Avenue Q

It then opened Off-Broadway in March 2003, transferring to Broadway in July 2003, where it won three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and spawned Las Vegas and West End productions, two national tours, and a variety of international productions. It is currently still running Off-Broadway, 7 years later.

An hilarious coming-of-age parable, the show addresses and satirizes the issues and anxieties associated with entering adulthood. It 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.

Produced by Arts Asia Pacific in association with PowerArts, this all-Australian production won for 8 Helpmann Awards in 2010 including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Direction (Jonathon Biggins), Best Choreography (Nathan M. Wright), Best Male Actor (Mitchell Butel – ‘Princeton’/’Rod’), Best Female Actor (Michala Banas – ‘Kate Monster’/’Lucy the Slut’), Best Supporting Male Actor (Luke Joslin – ‘Trekkie’/’Nicky’), and Best Supporting Female Actor (Chrissie O’Neill – ‘Christmas Eve’).