A New Israeli Production of AVENUE Q will be Presented this March

The boundaries breaking musical that took Broadway by storm, in a unique and virtuoso concept of operating the beloved puppets that are inspired by the mythological Sesame Street in a wild, adult only, rendition.

How it all began?

As part of Hamaslul Musical Theatre Academy in Tel Aviv, at the end of each year the new graduates present a musical as their final assignment.

In 2017 the director of the academy, Eidan Lipper (Ordinary Days, The Last 5 Years), decided that this musical should be Avenue Q. The performance received such high praises from the audience, producers and directors that came to watch it that they all asked the same question: "When are you performing with this production again? There's no doubt we would want to see it again!"

Boaz Nachum, Uri Elkayam and Orit Lahav, three of the cast members fell head over heels with this musical and characters and only two days later addressed a request for the show's rights, hoping to make their dream a reality- and they succeeded. Taking a great financial risk, they built a cast that includes Yoran Davidi (from Tiras Sexual group) and Mazal Pikado (from Israel's "Idol" TV Show), added Lipper as their director, booked a venue and assure that the plot is loyal to the original Broadway musical and its characters.

They opened a Jumpstarter crowdfunding project in order to raise the money needed for such a production and these days are already in the exciting stage of rehearsals when the timing couldn't be better- 10 years after the first Israeli production of Avenue Q was presented by Beit Lessin Theatre, starring Talli Oren, Roy Bar-Natan, Niki Goldstein and more.

The show's premiere is set for March 20, 2018, at 20:30 at Rozin Auditorium in Tel Aviv.

To join the project and for further information about this production, visit the campaign's page on Jumpstarter and for sneak peeks visit their Facebook page.

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