Avenue Q~!
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hmm.. intro more abt them la. i dun really knoe who they are though
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Avenue Q is a Tony award-winning musical that was conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics. The book is by Jeff Whitty. The show was produced by and opened at the Off-Broadway Vineyard Theatre in March 2003. The show was directed by Jason Moore. The production then transferred to Broadway in July 2003 and won several Tony Awards, including the award for Best Musical. It is still running on Broadway and currently holds the position of 30th longest running musical in Broadway history. The show has spawned a 2005 Las Vegas production, a 2006 West End production and various international productions. A U.S. national tour began in July 2007.
The show is largely inspired by (and is in the style of) Sesame Street: Most of the characters in the show are puppets (operated by actors onstage), the set depicts several tenements on a rundown street in an "outer borough" of New York City, both the live characters and puppet characters sing, and short animated video clips are played as part of the story. Also, several characters are recognizably parodies of classic Sesame Street characters: for example, the roommates Rod and Nicky are versions of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie, and Trekkie Monster is based on Cookie Monster. However, the characters are in their twenties and thirties and face adult problems instead of those faced by pre-schoolers. The characters use profanity, and the songs concern adult themes. A recurring theme is the central character's search for a "purpose."
The show is explicitly a homage to the PBS children's television program Sesame Street. Both Marx and puppet designer/original cast member, Rick Lyon, have worked for Sesame Street, as have the other puppeteers in the original cast. Unlike Sesame Street, Avenue Q openly addresses adult topics such as racism, pornography, and homosexuality; in fact, because of its adult language and content and "full puppet nudity" (including simulated sex between puppets), the show specifically disclaims any connection to either Sesame Workshop (formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop) or The Jim Henson Company. In an interview with Britain's The Times, addressing the question of potential conflicts with Henson, Marx claimed, “During early previews in the States we invited Jim Henson's widow and children and they could see that what we were doing was an homage and love letter to 'Sesame Street.'”[1]
The characters who are not puppets relate to the puppets, rather than to the actors holding them. The puppets also speak directly to each other and never to the actors operating them. During the course of the show, a puppet character may be operated by more than one of the actor-operators, although the same actor creates the voice for a particular puppet even if he or she is not holding the puppet at the time. The puppeteers wear nondescript black/gray clothing while the three human characters are dressed in bright colors, as are the puppets.
THE POWER OF COPY AND PASTE
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hmm.. no pictures ar?
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who needs picture when u can watch.
anyway,
nah
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their group so big ar? got how many ppl though?
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dunno.
nvr count ^^
dere more though.
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is it? so they are something like adult version of sesame streets then?
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stop asking me question~!!!
just watch ^^
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Originally posted by Daisuke-kun:
stop asking me question~!!!
just watch ^^
you must intro mah. because u knoe a lot abt them mah