Avenue Q

Went to see Avenue Q last night with Jodi, Allison and John. LovedLOVED it! I kept hearing the tunes in my head all the way home, and plan to buy the album on iTunes.




Many thanks to Lyanne Quirt for telling me about Avenue Q years ago, and for Katy Droëge for playing us samples when we were at her place in Germany. For those not familiar with Avenue Q, it's a musical that won several Tony Awards a while back, including the award for Best Musical.

As we were filing into the Elgin, I ran into Craig, Jen and Angela, who were also seeing the show. I was happy to finally introduce Craig to the other members of Urban Tapestry since I've mentioned them many times over the years I've known him (and vice versa).

Here is a sample clip of a London performance of "It Sucks To Be Me," one of the songs from the musical.



This is definitely NOT a show for kids. Also not for adults who are uncomfortable with strong language or...er...graphic scenes involving Muppets. In certain contexts, I wouldn't been crazy about these elements either but any discomfort I might have had was subsumed in the overall warm fuzzies (not only literally) of the show.

As I said before, I *loved* this show.

Avenue Q adeptly addresses sensitive issues like racism and homophobia, using humor and puppets to get past our usual defenses to force each of us to take a honest look at ourselves. Here's a soundclip (with video stills) of 'Everyone's A Little Bit Racist.'



Jodi, Allison and I even got teary-eyed during some songs. Yes, PUPPETS MADE US CRY.

Anyway, I would SO go back and see this again.

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Photos above were taken on my iPhone. The iPhone camera sucks at taking pics in dim lighting but hey, I'm still excited about having a camera in my phone.



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