The off-Broadway production of The Toxic Avenger has set a closing date of January 3, 2010, before embarking on a national tour. The musical began previews on March 18 and opened on April 6 at New World Stages and will have played more than 300 performances upon closing, directed by John Rando.

Based on the 1985 classic cult film, The ...

So, let’s say you are rehearsing a soulful new musical that’s about to make a big splash on Broadway and you get a night free. What do you do? If you are the stars of the upcoming tuner Memphis, you get Toxic! The cast of Memphis took in a performance of off-Broadway’s campy Toxic Avenger on September ...

News flash from Diana DeGarmo, alum of the musicals Hairspray (on Broadway) and Brooklyn (on tour): She’s no longer that 16-year-old girl on American Idol. “I’m 22!” she says, topping an infectious giggle with the pixie-esque chirp she made famous on season three, when she was runner-up to Fantasia Barrino. “I do older, more mature work, and it ...

Campy off-Broadway creature-feature The Toxic Avenger may be best known for its “big green freak” title star, but the new musical welcomed a fresh face on August 14: American Idol runner-up and Broadway alum Diana DeGarmo! The cherub-faced singer with the great big voice stepped into the role of Sarah, a blind librarian who falls for the show’s namesake ... Read More...

Nicholas Rodriguez, who recently joined the cast of TV’s One Life to Live, will step into the hit off-Broadway musical The Toxic Avenger from July 1 through July 19 at New World Stages. He replaces Demond Green, who will take a three-week break from the show. Rodriguez has understudied the male roles in Toxic Avenger since its off-Broadway premiere ...

Lincoln Center’s Barnes & Noble traded its bookish vibe for a more toxic mood on June 25, getting down and dirty with a CD signing and live performance from the cast of off-Broadway's The Toxic Avenger. Based on the 1985 cult flick of the same name, the story of a nerdy scientist who becomes New Jersey’s first superhero ...