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STAGE CREDITS

The Beard of Avon
[Off-Broadway]
2003
Henry Wriothesley/Player
If Memory Serves
[Off-Broadway]
1999
Paul Michael
Freedomland
[Off-Broadway]
1998
Titus

Productions

Avenue Q
 
[West End, 2026]
Book Writer
Avenue QAvenue Q
 
[West End, 2006] [Replacement]
Book[Replacement]
Avenue QAvenue Q
 
[Broadway, 2003] [Replacement]
Book[Replacement]

Writing

Head Over Heels
Original Bookwriter
Avenue Q
Bookwriter

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Jeff Whitty, Head Over Heels

Drama Desk Awards - 2013 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Jeff Whitty, Bring It On: The Musical


winner
Tony Awards - 2004 - Best Book of a Musical

Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q


winner
Drama Desk Awards - 2003 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q

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Review Roundup: AVENUE Q Returns to The West End Photo
Review Roundup: AVENUE Q Returns to The West End
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Apr 17, 2026

On Avenue Q, puppets and people intermingle in this show about the trials and tribulations of life as a grown-up: love, sex, money, race, and how to tell your roommate he’s gay. After two decades, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q has returned to the West End in all its glory. With original Broadway director Jason Moore and original puppet designer Rick Lyon, a brand new cast takes on the puppet show with a difference.
Review: AVENUE Q, Shaftesbury Theatre Photo
Review: AVENUE Q, Shaftesbury Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Apr 17, 2026

The puppet show pumped full of profanity is back. Jason Moore's outrageous Avenue Q premiered in the West End two decades ago, bringing issues such as racism, the housing crisis and youth identity crisis to the stage in a unique and incredibly clever format. Oh yes, and there is explicit puppet sex too.
Photos: AVENUE Q Returns to the West End Photo
Photos: AVENUE Q Returns to the West End
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2026

All new photos have been released for the West End return of AVENUE Q, bringing the original Broadway puppets to the Shaftesbury Theatre for a strictly limited season. Check out the photos below!
Photos: AVENUE Q In Rehearsal Ahead of West End Return at Shaftesbury Theatre Photo
Photos: AVENUE Q In Rehearsal Ahead of West End Return at Shaftesbury Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 10, 2026

Rehearsal images have been released for the West End return of AVENUE Q, which will play a strictly limited season at the Shaftesbury Theatre beginning Friday 20 March 2026.
You Do You Theatre Co. to Present AVENUE Q In Zurich This May Photo
You Do You Theatre Co. to Present AVENUE Q In Zurich This May
by Gillian Blum - Mar 2, 2026

Following sold-out runs of tick, tick... BOOM! and The Last Five Years, You Do You Theatre Co. returns to the stage with the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, playing in May 2026 at Theater Stok.
Cast and Creative Team Set For AVENUE Q West End Return Photo
Cast and Creative Team Set For AVENUE Q West End Return
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2026

The full cast and creative team have been announced for the West End return of AVENUE Q, bringing the original Broadway puppets to the Shaftesbury Theatre. Learn more here!
Video: BRING IT ON Cebu Teases 'What I Was Born to Do' Photo
Video: BRING IT ON Cebu Teases 'What I Was Born to Do'
by Oliver Oliveros - Nov 24, 2025

'Bring It On: The Musical,' based on the film about competitive cheerleading, featuring music by Tony winners Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, will make its Cebu premiere this weekend, November 28-29, 2025, at the Saint Theresa's College of Cebu Auditorium, at 7 p.m.
AVENUE Q Will Return to the West End With New 20th Anniversary Production Photo
AVENUE Q Will Return to the West End With New 20th Anniversary Production
by Stephi Wild - Nov 6, 2025

The three-time Tony Award winning and Olivier Award nominated musical, AVENUE Q, will return to the West End for its 20th anniversary. Learn more about the show here!
Video: Lin-Manuel Miranda & BRING IT ON Co-Creators Visit The Muny Production Photo
Video: Lin-Manuel Miranda & BRING IT ON Co-Creators Visit The Muny Production
by Michael Major - Jun 20, 2025

Three of the creators of Bring It On: The Musical went to see the Muny's production on June 18. Watch a video of Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Kitt and Amanda Green — members of the musical’s Tony-nominated creative team — speaking to the audience.
Review: BRING IT ON at The Muny is a High Flying Sensation Photo
Review: BRING IT ON at The Muny is a High Flying Sensation
by James Lindhorst - Jun 18, 2025

