If Sesame Street depicts early childhood, then Avenue Q depicts your first apartment. The neighbors are crazy, and its a little worn around the edges, but you love it anyway. This little puppet musical that could won the 2004 Tony for Best Musical, upsetting popular behemoth Wicked. After five years of delighting audiences on Broadway, the hilarious show finally arrives in Seattle for a two-week run. Avenue Q follows Princeton, a recent college grad whose dreams of changing the world are sidetracked by the realities of living in the big city. The story is told with a combination of puppets and humans, including a porn-loving variation on Cookie Monster and a woman dressed in drag as Gary Coleman. With song titles like Everyones a Little Bit Racist, The Internet Is for Porn, and Im Not Wearing Underwear Today, Avenue Q bears the distinction of having the first musical cast album with a Parental Advisory label. Buy the expensive tickets. The puppets will be difficult to see from the cheap seats. The Paramount, 911 Pine St., 467-5510, www.theparamount.com. $22-$70. 7:30 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., 1 & 6:30 p.m. Sun. Ends June 22. FRANK PAIVA Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sundays, 1 & 6:30 p.m. Starts: June 10. Continues through June 22, 2008
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