12-02-2009 09:00
Avenue Q
Setting
As stated in the Broadway Playbill, the scene is a fictional street located "in an outer-outer borough of New York City." Manhattan, the center of New York City, has Avenues A, B, C, and D, making up the Alphabet City neighborhood (now considered part of the East Village). Alternately, Avenue Q could be in the Midwood and Gravesend area of Brooklyn, where there are also Avenues A, B, C, etc. all the way up to Avenue Z, with a few exceptions. One of the exceptions is Avenue Q; the street between Avenue P and Avenue R is known as Quentin Road, named for Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt. The Q subway train, whose symbol used to be a Q in an orange circle resembling the Avenue Q logo, travels through this neighborhood. However, the authors have stated that Avenue Q is fictional and is not related to this or any other particular street.
Act One
Princeton, a recent college graduate, is looking for an affordable apartment in New York City, while trying to find his purpose in life ("What Do You Do with a BA in English"). At Avenue Q, he meets a group of neighbors: Kate Monster, a single assistant kindergarten teacher; Nicky and Rod, two long-time roommates; Brian, an unemployed comedian; Christmas Eve, Brian's Japanese fiancée, who is a therapist but has no clients; and Gary Coleman, former child star of the TV show Diff'rent Strokes, now the apartment superintendent. They all complain about their lives ("It Sucks to Be Me"), and all agree that Gary's life sucks the most. Princeton takes an apartment, and everyone welcomes him to the block.
One afternoon Rod finds himself alone and begins reading his favorite book, "Broadway Musicals of the 1940s," when he is interrupted by Nicky, who wants to share a story about a gay man he met on the subway. Rod gets defensive at the mention of homosexuality, and Nicky assures his roommate that he would have no problem accepting Rod ("If You Were Gay").
The job that Princeton had lined up is eliminated, sending him on a search for his purpose in life. He finds a penny minted in his birthyear — a lucky omen ("Purpose"). Everyone explains their purpose in life, while Gary is afraid he has already fulfilled his purpose and from that point it will be a slow walk to the grave. Kate says that she wants to open a school especially for monsters. When Princeton asks whether she and Trekkie Monster are related, Kate is offended at the implication that all monsters must be related, calling him racist. Princeton notes that her dream of a monster school is also exclusionary. Everyone comes in to join the song and reveal their own prejudices, agreeing that they all are a little bit racist ("Everyone's a Little Bit Racist"). Afterwards Princeton is approached by the Bad Idea Bears, two innocent-looking cuddly teddy bears who distract him from finding his purpose and encourage him to spend his money on a case of beer, in which he happily agrees.
Kate receives a phone call from her boss, the unpleasant, humorless Mrs. Thistletwat, telling her that she has heart replacement surgery the next day and needs Kate to teach the morning class, allowing her to teach on whatever subject she likes. Kate plans on teaching about the Internet, but Trekkie Monster cuts in claiming that the internet is only good for pornography. Kate claims that the internet can be used for other things besides porn, but Trekkie Monster calls upon the other men of Avenue Q who all agree that the internet is, in fact, for porn ("The Internet is for Porn"). Princeton comes over to deliver a ("Mix Tape"), confirming her suspicions that he has a crush on her. Princeton invites Kate to the Around the Clock Café (a well-known East Village haunt) that night.
At the café, Brian performs the opening act ("I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today") and introduces Lucy the Slut, who sings "Special." Kate refrains from drinking at first, as she has the important teaching assignment in the morning, but the Bad Idea Bears suggest that they have some "harmless" Long Island Iced Teas (Absinthe Daiquiris in the London show) and play drinking games. While Kate retrieves a round of drinks, Lucy tells Princeton that when he's ready for a real woman, she'll be around. The Bad Idea Bears convince Princeton to take the tipsy Kate home and have sex; unbeknownst to them, Brian and Christmas Eve are also having sex. The tenants ask Gary Coleman to tell the wild lovers to quiet down, but Gary refuses, since "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Making Love)." A sleepless Rod hears Nicky talking in his sleep about his love for Rod, who is jubilant that his secret crush is mutual. However, he wakes to discover that it was he who had been dreaming and is left heartbroken. At the same time, as Kate and Princeton happily lie in bed, Princeton gives Kate his lucky penny to let her know how much she means to him ("Fantasies Come True").
The next day, Mrs. Thistletwat calls: Kate has missed the morning class that she was supposed to teach. Mrs. Thistletwat dismisses all monsters as lazy. Angry, Kate quits her job before Mrs. Thistletwat can fire her. Princeton asks Kate to be his girlfriend and to accompany him to Brian and Christmas Eve's wedding. At the wedding, the neighbors ask Nicky whether Rod is gay. Nicky confirms that Rod is a "closeted homosexual"; Rod overhears him and vehemently denies this – they simply have not met "My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada." Deeply hurt, Rod throws Nicky out of their apartment. Princeton, scared of commitment after witnessing the wedding, breaks up with Kate, asking her to be friends. Kate, hurt and defiant, sings "There's a Fine, Fine Line."
