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March 07, 2011

The Theatre Arts kids were sensational (as alway) in "Avenue Q, Student Edition". Acting, puppetry, singing, comic timing--just brilliantly dead on. Of course, this being the student edition of a fairly racy show, there were a few changes. "The Internet Is for Porn" was changed to "My Social Life is Online", and "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)" and "My Girlfriend, Who Lives in Canada" were cut. (Canada was probably cut for time, actually.)

Oh, and Mrs. Thistletwat had her name changed to Mrs. Butts. Other than that, they stayed pretty true to the original. I thought the lyrics switch for "Internet" was reasonably acceptable; although it couldn't touch the original, if you didn't know the show you would have thought it was fine.

Anyway, we three had a lovely time. Dinner was good, but it usually is at the cafe. And nothing had to be rushed or hustled. It was a cold, rainy night, but we got good parking at the auditorium, and had plenty of time to collect our tickets, hit the bathroom, etc. before they opened the lobby doors. Short evening, too--I just dropped the girls off and went home, since T's health problems were plaguing her. Okay with me, since I was pretty tired anyway.