Avenue Q
May 29 - July 21
music & lyrics by Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx
book by Jeff Whitty
Produced by: Mary Hausch
Directed by: Lauren Caldwell & Charlie Mitchell
Awards: Tony Winner: Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book,
"Wildly entertaining musical comedy" —Ron Cunningham, Gainesville Sun
"All were outstanding and superb with great voices and comic timing and all had the talent and skill to bring their characters to life." —Dick Kerekes & Leisla Sansom, EntertainingU.com
The crown on the Hippodromes 40th Anniversary season is the internationally beloved Broadway sensation AVENUE Q. Winner of the Tony Awards “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, AVENUE Q is a coming-of-age musical where characters lament that as children, they were assured by their parents, and by certain fuzzy puppets on public television, that they were “special” and “could do anything”; but as adults, they have discovered to their surprise and dismay that in the real world their options are limited, and they are no more “special” than anyone else.
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