After a successful nine and a half month run, The Toxic Avenger, the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, will end its New York run, having played over 300 performances at New World Stages on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010, to prepare for its national tour. The Toxic Avenger had its world premiere at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey where it broke box office records before transferring Off-Broadway, beginning previews on March 18, 2009 and officially opening on April 6, 2009.
The Toxic Avenger has been enthusiastically embraced by over 80,000 theatre fans, nominated for several awards - winning the 2009 Best Off Broadway Musical Award by the Outer Critics Circle, and even rang the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Indeed, it's been a TOX-A-RI-FIC time!
Producers
Jean Cheever and
Tom Polum are thrilled with the success of the show. "We've been blessed with a talented creative team, phenomenal cast, highly skilled crew, smokin' hot band, dedicated behind-the-scenes support group and loyal theatre audiences. When we announced the tour last month, we were overwhelmed by the response to "Want Toxie to come to Your Town?" on our website. Theatre fans from Los Angeles, Cleveland, Austin, Chicago, and other cities across the U.S. and other parts of the world want the same "Toxic" experience enjoyed in New York City and most recently in Toronto, where a production opened on Halloween. It's a wonderful escape from the stress of everyday life and a chance to just have some fun" says Cheever.
The Toxic Avenger is both a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical -- complete with an unlikely hero, his beautiful blind girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and the most memorable and unbelievable duet you'll see on any New York stage! Audiences from teenagers to senior citizens have enthusiastically embraced this hilarious new musical comedy. Easily 1,000 laughs.
Based on the 1985 classic cult film from
Lloyd Kaufman, The Toxic Avenger features music and lyrics by
David Bryan (keyboardist and founding member of Bon Jovi) and book and lyrics by
Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change). Bryan and DiPietro also co-wrote the hit Broadway musical Memphis, currently playing at the Shubert Theatre. The Toxic Avenger is directed by Tony Award® winner
John Rando. The cast includes American Idol Season 3 runner up
Diana DeGarmo,
Nick Cordero,
Demond Green,
Jonathan Root and
Nancy Opel.
The performance schedule for The Toxic Avenger is: Monday, Wednesday - Friday at 8PM, Saturday at 4 & 8PM and Sunday at 3 & 7:30PM. Tickets are $51.50 & $71.50 and may be purchased through TeleCharge at (212) 239-6200/www.telecharge.com. The original cast recording (TimeLife) is in stores now and on iTunes. For further information about the show, fun online content, and cool merchandise, please visit the show's official web site:
TheToxicAvengerMusical.com.
