Review - Adding Machine and Artf*ckers
by Kristin Salaky
- Feb 27, 2008
February of 2008 has turned out to be a heck of a terrific month for non-traditional and daring Off-Broadway musicals. (Do we have any more opening by tomorrow night?) Following the exhilarating Next To Normal and the entrancingly Dadaist The Blue Flower we now have Joshua Schmidt (music and libretto) and Jason Loewith's (libretto) haunting chamber piece, Adding Machine, based on Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionist drama. To call it 'old-fashioned' would be misleading, but one of the pleasures of Adding Machine is that it recalls a time when political and social protest musicals were not uncommon among Gotham's theatrical offerings.
PS Classics To Record Original Cast Of 'Adding Machine'
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 2, 2008
PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the original Off Broadway cast recording of Adding Machine on Monday, April 14, it was announced today by the show's producers, Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Margaret Cotter, and Tommy Krasker, co-founder of PS Classics.
'Adding Machine' Completes Cast; Opens Feb.25
by BWW News Desk
- Jan 24, 2008
The featured cast of the New York Premiere of Adding Machine has been announced. Adding Machine features a score by Joshua Schmidt and a libretto by Jason Loewith and Mr. Schmidt. David Cromer directs. Performances begin at the Minetta Lane Theatre on February 7, 2008, with an opening night set for Monday, February 25 (this is a change from the previously announced date of February 26).
Felciano & Errico in 'Bloom,' New Musical Reading Nov.12
by BWW News Desk
- Nov 7, 2007
Tony nominees Manoel Felciano (Sweeney Todd, Trumpery) and Melissa Errico (Amour, My Fair Lady, Dracula) will star in a private reading of Bloom, a brand-new musical comedy, on November 12 at New York's Pearl Studios.
All About Us: Missing Its Wisdom Teeth
by Jan Nargi
- Apr 24, 2007
The Joseph Stein/Kander & Ebb musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's 'The Skin of Our Teeth' lacks the sharp bite of the ground-breaking Pulitzer Prize-winning original
Photo Coverage: All About Us Opening Night
by BWW News Desk
- Apr 19, 2007
Connecticut's Westport Country Playhouse is presenting the highly anticipated new Kander and Ebb musical, All About Us, April 10 through April 28.
Photo Coverage: The Woman in White Gypsy Robe Ceremony
by Walter McBride
- Nov 18, 2005
The colorful Gypsy Robe, embellished with mementos from Broadway musicals, is presented to the cast member who has the most Broadway chorus credits. For The Woman in White, the Robe was presented to Elena Shaddow.
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