Avenue Q - Full Show - Theatre of the Republic

[@squidwardwithblondehair7219]

We asked my theatre teacher what her favorite musicals were and she said Avenue Q as one of them. She also said she recommends watching it when you’re “older”. Guess what I did :))

[@funnydepressive32]

Watching in 2024... This is the best musical I've ever seen! Lol

[@marisachavez8620]

To think that while Hamilton was trending in my high school days, I discovered this MASTERPIECE. 🤩

[@MrBud85]

Discovered? Damn...

[@janiyahtheunicorn719]

@@MrBud85yeah? So what?

[@MrBud85]

@@janiyahtheunicorn719 so what

[@colebeck6528]

“You’re wasting money in the long run if you don’t buy in bulk” kills me every time.

[@fruitlion8]

43:09 I adore the way that line was delivered. Nonchalant yet cheeky :)

[@gokumartin3542]

Imagine bringing your children ro watch this thinking it’s a children’s show. Sesame Street on Meth.

[@Cosmiccnevii]

Am nine and that how my childhood was ruined now I don't watch puppets shows anymore 😑😑😬🤯

[@philkarn1761]

No, it's Sesame Street for young adults -- and young adults are obsessed with sex. I thought that was clearly stated in the publicity, and I knew what to expect when I saw it. It's a masterpiece.

[@Stadtpark90]

When I was watching Lord of the Rings in a big multiplex cinema when it came out, there was a whole Kindergarten with two young women in the front row... - they wanted to go see Harry Potter but went into the wrong theatre... - and they only realized during the great battle of the opening scene: the shield-wall of elves and men against the ferociously raging orcs... and Mount Doom in the background - hastily the Kindergarten „aunts“ made the complete row of children stand up and run for the exit, while the ring of power was cut from Sauron‘s hand - that was fun: guess the children had quite a story to tell afterwards... - same as me 20 years later here ;-)

[@KittyStarlight]

@@Stadtpark90 Harry Potter wasn't written for children that age either (J.K. Rowling said so). (She can't help what some people's kindergarten teachers may think.)

[@KittyStarlight]

It isn't really about what age you are, it's whether you have fun with it or not. There are some kids who like this. I'm grown up and I like most of it, except the part where the internet is supposedly "for porn" (and actually even that I'm beginning to get used to now).

[@sakipanda5149]

So this is Sesame Street for adults 😁I like it

[@randomasshumanbeing2078]

Best. Musical. Ever.

[@mimosapudica8450]

No

[@cosmodoesstuff]

@@mimosapudica8450 yes.

[@randomasshumanbeing2078]

Fireball Blade that’s good too

[@funnman1777]

@Nathaniel Tchantchou ewwwww, Spiderman turn off the dark is where it's at.

[@gerardeensantiago8840]

Bravo! Really enjoyed this: great parody of Sesame Street, smart screenplay, sharp lyrics and catchy tunes, and terrific production. Most definitely relevant for 2021. Watch this especially if you've pocketed some life experience 😉

[@sha11235]

When Rod tells Nicky to go live in the garbage can, that has to be a reference to Oscar.

[@happydoodler3511]

I feel like Rod and Nicky are a tribute to Bert and Ernie too!

[@sha11235]

@@happydoodler3511 Yes, I was just referring to the line.

[@hotellunamaya6385]

I LOVE IT , HIGHLY RECOMENDED

[@Z3DT]

Wow, with a few exceptions, this cast sounds *incredibly* similar to the original cast.

[@keishaphillips7517]

This is by far one of the strangest musicals I have ever watched but it was really good!

[@FlyToBeach]

I thought this was great! I’ll never see it on Broadway, so this was the next best thing! I thought everyone did really well and thought they played the characters. Awesome brilliant work everybody!! I know you did this nine years ago, but it’s still awesome!!

[@discovertheatre]

Had a blast doing it. I played Nicky & Trekkie in this production. I had the opportunity to do it again 4 years ago, as Nicky. But this time with my daughter. I'll be posting the video, so please feel free to subscribe to be notified.

[@FlyToBeach]

@@discovertheatre that’s so awesome who does your daughter play?

