NOW PLAYING: Vintage Theatre's AVENUE Q Regional Premiere - thru Jan. 8th

Vintage Theatre presents the Regional Premiere of AVENUE Q (Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty, Based on an original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, with Orchestrations and Arrangements by Stephen Oremus) in Denver November 11th through January 8th. Part flesh, part felt and packed with heart, AVENUE Q is a laugh-out-loud musical that tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. There, he meets Kate (the girl next door), Rod (the Republican), Trekkie (the internet sexpert), Lucy The Slut (need we say more?), and other colorful types who help Princeton finally discover his purpose in life! 

The show is directed by Bernie Cardell, with Music Direction by Marsha Whitaker and Choreography by Kelly Van Oosbree. The outstanding cast includes Michael Bouchard as Rod, Patrick Brownson as Trekkie Monster, Leslie Randle Chapman as Female Puppeteer/Bad Idea Bear, Eric Fry as Brian, Anna High as Gary Coleman, Paul Jaquith as Male Puppeteer/Bad Idea Bear, Carolyn Lohr as Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut, Keith Rabin as Princeton, Arlene Rapal as Christmas Eve, and Mark Shonsey as Nicky. 

Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx began writing AVENUE Q in the BMI Workshop in 1999, thinking it was a great idea for a TV series. Three years later it was produced Off-Broadway, Broadway, Las Vegas and London.  AVENUE Q won the 2004 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Score, and a Grammy nomination for its Original Cast Album.  Robert Lopez's wickedly comic songs are currently spicing up the acclaimed, Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Book of Mormon.  Jeff Whitty won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for "AVENUE Q. Plays include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, The Hiding Place, The Plank Project, Balls, and Suicide Weather. Screenplays include Zora, a feature for Warner Brothers, and Freedom City an original movie musical for Paramount with music by Andre 3000 of Outkast. 

AVENUE Q runs November 11th through January 8th at Vintage Theatre, 2119 E. 17th Avenue in Denver, CO. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Added performances begin with Thursdays on December 15, 22, 29, January 5, one Wednesday performance on December 21 at 7:30 p.m. and one Saturday matinee performance on December 31 at 2:30 p.m. An Industry Night is offered on Tuesday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 303-839-1361 or online at www.vintagetheatre.com.  

PHOTO CREDIT:  Ellen Nelson

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