'Adding Machine' to Close July 20th

The critically acclaimed Off Broadway hit ADDING MACHINE will play its final performance on Sunday, July 20 at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane), it was announced today by the show's producers.  After having received some of the best reviews of any musical this season (on or Off Broadway), ADDING MACHINE was awarded 2 Outer Critics Circle Awards (Outstanding New Off Broadway Musical, Outstanding New Score), 4 Lucille Lortel Awards (including Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Lead Actor, Outstanding Lighting Design), 4 Obie Awards (plus 10 total nominations from the Drama Desk Awards and Drama League Awards, including Best Musical).  At the time of its closing, Adding Machine will have played 16 previews and 149 regular performances.

ADDING MACHINE  also presented to New York to the extraordinary debut of Joshua Schmidt whose award-winning score will soon be heard in European productions, regional theaters and in opera houses around the world.

The recently released (and critically acclaimed) PS Classics World Premiere recording of Adding Machine is also available wherever CD's are sold, and online at www.psclassics.com.

On Thursday, July 17, the full cast and band will perform a special 30-minute suite from ADDING MACHINE , in celebration of the recording, at Barnes & Noble (Lincoln Square Triangle, Broadway & 66th Street), 5:30 p.m., followed by a CD signing.

Producer Scott Morfee stated, "Adding Machine is a labor of love for all involved.  The New York production, which sits so perfectly at the Minetta Lane Theatre, has allowed this musical to get the kind of attention it deserves.  My partners and I are proud to know that Adding Machine will prove to be a significant addition to the repertoire of opera companies and adventurous theater troupes around the world, and the introduction of an extraordinary new voice in the musical theater (Mr. Schmidt)."

Direct from a smash World Premiere at Chicago's Next Theatre Company (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.  Under the direction of David Cromer, Adding Machine stars 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.'

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.

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 just steps away from the West 4th subway station (A, C, E, B, D, F and V lines).  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 $45 - $69.50 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 are available in person at the box office on the day of the performance, subject to availability.

For more information, visit www.addingmachineamusical.com.

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