Win Tickets for Avenue Q in Baltimore!

THIS CONTEST ENDED AT 12 NOON, EASTERN TIME ON DECEMBER 3, 2007.  THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED.  WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 3RD.

THE ANSWERS APPEAR BELOW! (Several of you have asked me to highlight the details in each clue that should help to get to the answer.  I underlined them in each.)

Some people call this "adult Sesame Street" and that's a pretty good description.  Picture your favorite puppets from childhood as grown ups!  Follow the adventures of Princeton a twenty-something puppet with a B.A. in English as he searches for purpose, love and a roof over his head.  Meet Kate Monster, Rod, Nicky and Trekkie Monster – plus their human friends, Brian, Christmas Eve, and Gary Coleman!  This is a production not to be missed!  And you don't have to!  Enter to win!

NOTE: You must be 18 years old or older to enter this contest.  Avenue Q contains adult language, adult content and full puppet nudity. 

The Prize:

One of five pairs of tickets to the Tuesday, December 11^th performance of Avenue Q at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore.  Curtain is at 8PM.

 

The Rules:

• Answer the 25 questions below and send your answers via email to jameshoward@broadwayworld.com.  Please put AVENUE Q CONTEST in the subject heading. 
• You MUST include your full name, age and city and state. (Age verification will be required at the box office.)
• Entries must be received no later than noon on Monday, December 3rd.
• One entry per person.       
• Employees and their families of BroadwayWorld.com, LiveNation or the producing company of Avenue Q are ineligible. 
• BroadwayWorld.com, James Howard and the Avenue Q Company are not responsible for lost or unreceived emails.
• You must attempt to answer all questions.
• Include the letter and word answers for each question.
• Winners will be selected from a pool of entries that has the most correct answers, and will be notified via email on Monday, December 3, 2007.
• Entries that do not follow the contest rules will NOT be entered.

 

The Contest:

All you have to do is name the musical that begins with each letter of the alphabet, according to the clues below.  Yes, there are 25 answers (I gave you "Q"), but these are HOT tickets!  Plus you have 3 weeks to do it!  NOTE:  Musicals that start with "The" or "A" or "An" are NOT "T" or "A" musicals… in those cases, the second word is the way I alphabetized it!  For example, A Chorus Line would be considered a "C" musical, and The Producers would be a "P" musical. 

A:  This "A" show from Andrew Lloyd Webber taught us that "Love Changes Everything," but it was still a flop.  Aspects of Love

B:  Did you hear the story of the Johnstone twins?  Petula Clark and David and Shaun Cassidy were among the stars who kept this moving "B" open in the mid 1990's. Blood Brothers

C:  They never called this Tony-winner a jukebox musical, even though it used material from all over the Gershwin songbook.  With dancing cowboys and tapping showgirls, who could ask for anything more from this "C" musical? Crazy for You

D:  This show's "D" title is actually its second.  When it opened it had a different title and the subtitle "The Solve-It-Yourself Broadway Musical."  But then they won the Tony in 1986, saw the writing on the wall, and changed to the "D" title, subtitling it "The Music Hall Musical." (Name the "D" title.) Drood (I have to note that neary half of you wrote The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which was its original title, and starts, according to the rules, with an "M".)

E:  "E" brought us a "new Argentina" and made bona fide stars out of Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Evita

F:  Everybody cut loose!  This flop "F" movie-turned-musical is allegedly being re-filmed as a musical to star Zac Efron.  Let's Hear It For the Boy! Footloose

G:  Luck Be a Lady tonight!  This classic "G" show pits Sky and Nathan against Sarah and Miss Adelaide. Guys and Dolls

H:  World Wide Wickets was never the same after J. Pierpont Finch worked his way to the top!  The 90's revival of this "H" musical starred Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, and later, Mrs. Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker.  (The WHOLE title, please!) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying! (I accepted it with or without the "!", as the original didn't have it, but the revival did.  I did NOT accept H2$!)

I:  Life may have turned on a dime for the characters in this notorious "I" flop from 2005, but the show had a very short life.  Talk about turning lemons into lemons!  It did give Jonathan Groff his Broadway debut, so I guess there was a bit of lemonade, too! In My Life

J:  They called this "J" 1989 Tony-winning show "The Musical of Musicals" long before the recent similarly titled off-Broadway show.  It featured the choreography and staging of a master director who recreated scenes from his classics, Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story and On the Town, among others. Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Kudos to those who remembered the apostrophe!)

