Altar Boyz to Raise the Praise in Budapest, March '07

By: Dec. 12, 2006
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Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, have announced that Pentaton Agency of Budapest will present the European Premiere of Altar Boyz at the 522-seat Thalia Theatre, beginning performances March 23rd, 2007.  

They are hoping for a long run in Budapest, to be followed by a tour to some of the regional theatres of Hungary.  The cast will feature two well-established Hungarian musical theatre stars, Attilla Dolhai (left) and Arpad Zsolt Meszaros (right), along with three new discoveries.


The Hungarian Cast Recording will be produced by Pentaton as well, marking Altar Boyz 's first-ever foreign language recording to be released.

Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at New World Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, is the longest running new musical comedy to open in New York in years, having just celebrated its first anniversary! "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,'" press notes state. Altar Boyz opened April 12th at ChungMu Art Hall, Seoul, Korea.

It is now in the midst of an acclaimed 30-week National Tour, which kicked off in Chicago and continues on to Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco (4 weeks!), Sarasota, Seattle, Tampa, Tempe, Tucson, Washington, and Wilmington.

Altar Boyz is directed by Stafford Arima and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, with music and lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker with book by Kevin Del Aguila, based on a concept by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport.

For more information about Altar Boyz in New York City or around the world, visit www.altarboyz.com  or call toll-free 1-877-411-ABOYZ.


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