Markham Joins ALTAR BOYZ 4/3, '9 To 5' Bound Haskell Exits 3/29

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman proudly announce that Lee Markham will take over the role of LUKE beginning April 3rd. Neil Haskell, who was featured on "So You Think You Can Dance," will play his last performance as Luke on Sunday, March 29th, when he joins the company of 9 to 5. Austin Lesch will play the role until Lee begins.

Lee Markham is joining the NY cast of Altar Boyz after playing Luke in Media, PA and Glens Falls, NY for the Adirondack Theater Festival. Originally from Treasure Island, FL, he received a B.A. in Theater at USF. Other credits include playing Max in the eastern tour of the Nickelodeon show "Max and Ruby" as well as the off-Broadway production through Theaterworks USA. He was also in the NYMF show Angels (Dasher) and the FL tour of Smokey Joe's Cafe (Bass). Lee also performs in the improv troupe "Eight is Never Enough" as well as doing stand-up comedy and voiceover work.

Altar Boyz is the longest running new musical comedy to open in New York in years! Full of sharp parody, sinfully spectacular dancing, and irreverent humor, this spoof about a heavenly guy-group is adored by audiences and critics alike. With an extraordinary mix of side-splitting songs "convincing enough to be played on MTV," uncontrollable laughs and lighthearted fun, this award-winning and totally original new musical is "90 minutes of pure delight" that's suitable for all ages and will have "the whole family laughing and singing along." Altar Boyz is in the midst if its Second National Tour as well as both national and international resident productions in Chicago, Korea, Hungary, Finland, Australia, Montreal, and the Philippines.

Critics are spreading the word coast-to-coast: "Finally, an Off-Broadway musical that actually works!" (Zinoman, The New York Times); "Sly and funny subversion, terrific voices, soothing harmonies, and deliciously funny numbers. It sends you home with a smile! Made up of five potential Teen People cover boys." (Isherwood, The New York Times); "Thank Heaven for Altar Boyz! It keeps you laughing all evening long. If laughter is a form of salvation, my soul is clean!" (Daily News); "Hilarious! This sweet and sassy, witty and completely unpretentious show sends everybody out on a cloud of mirth - and we mean everybody!" (Journal News); "Ninety minutes of heavenly hilarity!" (The Boston Globe); "You'll laugh your socks off!" (Chicago Tribune); "Hallelujah brothers and sisters! Altar Boyz is in town. Funny song-and-dance numbers that never stop and a talented cast of five handsome men. It's top-notch musical theater!" (Miami Herald).

Altar Boyz also features Michael Kadin Craig, Travis Nesbitt, Mauricio Perez, and Ravi Roth, and is directed by Stafford Arima and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli. Altar Boyz has music & lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker with book by Kevin Del Aguila, based on a concept by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport. Performances are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm & 7pm. New World Stages is located at 340 West 50th Street, just west of Eighth Avenue.

For more information, please visit www.altarboyz.com or call 1 -877-ABOYZ-411. For all the gossip, visit www.altarholics.com.

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