[@discovertheatre]

In the other version I will be uploading, she plays Nicky's right hand and the Bad Idea Bear.

[@suzisavvedge9749]

A quarter of the way into it..and... This is GOLD.

[@philkarn1761]

In the 2007 show we saw in San Diego, the phrase "This show!...is only for now" was replaced with "George Bush! Is only for now" and it got the loudest cheers of the evening. And in the 2017 Utah production also on KZbin, it was "Trump!" And it got a similar response. In Utah.

[@discovertheatre]

The most recent production I did, we said Trump and got a huge reaction.

[@philkarn1761]

@@discovertheatre What kind of reaction? I guess you would have gotten lynched had you said it in South Carolina...

[@discovertheatre]

@@philkarn1761 Actually, it was thunderous applause.

[@philkarn1761]

@@discovertheatre So how come you didn't say it in this particular performance in SC? Were you afraid of the possible reaction? :-)

[@discovertheatre]

@@philkarn1761 This one was before Trump. Plus the director wanted to be more accurate to the script, which said, "This show."

[@FlyToBeach]

I have to give shout outs to the person that played Gary Coleman, Princeton, Kate monster, Brian, Christmas Eve, Lucy and just everyone!!

[@Tillyard86]

As far as I can tell, this isn't running anyway now, so why isn't there a DVD or a feed on a streaming service anywhere?

[@fifteendozenalleyroses]

Most shows aren’t. Look at Assassins, 13, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Ride the Cyclone, etc

[@joannedibsdale9859]

I’ve seen this live in the UK and it was brilliant the only bad thing about this one is Christmas Eve she is clearly not japanese and her accent is terrible

[@magoslucius4245]

thats literally the joke

[@jaceshoemake9999]

why does christmas eve sound british

[@suzannerust8658]

Because usually the actor playing her in the UK version is British

[@rperlberg]

"Take her home, she's wasted."

[@suzisavvedge9749]

K. Did I really just cry over this?

[@namecomingsoon9517]

The one musical I wanna get tickets for

[@sha11235]

You learn more about things from this show than you ever did on Sesame Street.

[@GREVIEWS02]

Not really fair. Sesame Street teaches kids not college kids.

[@laurayoungblood9253]

Great show! Love this musical, loved this performance! One note I'd like to give, Princeton could have "opened up" a little bit more, as could some of the other puppeteers.

[@sha11235]

Maybe they weren't masters at that.

[@KittyStarlight]

I wish Kate's puppeteer looked and acted just a little bit more like Kate. Kate is one of my favorites but her puppeteer is sort of unKatelike. (Guess she couldn't help that, though.)

[@Killer_snail]

Great rendition & well shot unlike a lot of the others. Got a laugh out of all the grey hair in the crowd when they were asked for money 😂

[@pierremollet1914]

I love The fact that the man playing Princeton is what Mark Zuckerberg Would look like if he had feelings

[@booksofinterest]

hilarious life lesson life sucks

[@BruizerNewser]

And everything in life is only for now

[@maxwellmarques1607]

@@BruizerNewser Except for death and paying taxes.

[@sha11235]

At least it is only for now.

[@sha11235]

Pigeon is a Bert reference.

[@sha11235]

Trekkie may be a recluse, but when he needs to help Princeton, he does it.

[@1amSam]

I want to cast as “right arm”

[@Meekersqueak-pu8lv]

12:20 🤣😂🤣😂

[@guschad26]

I can9t figure out the actor playing rod’s accent. Is it southern?

[@lovetosing2841]

Who else is here because of collegiate drama classes?

[@nicksworldofmysticalwonder8509]

28:45 when project 2025 hits that'll end for the better of our society and breaks bad habits for some people

[@Lumbago_47]

obviously, this was made during the peak of society

[@caitlinstockman1747]

Yo sis Gary Coleman.... look at the screen and blink three times and we'll send a rescue team in for you 😅😅

[@sha11235]

The first line of More You Love Someone is the reason Simpson killed Nicole.

[@Tumbleethorn]

Holy shit! This is where it's from. I had no idea the Internet is for porn, song is from this 😂

[@zackattack3867]

This is was a lot of un, and now this + Pokemon Live are my favorite musicals

[@happybalaga4716]

I've watched 21 mins and i still don't know why am i watching xDDD Edit: 28 mins i- Edit 2: 30 mins-dats my friends

[@discovertheatre]

Keep going. Haha!

