Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Avenue Q
Avenue Q is a outer-borough New York neighborhood where recent college grads try to find an apartment, get a job, enter the dating scene, enjoy the big city, and learn their purpose in life.
Much like other New York City institutions — 42nd Street, Fiorello LaGuardia, the Plaza Hotel — someone eventually wrote a play about Avenue Q. I stopped by for a visit shortly after it opened on Broadway at the John Golden Theater (see above).
Buoyed by a rare combination of critical adulation and hipster buzz, the show played for six years on the Great White Way and became one of the 25 longest-running Broadway musicals of all time. It's now on the road, where its weeklong Chicago run opens tonight.
My Flavorpill preview is here.
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