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The Las Vegas production of Avenue Q will play its last performance at the Wynn Hotel's Broadway Theatre on May 28th.
The hotel's owner Steve Wynn cited the closing as being due to real estate factors; 20 acres will be added on to the Wynn and the Broadway Theatre, which was custom-built to house Avenue Q, would also conveniently work for the upcoming Las Vegas production of Spamalot. "As we finalized our architectural plans for Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, we realized that if we could convert the Broadway Theatre currently housing Avenue Q to the Grail Theatre for Monty Python's Spamalot, we would be able to most efficiently accommodate those new elements and meet the demands of our hotel addition," he said in a statement.With the Las Vegas closing of Avenue Q, too, the musical will be able to tour. "By releasing the producers of Avenue Q from their exclusive non-touring agreement, we were able to accomplish this architectural goal without having to invade our golf course real estate. Giving up the delights of Avenue Q was a very difficult, but necessary choice in view of all of the relevant factors."Videos