Ken Davenport News

The hit musical Altar Boyz will hold auditions for its fictional boy band in Chicago and Detroit on June 10th and 25th

The Off-Broadway hit The Awesome 80's Prom will debut regionally at Minneapolis' Hennepin Stages beginning on July 7th

Sh-K-Boom Records announced that the debut recording for the hot new 'boy band' ALTAR BOYZ will hit stores on May 17th. The boyz, who are also the cast of the Award Winning Off-Broadway show, ALTAR BOYZ, will perform live and sign CDs May 17th in Times Square at 5pm.

Altar Boyz will release its debut CD at the theater only, for two weeks, beginning Tuesday, May 3rd.

The Altar Boyz will sing the National Anthem at the Mets vs. Braves game on Wednesday April 27th at 1pm.

The 20th Anniversary Lucille Lortel Awards will be hosted by Julie Halston and Bruce Vilanch on May 2nd at Dodgers Stages

Altar Boyz will open at Detroit's City Theater this September, with the cast to be announced later.

The League Of Off-Broadway Theatres And Producers is proud to announce the nominations for THE 20TH ANNUAL LUCILLE LORTEL AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OFF-BROADWAY, which will be presented on Monday, May 2nd at Dodger Stages (340 West 50th Street) at 7 PM. A late night supper will follow at Ruth's Chris Steak House (148 West 51st Street). A cocktail reception to congratulate all of the nominees will be held on April 18th at Ruby Foo's Uptown (2182 Broadway at 77th Street).

A giddy new musical spoofs Christian rock and teenage boy bands

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walter Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy, and Mark Shacket, announced today that radio legend Shadoe Stevens has been cast as the voice of God in ALTAR BOYZ. Shadoe Stevens will record his starring role on Monday, February 7th.

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman today announced that the international search for the fifth member of ALTAR BOYZ is over. Matthew (who has taken the secular name Scott Porter) was recently discovered singing for thousands of dedicated worshippers at Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida, all without forsaking the boy-band roots that have allowed him to open for Orleans and 98 Degrees.