October 14, 2005
The Internet is For Porn
Last night Dimitri and I went to the Wynn to see Avenue Q. Dimitri got the tickets free (Hooray! My favorite price!) from a client who had already seen the show twice.
The show was hilarious. I will never get the FULLY NUDE PUPPET SEX SCENE out of my head. The play was created by and stars a lot of folks who have worked for Sesame Street for decades, and apparently they wanted to kink it up a bit.
It was definitely for adults. One song ("The internet is for porn") is sung by a cookie-monster sounding puppet who extols the marvels of masturbating online. There are two adorable teddy bear puppets (called the "Bad Idea Bears") who try to convince a character to take advantage of another drunken puppet and to hang himself.
The first song - "What do you do with a B.A. in English?" - had me in stiches, but the entire play is smart and hilarious. One of the characters is Gary Coleman (yes, THAT Gary Coleman) but he's played by a woman. The finale song promises that the bad things in life (like George Bush) are only "For now." The audience applauded mightily at that line.
The play was alternately touching and laugh-out-loud-want-to-pee-myself-funny. If you have the chance, you should totally see this one.
Just be prepared to see puppets do it.
Posted by Jen at October 14, 2005 12:30 PM