Avenue Q: See It When Comes to Orlando if You Get a Chance!

[Syndrome]

Just got back from seeing Avenue Q in Chicago (we got the tickets before I knew it was coming to Orlando, but I was due for a visit to my former hometown anyway). It is totally, utterly freakin' hilarious. Picture a raunchy, explicit version of Sesame Street and you have the concept (examples of the songs include Everyone's a Little Bit Racist, If You Were Gay, You Can Be As Loud as the Hell You Want When You're Making Love, and The Internet is for Porn...I think that makes in kinda self explanatory).

Still, there were actually people who brought their kids despite all the big warning signs (I sure hope they took 'em out before the puppet sex), and I knew the people behind us were gonna be real winners when they discussed how it they figured it would be just like "Rent," and then the husband said that when he spents over $100 for a meal he should be able to wear flip flops and boxer shorts without being kicked out (God only knows what left field that came out of).

Sure enough, we had to spend the whole intermission listening to him lambast his wife for bringing him because he couldn't understand a word because the puppets were talking like...gasp...puppets! And they said dirty things! (Not sure how he knew, since he couldn't understand them). And the dancing was terrible! (There is no dancing in Avenue Q). And he was really pissed that the people behind him were laughing and enjoying it ("They're acting like they like it and I'm sick of listening to people who sound like they enjoy this crap"). And on and on and on....

Finally he went to the bathroom, leaving poor wifey. and Mr. Syndrome and I spent the time raving about how godly the show is and how it deserved to beat the pants off Wicked for the Tony and how only a tasteless moron wouldn't get it and how has such stunning originality, not like all the copycats to the Abba show, like Jersey Boys etc. (Whiney Boy had been saying how Jersey Boys was the only show he could stand). I didn't look back, but I'll bet she was beet red. We had been doing the same thing while he was there, but he was so stinkin' loud that I doubt he caught a word.

We may try to see it again in Orlando if we can get decent tickets. I hope it's the same cast because they were awesome, especially the chick who plays Gary Coleman (yes, THAT Gary Coleman...in the play, he's come so far down in life that he's now a NY building super). But do not...I repeat do not...see this show if you're easily offended.

[February]

Sure enough, we had to spend the whole intermission listening to him lambast his wife for bringing him because he couldn't understand a word because the puppets were talking like...gasp...puppets! And they said dirty things! (Not sure how he knew, since he couldn't understand them). And the dancing was terrible! (There is no dancing in Avenue Q). And he was really pissed that the people behind him were laughing and enjoying it ("They're acting like they like it and I'm sick of listening to people who sound like they enjoy this crap"). And on and on and on....

Reminds me of the guy and his prissy girlfriend who nearly plowed into me on the way to the ladies room at intermission during Spamalot in their haste to get out of the building. . .Guy was ranting what trash the show was and how stupid anyone had to be for enjoying it. . .I was thinking "It's Monty Python, you moron, what were you expecting. . .Hamlet?"

[Mayonnaise]

I love Avenue Q. Still haven't seen it live anywhere, but I've got the CD and I've seen some You Tube Videos of Local performances.

I think some people in this world must have not just a stick, but a whole damn redwood up their backsides. Complaining because other people LIKED the show? It's like the time I went to see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, with a bunch of friends, and my ex (who was my SO at the time) who was with us, gets all bent out of shape because we (the rest of the party) absolutely loved the movie. Apparently the dumb twit thought we were all going to go and heckle the film... how anyone could think that when all the people in the group have brought their Towel with them is beyond me... but to get angry at people for liking the entertainment they paid to see... that's a truly special level of stupid.

8^S

[Amphigorey]

In case any of you World of Warcraft / Avenue Q fans haven't seen this video yet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kwjArfDpO4

[Zazu]

If you go to see Avenue Q in Orlando at the Bob Carr Auditorium, buy close seats. That place is a big concrete box with the acoustics of a big concrete box!

We caught Avenue Q in Tampa earlier this year. Very funny; but *not* family friendly.

Unless your family is like mine.

[February]

I love Avenue Q. Still haven't seen it live anywhere, but I've got the CD and I've seen some You Tube Videos of Local performances.

I think some people in this world must have not just a stick, but a whole damn redwood up their backsides. Complaining because other people LIKED the show? It's like the time I went to see Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, with a bunch of friends, and my ex (who was my SO at the time) who was with us, gets all bent out of shape because we (the rest of the party) absolutely loved the movie. Apparently the dumb twit thought we were all going to go and heckle the film... how anyone could think that when all the people in the group have brought their Towel with them is beyond me... but to get angry at people for liking the entertainment they paid to see... that's a truly special level of stupid.

8^S

Obviously your ex was not a hoopy frood who knows where his towel is. . .

[DisneyMom]

Oh, is that where my darling younger son heard that song?
(The Internet is for Porn)
I laugh when he sings it but I act like I disapprove as I am his Mom

[Sarah Magdalene]

I *heart* Ave. Q! Internet is for Porn is one of the best songs, along with Fine Fine Line, and Loud as the Hell You Want. Heck, I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today is even appealing.

So, IS it coming to O-Town???

In the asshole guy's defense though, I did enjoy Rent it has been my top favorite musical since I discovered it in 1997, the year it won the Tony. But I ALSO like Ave. Q just as much as I love Mamma Mia, Wicked, and others. I admit it though, the more the show makes conservative minded people (ick ick ick) squirm, the more I like it!

I like lots of things, no harm in that. I'd prefer someone who enjoyed all kinds of shows rather than someone who limited their tastes in only one thing. In the Entertainment Dept - we love our musicals! I was singing, Wicked's Popular with one of my girlfriends backstage. Some of us can belt out show tunes all day if we could.

[hobie16]

Reminds me of when I went to see George Carlin. We sat behind four college kids that acted like they knew all about his material and were quite smug about their worldly view of things.

Towards the end of his act George decided to update the Seven Things You Can't Say on Radio and TV. It was hilarious. Even better was the smoking ruins looks the college kids had when he finished.

[MagliteL13]

Theatre definitely isn't conservative. While watching Rent, I used to love watching people squirm or get up and leave after they heard the line "So let her be a lesbian, there are other fishies in the sea."

When it's here, I'll be there.