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The Adding Machine is a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play The Adding Machine, relating the story of an antihero trapped in a capitalistic society. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 2008 where it received numerous awards. It tells a dark story where the main character gets fired when a machine replaces his job and he ends up killing his boss. The music has a heavier, more operatic style to match the dark storyline examining the complications of a society where technology is replacing jobs.

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The Adding Machine is a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play The Adding Machine, relating the story of an antihero trapped in a capitalistic society. The musical premiered Off-Broadway in 2008 where it received numerous awards. It tells a dark story where the main character gets fired when a machine replaces his job and he ends up killing his boss. The music has a heavier, more operatic style to match the dark storyline examining the complications of a society where technology is replacing jobs.

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Shannon Murphy!

Vocal Performance!
Listening Assignment Spring Break!
Composer By Era Starring Joshua Schmidt!
1.Musical Name- Adding Machine!
2. Composer- Joshua Schmidt, Lyricist-Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt, Librettist- Jason
Loewith and Joshua Schmidt, Director- Jay Michaels!
3. Composition Highlights!
Gift of the Magi (2009-2011)!
Whida Peru (2009-2010)!
A Ministers Wife (2006-2011)!
Adding Machine (2003-2008)!
4. The Adding Machine is an adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play The Adding Machine. The
play has been called "... a landmark of American Expressionism, reflecting the growing interest
in this highly subjective and nonrealistic form of modern drama. The original play has also been
called the "gimlet-eyed Expressionist classic about the soul rot of conventionality;" it relates the
story of an antihero. Loewith conceived a musical adaptation after learning of the Kurt Weill
musical based on a second Rice play Street Scene. !
5. The musical premiered in 2007 at the Next Theater in Illinois in a production directed by
David Cromer and starring Joel Hatch, Cyrilla Baer and Amy Warren. It opened Off Broadway at
the Minetta Lane Theatre on February 25, 2008; it was again directed by David Cromer, with
many of the original cast members. The show was nominated for (and later won) numerous
Lucille Lortel Awards and Drama Desk awards.!
6. Cast!
Cyrilla Baer as Mrs Zero!

Joel Hatch as Mr Zero!


Amy Warren as Daisy Devore!
Joe Farrell as Shrdlu!
Jeff Still as Boss/Fixer/Charles!
Adinah Alexander as Mrs Two!
Niffer Clarke as Mrs One!
Roger E. DeWitt as Mr Two!
Daniel Marcus as Mr One!
Swings: Randy Blair and Ariela Morgenstern!

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7. Songs for Others Repertoire!
Freedom - lower and melodic!
In Numbers- a quick and upbeat group number that could be used as a solo.!
Harmony and Discord- is a fascinating group number of many over lying vocals.!
Songs for My Repertoire!
I Was a Fool - a legit song that is smooth!
Didnt We- a soprano duet with Zero.!
8. This musical is dark and very enticing. The entire storyline delves into the complications of a
capitalistic society that traps humans into working jobs they dont even want to. It reveals how
technology is starting to steal our jobs. The main character gets fired because a machine
replaces him and he ends up killing his boss. It is rather dark. The music is heavier as well.
There is a more operatic feel to the vocals. I watched some youtube clips of different
productions and it is a very simple set with more complicated lights and technical aspects. I
would love for this show to make it to broadway. I can assume with a large budget the technical
aspects could be even larger and more exaggerated.

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