Avenue Q!
So I saw Avenue Q last night... and it was awesome. Totally up there with Rent and Wicked in the favourite musicals category. 4 reasons it was awesome:
1) it's hilarious
2) it's about 20-somethings not knowing what do with their lives, ie I can relate
3) the songs are awesome
4) two words: puppet sex
Basically it's the story of Princeton, a puppet who is a recent graduate from college and he has no job or regular income, can only afford to live in a crappy area in New York (Avenue Q) and is trying to figure out his purpose in life. Along the way he meets other puppets and humans who live on Avenue Q and basically hilarity occurs. The whole thing is an adult parody of Sesame Street, complete with 'trekkie monster' who reminds me a lot of cookie monster, and lcd screens that come down and have segments explaining things (ex: purpose - to find one's meaning in life).
So yah, basically if you like musicals I would definitely recommend this one.
Favourite song the first:
What do you do with a BA in English
What do you do with a B.A. in English,
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,
Have earned me this useless degree.
I can't pay the bills yet,
'Cause I have no skills yet,
The world is a big scary place.
But somehow I can't shake,
The feeling I might make,
A difference,
To the human race.
Favourite song the second:
It Sucks To Be Me
(the best verse - sung by the main girl puppet)
Oh, you think your life sucks?
Your problems aren't so bad!
I'm kinda pretty
And pretty damn smart.
I like romantic things
Like music and art.
And as you know
I have a gigantic heart
So why don't I have
A boyfriend?
Fuck!
It sucks to be me!
Favourite song the third:
I Wish I Could Go Back To College
I wish I could go back to college.
Life was so simple back then.
What would I give to go back and live in a dorm with a meal plan again!
I wish I could go back to college.
In college you know who you are.
You sit in the quad, and think, "Oh my God!
I am totally gonna go far!"
How do I go back to college?
I don't know who I am anymore!
I wanna go back to my room and find a message in dry-erase pen on the door!
Ohhh...
I wish I could just drop a class...
Or get into a play...
Or change my major...
Or fuck my T.A.
I need an academic advisor to point the way!
We could be...
Sitting in the computer lab,
4 A.M. before the final paper is due,
Cursing the world 'cause I didn't start sooner,
And seeing the rest of the class there, too!
I wish I could go back to college!
So yah, you get the idea. All in all, awesome!
1) it's hilarious
2) it's about 20-somethings not knowing what do with their lives, ie I can relate
3) the songs are awesome
4) two words: puppet sex
Basically it's the story of Princeton, a puppet who is a recent graduate from college and he has no job or regular income, can only afford to live in a crappy area in New York (Avenue Q) and is trying to figure out his purpose in life. Along the way he meets other puppets and humans who live on Avenue Q and basically hilarity occurs. The whole thing is an adult parody of Sesame Street, complete with 'trekkie monster' who reminds me a lot of cookie monster, and lcd screens that come down and have segments explaining things (ex: purpose - to find one's meaning in life).
So yah, basically if you like musicals I would definitely recommend this one.
Favourite song the first:
What do you do with a BA in English
What do you do with a B.A. in English,
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,
Have earned me this useless degree.
I can't pay the bills yet,
'Cause I have no skills yet,
The world is a big scary place.
But somehow I can't shake,
The feeling I might make,
A difference,
To the human race.
Favourite song the second:
It Sucks To Be Me
(the best verse - sung by the main girl puppet)
Oh, you think your life sucks?
Your problems aren't so bad!
I'm kinda pretty
And pretty damn smart.
I like romantic things
Like music and art.
And as you know
I have a gigantic heart
So why don't I have
A boyfriend?
Fuck!
It sucks to be me!
Favourite song the third:
I Wish I Could Go Back To College
I wish I could go back to college.
Life was so simple back then.
What would I give to go back and live in a dorm with a meal plan again!
I wish I could go back to college.
In college you know who you are.
You sit in the quad, and think, "Oh my God!
I am totally gonna go far!"
How do I go back to college?
I don't know who I am anymore!
I wanna go back to my room and find a message in dry-erase pen on the door!
Ohhh...
I wish I could just drop a class...
Or get into a play...
Or change my major...
Or fuck my T.A.
I need an academic advisor to point the way!
We could be...
Sitting in the computer lab,
4 A.M. before the final paper is due,
Cursing the world 'cause I didn't start sooner,
And seeing the rest of the class there, too!
I wish I could go back to college!
So yah, you get the idea. All in all, awesome!