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| Princeton, a recent college grad w/ a B.A. in English! |
It's a delightful musical about finding love, friends, a home, and your Purpose in life. I mean, isn't that what we're all looking for?
I'm sure these stories speak to a lot of viewers in the audience. Everyone's had to try and look for a new Place to live or doubted their feelings about whether that cute boy LIKE likes you or not. Sure, maybe the subject matter or how they go about telling the stories is a bit... unfiltered. But that's what life is all about!
Avenue Q features an amazing cast of People and Puppets! The neighborhood is home to Brian and Christmas Eve (Tim Kornblum and Lisa Helmi Johanson), best buds Nicky and Rod (Michael Liscio Jr. and David Colston Corris), kindergarten teaching assistant Kate Monter (Ashley Eileen Bucknam), and Gary Coleman, "yes, THAT Gary Coleman!" (not Gary Coleman). The story begins when Princeton (DCC), fresh out of college and ready to take on the world, inquires about a room for rent, struggles with his feelings about the girl next door Kate Monster, and becomes determined to find his life's meaning after stumbling upon a lucky Penny.
Several adorable musical numbers between roomies Nicky and Rod about being okay with being gay not only twist a bit of humor into romance but even touched the hearts of some of the cast members on a Personal level, learned in a Q+A after the show. Another song about wanting to go back to college tugged at my own heartstrings (notably, the end of the song when the characters realize how sad and old they'd feel...) But in general, the music rang with a Positivism, authenticity and exuberance.
On Hollywood and Vine resides the gorgeous Pantages Theatre. The bright lights and the glossy star-studded sidewalk had an interesting role in the event, seemingly setting up the anxious audience with all the glamor one might find when Broadway meets Hollywood, only to be knocked back down to reality on the dingy urban streets of NYC's end-of-the-alphabet avenues. Even the auditorium exhibited the feel of the big city against an even bigger blue sky. Before the curtains rose, I was a little worried that the characters on stage might look a bit too... little from the mezzanine. But in a startling nightmarish scene about the consequences of Proposing to someone, gigantic bride and groom renderings of Kate Monster and Princeton came haunting the stage! Needless to say, I was hilariously satisfied.
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| Nicky and Rod from the 2006 London tour |
On Hollywood and Vine resides the gorgeous Pantages Theatre. The bright lights and the glossy star-studded sidewalk had an interesting role in the event, seemingly setting up the anxious audience with all the glamor one might find when Broadway meets Hollywood, only to be knocked back down to reality on the dingy urban streets of NYC's end-of-the-alphabet avenues. Even the auditorium exhibited the feel of the big city against an even bigger blue sky. Before the curtains rose, I was a little worried that the characters on stage might look a bit too... little from the mezzanine. But in a startling nightmarish scene about the consequences of Proposing to someone, gigantic bride and groom renderings of Kate Monster and Princeton came haunting the stage! Needless to say, I was hilariously satisfied.
While my first effort to catch the show a few years ago on the actual Broadway in the real-life New York was fruitless, my Patience was rewarded with a truly wonderful evening. No, I may not found my own Kate Monster yet... and I'm still in school... incurring a lot of debt... living in my grandma's house... Man. It sucks to be me.
Fuck this. I'm gonna go watch some Porn!
Fuck this. I'm gonna go watch some Porn!
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| Porn enthusiast Trekkie Monster, with Kerri Brackin and 2009 player Jason Heymann |
I'd like to take this chance to Properly credit Anita Welch as Gary Coleman.
i have the soundtrack if you want
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