Howie Michael Smith will return to the hit musical Avenue Q as Princeton/Rod beginning September 27. Smith performed in the show, which is now playing at off-Broadway's New World Stages, more than 1,000 times during Avenue Q's Broadway run.

The current cast of Avenue Q also features Sarah Stiles (Kate Monster and Lucy), Cullen R. Titmas ...

Ready for some rocking puppet hilarity? A few months after a YouTube video of The Muppets singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” became an Internet sensation, the rowdy puppet crew over at off-Broadway’s Avenue Q has decided to join in on the Queen fun. A newly launched YouTube page for the show, cleverly named Thistletwatnation, has posted a video of Rod, Nicky ...

Original cast member Jennifer Barnhart will return to off-Broadway’s Avenue Q in the roles of Mrs. T, Bad Idea Bear and others on May 2 at New World Stages. Barnhart created the roles in the show’s 2003 off-Broadway premiere at the Vineyard Theater, as well as its Tony Award-winning Broadway run, in which she played more than 2 ...

Ann Sanders is returning to the role of Christmas Eve in the Tony-winning Avenue Q on April 5. Sanders previously played the role for three years during the show’s initial Broadway run.

Sanders’ other theater credits include Belle in Broadway’s Beauty and the Beast, as well as Miss Saigon, Carousel and The King and I.

Avenue Q follows ...

Lucy T. Slut, one of the fuzzy (and very friendly) stars of the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q, has never shied away from controversy, but now the puppet’s image has been banned from bus shelter advertisements in Colorado Spring because of "puppet cleavage," according to The Colorado Springs Gazette.

Jeff Moore, an account executive at Lamar Advertising that rejected the ...

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Broadway.com decided to ask some of the most romantic people we know—Broadway stars—to share their thoughts on the season of love, and the shows that make them swoon.

LUCY T. SLUT (Avenue Q)

What is the most romantic Broadway show of all time and why?
Any show with hookers: The Life ...

Avenue Q, the Tony-winning musical about twentysomething puppets and human with big dreams, little money and the need for a sense of purpose, reopened at off-Broadway’s New World Stages on October 21. To celebrate the show’s move to new digs, a gaggle of stage stars took in the performance and then headed to nearby Glass House Tavern to ...

Anika Larsen will reprise her Broadway performance as Kate Monster and Lucy T. Slut in the off-Broadway production of Avenue Q. Larsen is among the complete cast announced for the upcoming remounting of the show at New World Stages, which will begin previews on October 9 and open on October 21. Avenue Q ended its Broadway run on September 13 ...

Who knew we’d be spending so much of our week talking about Gary Coleman?

Although an earlier job posting from Avenue Q casting director Cindy Tolan indicated that a man would now be playing the role of the former child star when the show restarts at off-Broadway’s New World Stages, a new posting indicates a change of heart ...

Yesterday we reported that the role of former child star Gary Coleman in Avenue Q would now be played by a man for the show's off-Broadway transfer. But why was the part played by a woman in the first place? Simple: The authors found it funnier that way. Unlike most shows, Avenue Q has been rethought multiple times by ...