The squeaky-clean dream team of Altar Boyz will appear in person at Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble (corner of Broadway and West 66th St.) on Thursday, July 28th at 6 PM. The event will feature a moderated discussion and performance by the original cast about the show, to be followed by a CD signing with Tyler Maynard (Mark), Ryan Duncan (Juan), David Josefsberg (Abraham), Andy Karl (Luke) and Scott Porter (Matthew) in attendance.
In addition
to its numerous Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Drama League
nominations, Altar Boyz won the 2005 Outer Critics Circle
Award for Best New Musical (Off-Broadway). "Armed with catchy melodies, divine moves and product in their hair, Altar Boyz is the acclaimed and hilarious, holy-inspiring story of five
small-town boys...trying to
save the world one screaming fan at a time. Altar Boyz is the new
musical comedy where the apostles of pop bring their soul-soothing tour
to your town, with their heavenly lyrics like 'Girl, You Make Me Wanna
Wait,'" states a press article. Produced by Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, the show is currently playing at Dodger Stages, Stage 4 (340 W. 50th Street, just west of Eighth Avenue).Altar Boyz is directed by Stafford Arima and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker and a book by Kevin Del Aguila, based on a concept by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport. The creative team includes Anna Louizos (sets), Gail Brassard (costumes), Natasha Katz (lighting) and Simon Matthews (sound), with Lynne Shankel serving as music director and co-orchestrator with Doug Katsaros.
Performances are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 pm, Saturday at 2 pm and 8 pm, and Sundays at 3pm and 7 pm. Tickets are $69.99 for all performances. (Restoration charge included), and are available online and by telephone at www.telecharge.com and 212/239-6200. For more information, please visit www.AltarBoyz.com.