[@happybalaga4716]

@@discovertheatre xD i will

[@discovertheatre]

You said dats your friends. Who in the cast do you know?

[@pennyceline15]

Is it just me or the actor who's playing Rod is out of tune or something.

[@Betsymcdonough]

You try singing with that nasally voice lmao

[@sharoncasanta6840]

Yup, a bit off key.

[@matthewweikert20]

@@sharoncasanta6840if I played Rod in Avenue Q, my nasal singing voice would be pitch perfect

[@sha11235]

Kate doesn't look like a monster here.

[@Floridagirl24]

Best kate monster EVER!!!! better than Stephanie!

[@thomasthetranstrain9830]

1:43:30 god that's a gay 3some

[@tompayne3200]

"Your a little bit racist" "Well your a little bit too" *Donald Trump brakes down the set* "NO I'M NOT THATS JUST FAKE NEWSSSSSSSSSSS"

[@jalex.musica]

Sesame Street meets South Park

[@sha11235]

Why 2 Trekkie Monsters in curtain call?

[@grapplethis1420]

Multiple Trekkie puppets are used in the show

[@sha11235]

@@grapplethis1420 So are other puppets but they didn't do that with them.

[@aicey78]

@@sha11235 in this production only Trekkie monster was played by two actors.

[@jacquiinsc711]

@@aicey78I worked in this production and Trekkie was played (and sung) by one person. That same person also plays and sings as Nicky, but the hands are done by someone else when he has to be in a scene as Nicky. The other actor fills in and lip syncs while the main actor does the actual singing with his back turned when Trekkie sings "School For Monsters" and the beginning of "Internet is for Porn". In the curtain call the "hands" of Trekkie takes the bow in the beginning but the actor/singer takes the bow with Nicky and Trekkie towards the end.

[@matthewweikert20]

I cannot deny saying this but the woman performing Lucy is so hot!

[@ysabelamedrano4625]

better than Sesame Street

[@TheBadtzmaroo]

He work to went though.

[@sha11235]

That had to be a mistake.

[@stonehousetales6954]

...how awkward is it to have puppet sex with each other as the puppeteers?

[@salsathemonkey22]

Gary is great better than the midvale one

[@sha11235]

Doesn't look like Nicky is sleeping.

[@jonathandpg6115]

They accidentally put the mask wrong.

[@sha11235]

The homeless guy is Nicky.

[@sha11235]

A BA in English. Should've made it a BS in English to make a pun.

[@marbed28]

😂

[@sha11235]

The underwear song is sort of stupid. And they should've had one of the characters say, "Prove it, drop your pants!"

[@grapplethis1420]

They can’t add or remove anything from the script without permission from Musical Theatre International

[@scottslagle5596]

The underwear song alludes to the fact that Brian even sucks as a comedian.

[@sha11235]

@@grapplethis1420 They have made changes to the script, like Trump references. I guess they have to allow that in the actual script.

[@grapplethis1420]

@@sha11235 that and the end of the money song where Princeton finds something in the hat and keeps it are supposed to be adlibbed and are the only 2 changes allowed

[@sha11235]

At the end of the day, go to a bar first.

[@alexwilk640]

not a white christmas eve :/

[@sha11235]

You know, thinking about when Kate and Princeton have sex, realize that they are two different species.

[@umpedacodecena]

A versão brasileira é mil vezes melhor

[@sha11235]

How come this audience doesn't laugh at the jokes? They embarrassed to?

[@dcsmooth]

Awwww, was the F word too harsh for your sensitive little ears?

[@sha11235]

I don't like the part when they go into the audience and ask people to give them their money. How many of you attending a show of this got pissed off at that and wanted to punch them out for that? I would.

[@grapplethis1420]

It usually goes to a charity such as broadway cares, and you can’t just remove it from the show, because that’s illegal.

[@jonathandpg6115]

why don’t you like the part. Just don’t donate you have a choice, I love the way it is incorporated. also in this particular one they didn’t seem to truly ask anyway