Maroulis, Davi, Jarvis to Star in Revised THE TOXIC AVENGER in Houston

[Rob]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 11:27am

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[JP2]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 11:34am

Happy for Mitch Jarvis. :)

Constantine, eh? Imagine all the money they'll save on make-up.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 11:59am

really would like this cast to come to B'way!! maybe the Schoenfeld??

[massofmen]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 12:22pm

wait wait wait..didn't this show bomb off-bway?
i am confused

[RippedMan]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 12:25pm

I wouldn't say it "bombed." It was around for awhile.

I don't really see Constantine as the lead. He doesn't really come across as "nerd" to me. But I guess they wanted a name or something to sell tickets. I'm sure this will come to Broadway now with him attached. But Davis as the girl? Her voice is awful from what I remember in "Death Takes a Holiday."

[massofmen]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 1:31pm

you're right..its played 300 performances. But this still makes no sense.

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 1:44pm

Terrible show.

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 1:46pm

Mara Davi is way too talented to be wasting her time with this show. Dreck.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 1:52pm

I was just thinking the other day that Davi needs to get back on Broadway. Even if it's in this, I hope it happens!

[RippedMan]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 2:27pm

I've yet to see her "talents."

I'd rather see a real comedian in the role like Kritzer or someone who can make the jokes land.

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 2:27pm

It did run for a long time, but it did not sell very well after the first month or so of the run. The show was stupid, silly fun at best, and perfect for the off-Broadway of New World Stages.

I know they are claiming this is a "revised" version, but this will feel like Lysistrata Jones does on the Broadway stage. Sarah Chase was actually kinda hysterical in the lead female role, but it the show was really like a series of SNL skits propped up by the high energy of the cast.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 2:38pm

Of all the theatrical organizations in Houston, the Alley would have been about my last guess of the one to be putting on this show.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 3:00pm

Yeah, I saw this more as a TheatreLaB or even a Stages production. I heard rumors last summer of this being a pre-Broadway tryout.

Incidentally, Stages is doing Next to Normal. I'm curious to know how it will be designed and staged.

[Jersey Girl2]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 6:10pm

I never saw the show at NWS but with Constantine in it - I can't wait!

[NPHCreel]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 7:40pm

Well the good news is Nancy Opel is reprising her dual roles. She was a MUST have from the off broadway run and I'm glad they got her.

Constantine will sing the **** out of the score but he's not physically imposing like Nick Cordero. I'll have to wait to see if he can play nerdy. All in all not a bad choice if Cordero isn't doing it.

The head scratcher is Mara Davi. I knew Diana Degarmo wouldn't be back, even though I thought she was fabulous as Sarah. Bad timing. She's LA based right now with Ace Young because of her role on Y&R. But was Sarah Chase not available either?
Updated On: 12/7/11 at 07:40 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 8:10pm

Sara Chase, who was brilliant in this show in New York, has moved to the West Coast and (for the most part) quit the business.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/7/11 at 11:03pm

I think Constantine is the perfect casting decision for Toxie. And part of the reason he was so good in ROA was how well he played nerd!

Updated On: 12/7/11 at 11:03 PM

[Jersey Girl2]

Posted: 12/11/11 at 3:23pm

Spring is so far away, I might need to see this in Houston.

[BlueforBroadway]

Posted: 12/16/11 at 7:10pm

Not a stretch for Constantine at all. He's a nerd. I say that in a nice way. I hope the show comes to BW because I'm jonesing for a trip to NYC.

[Freakyfreak]

Posted: 1/9/12 at 3:11pm

LOVED Toxic Avenger Off Broadway!

[bwayboi4life42]

Posted: 1/9/12 at 7:15pm

I wish that was true, Calvin.

The Alley has never produced strong musicals--
premiere of JEKYLL & HYDE
premiere of THE CIVIL WAR
premiere of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
pre-Broadway tryout of WONDERLAND

All disasters. (The one exception is A FUNNY THING...FORUM which they did a couple of years ago with the resident company. For me, it was one of the best musicals produced in Houston in awhile.)

Because of the revisions, they are billing it as a new musical, and as of late they're focusing a lot on developing new work. This is great, of course, but only if they start doing shows that aren't revisions, movie adaptations, or written by Frank Wildhorn. I don't doubt, however, that AVENGER will be well-produced.

Updated On: 1/9/12 at 07:15 PM

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 1/11/12 at 6:54pm

Constantine looks totally different as Melvin

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-First-Look-at-Constantine-Maroulis-Nancy-Opel-et-al-in-Alley-Theatres-THE-TOXIC-AVENGER-20120111

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 8:16pm

The Alley has never produced strong musicals--
premiere of JEKYLL & HYDE
premiere of THE CIVIL WAR
premiere of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
pre-Broadway tryout of WONDERLAND

All disasters.

You forgot Svengali and The Czar of Rock and Roll, which truly were disasters. And they have had success in recreating other musicals such as Forever Plaid (which was a HUGE hit at the Alley and was extended numerous times) and Little Shop of Horrors.

BUT...The original Jekyll and Hyde production at the Alley was highly acclaimed and received national attention. The success of that production was the sole reason the show went to Broadway. The disaster occurred when the producers decided to depart completely from the original production. But the show itself has seen success in tours, international, regional and amateur productions. It's becoming something of a standard, which is hardly a "disaster".

[Hest88]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 10:23pm

Those photos are charming. Well, okay, maybe not the ones of him in the toxic avenger suit!

[Jane2]

Posted: 1/12/12 at 11:18pm

He looks perfectly adorable as a nerd!