Toxic Avenger Cast Recording Release Dates Set

Time Life is set to release the original cast recording of the new off-Broadway musical The Toxic Avenger in time for opening night at New World Stages. Pre-release copies of the CD will be available for purchse at the theater on April 6. The official release date is May 5, when the CD will be available in music stores and online retailers. The Toxic Avenger began previews on March 18, directed by John Rando.

Recorded on March 9 at Avatar Recording Studios in New York City, The Toxic Avenger score features music by David Bryan, a founding member of Bon Jovi, and book and lyrics by Joe Di Pietro. The cast features Nancy Opel, Sara Chase, Nick Cordero, Demond Green and Matthew Saldivar.

Based on the classic 1985 cult film by Lloyd Kaufman, The Toxic Avenger premiered this past fall at The George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, NJ, where the show became the biggest grossing musical in the theater’s 34-year history. Set in the mythic town of Tromaville, Exit 13B off the New Jersey Turnpike, it’s the story of an aspiring earth scientist/ecological activist, who’s transformed into a seven-foot mutant after being tossed into a vat of radioactive goo. Armed with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark, he becomes New Jersey’s first superhero—determined to clean-up the town’s toxic waste, end global warming and woo Sarah, the prettiest, blindest librarian in town.