Photo Coverage: Andrew MacDonald Smith and Puppet Make Broadway Debuts in Avenue Q
By: Ben Strothmann Mar. 11, 2006
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Maurice Tipo -- a
blue puppet with button eyes and a green clown nose -- lived the dream
of puppets everywhere on March 10th by making his Broadway debut in the Tony
Award-winning musical Avenue Q at the John Golden Theatre (252 West 45th Street).
Maurice Tipo, and his creator Andrew MacDonald Smith,
22 years old of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, were chosen as the
top vote-getters in Avenue Q's
nationwide puppet contest, "One Night Stand," which gave one worthy
puppet the chance to make his or her Broadway debut in Avenue Q. "One Night Stand" began in November, 2005; the contest invited participants to enter a puppet they thought would best fit
into the Avenue Q community for one night only. Hundreds of entries were
received, and the field was eventually narrowed to 3 top winners.The
public voted online for their favorite of the top three
winners: Messrs. Tipo and Macdonald Smith, Theresa Cullen and her puppet
Kitty from Glendale, California, and Joe Kovacs and his puppet Miss Greta Green
from New York City. The results of the public vote determined which of the three would make their Broadway debut. The
top three winners each received a free trip to New York (airfare, hotel,
dinner), including the chance to see Avenue Q on Broadway and meet the cast back
stage after the show, which they did as a group on March 9, 2006.
For information about
Avenue Q, visit www.avenueq.com, or call Tele-Charge at
212-239-6200.
Theresa Cullen (with Kitty), Andrew MacDonald Smith (with Maurice Tipo), and Joe Kovacs (with Miss Greta Green)
Joe Kovacs
Andrew MacDonald Smith
Joe Kovacs and Theresa Cullen
Andrew MacDonald Smith and Barrett Foa
Andrew MacDonald Smith
Joe Kovacs
Theresa Cullen
Jennifer Barnhart, Mary Faber, Barrett Foa and Andrew MacDonald Smith
Jennifer Barnhart, Christian Anderson, Mary Faber and Barrett Foa
Evan Harrington, Andrew MacDonald Smith, Ann Sanders and Christian Anderson
Mary Faber, Andrew MacDonald Smith, Ann Sanders and Christian Anderson
Andrew MacDonald Smith
Curtain call--Christian Anderson, Jennifer Barnhart, Andrew MacDonald Smith and Natalie Venetia Belcon
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