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 ...

Erin Leigh Peck will fill in for Nancy Opel in the role of Mayor Babs Belgoody (and other characters) in the off-Broadway musical The Toxic Avenger. Peck will appear in the show while Opel is on vacation from October 26 through November 8.

Peck's New York stage credits include Broadway's Brighton Beach Memoirs, Grease! and Dance of the ...

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 ...

American Idol runner-up and Broadway alum Diana DeGarmo will take the stage off-Broadway, joining the cast of campy musical comedy The Toxic Avenger beginning August 14 at New World Stages. DeGarmo assumes the role of “hot blind librarian” Sarah, currently played by Celina Carvajal.

DeGarmo will join a cast that includes Nick Cordero, Demond Green, Jonathan Root and Nancy Opel ...

Jonathan Root has joined the cast of the off-Broadway musical The Toxic Avenger as White Dude, replacing original cast member Matthew Saldivar. The comic musical continues its run at New World Stages, directed by John Rando.

Featuring book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change) and music by Bon Jovi's David Bryan Bon ...

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 ...

Carvajal’s Broadway credits include include Tarzan, Dracula, 42nd Street ...

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 ...