mistakes and searching for meaning in their lives. Their heads are full of dreams but their wallets are empty. There’s Princeton, naive and “adorkable,” who discovers that his hard fought for B.A. in English doesn’t guarantee a job; Kate Monster, a highly motivated (and really cute) monster girl; Nicky, who plaintively sings “If You Were Gay;” Rod, who refuses to admit his homosexuality, singing about his non-existent “Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada” (he’s a Republican investment banker) and the semi-reclusive (and very hairy) Trekkie Monster – and, no, he’s not watching Star Trek on TV (his self-explanatory song is “The Internet Is For Porn”). Featured are Lucy the Slut (!) and the Bad Idea Bears – two cuddly stuffed bears who appear, like those evil devils on the shoulders of old cartoon characters, to give bad advice. For instance, they suggest to Princeton that he get drunk and commit suicide.
“At one point I stand on stage with my arm upraised and operate a sock puppet for 45 minutes.” Theatre demands “the suspension of disbelief.” Avenue Q requires a substantial blurring of the boundaries between flesh and cloth. The cast consists of two human characters and nine puppets. No attempt is made to explain the world in which puppets and humans coexist – they are just there. The puppets are animated and voiced by actor/puppeteers who
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