Racism, Homosexuality, Puppets and a Broadway Tony: A Narrative of Avenue Q

• In Event: Whiteness, Racism, Homosexuality, and Gender Performance: Multiple Perspectives of Race and Gender

Abstract

In order to demonstrate how cultural attitudes recognize homosexuality and racism, the purpose is to analyze Avenue Q by showing how the characters in the musical reconstruct these narratives. In so doing, this essay will offer insights as to how the rhetoric in Broadway shows functions to challenge dominant ideologies in American society.

Authors

• Brian Vierra, Loyola Marymount University

• Michele Hammers, Loyola Marymount University