Act Two
Princeton sits alone in his apartment two weeks later. He is in debt, unemployed, alone, and still purposeless. As the Bad Idea Bears suggest that Princeton hang himself, the neighbors take Princeton outside to remind him that "There is Life Outside Your Apartment," and Princeton decides to take Lucy the Slut home with him. Kate is jealous, and Christmas Eve explains that Kate is angry because she actually loves Princeton a lot ("The More You Ruv Someone", which pays homage to "I Have a Love" from West Side Story). Kate stops by to give Princeton an invitation to meet her at the top of the Empire State Building. He is in the shower, so she leaves the letter with Lucy, who promptly destroys it. Nicky has stayed with neighbors since he was kicked out, but they are all fed up with his sloppiness and throw him out on the street. Nicky begs Gary Coleman for money, but Gary admits that he cannot help feeling a sense of "Schadenfreude" at Nicky's painful situation.
Princeton looks for Lucy, who has left without saying goodbye. Kate, angry that Princeton seems to have stood her up, throws the penny that he gave her, from the top of the Empire State Building. Far below, Lucy, passing by, is hit in the head by the penny and knocked into a coma. At the hospital, Kate and Princeton attempt to work out their problems, but Princeton is still not ready for commitment. Nicky attempts a reconciliation with Rod, who is too proud to accept his apology, despite clearly missing him. Depressed, Rod tearfully consults with Christmas Eve, who gently nudges him out of the closet. Everyone ponders what it would be like to return to happier times ("I Wish I Could Go Back to College").
Nicky, begging in the street, tells Princeton that he should be thinking about other people. Struck with inspiration, he determines to raise the money to build Kate's monster school. Nicky likewise realizes that, to get back to his apartment, he needs to help Rod by finding him a boyfriend. The neighbors raise some money, but not much (they attempt to resolve this by breaking the fourth wall and asking the audience for money) ("The Money Song"). Trekkie Monster, finding out what the appeal is for, remembers his hellish school days and donates $10 million (which is more than enough for what Kate needs to open her school) that he earned by investing in pornography ("School for Monsters/The Money Song (Reprise)").
Kate is delighted with the new school. Brian has a new job and Christmas Eve has a steady client, Rod, so they are leaving Avenue Q for "a better place" on the Lower East Side (in some performances, they move to Hell's Kitchen). Rod reveals, to no one's surprise, that he is gay, and invites Nicky to move back in. Nicky has found a boyfriend for Rod; a muscle-bound hunk named Ricky, who looks and sounds exactly like Nicky. Rod is sent into a state of shock when presented with the two of them. He falls instantly in love with Ricky and leads him happily into the apartment. Meanwhile, the Bad Idea Bears have found Scientology, and Lucy has recovered to become a born-again Christian. Kate is impressed that Princeton has made her monster school a reality. Princeton asks her for a second chance, and Kate says they'll take it a day at a time ("There's a Fine, Fine Line" [Reprise]).
A new kid, just out of college with a BA in English, comes to look at Brian and Christmas Eve's for-rent apartment ("What Do You Do With A BA in English (Reprise)"), and Princeton has a revelation: he must pass on everything he's learned. His purpose may be to put all his knowledge into a show. Everyone shoots the idea down, and the kid gives Princeton the finger. Princeton worries that he may never find his purpose, but the others encourage him to cheer up. Life may be bad at the moment, but everything in life is only "For Now."
Characters
Princeton
A naïve college graduate, looking for his purpose in life. In an on/off relationship with Kate.
Kate Monster
An ambitious, romantic kindergarten assistant.
Nicky
Rod's sweet-hearted, yet messy and jobless roommate. A parody of Ernie from Sesame Street.
Rod
A closeted Republican investment banker. In love with Nicky. A parody of Bert from Sesame Street.
Brian
An out-of-work Jewish comedian, engaged to Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve
A straight-talking Japanese therapist, engaged to Brian. Has no clients.
Gary Coleman
Television's Gary Coleman, now a washed up former child star. The building superintendent.
The Bad Idea Bears
Two Care Bear-like characters, who use their charm to manipulate people into giving in to their desires.
Trekkie Monster
A Cookie Monster-parody, addicted to Internet porn instead of cookies. He is not related to Kate Monster.
Lucy The Slut
A vixenish slutty night club singer.
Mrs. Thistletwat
Kate's elderly, straight-laced boss and kindergarten teacher.
Newcomer
A fresh-faced college graduate.
Ricky
A gay muscle-bound hunk who looks exactly like Nicky.
