Avenue Q
Broadway Show Tickets: Show Closed No Longer Available
Avenue Q on Broadway: Show Is Now Closed
Avenue Q Summary
- Show Status: Closed
- Genre: Musical, Comedy
- Avenue Q is 2 hours and 15 minutes long, including an intermission of 15 Minutes
- 8 Shows per week
- Previews Began: July 11, 2003
- Show Opened : July 31, 2003
- Show Closed: September 13, 2009
A recent university grad moves into his first apartment and navigates love, work, and friendships in this Sesame Street-style satire of post-college life.
Avenue Q on Broadway Background
Avenue Q began life at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre and very quickly became a smash with critics and the youthful city-dwellers who could relate to the hilarious musical's take on becoming an adult and finding your purpose in post-collegiate life. The show gained fans of all ages and backgrounds when it transferred uptown to the John Golden Theatre on Broadway in the summer of 2003, where it earned more enthusiastic reviews. Avenue Q topped off its honors with a slew of TONYs, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Musical. Now it is back Off-Broadway, delighting audiences at New World Stages.
What's Avenue Q Like?
The combo of human actors and puppets may make Avenue Q look like a kids' show, but songs like "The Internet is for Porn" and "If You Were Gay" point to a more adult sensibility. Clever jokes about everything from racism to the challenge of finding your purpose make this modern musical comedy a particular favorite of twenty and thirtysomethings. But just about anybody who has made the transition to adulthood (and, preferably, has also seen Sesame Street) can relate to the people and puppets of Avenue Q.
Is Avenue Q Good for Kids?
Avenue Q is for mature audiences only. Despite the presence of puppets, Avenue Q is not for children at all. Explicit language is used throughout the show, two of the puppet characters have simulated sex onstage, one character wrestles with his sexuality and one dirty ditty declares, “The internet is for porn.” Parents should use discretion in deciding whether their kids are mature enough for Avenue Q.
Theatre Information
John Golden Theatre
252 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10019
New York, NY 10019
Seats:
805
Entrance:
45th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues
Theatre
Information
Avenue Q Marquee
Gallery
Cast Members
- Princeton/Rod
- John Tartaglia
- Kate Monster/Lucy
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo
- Bear/Mrs. T
- Jennifer Barnhart
- Brian
- Jordan Gelber
- Nicky/Trekki
- Rick Lyon
- Christmas Eve
- Anna Harada
- Gary Coleman
- Natalie Venetia Belcon
Producers
Vineyard Theatre
The New Group
Jeffrey Seller
Production Credits
- Direction
- Jason Moore
- Choreography
- Ken Roberson
- Puppet Design
- Rick Lyon
- Set Design
- Anna Louizos
- Costume Design
- Mirena Rada
- Lighting Design
- Howell Binkley
- Sound Design
- Acme Sound Partners
- Musical Direction
- Gary Adler
- Musical Supervision and Orchestrations
- Stephen Oremus
- Lyrics and Music
- Robert Lopez
- Lyrics and Music
- Jeff Marx
- Book
- Jeff Whitty
Creative Team
- General Manager
- John Corker
- Company Manager
- Mary White
- Casting Director
- Cindy Tolan Casing
- Production Stage Manager
- Evan Ensign
- Press Agent
- Shirley Herz Associates
- Advertising Representative
- SPOTCo