 After its recent sold-out run, Atlantis Productions' hit staging of the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical AVENUE Q was back in Manila to re-spread some holiday cheer at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza. Winner of the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical, AVENUE Q is most accurately described as a cross between SESAME STREET and RENT.
Since Joal and I loved the RENT, we knew we would likewise love this show. And we're right! We enjoyed AVENUE Q so much that we kept on talking (and even singing some of the lines) about it until we got home. We liked the songs "It sucks to be me," "Schadenfreude," and "Internet is for porn." The show was great rioutous fun. We think people who grew up with Sesame Street (or even Batibot) will share our amusement about the show.
AVENUE Q is a mature take on the universally loved puppets and issues like quarter life crisis, racism and pornography are tackled with much humor; but still parental discretion is advised.
Featured in the stellar cast are Rachel Alejandro as Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut, Felix Rivera as Princeton/Rod, Frenchie Dy as Christmas Eve, Rycharde Everley as Brian, Joel Trinidad as Nicky/Trekkie Monster and others, Teenee Chan as Mrs. Thistletwat and Others and Aiza Seguera as Gary Coleman. It was directed by Bobby Garcia and Chari Arespacochaga. 
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