The ThinkTalk staff is gearing up to welcome Danish director Lone Scherfig to DC to talk about her film career and new movie An Education.

The hit stage musical Avenue Q is coming to ThinkTalk. Remember how much fun Sesame Street was when you were a kid? If so, you’ll love the off-Broadway musical Avenue Q. It’s the louder, funnier and more PG-13 version of your favorite childhood show (but is not actually affiliated with Sesame Street, fyi).

Avenue Q opened at the Vineyard Theatre in 2003. It’s the story of Princeton, a college-grad who is trying to make it big in New York and the only affordable housing within his price range is Avenue Q. The show won Tony awards for Best Musical and Best Score in 2004. It has also received excellent critical reviews — Entertainment Weekly named it Best of 2003, and The New Yorker called it:

An ingenious combination of ‘The Real World’ and ‘Sesame Street,’ the show presents the friends on Avenue Q as something both more and less than ‘Friends.’

If you are anything like me, your first reaction might be, “Puppets, Really? Puppets?” But with song titles including ''Everyone's a Little Bit Racist,'' ''Schadenfreude,'' ''The Internet Is for Porn'' and ''You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love),'' this a hilarious show with enough sarcasm and edgy humor to satisfy even the pickiest of play-goers.

And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: it’s finally time to ask the Avenue Q cast your ThinkTalk question.

That’s right, we want you to ask the actors and puppeteers from Avenue Q your career questions. Anything you want to know about what they do, how they got there or any career advice they might have. Check out the instructions on how to ask your question. It’s quick and painless, we promise. The deadline to ask your Avenue Q question is February 9th, so don’t take too long!

Update:Unfortunately, as of February 23rd, our scheduled interview with Chazz is off. If we reschedule we will be sure to post an update.

The ThinkTalk crew is excited to welcome Chazz Palminteri - the highly acclaimed actor and writer of A Bronx Tale - to our studios in February. A Bronx Tale is a hard-hitting off-Broadway show that is currently touring the country. Palminteri, as the star of the show, is an incredible actor who brings 18 different and vivid characters to life in his story about his 1960s era Bronx neighborhood and the unforgettable people who lived there. He’ll be answering your questions during our interview, so make sure you get your questions in by February 20th.

Palminteri, a star of the stage and screen, is a New York native who made his feature film directorial debut in 2004 with Noel starring Penelope Cruz and Susan Sarandon. You’ve probably seen him in The Usual Suspects, Analyze This, Mulholland Falls or the theatrical version of A Bronx Tale directed by Robert De Niro. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role in Bullets Over Broadway.

Palminteri wrote the script and screenplay for A Bronx Tale as a “fictionalized story based on a true incident." According to him, the idea for the script was born when the young writer witnessed a man being shot right in front of his home. The incident inspired him to a story about the “real tough guys,” the working men who try to make a better life for their families. Palminteri says:

[A Bronx Tale is] about reaching one’s potential in life and how the love we get from our parents can shape our lives. I wanted to explore these universal themes told through the eyes of a young boy. As Lorenzo the bus driver used to tell his son as he was growing up, ‘The saddest thing is life is wasted talent. Don’t waste yours.’

Larry Winget, ”The Pitbull of Personal Development”, is coming to ThinkTalk’s Spotlight to talk to Zack about his career as a speaker, author and TV host.