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OK, sometimes we’re obnoxious, but we like to give credit where its due. This is kinda funny:

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that Tuesday October 3rd was the 666th performance. Passing that means the Boyz have beaten the Devil and can continue their ‘soul saving’ in New York while embarking on a Nation-wide Tour as well.

That’s amusing, it promotes the show, and even, in a strange way, will probably even appeal to the religiously inclined. If nothing else, it’s an amusing thing, and probably a first (celebrating the 666th performance, that is). Bravo!
Full press release after the jump:

Altar Boyz Cast Album

ALTAR BOYZ HITS LANDMARK PERFORMANCE:
MAKING IT PAST ‘666’ ON OCTOBER 3RD

Ken Davenport and Robyn Goodman, in association with Walt Grossman, Ruth Hendel, Sharon Karmazin, Matt Murphy and Mark Shacket, proudly announce that Tuesday October 3rd was the 666th performance. Passing that means the Boyz have beaten the Devil and can continue their ‘soul saving’ in New York while embarking on a Nation-wide Tour as well.

Book writer Kevin Del Aguila sums it up best: “My fears of a theatrical apocalypse have thankfully been put to rest. Performing in Hell’s Kitchen was a risk we always knew we’d have to take, but I never thought we’d survive beyond the Performance Number of the Beast. Fortunately, in the case of Altar Boyz, God is our business. And business is good. We should also note that no audience members’ heads have ever spun around and, other than a Blue Man or two, none of our colleagues Off-Broadway spewed any green liquid from their mouths.”

Altar Boyz, the acclaimed musical comedy at New World Stages, winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, is the longest running new musical comedy to open in New York in years, having just celebrated its first anniversary! Full of sharp parody, sinfully spectacular dancing, and irreverent humor, this spoof about a heavenly guy-group is adored by audiences and critics alike. With an extraordinary mix of side-splitting songs “convincing enough to be played on MTV,” uncontrollable laughs and lighthearted fun, this award-winning and totally original new musical is “90 minutes of pure delight” that’s suitable for all ages and will have “the whole family laughing and singing along.”

Altar Boyz opened April 12th at ChungMu Art Hall, Seoul, Korea; a 30-week National Tour kicks off in Chicago with a three-week engagement at the LaSalle Theatre beginning October 10th; the tour continues on to Austin, Boston, Baltimore, Birmingham, Dallas, Ft. Lauderdale, Los Angeles (3 weeks!), Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco (4 weeks!), Sarasota, Seattle, Tampa, Tempe, Tucson, Washington, and Wilmington.

Among the devoted fans of Altar Boyz, known as Altarholics, are such bold-faced names as Ana Gasteyer (“Saturday Night Live”), Rosario Dawson (Rent), Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriquez (“Queer Eye”), Christine Ebersole, Cynthia Nixon, Ellen Greene (Little Shop of Horrors), Jason Kidd (NJ Nets), Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees), Kathy Bates, Kevin Bacon, Liza Minnelli, Mario Cantone, Michael Cerveris (Sweeney Todd), Ricky Paull Goldin (“Guiding Light”), Rosie O’Donnell, , Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), Stephen Sondheim, Tommy Tune, Twyla Tharp and countless others who have seen the show over and over. For more, visit www.altarholics.com

Altar Boyz features Landon Beard, Zach Hanna, Kyle Dean Massey, Erik Schneider, and Shaun Taylor-Corbett, and is directed by Stafford Arima and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, with music & lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker with book by Kevin Del Aguila, based on a concept by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport.

Performances are Monday, Tuesday through Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2pm & 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm & 7pm, at New World Stages, (340 West 50th St.). Tickets are $25 – $79.99. Tickets may be ordered at www.telecharge.com or at 212/239-6200. For more information, visit www.altarboyz.com or call toll-free 1-877-411-ABOYZ.