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Avenue Q
Opening Date: Oct 21, 2009
Closing Date: May 26, 2019
Running Time: 02:15
Playing @
New World Stages
340 West 50th Street, New York City, NY 10019
Winner of the 2004 TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK - part flesh, part felt and packed with heart
The story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There's Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fianceé Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod -- a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate.
Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
The story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There's Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fianceé Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod -- a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate.
Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
Show Notes: 1 Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Mature language/themes
Avenue Q does employ puppets, however it is not suitable for young children.
Strobe lights are used in this show
Performance Schedule
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 2:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM
Music
- Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Lyrics
- Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book
- Jeff Whitty
Director
- Jason Moore
Choreography
- Ken Roberson
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Full-price tickets:
$75.50 - $97.00
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Reviews
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Watching [the cast] bring new shadings to the art of blurring the boundaries between cloth and flesh is a pleasure, as their characters wrestle with issues of sex, love, commitment and time passing. Though I don’t belong to the same generation as these frustrated figures, I felt a reassuring sense of homecoming when I once again saw Anna Louizos’s cartoon urban streetscape. Part of that is a critic’s gratitude for a proven show with an original sensibility in a theater season short on musical imagination. But pretty much anyone who remembers arriving in New York, fresh from school, without a trust fund or a sugar daddy (or momma), will find grounds for identifying with those rudderless figures onstage. The show’s concluding number, “Only for Now,” hymns the curse and comfort of the idea that nothing is forever. In the original lyrics, the litany of things that are promised to be only temporary, in addition to “your hair” and sex, included George W. Bush. That has been altered to Fox News. In the meantime I am perfectly happy that the “for now” of “Avenue Q” remains indefinite.
---The New York Times
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Six years after the show's opening, the hilarious book by Jeff Whitty and equally funny songs by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx have retained their snap. The concept of puppets (operated by actors in full view of the audience) having romantic problems and bills to pay just like people not made of felt still raises guffaws. Though it's moved five blocks to a smaller stage, "Avenue Q" is still one of the hippest theatrical destinations in New York.
---Backstage
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Watching [the cast] bring new shadings to the art of blurring the boundaries between cloth and flesh is a pleasure, as their characters wrestle with issues of sex, love, commitment and time passing. Though I don’t belong to the same generation as these frustrated figures, I felt a reassuring sense of homecoming when I once again saw Anna Louizos’s cartoon urban streetscape. Part of that is a critic’s gratitude for a proven show with an original sensibility in a theater season short on musical imagination. But pretty much anyone who remembers arriving in New York, fresh from school, without a trust fund or a sugar daddy (or momma), will find grounds for identifying with those rudderless figures onstage. The show’s concluding number, “Only for Now,” hymns the curse and comfort of the idea that nothing is forever. In the original lyrics, the litany of things that are promised to be only temporary, in addition to “your hair” and sex, included George W. Bush. That has been altered to Fox News. In the meantime I am perfectly happy that the “for now” of “Avenue Q” remains indefinite.
---The New York Times
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Six years after the show's opening, the hilarious book by Jeff Whitty and equally funny songs by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx have retained their snap. The concept of puppets (operated by actors in full view of the audience) having romantic problems and bills to pay just like people not made of felt still raises guffaws. Though it's moved five blocks to a smaller stage, "Avenue Q" is still one of the hippest theatrical destinations in New York.
---Backstage
Accessibility
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Box Office
Street to Lobby (Box Office): no steps, ground floor. Box Office windows are wheelchair accessible -
Curb Ramps
None available -
Restroom
Men's & Women’s (Orchestra Level-North): multiple stalls & 1 accessible stall, changing table. Men’s & Women’s (Mezzanine Level-South): multiple stalls & 1 accessible stall. Gender Neutral (Orchestra Level-Center): single stall -
Elevator\Escalator
Everything is accessible with escalators and an elevator but the space itself is large, requiring a bit of walking -
Entrance
Complex has a street level entrance, with elevators. The theatres are located underground with three levels: the main floor, the mezzanine level (one floor down), and the orchestra level (another floor down) -
Visual Assistance
Available upon request -
Water Fountain
Outside of restroom Orchestra Level-North. Wheelchair accessible. -
Assisted Listening System
Infrared assisted listening devices and neck induction loop systems (requires t-coil) are available to borrow at the Shubert Audience Services kiosk -
Wheelchair Info
Wheelchair seating is available -
Parking
Street parking located on 49th & 50th Sts. New World Stages also uses ParkWhiz: https://www.parkwhiz.com/new-world-stages-parking/ -
Passenger Loading Zone
Front of Entrance -
Telephone
None on premises -
Translation
None on premises










