Play Critique
Luke Williams
THTRE 110
Theatre Critique
10/10/14
Avenue Q Critique I saw on October 4th a play called Avenue Q at Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center. Avenue Q had four directors. Here they are as follows, Chris Gray-Director, Julie Clemens- Music Director, Tony Jones- Orchestra Director, and Jarrod Bainter- Technical Director. They play had eleven actors. Here are their names followed by who they performed as. Trisha Bagby- Kate Monster, Ryan Groves- Princeton, Matthew Henry- Gary Coleman, Ramsey Hendricks- Trekkie Monster, Breeann Dawson- Lucy the Slut/ Mrs. Thistletwat, Seth Hannan- Rod, Victor Griffith- Nicky, Arianna Morgan- Christmas Eve, Nathan Apodaca- Brian, Emilie Dierks- Bad Idea Bear, and Chistopher McHenry- Bad Idea Bear/Newcomer/Ricky. The basic theme of this play was about finding your purpose in life and times can get rough but it’s all just “for now” and you will move on. To answer the first question, “What is Being Attempted?” This play is a light comedy and a political play. It uses humor and political topics such as singing songs called “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist” and “If You Were Gay”. Avenue Q covered these topics briefly and did a good job of making light humor of them. To answer the second question “Have the Intentions Been Achieved?” Yes it did. This play was mainly shooting to be funny and it did prove to be very funny me. The song “If You Were Gay” made me chuckle because the gay guy, Rod, kept thinking that his roommate Nicky was coming on to him, but he wasn’t. The final question “Was the Attempt Worthwhile?” and my answer is yes. It delivered exactly what it was trying to do. The plot of the show was that the main character Princeton came to Avenue Q to live because he could not afford a place in Avenue A-P. Princeton then moves in and falls in love with an assistance teacher named Kate Monster. Princeton and Kate begin to have a relationship that goes wrong when Princeton thinks that his purpose in life is not
THTRE 110
Theatre Critique
10/10/14
Avenue Q Critique I saw on October 4th a play called Avenue Q at Illinois Central College Performing Arts Center. Avenue Q had four directors. Here they are as follows, Chris Gray-Director, Julie Clemens- Music Director, Tony Jones- Orchestra Director, and Jarrod Bainter- Technical Director. They play had eleven actors. Here are their names followed by who they performed as. Trisha Bagby- Kate Monster, Ryan Groves- Princeton, Matthew Henry- Gary Coleman, Ramsey Hendricks- Trekkie Monster, Breeann Dawson- Lucy the Slut/ Mrs. Thistletwat, Seth Hannan- Rod, Victor Griffith- Nicky, Arianna Morgan- Christmas Eve, Nathan Apodaca- Brian, Emilie Dierks- Bad Idea Bear, and Chistopher McHenry- Bad Idea Bear/Newcomer/Ricky. The basic theme of this play was about finding your purpose in life and times can get rough but it’s all just “for now” and you will move on. To answer the first question, “What is Being Attempted?” This play is a light comedy and a political play. It uses humor and political topics such as singing songs called “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist” and “If You Were Gay”. Avenue Q covered these topics briefly and did a good job of making light humor of them. To answer the second question “Have the Intentions Been Achieved?” Yes it did. This play was mainly shooting to be funny and it did prove to be very funny me. The song “If You Were Gay” made me chuckle because the gay guy, Rod, kept thinking that his roommate Nicky was coming on to him, but he wasn’t. The final question “Was the Attempt Worthwhile?” and my answer is yes. It delivered exactly what it was trying to do. The plot of the show was that the main character Princeton came to Avenue Q to live because he could not afford a place in Avenue A-P. Princeton then moves in and falls in love with an assistance teacher named Kate Monster. Princeton and Kate begin to have a relationship that goes wrong when Princeton thinks that his purpose in life is not