{"id":7574,"date":"2008-01-11T08:07:39","date_gmt":"2008-01-11T13:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7574"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T17:49:51","slug":"i-laughed-i-cried","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=7574","title":{"rendered":"I laughed, I cried"},"content":{"rendered":"

Siobhan and I went to Avenue Q<\/em> last night – she had bought me tickets for my birthday – so nice!! Siobhan saw it when it first came out and raved about it.<\/p>\n

Tears rolled down my face throughout. But I had a huge smile on my face. It was THAT kind of a joyful experience.<\/p>\n

I’m still re-living it in my mind. There were some seriously laughoutloud moments. The whole concept is hysterical: actors holding huge puppets – and the actors themselves are visible, but they are acting “through” their puppets – which are of the awesome Jim Henson Sesame Street variety. And there were times (actually, most of the time) I would totally forget that there was a human being actor standing RIGHT THERE, doing the voices … and I’d be staring at the huge puppet face, like IT was the one who was really alive and speaking.<\/p>\n

Especially Rod. The closeted gay puppet. I loved Rod so much that it hurt. Siobhan and I were howling afterwards about the scene when he’s in “therapy” with Christmas Eve – the Japanese landlord on their block on Avenue Q – and he’s lying with his head in her lap – his big square blue head, with its round green button nose … and the actor (who was unbelievable – he had two parts – that show must be such a workout for him – not one second of rest) – the actor is sitting right there, manipulating the puppet, talking in “Rod’s voice – but it was kind of a serious scene, so the entire audience (and it was a sold out show) was totally quiet, watching the scene. Rapt. Like Siobhan said, when we were howling later, “Like … everyone was just transFIXED … by a PUPPET …” We totally forgot that “Rod” was not real. Rod is totally real. He is a character.<\/p>\n

But the whole thing was great. A truly joyful ridiculous and moving experience. I love that something like that is not only on Broadway, but is a smash hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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