described it as "...how Friends might be if it had Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy arguing about their one-night stand, but with more angst, expletives and full-on puppet sex." Avenue Q made Entertainment Weekly'''s 2010 end-of-the-decade "best-of" list: "This 2003 smash musical is Sesame Street for grown-ups, with filthy-minded puppets who teach useful lessons like 'The Internet Is for Porn.' Somewhere, Big Bird is molting." Awards and nominations References External links official website of Avenue Q Official website of Rick Lyon, "Avenue Q" Puppet Designer/builder and original cast member Avenue Q at BroadwayWorld.com [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/us/new-york-2004-new-york-going-avenue-q-star-comes-closet-into-ring.html "Avenue Q' Star Comes Out Of Closet and Into the Ring"], The New York Times "Avenue Qs (gay) Republican puppet speaks his mind", Los Angeles Times "Avenue Qs Tartaglia (and Rod) to Kick Off Kids' Night Event Oct. 29", Playbill 2003 musicals Broadway musicals Fictional streets and roads LGBT-related musicals Muppet parodies Off-Broadway musicals Cultural depictions of actors Original musicals Plays set in New York City Puppetry West End musicals Tony Award for Best Musical Las Vegas shows Plays set in the 21st century Tony Award-winning musicals