Jeff Marx is an American composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical Avenue Q with collaborator Robert Lopez.
Marx at the 58th Tony Awards
Avenue Q is a musical comedy featuring puppets and human actors with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and book by Jeff Whitty. It won Best Musical, Book, and Score at the 2004 Tony Awards. The show's format is a parody of Sesame Street, but its content involves adult-oriented themes. It has been praised for its approach to themes of racism, homosexuality and internet pornography.
Avenue Q castmembers perform a duet with Nicky (left) and Rod for "Broadway on Broadway" in September 2006
Avenue Q at the John Golden Theatre on Broadway
Avenue Q cast performing at Broadway on Broadway with the puppets.