“Avenue Q” is not a typical musical: Think “Sesame Street” for adults. Winner of the Tony Awards’ “Triple Crown” for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, “Avenue Q” is a hilarious, irreverent, sweetly satiric coming-of-age parable performed by “Muppet”-style puppets alongside human actors.

It is an incredible opportunity for students in the University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Theatre, says Valerie Accetta, director and Theatre UAB’s head of musical theater. Besides the challenges of singing and dancing in a typical musical, the actors in “Avenue Q” are also puppeteers.

Theatre UAB will present “Avenue Q” at 7:30 p.m. April 8-11 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 12, in UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. The show’s music and lyrics are by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, with the book by Jeff Whitty. This play contains adult language and themes and is not for young audiences. General admission tickets are $12 and $15, $6 for students, and $10 for UAB employees and senior citizens. For tickets, call 205-975-2787 or visit Theatre UAB online at www.uab.edu/cas/theatre. Read more about the age-appropriateness of the show on the Theatre UAB site.