It Doesn't Suck to Be Us!!

We went to see Avenue Q last night at the Noel Coward Theatre off Leicester Square. We took the kids although it says everywhere it is not appropriate for children. We are very bad parents. I think the kids liked it though. It is sort of a vulgar, raunchy muppet type of show. Most of the characters are puppets ala Sesame Street but you can see the puppeteers right on stage. At first it is distracting but before you know it, you don't really notice the people. One of our favorite songs was "It sucks to be me". All the characters sing a few lines about why their particular set of circumstances makes their life the worst one and it sucks to be them. They all attempt to outdo each other. It is pretty funny. Other songs we particularly enjoyed? "It is okay to be gay", "Everyone is a little bit racist" and "The Internet is for Porn". See why we are bad parents? It will be a chapter in their Mommie Dearest books later. There are so many plays here that we want to see or that are coming soon. Spamalot, the Monty Python play, is coming this month along with Wicked. We have already seen Wicked twice in San Francisco but I have a suspicion that we will see it in London as well. That is alright with me, going to the theatre was one of the things I most looked forward to about moving. So far we have no lyrics to add to the "It sucks to be me" song. Pretty sweet.