'Machine' man adapts Shaw.(LEGIT BITS)('Adding Machine' composer Joshua Schmidt to adapt George Bernard Shaw's 'Candida')(Brief article) From: Daily Variety | Date: April 2, 2008| Author: Oxman, Steven | COPYRIGHT 2008 Reed Business Information, Inc. (US). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

"Adding Machine" composer Joshua Schmidt will collaborate with Austin Pendleton on adapting Shaw's "Candida" into a musical for Writers' Theater in Glencoe, Ill., outside Chicago.

Schmidt's chamber opera version of the Elmer Rice 1923 Expressionist drama "Adding Machine" started not far away, at Evanston's Next Theater, before moving Off Broadway, where it recently received six Lucille Lortel noms.

In addition to Pendleton, Schmidt's collaborators on the unti...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	Humour.(News) Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) ; What did the adding machine say to the cashier? You can count on me P. Jenkins, Ormskirk
	'Adding Machine' only subtracts.(Arts and Lifestyle) The Boston Herald ; The Adding Machine, presented by the Theatre Cooperative at the Performance Space, Somerville, through Feb. 24. There are striking contemporary themes in The Adding Machine, Elmer Rice's 1923 Expressionistic drama that is being given a rare production by the Theatrical Cooperative in Somerville.
	Adds up Next show takes nihilistic view of corporate workforce.(Time Out!) Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) ; Byline: Barbara Vitello Daily Herald Critic at Large The Adding Machine * * * out of four Location: Next Theatre, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, 927 Noyes St., Evanston Times: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays through Feb. 25, additional 7 p.m. show Feb. 19
	Of Three I Sing The Village Voice ; Of Three I Sing Adding Machine adds up; Passing Strange does passing well; In Circles should stay around Adding Machine By Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt Minetta Lane Theatre 18 Minetta Lane 212-307-4100 Passing Strange By Stew and Heidi Rodewald Belasco Theatre 111 West 44th Street 212-239-8200
	Calculated risk; Mequon composer finds success in N.Y. with a musical of the satirical 'Adding Machine' The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; ... he wisecracks. ------------ E-mail: djaques@journalsentinel.com Copyright 2008, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
	'Adding Machine' figures to thrive Chicago Sun-Times ; Theater Review 'The Adding Machine' Highly Recommended When: Through Feb. 25 Where: Next Theatre, 927 Noyes, Evanston Tickets: $20-$40 Phone (847) 475-1875 The creators of "The Adding Machine," the brilliant work now in its world premiere at Evanston's Next Theatre, have dubbed it "a chamber
	Song and dance men Chicago Sun-Times ; Two strong, highly individualistic musicals have emerged on Chicago stages in the last two months -- "The Sparrow," which has become a mega-hit for The House Theater, and "The Adding Machine," which was extended at Evanston's Next Theatre just a few days after its world premiere a couple of weeks
	`Adding Machine' punches up puppetry Chicago Sun-Times ; Sitting in the dark recently before the start of Hystopolis Puppet Theater's rehearsal of "The Adding Machine," I was not certain what to expect. Puppet shows tend to be fairy tales for children, and even the urbanized Muppets on "Sesame Street," while often hilarious and insightful, aim at the
	'Adding Machine': Pluses & Minuses; A Calculating Look at a Tech World The Washington Post ; ... Washington Jewish Theatre thrives on mechanical energy--ironically, the very thing Rice's 76-year-old drama decries. Yes, it's bad news if we American drones become slaves to technology (the play in a nutshell), but watching actors acting like machines can be another ...
	'Machine' a relevant dark comedy Deseret News (Salt Lake City) ; THE ADDING MACHINE, S.L. Community College Black Box Theatre, South City Campus, through Nov. 18 (957-3322). Running time: 2 hours, 35 minutes (one intermission). It's a topic that could conjure hours of discussion: Are our situations in life more the result of the choices we make or are we simply

See all results.