'Adding Machine' Completes Cast; Opens Feb.25

The featured cast of the New York Premiere of Adding Machine has been announced.  Direct from a smash World Premiere at Chicago's Next Theatre Company last season (winning the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical), Adding Machine features a score by Joshua Schmidt and a libretto by Jason Loewith and Mr. Schmidt.  David Cromer (Orson's Shadow) directs.  Performances begin at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane) 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).

Joining the previously announced trio of Cyrilla Baer as 'Mrs. Zero', Joel Hatch as 'Mr. Zero' and Amy Warren as 'Daisy' (all reprising their acclaimed performances from the original production) will be Joe Farrell as 'Shrdlu,' Jeff Still in multiple roles as the 'Boss,' 'Fixer' and 'Charles,' Adinah Alexander as 'Mrs. Two,' Niffer Clarke as 'Mrs. One,' Roger E. DeWitt as 'Mr. Two' and Daniel Marcus as 'Mr. One.'

"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," explain press notes.

Adding Machine is produced Off Broadway by Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Margaret Cotter and features scenic design by Takeshi Kata, lighting design by Keith Parham, costume design by Kristine Knanishu, sound design by Tony Smolenski, projection design by Peter Flaherty, properties design by Michele Spadaro and musical direction by J. Oconer Navarro.

Situated one block south of West 3rd Street and east of 6th Avenue, The Minetta Lane Theatre is located at 18 Minetta Lane in Greenwich Village.  For more information, visit www.addingmachineamusical.com.

The performance schedule for Adding Machine is Tuesday – Friday at 8:00 p.m., Saturday at 3:00 & 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. 

Tickets are $65.00 and are available by calling the Minetta Lane Theatre box office at 212-420-8000 or through Ticketmaster at 212-307-4100 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.  A limited number of $25 student rush tickets will be available in person at the box office on the day of the performance, subject to availability.