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AVENUE Q Tour Makes $14,000 Red Cross Donation
by Kelsey Denette - Apr 19, 2011

AVENUE Q, the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, is making over a $14,000 donation to the American Red Cross to assist in the Japan relief efforts. This donation is made possible due to the fundraising efforts by company members of the North American Tour of AVENUE Q and the generosity and compassion of the Tulsa & Charlotte theatre community.

QUICK TAKE: AVENUE Q National Tour in Denver
by Michael Mulhern - Mar 12, 2011

AVENUE Q RETURNS TO DENVER FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT MARCH 11-13!

BWW Reviews: It Doesn't Suck To Be 'AVENUE Q'
by Michael L. Quintos - Mar 4, 2011

You know you're in for a naughty good time when a show includes graphic puppet sex, cute but sadistic bears, and a special appearance by TV's Gary Coleman. What can somewhat be described as a very, very adult-leaning, expletive-spewing cousin of the iconic PBS children's series Sesame Street, AVENUE Q-whose 2nd National Tour is now playing a too-brief, week-long engagement at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood through March 6-manages to be both entertaining and revolutionary. Timely, surprisingly touching, mildly offensive, harmlessly risque, and downright hilarious, AVENUE Q is easily one the smartest, funniest musical comedies ever to grace a Broadway stage in the last few decades.

AVENUE Q Makes its Pantages Premiere 3/1
by BWW News Desk - Mar 1, 2011

The 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, AVENUE Q - the smash hit about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets - will return to Los Angeles for a strictly-limited 8 performance run, March 1 - 6, 2011. This engagement marks the first time the show has come to Hollywood's historic Pantages Theatre.

AVENUE Q Makes its Pantages Premiere 3/1
by Kelsey Denette - Feb 24, 2011

The 2004 Tony Award winner for Best Musical, AVENUE Q - the smash hit about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets - will return to Los Angeles for a strictly-limited 8 performance run, March 1 - 6, 2011. This engagement marks the first time the show has come to Hollywood's historic Pantages Theatre.

AVENUE Q At Pantages Offers Day Of Performance Lottery 3/1-6
by Gabrielle Sierra - Feb 10, 2011

The 2004 Tony® Award winner for Best Musical, AVENUE Q - the smash hit about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets - will return to Los Angeles for a strictly-limited 8 performance run, March 1 - 6, 2011.

A Theatre Lover's Guide to DC/Capital Area Theatres - July 2010 Offerings
by Joel Markowitz - Jun 30, 2010

Is there any better place to celebrate the Fourth of July than the Nation's Capital? If you're in town for the fireworks and concert on the Mall, consider popping into one of our local theatres. This month's MUST-SEES include The Capital Fringe Festival and Hip-Hop Festival, pirates, a high-flying nanny, a supreme trio, a boar with a flapjack, a crazy one-man Lord of the Rings, those loveable Tony Award-winning puppets, lots of plaid, a household of singing sisters, Stew's 'strange' score, and a concert version of a Rodgers and Hart classic musical. There's something for everyone in July on our DC area stages.

Photo Coverage: AVENUE Q Tour Plays the Civic Theatre, 7/6-7/11
by Lauren Wolman - May 29, 2010

AVENUE Q, the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets, will return in a Broadway/San Diego ~ A Nederlander Presentation, playing at the San Diego Civic Theatre Tuesday July 6 through Sunday July 11, 2010.

AVENUE Q Ends Stint at the Fox Theatre, 5/2
by BWW News Desk - May 2, 2010

AVENUE Q is the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverent, Tony-winning book and score. The three-time Tony Award winning musical will end its run in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on May 2.

AVENUE Q Makes St. Louis Return at the Fox Theatre 4/30-5/2
by BWW News Desk - Apr 30, 2010

AVENUE Q is the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverent, Tony-winning book and score. The three-time Tony Award winning musical will make a return to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for four performances from April 30-May 2.

AVENUE Q Makes St. Louis Return at the Fox Theatre 4/30-5/2
by Gabrielle Sierra - Mar 18, 2010

AVENUE Q is the smash-hit Broadway musical about real life in New York City, as told by a cast of people and puppets through a hilariously irreverent, Tony-winning book and score. The three-time Tony Award winning musical will make a return to St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre for four performances from April 30-May 2.

Avenue Q: It's an Impudent Day in the Neighborhood
by Jan Nargi - Nov 19, 2009

Return engagement of the national tour of the smash hit 'Avenue Q' is as sweet, sassy, and sensational as ever, bringing its adult-themed spin on puppets and children's shows back to Boston for one week only

Review: AVENUE Q at Providence Performing Arts Center
by Randy Rice - Oct 21, 2009

The Tony award-winning naughty puppet musical finally makes its Rhode Island premiere and plays through October 25th

DiRoma, Kornblum, Grabois, Heymann & More Set For National Touring Production Of AVENUE Q
by Gabrielle Sierra - Sep 22, 2009

Casting has been announced for the National Tour of AVENUE Q, presented by Work Light Productions. The three-time Tony Award winning musical, including Best Musical, Best Original Score of a Musical and Best Book of a Musical, is about trying to make it in New York with big dreams and a tiny bank account.

WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN: Fidelity is More Than Mere Display
by Duncan Pflaster - Dec 22, 2008

Red Bull Theater gives us a gloriously giddy production of Thomas Middleton's juicy Jacobean comic tragedy 'Women Beware Women'.

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