Avenue Q review: An illicit, profane, puppet joy
The revival keeps Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx’s taboos intact, with songs about racism, sex and failed dreams still driving the show.
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Avenue Q - Shaftesbury Theatre, London
Book: Jeff Whitty Music & Lyrics: Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx 20 years on from its original West End debut, Avenue Q is back, and as just as outrageous, ridiculous and hilarious as ever. Like a grown-up Sesame Street, the residents of Avenue Q are a tight-knit community who spend a lot of time [...] The post Avenue Q – Shaftesbury Theatre, London appeared first on The Reviews Hub.
AVENUE Q review by thespyinthestalls at Shaftesbury Theatre
AVENUE Q Shaftesbury Theatre ★★★★★ “The razor-sharp lyrics are as funny as ever, helped by some smart tweaks” Multi-Tony award winning ‘Avenue Q’, the lewd, rude and occasionally nude children’s TV parody, explodes back into the West End twenty years after its smash hit debut. Fully updated and featuring a sparkling new cast, you’ll fall in love with this crazy gang of misfits all over again. Fresh-faced college grad Princeton hits New York rea…
Avenue Q is wonderfully lawless chaos (with very rude puppets)
Avenue Q review and star rating: ★★★★ Could brainrot actually be good? Well, no: but if it were to take an IRL form, in many ways it would be Avenue Q. The puppet musical has no significant overarching narrative. Instead, its main goal is to stitch together as many very silly jokes about willies and sex as it can. It is wondrously provocative, with one number satirising how the Jews have all the money and the whites all the power. But thank goo…
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