K:  Beware of Aurora's web!  This "K" prison musical fantasy featured the legendary Chita Rivera, and later Vanessa Williams, who was such a hit that they recorded a second cast recording with her! Kiss of the Spider Woman

L:  It is astonishing to her fans that this "L" Sutton Foster vehicle was a flop on Broadway.  Of course, the national tour starring Maureen McGovern only did slightly better.  Little Women or Little Women: The Musical (I did not accept Little Woman.)

M:  You can dance!  You can jive!  Having the time of your life!  (Do I really need to say "M"ore?)  Mamma Mia! (Congratulations to all of you who remembered that there are 3 "m"s in Mamma, and that the title has an exclamation mark in its title!  My favorite incorrect response was The Music Man (12 of you said that!).  Can you imagine  Harold Hill, Marian and Eulalie in spandex doing a megamix of "76 Trombones" and "My White Knight"!!??)

N:  Unlike "D" and the current hit, Curtains, this musical mystery "N" was a huge flop despite a stellar cast including Joanna Gleason, Barry Bostwick as boozy detectives, and a cute dog named Asta. Nick and Nora

O:  Caribbean rhythms abound in this "O" folk tale set to the music and lyrics of Lynn Aherns and Stephen Flaherty.  Poor Ti Moune and Daniel.   Once on this Island

P:  This epic flop from last season featured a wide-eyed Stephanie J. Block and music and lyrics by the Les Miserables team of Boublil and Schonberg.  This "P" ship sunk fast, booty and all.  The Pirate Queen

Q:  The only musical I could find that starts with a "Q" is about American pioneer women who keep their friendship and family history in the quilts they sew.  They are QUILTERS.  Quilters (I guess two of you thought I was lying, but I swear there is a Broadway musical called Quilters!)

R:  The first to open of three musicals on this list to feature roller skating, this mid-80's "R" flop has one of Kander and Ebb's best scores, and a Tony-winning performance by Chita Rivera.  Oh, and Liza was in the original cast, too. The Rink (This is the one I thought everyone would have trouble with, but almost everyone got this right!  Way to go, Baltimore!)

S:  Race time!  In an epic "S" battle between electricity and steam, we found out that the Little Engine actually could.  Freight is great! Starlight Express (My favorite incorrect answer?  Show Boat.  I guess you could say Magnolia gets "U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D"!)

T:  Sutton Foster didn't have much success with her "L" show, but her "T" show made her a Broadway star.  (Her "Y" show garnered her good reviews, too!) Thoroughly Modern Millie

U:  You were sure I was going to go with Urinetown, weren't you?  Surprise!  I went with the "U" musical based on the John Travolta honky-tonk film that was due to close on opening night, until fans of Matt Cavenaugh saw that poster!  The show ran two months more... Urban Cowboy (Thank you to everyone who caught that I misspelled Mr. Cavenaugh's name!  Sorry, Matt!)

V: The only "V" musical that you've probably heard of.  It starred the legendary Julie Andrews, and, later, Liza Minelli and Raquel Welch.  (The only other "V" musical I could find was Via Galactica, a 70's nightmare…) Victor/Victoria

W:  Broadway never met a man (or extravaganza) it didn't like.  More than a few gasps were heard when this show "W" won the Tony for Best Musical over Miss Saigon.  The resulting "Will-a-mania" also spawned Broadway Bares, after Jerry Mitchell danced in what amounted to a suede thong 8 times a week on a drum center stage in this show. The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue, The Will Rogers Follies or Will Rogers Follies were all accepted.

X:  A place where nobody dared to go…  Come on… you know what this has to be, right?   Xanadu

Y:  The tribute to the lovely Sutton Foster ends here.  This "Y" follow up to The Producers has made headlines for outrageous ticket prices and a lead that has been out for weeks with a back injury.  And then there were the reviews… Young Frankenstein

Z:   Life is what you do, until the moment you die, according to this "Z" musical.  The 1980's revival starring Anthony Quinn as the title Greek was more popular than the original production.  Zorba (Zorba the Greek was the movie and (I'm not 100% sure) the book, but the musical was simply Zorba.)

 

Remember:  You must try all 25 to enter!  Good luck!  ENTRIES THAT DO NOT FOLLOW CONTEST RULES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

 

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