Avenue Q (2003 Original Broadway Cast)
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Track Listing
- The Avenue Q Theme - Company
- What Do You Do with a B.A. in English? - John Tartaglia
- It Sucks To Be Me - Jordan Gelber, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia, Rick Lyon, Ann Harada, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jennifer Barnhart
- If You Were Gay - Rick Lyon with John Tartaglia
- Purpose - John Tartaglia & Company
- Everyone's A Little Bit Racist - John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada
- The Internet Is For Porn - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Rick Lyon & the Guys
- Mix Tape - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia
- I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today - Jordan Gelber with Ann Harada
- Special - Stephanie D'Abruzzo with the Guys
- You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love) - Natalie Venetia Belcon, Rick Lyon, Jennifer Barnhart & Ensemble with Stephanie D'Abruzzo, John Tartaglia, Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada
- Come True - John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo with Rick Lyon
- My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada - John Tartaglia
- There's a Fine, Fine Line - Stephanie D'Abruzzo
- There Is Life Outside Your Apartment - Jordan Gelber, John Tartaglia & Company
- The More You Ruv Someone - Ann Harada, Stephanie D'Abruzzo
- Schadenfreude - Natalie Venetia Belcon, Rick Lyon
- I Wish I Could Go Back to College - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia
- The Money Song - Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia, Natalie Venetia Belcon with Jordan Gelber, Ann Harada, Jennifer Barnhart
- School for Monsters/The Money Song (Reprise) - Rick Lyon & Company
- There's A Fine, Fine Line (Reprise) - John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo with Ann Harada
- What Do You Do With A B.A. In English? (Reprise) - Rick Lyon with Natalie Venetia Belcon, John Tartaglia, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jordan Gelber & Jennifer Barnhart
- For Now - Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Jordan Gelber, Natalie Venetia Belcon, Ann Harada, Rick Lyon, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2828 in Music
- Released on: 2003-10-07
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Cast Recording, Explicit Lyrics
- Dimensions: .25 pounds
Editorial Reviews
Album Description
AVENUE Q is a musical that has been running on Broadway since 2003 and is currently the 25th longest running musical in Broadway history and it has won 3 Tony Awards including BEST MUSICAL. The show is largely inspired by (and in the style of) Sesame Street.for adults. Most of the characters are puppets (operated by actors onstage). The characters use profanity and the songs concern adult themes. AVENUE Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There's Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fiance‚ Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod -- a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate. And would you believe the building's superintendent is Gary Coleman?!? (Yes, that Gary Coleman.) Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.
Amazon.com
Avenue Q will only fuel the frustration of those who think that Broadway has given up on sophisticated entertainment geared to adults. "Whatever happened to Cole Porter's witty rhymes and mature subject matter?" they'll say. Well, it's hard to deny that Avenue Q's main frame of reference is Sesame Street and that its humor can be very broad--yes, there's profanity and puppet sex. But the show also displays heart ("The More You Ruv Someone" typically begins with "Why can't people get along?") and a pretty satisfying zany streak. Musically, the score is rooted in 1970s pop, with nods to the aforementioned Sesame Street. The excellent cast, dominated by John Tartaglia and Stephanie D'Abruzzo, does it justice, milking the humorous numbers for all they're worth and finding pathos in the more straightforward ones. Not bad for a childish show. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

