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...group put up $1 million toward Spamalot's Las Vegas run, but part of the deal is that the show will tour elsewhere. "After Avenue Q, we all became a little smarter," Halloran explains. In the best of all worlds, a hot Las Vegas run spills over into good buzz for touring shows. The Abba tribute Mamma Mia!, for example, rakes in the "Money, money, money" and has tripled its investment in three years. Its success feeds audiences elsewhere...
...Good buzz wasn't enough for Avenue Q. Producer Kevin McCollum says he believed Wynn's up-front backing would take "much of the risk out of the equation for us." For a regular tour, he would have faced traveling expenses of $50,000 a week. But success is measured differently in Vegas. "Body count is as important or more important than your gross potential," says Michael Gill, general manager of Vegas' Mamma Mia! Word of mouth for the off-kilter show (Avenue Q features a gaggle of foulmouthed puppets) wasn't enough to fill its 1,200-seat venue...
MATT LEBLANC JOEY'S GIG: NBC's Joey returns this week. The buzz: Television's most hyped spin-off has spun out. It's time for Joey to turn in his SAG card...
MATTHEW PERRY Chandler's gig: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip The buzz: NBC's fall comedy show about a comedy show is seriously smart for the funny Friend...
DAVID SCHWIMMER ROSS'S GIG: Broadway revival of 1954's Caine Mutiny Court-Martial The buzz: Well, at least he's not reviving 1996's The Pallbearer...