Is "Avenue Q" OK for a 13 year old?

[Deb in IA]

I am ordering tickets for the upcoming season of shows. There is a touring company of this show coming next spring, and I was wondering if it would be OK for our 13, almost 14 year old son by then.


I read the website and I know there are "adult" themes - sex, drinking, and porn on the Web, but I was wondering what people who may have seen it already think.

Son is a pretty savvy show-goer, by the way . . . and generally enjoys muscials.

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

I've seen it and love. I think if your son is MATURE (heck, I STILL giggled through most of it like a 13-year-old girl) it might be OK. Maybe get the soundtrack and listen to it?

 

[waltsgirl]

My son who is 20 saw it in London and he says he does not think that a 13 year old should go.

 

[crcormier]

Great show, but definitely don't think it's appropriate for a 13 year old.

 

[Honu]

I probably would have loved seeing it with friends as a teen, but I'd even be embarrassed watching it with my parents today, and I'm 45. It's some very adult content lyrics/language and naked muppet/puppets having sex on stage. You decide.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

I'd say go for it. I saw it a few years ago and feel that as long as your son is a normal 13 yo boy who has seen his fair share of theater and a few episodes of South Park, Avenue Q doesn't contain anything that he hasn't already been exposed to. I think you'll both enjoy it.

 

[wvrevy]

Does watching puppet sex (graphic in the sound of it, anyway, but no real visuals) with your 13yo make you uncomfortable? 'Cause if it does...I'd say you may want to pass.

This is definitely a show for adults. It's a fantastic show, don't get me wrong, and one of my favorites and certainly the funniest I've ever seen...but it's not really geared towards kids.

 

[DVCLiz]

DD19 has seen it twice - once last year and once when she was either 16 or 17. She and I both agree that DD14 is going to wait until she is in high school before she sees this show. We don't have any plans to go to New York right now, and it's not coming anywhere near here, so she probably won't get a chance to see it until she's at least 15.

 

[PlainJane]

I've only listened to the soundtrack, but from that I would say it's not appropriate. It also seems like it would be very uncomfortable.

When Charlie Wilson's War was out in theaters, I went to see it with my parents, those first ten minutes of the movie were some of the most awkward of my entire life (I'm 18 fwiw). I really liked the movie btw, was upset when it was basically snubbed at the Oscars.