The Toxic Avenger to Close January 3, 2010; National Tour Expected Fall 2010
by Robert Diamond - November 10, 2009 After a successful nine and a half month run, The Toxic Avenger, the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical, will end its New York run, having played over 300 performances at New World Stages on Sunday, January 3rd, 2010, to prepare for its national tour. The Toxic Avenger had its world premiere ...
Louise Pitre To Star In Toronto's 'THE TOXIC AVENGER', Previews Begin 10/20
by BWW News Desk - October 20, 2009 Dancap Productions Inc. has announced the Canadian Premiere of THE TOXIC AVENGER, an eco-monster musical comedy based on the 1984 Lloyd Kaufman classic cult film. The Canadian production will take place at The Music Hall (998 seats) on Danforth Avenue, currently undergoing renovations to accommodate...
TOXIC AVENGER Celebrates 100th Performance 7/3 With Special Ticket Offers
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2009 The producers of 2009's Best New Off-Broadway Musical*, The Toxic Avenger, announced today that they are celebrating the show's 100th performance on Friday, July 3 with a very special Independence Day Ticket Offer. To commemorate the year of the nation's independence (and America going green!), spec...
Photo Flash: 'ROCK' Gets 'TOXIC' at New World Stages
by Eddie Varley - November 02, 2009 Last Wednesday night, some of the cast members from 'ROCK OF AGES' came uptown - 2 blocks! - to New World Stages for some HOT TOXIC LOVE - and got it when they visited THE TOXIC AVENGER, the award-winning musical starring another 'American Idol' finalist. After the show, both casts met onstage for t...
Photo Flash: Chad Gilbert, Hayley Williams Visit THE TOXIC AVENGER
by Gabrielle Sierra - June 26, 2009 At last night's performance of THE TOXIC AVENGER, there were two special guests in the audience - Chad Gilbert, guitarist with the punk/rock band NEW FOUND GLORY and Hayley Williams, vocalist with the hip new band PARAMORE....
Win A Chance To See The 'Big Green Freak', Enter The 'BWW TOXIC AVENGER' Ticket Contest!
by Eddie Varley - September 15, 2009 The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and an award-winning, laugh-out-loud musical. Featuring a freakin' hilarious story, it's got a smokin' onstage rock band, a corrupt New Jersey mayor, a gorgeous blind librarian, her monstrous toxic boyfriend, and two guys who play...well, everyone else. Don...
Photo Flash: 'ROCK' Gets 'TOXIC' at New World Stages
by Eddie Varley - November 02, 2009 Last Wednesday night, some of the cast members from 'ROCK OF AGES' came uptown - 2 blocks! - to New World Stages for some HOT TOXIC LOVE - and got it when they visited THE TOXIC AVENGER, the award-winning musical starring another 'American Idol' finalist. After the show, both casts met onstage for t...
Photo Coverage: BWW Visits 'THE TOXIC AVENGER' - Nicholas Rodriguez Takes A Bow
by Walter McBride - July 23, 2009 The Toxic Avenger is a charming love story and laugh-out-loud musical that has it all -- an unlikely hero, his beautiful girlfriend, a corrupt New Jersey mayor and two guys who play...well, everyone else...bullies, mobsters, old ladies, and stiletto-wearing back-up singers. The show also features th...
Diana DeGarmo Will Join THE TOXIC AVENGER Beginning 8/14
by Eddie Varley - July 14, 2009 Diana DeGarmo, Season 3 'American Idol' runner-up and Broadway vet is returning to the New York stage where, beginning Friday, August 14th, she will assume the role of Sarah, the sexy, blind librarian in The Toxic Avenger - named the 'Best New Off-Broadway Musical' by the Outer Critics Circle....
Erin Leigh Peck Subs for Nancy Opel in THE TOXIC AVENGER Oct. 26 - Nov. 8
by Robert Diamond - October 23, 2009 Move over, Bloomberg; the mayoral race just got a whole lot tighter as Erin Leigh Peck takes on the role of Mayor Babs Belgoody, along with other memorable characters, in The Toxic Avenger, the Outer Critics' Circle 2009 pick for Best New Off-Broadway Musical. Peck will be playing the multiple roles...
Photo Coverage: 'TOXIE' Spotlight Exclusive On Nancy Opel
by Walter McBride - August 24, 2009 After a recent performance of the Off-Broadway hit The Toxic Avenger, celebrated comic actress Nancy Opel took some time out to pose for a very special 'Spotlight' feature for the BroadwayWorld.com cameras....
Celina Carvajal Leads Cast Of THE GREEN ROOM, Reading Held At 47th St. Theatre 10/5
by BWW News Desk - October 05, 2009 Celina Carvajal (Toxic Avenger, Rooms) leads the cast of THE GREEN ROOM as Anna with Chasten Harmon (Broadway's Hair revival) as Divonne, James Lee Glatz as Cliff and Adam Shorsten as John....