Torrent link 
Setting
As stated in the Broadway Playbill, the scene is a fictional street located "in an outer-outer borough of New York City." Manhattan, the center of New York City, has Avenues A, B, C, and D, making up the Alphabet City neighborhood (now considered part of the East Village). Alternately, Avenue Q could be in the Midwood and Gravesend area of Brooklyn, where there are also Avenues A, B, C, etc. all the way up to Avenue Z, with a few exceptions. One of the exceptions is Avenue Q; the street between Avenue P and Avenue R is known as Quentin Road, named for Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt. The Q subway train, whose symbol used to be a Q in an orange circle resembling the Avenue Q logo, travels through this neighborhood. However, the authors have stated that Avenue Q is fictional and is not related to this or any other particular street.
Act One
Princeton, a recent college graduate, is looking for an affordable apartment in New York City, while trying to find his purpose in life ("What Do You Do with a BA in English"). At Avenue Q, he meets a group of neighbors: Kate Monster, a single assistant kindergarten teacher; Nicky and Rod, two long-time roommates; Brian, an unemployed comedian; Christmas Eve, Brian's Japanese fiancée, who is a therapist but has no clients; and Gary Coleman, former child star of the TV show Diff'rent Strokes, now the apartment superintendent. They all complain about their lives ("It Sucks to Be Me"), and all agree that Gary's life sucks the most. Princeton takes an apartment, and everyone welcomes him to the block.
One afternoon Rod finds himself alone and begins reading his favorite book, "Broadway Musicals of the 1940s," when he is interrupted by Nicky, who wants to share a story about a gay man he met on the subway. Rod gets defensive at the mention of homosexuality, and Nicky assures his roommate that he would have no problem accepting Rod ("If You Were Gay").
The job that Princeton had lined up is eliminated, sending him on a search for his purpose in life. He finds a penny minted in his birthyear — a lucky omen ("Purpose"). Everyone explains their purpose in life, while Gary is afraid he has already fulfilled his purpose and from that point it will be a slow walk to the grave. Kate says that she wants to open a school especially for monsters. When Princeton asks whether she and Trekkie Monster are related, Kate is offended at the implication that all monsters must be related, calling him racist. Princeton notes that her dream of a monster school is also exclusionary. Everyone comes in to join the song and reveal their own prejudices, agreeing that they all are a little bit racist ("Everyone's a Little Bit Racist"). Afterwards Princeton is approached by the Bad Idea Bears, two innocent-looking cuddly teddy bears who distract him from finding his purpose and encourage him to spend his money on a case of beer, in which he happily agrees.
Kate receives a phone call from her boss, the unpleasant, humorless Mrs. Thistletwat, telling her that she has heart replacement surgery the next day and needs Kate to teach the morning class, allowing her to teach on whatever subject she likes. Kate plans on teaching about the Internet, but Trekkie Monster cuts in claiming that the internet is only good for pornography. Kate claims that the internet can be used for other things besides porn, but Trekkie Monster calls upon the other men of Avenue Q who all agree that the internet is, in fact, for porn ("The Internet is for Porn"). Princeton comes over to deliver a ("Mix Tape"), confirming her suspicions that he has a crush on her. Princeton invites Kate to the Around the Clock Café (a well-known East Village haunt) that night.
At the café, Brian performs the opening act ("I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today") and introduces Lucy the Slut, who sings "Special." Kate refrains from drinking at first, as she has the important teaching assignment in the morning, but the Bad Idea Bears suggest that they have some "harmless" Long Island Iced Teas (Absinthe Daiquiris in the London show) and play drinking games. While Kate retrieves a round of drinks, Lucy tells Princeton that when he's ready for a real woman, she'll be around. The Bad Idea Bears convince Princeton to take the tipsy Kate home and have sex; unbeknownst to them, Brian and Christmas Eve are also having sex. The tenants ask Gary Coleman to tell the wild lovers to quiet down, but Gary refuses, since "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Making Love)." A sleepless Rod hears Nicky talking in his sleep about his love for Rod, who is jubilant that his secret crush is mutual. However, he wakes to discover that it was he who had been dreaming and is left heartbroken. At the same time, as Kate and Princeton happily lie in bed, Princeton gives Kate his lucky penny to let her know how much she means to him ("Fantasies Come True").
The next day, Mrs. Thistletwat calls: Kate has missed the morning class that she was supposed to teach. Mrs. Thistletwat dismisses all monsters as lazy. Angry, Kate quits her job before Mrs. Thistletwat can fire her. Princeton asks Kate to be his girlfriend and to accompany him to Brian and Christmas Eve's wedding. At the wedding, the neighbors ask Nicky whether Rod is gay. Nicky confirms that Rod is a "closeted homosexual"; Rod overhears him and vehemently denies this – they simply have not met "My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada." Deeply hurt, Rod throws Nicky out of their apartment. Princeton, scared of commitment after witnessing the wedding, breaks up with Kate, asking her to be friends. Kate, hurt and defiant, sings "There's a Fine, Fine Line."
