AVENUE Q NEWS & EVENTS

AVENUE Q cast to make an appearance on Food Network’s ACE OF CAKES
Source: foodnetwork.com

The residents of AVENUE Q will appear on Food Network’s ACE OF CAKES March 27, 2008 episode at 10:30 PM ET.  

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Avenue Q Sings Broadway in Bryant Park
Source: Broadway.com

On Thursday, July 19, stars from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical entertained lunchtime dwellers in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park with musical selections from the show.

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The Q Factor
Source: Theatermania.com

TheaterMania gets a special sneak peek at the national tour of Avenue Q

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Photo Coverage: Avenue Q Tour Press Rehearsal
Source: Broadwayworld.com

A press rehearsal was recently held for the first national tour of Avenue Q - and many cast members are coming directly from the Broadway and national touring companies!

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"ShowBusiness" Documentary — Avenue Q and Others — Opens in NYC May 11
Source: Playbill.com

"ShowBusiness" — the documentary that follows the creation of Avenue Q, — opens in New York May 11, with other cities to follow.

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Avenue Q Tour to Launch in San Francisco in August
Source: Playbill.com

Avenue Q — the 2004 Tony-winning musical where people and puppets live side by side — will launch its national tour Aug. 7 at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, CA, according to a press announcement.

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So Many Hopefuls, So Few Puppets
Source: NYTimes.com

Casting is under way for the first national tour of “Avenue Q,” the Tony-winning musical comedy mixing actors and puppets. Anxious young performers lined the corridors of Chelsea Studios, battling their nerves in eerie quiet.  Strategically coiffed and dressed, they clutch water bottles and study their “sides” — sheets of paper printed with audition lines and songs.

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On Broadway, Avenue Q Clocks 1,500 Performances!
Source: Broadway.com

Yup! On March 4, Avenue Q, which brought home the lion's share of 2004 Tony Awards including Best Musical of the Year, proved it was still the little musical that could, when the show played its 1,500th performance on Broadway at the Golden Theatre. As if that weren't enough, even our Word of Mouth critics gave the show a thumb's up when they revisited the long-running tuner just last month. (Check out their review here!) But for a glimpse of the milestone 1,500th performance, visit the link below!

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"Fantasies Come True": Avenue Q Plays 1,500th Broadway Performance March 4
Source: Playbill.com

Avenue Q, the winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, plays its 1,500th performance at Broadway's Golden Theatre March 4. Previews for the hit musical began July 11, 2003, with an official opening July 31.

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The Puppets are Coming! Avenue Q to Set Off on National Tour in August
Source: Playbill.com

The 2004 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Avenue Q, will at long last head out on a national tour.

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American Idol Icon Kelly Clarkson Visits Avenue Q
Source: Broadway.com

As the nation gears up for the start of the sixth competition of American Idol, Broadway got a glimpse of winner #1 Kelly Clarkson, when the young lady who became the very first champion and international symbol of the Idol phenomenon (and then went on to win two 2004 Grammy Awards for her album Breakaway) took in Avenue Q on January 8. Backstage with the cast, we got a glimpse too.

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Puppeteer, "Who Lives in Canada," Wins Avenue Q's "One Night Stand"
Source: Playbill.com

The button-eyed and green-nosed blue puppet Maurice Tipo and his creator Andrew MacDonald Smith made their Broadway debut in Avenue Q March 10 after winning the nationwide "One Night Stand" contest.

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AVENUE Q to Play at the Noel Coward Theater

The hit Broadway musical AVENUE Q will open at the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre) on Wednesday 28th June 2006, following previews from Thursday 1st June.

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INTERVIEW WITH STEPHANIE D'ABRUZZO
Source: New York Times

Broadway marathons aren't what they used to be. What with actors moving between stage, film and TV, and corporate musicals that can support a stream of interchangeable faces, the days when a Marian Seldes would play 1,793 performances of "Deathtrap" without missing a curtain are long gone. But that doesn't mean stars with staying power are extinct. Stephanie D'Abruzzo, who plays the puppet protagonist Kate Monster (as well as her rival, Lucy T. Slut) in the two-year-old-plus "Avenue Q," recently woke up to find she was the only 2004 Tony Award acting nominee (out of 40) who was still working the job for which she was nominated

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THE LEADING MEN: HERE'S JOHNNY!
Source: Playbill

Steve Wynn is betting millions that the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q will play to full houses in his king-sized casino, Wynn Las Vegas. Just to stack the deck, he built a 1,200-seat theatre, and the new company stars his two aces in the hole: John Tartaglia and Rick Lyon from the brilliant original Broadway cast

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