Fantasies Come True: Broadway's Avenue Q Cast Recording Released Oct. 7 | Playbill

Cast Recordings & Albums Fantasies Come True: Broadway's Avenue Q Cast Recording Released Oct. 7 The catchy score of Broadway's first musical of the season, Avenue Q, will fill CD players and stereos near and far starting Oct. 7, when the original Broadway cast recording is released by Victor.

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Cover art for the Avenue Q CD.

The original Broadway cast recording of Avenue Q is perhaps the first Broadway musical cast album to brandish a parental advisory sticker which warns of "explicit content" including "strong language" and "sexual content."

The cast (and puppets) will celebrate the release with an in-store album signing, 6-8 PM Oct. 13 at the Lincoln Center Tower Records located at Broadway and 66th Street.

Avenue Q sends up popular children's television shows such as "Sesame Street" and "The Electric Company," while serving up a bounty of pop culture references and solving the mystery of the whereabouts of former "Diff'rent Strokes" child star Gary Coleman. The sweetly satiric production bears the warning: "Full puppet nudity, not suitable for children."

The musical, lauded by audiences and critics alike, officially opened on Broadway July 31 following previews from July 11. The staging came off a successful run at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre, where it sold out and garnered the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical.

The complete track listing is as follows: 1. "The Avenue Q Theme"
2. "What Do You Do With a BA in English?"/"It Sucks to Be Me"
3. "If You Were Gay"
4. "Purpose"
5. "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist"
6. "The Internet is For Porn"
7. "Mix Tape"
8. "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today"
9. "Special"
10. "You Can Be As Loud As the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)"
11. "Fantasies Come True"
12. "My Girlfriend (Who Lives in Canada)"
13. "There's a Fine, Fine Line"
14. "There is Life Outside Your Apartment"
15. "The More You Ruv Someone"
16. "Schadenfreude"
17. "I Wish I Could Go Back to College"
18. "The Money Song"
19. "School for Monsters"/"The Money Song" (reprise)
20. "There's a Fine, Fine Line" (reprise)/"What Do You Do With a BA in English?" (reprise)
21. "For Now"

The Avenue Q cast includes Ann Harada (as Christmas Eve), Jennifer Barnhart (Mrs. Thistletwat, Bad Idea Bear #2 and others), Natalie Venetia Belcon (as Gary Coleman), Jordan Gelber (as Brian), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Kate Monster, Lucy T. Slut and others), John Tartaglia (Princeton and Rod) and Lyon (Nicky, Trekkie Monster, Bad Idea Bear #1 and others).

Creators Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx provide the original concept as well as music and lyrics for the musical, while Jeff Whitty (The Plank Project) handles the book. The Crumple Zone director Jason Moore directs the Broadway run, which features the creations of puppeteer Rick Lyon (whose work has been seen in "Men in Black" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.")

For tickets to Avenue Q, call (212) 239-6200 or click here. For more information, visit www.avenueq.com.

 
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