Photo Coverage: The Cast Of 'TOXIC AVENGER' Sample Serendipity 3's 'The Hot Toxic Love Sundae'
by Peter James Zielinski - September 04, 2009 Serendipity 3, the landmark NYC dessert emporium teamed with the Off-Broadway hit, The Toxic Avenger, to create a sundae 'so toxically delicious it will turn you green with envy - The Hot Toxic Love Sundae!'...
THE TOXIC AVENGER To Appear At The Skate Rink At Bryant Park 12/22
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 10, 2009 Come warm yourself up with a dose of 'Hot Toxic Love' as The Toxic Avenger cast makes an appearance at The Pond at Bryant Park (40-42nd Street, between 5th and 6th Avenue)....
THE TOXIC AVENGER Will Launch National Tour in 2010, Off-Broadway Production Celebrates 200 Performances 10/1
by Eddie Varley - October 01, 2009 The Toxic Avenger - named '2009 Best New Off-Broadway Musical' by the Outer Critics Circle - marks its 200th performance tonight (Thursday, October 1st) at New World Stages (340 West 50th Street), where it has had audiences doubled over with laughter since performances began over six months ago. (Pr...
Photo Flash: THE TOXIC AVENGER Welcomes NJ Mayor Patricia Schriver
by Eddie Varley - July 09, 2009 On Saturday July 4th, Patricia Schriver, mayor of Lebanon Township, NJ caught the 4PM performance of THE TOXIC AVENGER and then enjoyed a backstage visit with Nancy Opel who portrays BABS BELGOODY, the corrupt mayor of TROMAVILLE, NJ. Two female New Jersey mayors together at last! Check out the patr...
Diana Degarmo To Star in LIBERTY: A NEW MUSICAL at the NYMF Festival
by Jessica Lewis - September 18, 2009 Diana Degarmo, star of the Off-Broadway hit The TOXIC AVENGER; will play the title role in a one-night-only, concert presentation of LIBERTY: A NEW MUSICAL. Produced by the New York Musical Theater Festival and Theresa Wozunk, LIBERTY: A NEW MUSICAL will make its premiere at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, S...
Gorilla Theatre's CHRISTMAS TRIO Evening Performance Tonight Canceled, 12/6
by BWW News Desk - December 06, 2009 As per notice from the Gorilla Theatre, please note that the evening performance for tonight, December 6, has been canceled. ...
Photo Coverage: Diana DeGarmo Joins THE TOXIC AVENGER
by Eddie Varley - August 17, 2009 Diana DeGarmo, Season 3 'American Idol' runner-up and Broadway vet has returned to the New York stage where, on Friday, August 14th, she assumed the role of Sarah, the sexy, blind librarian in The Toxic Avenger - named the 'Best New Off-Broadway Musical' by the Outer Critics Circle....
BWW TORONTO: A 'TOXIC' Opening Night at the Music Hall
by Kelly Cameron - November 06, 2009 Dancap's Production of The Toxic Avenger officially opened on October 31st, and it was quite a crowd to usher the show into it's new home at the Music Hall on Danforth Ave....
Gorilla Rep Hosts Talkback After THE CHRISTMAS TRIO Tonight 12/11
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 11, 2009 Tonight, see Christmas Trio and enjoy a talkback with the cast and director after the show - included in your ticket price....
Photo Flash: David Bryan Visits His 'TOXIC AVENGER'
by Eddie Varley - August 25, 2009 After a recent performance of the Off-Broadway hit The Toxic Avenger, Bon Jovi's founding member/keyboardist David Bryan stopped by to say hello to his fantastic cast. ...
BWW Interview: The Toxic Avenger's Brittany Gray Talks Lloyd Kaufman and Slime
by Kelly Cameron - November 20, 2009 The Toxic Avenger had its official opening Hallowen night at The Music Hall on the Danforth. Since then it has been delighting audience with its unique blend on music, humour and campy fun. BWW got the chance to sit down and talk with Brittany Gray about her role as Sarah, the blind librarian and o...
A Capella Group Tuckermans At 9 Return To Hackmatack Playhouse 6/20
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2009 A cappella group Tuckermans at 9 returns to Hackmatack Playhouse, 538 School Street, (Route 9) Berwick, Maine, on Saturday, June 20. The group performs many long-time audience favorites as well as recently added tunes. Tuckermans at 9's original, high-octane arrangement of the Temptations' classic M...
Diana DeGarmo's 'TOXIC' Blog: 'OH MY GOODNESS!'
by BWW News Desk - September 25, 2009 Diana DeGarmo, Season 3 'American Idol' runner-up and Broadway vet has returned to the New York stage where, beginning Friday, August 14th, she assumed the role of Sarah, the sexy, blind librarian in The Toxic Avenger - named the 'Best New Off-Broadway Musical' by the Outer Critics Circle.... |
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