason i saw it | |
| Posted by: | dramedy 06:14 pm EST 01/13/14 |
| In reply to: | re: AVE Q at NCTC--closing performance - rodneyra 06:08 pm EST 01/13/14 |
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| is that someone on goldstar must have been a red carpet member and release two tickets and i happen to see that and grabbed them. The Paris Letter is going into the other theater, so this theater will be vacant for awhile. | |
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| Likely reason is set | |
| Posted by: | Pig_o_my_heart 12:44 pm EST 01/19/14 |
| In reply to: | the only reason i saw it - dramedy 06:14 pm EST 01/13/14 |
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| Well, sets have to be built. So, AVE Q probably had to make way for the YELLOW set to be built. YELLOW has a large set, at least has in previous productions. | |
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