The Muny's Bring It On is electrifying musical theatre for people of all ages. The biggest surprise is Jeff Whitty’s clever book. His story is filled with laughs, unexpected surprises, and a lot of heart. The young exuberant cast’s lively performances are punctuated with high-intensity dancing and explosive gymnastics. The Muny’s vibrant production of Bring It On soars and is highly recommended. 
Spotlight: HEAD OVER HEELS at Constellation Theatre Company Photo
Spotlight: HEAD OVER HEELS at Constellation Theatre Company
by BWW Special Offer - May 20, 2025

'A celebration of queer love and joy' - HEAD OVER HEELS at Constellation Theatre Company
Review: CONSTELLATION THEATRE COMPANY'S HEAD OVER HEELS at Source Theatre Photo
Review: CONSTELLATION THEATRE COMPANY'S HEAD OVER HEELS at Source Theatre
by Hannah R. Wing - May 11, 2025

Constellation Theatre Company’s production of Head Over Heels, directed by Allison Arkell Stockman with musical direction by Walter “Bobby” McCoy, is a delightful musical filled with superb acting and energetic musical numbers. 
BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL Comes to the Rawlinson Main Stage Photo
BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL Comes to the Rawlinson Main Stage
by Emmy Rice - May 10, 2025

Bring It On: The Musical comes to the Rawlinson Main Stage on May 21. The cheer-filled celebration of ambition, teamwork and finding your voice is inspired by the hit film by Jessica Bendinger.
Jonalyn Saxer, Kennedy Holmes, and More Will Lead BRING IT ON at The Muny Photo
Jonalyn Saxer, Kennedy Holmes, and More Will Lead BRING IT ON at The Muny
by Stephi Wild - May 2, 2025

Jonalyn Saxer, Kennedy Holmes, Bryce Williams, Taylor Sage Evans, Katy Geraghty, and more will star in the Muny premiere of Bring It On. Learn more about the show here!
BRING IT ON at the Muny Will Include 16 University of Kentucky Cheerleaders Photo
BRING IT ON at the Muny Will Include 16 University of Kentucky Cheerleaders
by Stephi Wild - Mar 20, 2025

Sixteen athletes — current squad members and alumni — from the nationally renowned University of Kentucky cheerleading program will be part of the ensemble in this summer's Muny premiere of Bring It On: The Musical. 
AVENUE Q vuelve al Gran teatro Caixabank Príncipe Pío de Madrid Photo
AVENUE Q vuelve al Gran teatro Caixabank Príncipe Pío de Madrid
by Jose German Martinez Paneque - Mar 19, 2025

El próximo 2 de mayo y tras el éxito de su primera temporada, el musical AVENUE Q vuelve al Gran Teatro Caixabank Príncipe Pío de Madrid.
Kentwood Players to Hold Auditions for URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL Photo
Kentwood Players to Hold Auditions for URINETOWN: THE MUSICAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 3, 2025

Kentwood Players will hold open auditions for Urinetown: The Musical, featuring Music by Mark Hollman, Lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis, and Book by Greg Kotis. Learn more and see how to audition.
Photos: First look at Little Theatre Off Broadway’s AVENUE Q Photo
Photos: First look at Little Theatre Off Broadway’s AVENUE Q
by Jerri Shafer - Jan 17, 2025

Avenue Q is a Multiple-Tony Award-winning musical about a group of friends trying to live out their dreams, despite such mundane obstacles as trying to hold a job.  The show’s format is a parody of Sesame Street and utilizes puppets to handle adult themes such as racism, homosexuality, sex, drinking, and internet pornography.
John Tartaglia, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Rob Ruggiero & More Join The Muny 107th Season Photo
John Tartaglia, Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Rob Ruggiero & More Join The Muny 107th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2025

The Muny has revealed the teams of directors, choreographers, music directors and lead designers whose creative visions will bring the theatre’s bold 2025 season to life. Learn more about the upcoming season!
Photos: First look at Imagine Productions’ HEAD OVER HEELS Photo
Photos: First look at Imagine Productions’ HEAD OVER HEELS
by Jerri Shafer - Nov 9, 2024

HEAD OVER HEELS is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth,” and “Mad About You.”
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Jeff Whitty written?

Jeff Whitty has written 4 shows including Avenue Q (Bookwriter), The 24 Hour Plays 2004 (Playwright), Bring It On: The Musical (Librettist), Head Over Heels (Original Bookwriter).

What awards has Jeff Whitty been nominated for?

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Head Over Heels, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Bring It On: The Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Avenue Q and Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Avenue Q.

What awards has Jeff Whitty won?

Jeff Whitty has won the Best Book of a Musical at the Tony Awards for Avenue Q and the Outstanding Book of a Musical at the Drama Desk Awards for Avenue Q.

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