Avenue Q Performance Review
Avenue Q is a 2 act musical, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx that is a satirical coming of age story. Avenue Q tells the story of a recent college graduate, Princeton, as he moves to New York City and attempts to navigate the challenges of finding a job and finding his purpose. He moves to Avenue Q, an admittedly shabby looking street in the city, where he meets Christmas Eve, a Japanese-American therapist, her husband Brian, an aspiring comedian perpetually in between jobs, Kate Monster, a kind yet naïve kindergarten assistant teacher and Trekkie Monster, an odd duo of socially-stunted internet-addicted monsters, Nicky, the lazy roommate of Rod, a Republican investment banker who struggles with questions of identity. Princeton attempts to find his purpose and along the way he develops a relationship with Kate Monster. Tension in the play is caused by the trouble with this relationship as it comes into conflict with Lucy, a provocative dancer whose musical number unwittingly becomes their first date, and Princeton’s own struggles with deciding how to focus on finding his purpose. Throughout a number of troubles the characters develop and ultimately reach resolution. Princeton and Kate agree to take …show more content…
Although there was a large amount of ‘controversy’ beforehand, what is the point of doing contemporary art without bringing up contemporary problems? As an avid satirical reader myself, I found this musical to be quite humorous and yet still connect with the audience on these contemporary problems. After seeing the musical numerous times, I released just how little controversial material was actually in the show, all it was doing was portraying life, at least semi-accurately, from the perspective of a recent college graduate. Both its humor and social commentary amused me, along with its excellent set and costume design and musical numbers, helped it earn an 8.5/10 from
Avenue Q is a 2 act musical, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx that is a satirical coming of age story. Avenue Q tells the story of a recent college graduate, Princeton, as he moves to New York City and attempts to navigate the challenges of finding a job and finding his purpose. He moves to Avenue Q, an admittedly shabby looking street in the city, where he meets Christmas Eve, a Japanese-American therapist, her husband Brian, an aspiring comedian perpetually in between jobs, Kate Monster, a kind yet naïve kindergarten assistant teacher and Trekkie Monster, an odd duo of socially-stunted internet-addicted monsters, Nicky, the lazy roommate of Rod, a Republican investment banker who struggles with questions of identity. Princeton attempts to find his purpose and along the way he develops a relationship with Kate Monster. Tension in the play is caused by the trouble with this relationship as it comes into conflict with Lucy, a provocative dancer whose musical number unwittingly becomes their first date, and Princeton’s own struggles with deciding how to focus on finding his purpose. Throughout a number of troubles the characters develop and ultimately reach resolution. Princeton and Kate agree to take …show more content…
Although there was a large amount of ‘controversy’ beforehand, what is the point of doing contemporary art without bringing up contemporary problems? As an avid satirical reader myself, I found this musical to be quite humorous and yet still connect with the audience on these contemporary problems. After seeing the musical numerous times, I released just how little controversial material was actually in the show, all it was doing was portraying life, at least semi-accurately, from the perspective of a recent college graduate. Both its humor and social commentary amused me, along with its excellent set and costume design and musical numbers, helped it earn an 8.5/10 from