What will be Avenue Q’s place in musical theater history?
I think it will always be the little engine that could. It came out of nowhere, it was purely original, it was a whole bunch of unknowns—the writers, the director, the actors. We won the Tony against Wicked, which nobody thought we would and we never thought that we would. They’re such a huge juggernaut, they’re never going to stop. They certainly have a great chance to be the longest-running show in Broadway history, and why not? It was like: “Wow, we started this. This just makes us laugh so much. I wonder if anybody else will get it?” Even to be able to do it off-Broadway at the Vineyard was like, “This is it. This is the top accomplishment.” And then for that show to go to Broadway and find a wider audience and now know that it’s a thing all over the world and people all over this country have seen it… I truly believe that it was born out of such goodwill and original humor and such a fresh take and a distinctive voice. That’s what’s thrilling about it, not that we might end up in
