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'Avenue Q' downsizes from Broadway to Off

September 17, 2009 5:20 PM By LINDA WINER linda.winer@newsday.com

Puppets in the Broadway company of quot;Avenue Q,quot;

Photo credit: AP | Puppets in the Broadway company of "Avenue Q," Lucy, left, and Rod.

Linda Winer

Newsday theater critic and arts columnist Linda Winer. Linda Winer

Winer is chief theater critic and arts columnist for Newsday,

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How smart are the producers of "Avenue Q?"

This smart.

In June, they said that their raunchy and endearing Tony-winning, grownup-puppet musical would close Sept. 13 after six years on Broadway. But after what was to be the emotional final curtain last Sunday, producer Kevin McCollum announced from the stage - wait, hold your tears! - the big little hit was not going away after all. Instead,...

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