Altar Boyz Coming to Off-Broadway in 2005

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Altar Boyz Coming to Off-Broadway in 2005

Posted: 10/4/04 at 12:58pm

From Variety:

"Altar Boyz," about a Christian boy band whose songs include "Girl, You Make Me Want to Wait," will get an $800,000 Off Broadway production in early 2005, according to producers Robin Goodman and Ken Davenport. Goodman says the sold-out eight-perf run at the fest helped lure investors."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/variety/20041003/va_ne_al/noises_off__festival_faceoff_1

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Updated On: 10/4/04 at 12:58 PM

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re: Altar Boyz Coming to Off-Broadway in 2005

Posted: 10/4/04 at 1:00pm

*does happy dance*
I was really disappointed that I missed this at the NYMF.

Thanks, Margo!

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re: Altar Boyz Coming to Off-Broadway in 2005

Posted: 10/4/04 at 1:08pm

THANKS MARGO... I didn't know that and am excited that I can see it... My friends went to see it and came back raving...I couldn't get a tkt so ....doing the happy dance right now

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 1:08pm

Rockin. And you're back Margo!

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 1:23pm

Good for them!

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 1:32pm

That is such great news! At least I'll have one Off-Broadway show to look forward to! :)

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 2:00pm

That's really exciting! Go them! I too was bummed I missed this one! I wonder how casting will work out.

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 2:24pm

I suppose I'll get a chance to see this after all. I've been predicting big things for Andy Karl since his fantastic performance in the highly entertaining, Romeo and Bernadette. Now, time will tell.

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 11:04pm

This is excellent news!!

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 11:09pm

i am dumb... i don't know much of anything about the show...can anyone help??? please...

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 11:21pm

pm me!!!

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And you think of all of the things you've seen, and you wish that you could live in between ,and you're back again only different than before... After the Sky. -Into the Woods (Jack)

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re: Altar Boyz Coming to Off-Broadway in 2005

Posted: 10/4/04 at 11:33pm

More info:
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/88796.html

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

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Posted: 10/4/04 at 11:53pm

Signing Billy Porter AND Altar Boyz. It seems like the theatre producers took their smarty pills today.

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 12:41am

yay!!!!!
I was sad I missed it at the NYMF. woohoo for off-broadway!

and MoG, your post made me sad
BAAAAAAAREEEE *cries*

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 1:47am

Yay! Great news!

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 3:58am

oh margo, thanks for the good news. i maintain that i adore you.

lol to MoG.

and yay for as much as cheyenne as we can handle. it should be interesting seeing how the scheduling works out...i hope it does.

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 4:15am

If you go to Cheyenne Jackson (is that his name?)'s website you can listen to an audio download of him singing "Girl, You Make me want to wait" (I think that's the name of the song.)

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 9:06am

Mattio, what did Porter get signed to? He's been out of the loop for a long time, so I'm curious.

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 1:39pm

This is fantastic news! I'll be interested to see what, if any, kinds of changes they make production wise or if they add more of a "story" element to the show, than the just the concert element. Either way, can't wait to see it again.

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 4:14pm

Al, Billy got his one-man autobiographical show "Ghetto Superstart" signed to play as part of The Public's spring season.

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Posted: 10/5/04 at 6:29pm

Thanks Mattio, I believe Porter has been working on this for a very long time, so it's good to hear, he caught a break. Good news on this thread, all around. Even I have nothing even slightly negative to say