Act Two
Princeton sits alone in his apartment two weeks later. He is in debt, unemployed, alone, and still purposeless. As the Bad Idea Bears suggest that Princeton hang himself, the neighbors take Princeton outside to remind him that "There is Life Outside Your Apartment," and Princeton decides to take Lucy the Slut home with him. Kate is jealous, and Christmas Eve explains that Kate is angry because she actually loves Princeton a lot ("The More You Ruv Someone", which pays homage to "I Have a Love" from West Side Story). Kate stops by to give Princeton an invitation to meet her at the top of the Empire State Building. He is in the shower, so she leaves the letter with Lucy, who promptly destroys it. Nicky has stayed with neighbors since he was kicked out, but they are all fed up with his sloppiness and throw him out on the street. Nicky begs Gary Coleman for money, but Gary admits that he cannot help feeling a sense of "Schadenfreude" at Nicky's painful situation.
Princeton looks for Lucy, who has left without saying goodbye. Kate, angry that Princeton seems to have stood her up, throws the penny that he gave her, from the top of the Empire State Building. Far below, Lucy, passing by, is hit in the head by the penny and knocked into a coma. At the hospital, Kate and Princeton attempt to work out their problems, but Princeton is still not ready for commitment. Nicky attempts a reconciliation with Rod, who is too proud to accept his apology, despite clearly missing him. Depressed, Rod tearfully consults with Christmas Eve, who gently nudges him out of the closet. Everyone ponders what it would be like to return to happier times ("I Wish I Could Go Back to College").
Nicky, begging in the street, tells Princeton that he should be thinking about other people. Struck with inspiration, he determines to raise the money to build Kate's monster school. Nicky likewise realizes that, to get back to his apartment, he needs to help Rod by finding him a boyfriend. The neighbors raise some money, but not much (they attempt to resolve this by breaking the fourth wall and asking the audience for money) ("The Money Song"). Trekkie Monster, finding out what the appeal is for, remembers his hellish school days and donates $10 million (which is more than enough for what Kate needs to open her school) that he earned by investing in pornography ("School for Monsters/The Money Song (Reprise)").
Kate is delighted with the new school. Brian has a new job and Christmas Eve has a steady client, Rod, so they are leaving Avenue Q for "a better place" on the Lower East Side (in some performances, they move to Hell's Kitchen). Rod reveals, to no one's surprise, that he is gay, and invites Nicky to move back in. Nicky has found a boyfriend for Rod; a muscle-bound hunk named Ricky, who looks and sounds exactly like Nicky. Rod is sent into a state of shock when presented with the two of them. He falls instantly in love with Ricky and leads him happily into the apartment. Meanwhile, the Bad Idea Bears have found Scientology, and Lucy has recovered to become a born-again Christian. Kate is impressed that Princeton has made her monster school a reality. Princeton asks her for a second chance, and Kate says they'll take it a day at a time ("There's a Fine, Fine Line" [Reprise]).
A new kid, just out of college with a BA in English, comes to look at Brian and Christmas Eve's for-rent apartment ("What Do You Do With A BA in English (Reprise)"), and Princeton has a revelation: he must pass on everything he's learned. His purpose may be to put all his knowledge into a show. Everyone shoots the idea down, and the kid gives Princeton the finger. Princeton worries that he may never find his purpose, but the others encourage him to cheer up. Life may be bad at the moment, but everything in life is only "For Now."
Characters
Princeton
A naïve college graduate, looking for his purpose in life. In an on/off relationship with Kate.
Kate Monster
An ambitious, romantic kindergarten assistant.
Nicky
Rod's sweet-hearted, yet messy and jobless roommate. A parody of Ernie from Sesame Street.
Rod
A closeted Republican investment banker. In love with Nicky. A parody of Bert from Sesame Street.
Brian
An out-of-work Jewish comedian, engaged to Christmas Eve.
Christmas Eve
A straight-talking Japanese therapist, engaged to Brian. Has no clients.
Gary Coleman
Television's Gary Coleman, now a washed up former child star. The building superintendent.
The Bad Idea Bears
Two Care Bear-like characters, who use their charm to manipulate people into giving in to their desires.
Trekkie Monster
A Cookie Monster-parody, addicted to Internet porn instead of cookies. He is not related to Kate Monster.
Lucy The Slut
A vixenish slutty night club singer.
Mrs. Thistletwat
Kate's elderly, straight-laced boss and kindergarten teacher.
Newcomer
A fresh-faced college graduate.
Ricky
A gay muscle-bound hunk who looks exactly like Nicky.
Torrent link
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