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Stand-up Comedy is the Reality Television of Broadway
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Broadway has a long history of staging one-person shows, from the storied Mark Twain Tonight created by Hal Holbrook, 700 Sundays starring Billy Crystal, and Lily Tomlin’s The Search For Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
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Video: ‘Avenue Q’ Pays Tribute to Gary Coleman Off-Broadway
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With the sudden and tragic death of former child star Gary Coleman, who entertained television audiences as the bite-sized half of “Diff’rent Strokes,” an unlikely tribute came by way of Broadway, or at least Off-Broadway, thanks for the puppet musical “Avenue Q.” “Avenue Q,” a musical that won a Tony Award for best musical, includes…