PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, will record the original Off Broadway cast recording of Adding Machine on Monday, April 14, it was announced today by the show's producers, Scott Morfee, Tom Wirtshafter and Margaret Cotter, and Tommy Krasker, co-founder of PS Classics. The album will be produced by Mr. Krasker, whose recent projects include the cast recordings of the current Broadway productions of Sunday in the Park with George and A Catered Affair. Krasker anticipates a June 3 release date.
Adding Machine is currently playing at the Minetta Lane Theatre (18 Minetta Lane). The musical began previews on February 8, 2008, and officially opened on February 25, receiving some of the most rhapsodic reviews of the season and, most recently, was cited by the Lucille Lortel Awards with six nominations, including Best Musical, Best Actor, Best Featured Actress and Best Director.
Adding Machine features a score by Joshua Schmidt and a libretto by Jason Loewith and Mr. Schmidt. David Cromer directs a cast starring Cyrilla Baer as 'Mrs. Zero,' Joel Hatch as 'Mr. Zero' and Amy Warren as 'Daisy.' The featured cast includes Joe Farrell as 'Shrdlu,' Jeff Still as '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.
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.
Founded in 2000 by Tommy Krasker and Philip Chaffin, and a four-time Grammy nominee (for its cast albums of Assassins, Nine: The Musical,
Grey Gardens and Company), PS Classics has made significant contributions to the heritage of American popular song through its critically acclaimed cast recordings (including the current Broadway productions of
Xanadu, Sunday in the Park With George and
A Catered Affair); solo albums by such Broadway luminaries as
Christine Andreas,
Rebecca Luker, Victoria Clark,
Jason Danieley and
Marin Mazzie, and
Jessica Molaskey; and recordings drawn from rare sound archives, including Sondheim Sings. PS Classics is distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment. For more information, visit www.psclassics.com.
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. through June 15, 2008. 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.
