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Avenue Q Receives a Portrait at the Palm Restaurant

The cast celebrates the show’s 13th anniversary.

Broadway

August 25, 2016

Rod, Ben Durocher, Trekkie Monster, Jed Resnick, Lucy T. Slut, and Elizabeth Ann Berg pose with the new Avenue Q portrait at the Palm Restaurant. — Rod, Ben Durocher, Trekkie Monster, Jason Jacoby , Lucy T. Slut, and Elizabeth Ann Berg pose with the new *Avenue Q* portrait at the Palm Restaurant.
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To celebrate its 13th year in New York City, the long-running musical Avenue Q received a drawing for the walls of the Palm Restaurant.

Avenue Q, written by Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx, and Jeff Whitty, opened off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre on March 20, 2003, before moving to Broadway's John Golden Theatre, where it officially opened on July 31 of that year under the direction of Jason Moore. The show went on to win three 2004 Tony Awards: Best Book, Best Score, and Best Musical. The Broadway production closed on September 13, 2009, and reopened off-Broadway at New World Stages on October 21, 2009.

The current cast of Avenue Q includes Ben Durocher, Elizabeth Ann Berg, Grace Choi, Jason Jacoby, Nicholas Kohn, Danielle K. Thomas, Kerri Brackin, Jed Resnick, Katie Boren, Michael Liscio Jr., and Imari Hardon.