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3745 North Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

Avenue Q

Closed October 26, 2014

Absolutely hilarious!

Why See Avenue Q?

A modern classic, Avenue Q is the brash, ballsy and outrageous parable of figuring out life after college, falling in love, finding a job and paying the bills, with puppets!

WHAT IS IS ABOUT?

For a generation blighted by messages from saccharine, television personalities, telling them they're a special snowflake, and to follow their dreams, it's always a shock to realise you may just be, normal. Imitating the most famous kids show of all, Sesame Street, we meet the community that live on the crummy Avenue Q.

Cheap and cheerful, this outer-outer borough of New York houses a plethora of colourful and foul mouthed residents who's opinions on life, the internet and everything are passed on to the earnest Princeton, a new graduate with a B.A in English and not much else.

In search of his purpose, he navigates this new and scary landscape, aided by well meaning and lonely Kate, closet case Rod and his house mate Nicky, Gary Coleman, down on his luck child star turned janitor, porn addled Trekkie Monster and swayed by the sweet, but sinister Bad Idea Bears, who won't let a little thing like responsibility get in the way of having fun.

With original, politically incorrect songs that cover a range of hilarious topics, (such as 'The Internet is good for porn' and 'I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today') Avenue Q has found a comfortable home in the theatre fan canon! The original Broadway production picked up three Tony Awards in 2004, and it remains as fresh as ever.

DID YOU KNOW?

Many of the original cast of this Sesame street send up were actually puppeteers on the show!

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Dates

Opening night: 30 July 2014

Audience

Is it appropriate for kids? Er, well, this is where it gets a bit hazy. If your teenager is mature enough to see a musical about issues such as sex, drinking, and looking for porn on the Internet, then they'll probably love AVENUE Q too! Only you can judge. It's hard to say what exact age is right to see AVENUE Q - parents should use their own judgement based on the maturity level of their children.

Run time

Two hours 15 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.

MASKS

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