ADDING MACHINE Vocal Selections, From Alfred Music Publishing, Now Available

The vocal selections for Off-Broadway hit ADDING MACHINE have just been released. Alfred Music Publishing has released "Adding Machine-A Musical: Vocal Selections," whichh has a suggested price of $19.95.

 

Darkly comic and heartbreakingly beautiful, ADDING MACHINE , a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's incendiary 1923 play, tells the story of Mr. Zero, who after 25 years of service to his company is replaced by a mechanical adding machine. In a vengeful rage, he murders his boss. An eclectic score gives passionate and memorable voice to this stylish and stylized production, which follows Zero's journey to the afterlife in the Elysian Fields where he is met with one last chance for romance and redemption.

Joshua Schmidt's groundbreaking score inspired critics to praise Adding Machine as "the best new musical of 2008." After taking Chicago and New York by storm, menacingly dark Adding Machine is enjoying success in cities everywhere.

Alfred Music Publishing is honored to premiere this collection of piano-vocal renditions of key songs from Schmidt's landmark work, which will inspire scholars of musical theatre and challenge performers and audiences for generations to come.

Titles included in the songbook include:
Daisy's Confession
Didn't We
Freedom (Reprise)
I'd Rather Watch You
In Numbers
Something to Be Proud Of
The Gospel According to Shrdlu
Zero's Confession

For more information, visit www.alfred.com.

Direct from a smash World Premiere at Chicago's Next Theatre Company (winning the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical), Adding Machine played Off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre from February 7, 2008 through July 20, and officially opened on February 25. Adding Machine played 16 previews and 149 regular performances.

The show features a score by Joshua Schmidt and a libretto by Jason Loewith and Mr. Schmidt. The Minetta Lane production featured the direction of David Cromer and starred Cyrilla Baer as 'Mrs. Zero,' Joel Hatch as 'Mr. Zero' and Amy Warren as 'Daisy.' The featured cast includes Joe Farrell as 'Shrdlu,' Nick Offerman as the 'Boss,' Adinah Alexander as 'Mrs. Two,' Niffer Clarke as 'Mrs. One,' Roger E. DeWitt as 'Mr. Two' and Daniel Marcus as 'Mr. One.'

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