THE AVENUE Q HISTORY
AVENUE Q THE MUSICAL is the result of a wonderful collaboration between Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. The pair began writing AVENUE Q in 1999, thinking that their idea would make for a great TV series.
Three years later it opened off-Broadway, and after extending 4 times at the Vineyard Theatre following rave reviews, it transferred to Broadway.Since opening at the Golden Theatre in 2003, AVENUE Q has scooped the 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding New Musical, and in 2004 was the winner of 3 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
In June 2006, AVENUE Q THE MUSICAL travelled across the Atlantic to the UK and opened in London's West End, re-opening the Noël Coward Theatre (formerly the Albery Theatre).
Alan Brodie from The Noël Coward Foundation said, "We are delighted that AVENUE Q is the first production in the newly re-named Noël Coward Theatre. It is witty, irreverent, musical and above all entertaining, all elements that Noël Coward himself would have heartily approved. I'm sure Noël would have loved this show."