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Review of Avenue Q at Phoenix Theatre

Avenue Q is an interesting show for me. It was one of the five shows I got to see in my (so far) one and only trip to New York when my sister graduated high school and the two of us went to celebrate back in the Summer of 2005. The other four were Rent, Wicked, Spamalot, and Movin' Out. I have since seen all of these shows at least a second time so comparing one production to another is not particularly new to me.

Phoenix Theatre's Avenue Q, however, is not simply a different production of the show I saw in New York. What makes this unique is that it's a remount of their production from the 2010-2011 season. As such, it might be the first time I have seen both an original production and its remount. It is at least the only instance I can pinpoint. I saw Nearly Naked Theatre's remounts of Shakespeare's R & J and Equus but I had not seen the original productions. Even with Phoenix Theatre's other season-ending remount of Les Miserables, I will be seeing the new production having missed the original back in 2009.

Of course, here's your reminder that I work for Phoenix Theatre so it certainly in some roundabout way benefits me to praise the show as my job security increases when the company does well. But I genuinely had a great time on opening night of this remount which, as I'm sure my co-workers can attest to, is not always the case with me. While there were some elements I preferred from the earlier Phoenix Theatre production, overall this one surpassed both its predecessor and my New York experience.

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How They Ended "How I Met Your Mother"

How I Met Your Mother came to a close this week and I was surprised by how many friends on my news feed watched the show and even moreso, how it seemed to be the most polarizing finale since Lost. As a fan of the show myself, I thought I'd jot down my pros and cons on the last hour of the show.