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The John Golden Theatre is a Broadway theatre, located at 252 West 45th Street. On the small side, it seats only 805 people. It was once called the Theatre Masque. Because of its size, it housed more intimate plays, but most big shows opted for a larger theatre for a larger profit. In 1937, John Golden bought it and named it for himself, before selling it to the Shuberts in 1946. Its interior has a Spanish flavor with its rough plaster walls and wrought iron fixtures. Currently, the theatre is the home of Tony-winning musical Avenue Q.
Avenue Q is a Broadway musical, which was originally conceived by Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez. It opened off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in March 2003 (where it won that season's Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical), and it has been on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre since July 31, 2003. It has risqué songs about racism, Internet porn, and the difficulties of life, yet all but three characters are portrayed by puppets. It surprisingly won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical as well as Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical, defeating the much bigger-scale, front-runner musical of the season, Wicked. Avenue Q Tickets at Golden Theater in NYC.
The music and lyrics are by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. The book is by Jeff Whitty. The original production was directed by Jason Moore and choreographed by Ken Roberson. The puppets were designed and constructed by original cast member Rick Lyon.
The show is largely inspired by (and in the style of) PBS's Sesame Street, with several characters that are recognizably parodies of classic Muppet characters. For example, the roommates Rod and Nicky are adult versions of Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie, and Trekkie Monster seems to be based on Cookie Monster. Likewise, many of Avenue Q's musical numbers are in a style associated with classic Sesame Street songs. Avenue Q Tickets for Golden Theater in New York.
Because of its adult content and "full puppet nudity" (including graphic simulated sex between puppets), Avenue Q may be inappropriate for children 16 years of age and under. Additionally, for this reason, the show specifically disclaims any connection to the Children's Television Workshop or The Jim Henson Company. However, both Marx and Lyon previously worked for Sesame Street, as have the other puppeteers in the original cast. In an interview with 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 a homage and love letter to Sesame Street.”
A novelty book featuring the book and lyrics has been released, featuring cut scenes and cast/crew interviews.
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