Avenue Q Cast, originally uploaded by Our Awesome Planet.
Team Sugoi and I got to catch Avenue Q’s Farewell Run last weekend, June 20th. I’ve always been fascinated by plays and musicals, and I always welcomed the compulsary attendances to such back in college. The last time I sat in a theater for a play was back in college too!
I’ve also been hearing alot of raves from friends and online forums about the show so I wanted to see it when I heard a local production will be showing it. I wasn’t able to watch it during the first couple of runs though. It was either I found out too late or I didn’t have the money for a ticket.
When I found out that they’ll be running it again for the final time, I didn’t waste any chance and pulled Flori to help score tickets as early as April. And score tickets we did– We got seats from the second row!
And when the night came, all the raves proved true. IT IS AWESOME! 
The songs are catchy, the melody engaging and the story hits a bit close to home. If I was watched this back in my year after college, the theme would strike true and hard. The search for one’s purpose, being depressed as your sucking self and the real life issues of being just out of college. Those are not my issues right now, but they are still very relatable. Some of the jokes are also very rooted in the American culture that I didn’t get it at times, but they are still very funny.
One important lesson that they shared: Everything, aside for death and taxes, is only for now. So true.
And the full puppet nudity? Trekkie Monster’s mantra? The slow-motion dream sequence? Priceless, priceless, priceless.
After this, I’m watching Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella with Ami on August. I feel so cultured now. 
