Best Show EVER...but not with your family

The summer I graduated from high school, dad really wanted us to watch The World According to Garp, together. It's one of his favorite books by John Irving, and he bought me the book a couple years later actually. So, we watch the movie with Robin Williams in it, and it's pretty good. Except, it's rated R, and it's rated R because of "sexual content" and "suggestive dialogue." So, good times when you're 18 sitting on the couch watching a movie with your dad. But, as you can tell, 10 years later, I'm totally over it. In January 2007, dad and I took a last minute trip to NYC to see Letterman, on a GREAT father daughter bonding experience. We had a blast, and were told to go see Avenue Q while in town. All I knew about the show was that it was "Muppet's who swear." Sure, sign me up, this could be GREAT! Well, we couldn't get tickets. A few months back I heard it was coming to Seattle, so dad and I talked about going. One thing lead to another and it didn't work out to go to the show. But about two weeks ago at work, one of my editors got an envelope in the mail with two tickets to the opening night of Avenue Q. SUH-WEET. Working in "media" kicks ass sometimes! So, we go to the show. The reason I bring up The World According to Garp is that Avenue Q had a similar vibe to it. FABULOUS show, I recommend it to most people in my life (but not you mom), but when monsters say the F-word, and there's a song called, "Everyone's A Little Bit Racist" you know you're at a good show. Becky and I laughed and laughed, and laughed, and proceed to walk into work the next morning and without another word scream "It Sucks to be YOU!" the theme song of the show. Yeah, quality entertainment here mom, I swear. But, it was a great show, I called dad later and explained, it would be more a Garp kind of experience for us than a Spamalot-standing room only with drinks in our hand kind of experience. Good times had by all. But, Becky's my new favorite Theatre patron, after dad of course. I can't wait for THIS to happen in September, it will probably make my theatrical year, and definitely make up for this atrocity that Becky and I sat through. It's definitely a two drink minimum kind of show.