As the two wrapped the project, “I said to David, ‘Remember that flick, The Toxic Avenger? How’d you like to turn it into a musical?’ and he immediately said ‘I love it. DiPietro, who also wrote the script for the theatrical staging, couldn’t believe his luck when Bryan contacted him out of the blue about another project he was working on.
It includes the cast recordings of songs from the musical as well as a bonus track with David Bryan singing and playing “You Tore My Heart Out.”Īfter selling 120 million albums, winning a Grammy and hitting the pop and rock charts nearly 20 times with Bon Jovi, David Bryan creates a dynamic collection of rock songs for the stage in The Toxic Avenger. The soundtrack to The Toxic Avenger will be available via all retail and digital outlets on May 5th. Called “sidesplitting” by Variety and heralded by the New York Times for “bringing audiences spontaneously to their feet,” the production is directed by Tony Award winner John Rando (Urinetown) and is based on Lloyd Kaufman’s cult classic horror/comedy film The Toxic Avenger, originally released by Troma Entertainment in 1985. At his side will be fellow New Jerseyian David Bryan (Bon Jovi keyboardist and founding member), who wrote the rock music and lyrics to the new musical along with Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change). His star turn in "Toxic Avenger" was widely known among the student body, yet he seemed somewhat embarrassed by it and naturally, he wouldn't even consider screening it for our class.OUTRAGEOUS, IRREVERENT THEATRICAL ADAPTATIONįairfax, VA (March tk, 2009) - New Jersey’s original superhero, The Toxic Avenger, takes on New York when his uproarious musical opens at The New World Stages on April 6th. On a side note, Joe Zarro, who appears in this film as the proprietor of the dry cleaner's shop, taught English and Film Studies at Paramus High School in the late 1980s. The Toxic Avenger's humor is definitely not for everybody, but if you're from Jersey, you are hereby required to rent it at least once. Oddly enough, despite the tasteless humor and constant gross-out scenes in this movie, the title character spawned several sequels (of varying quality) and was eventually re-cast as a kid friendly cartoon character (!) with an environmental message in the late '80s that resulted in a line of comic books, toys and action figures!! Watching this gutbustingly hilarious 1985 classick (pun intended) now, it's hard to believe how far "Toxie" came. (I was on site during the filming of a crowd scene for "Class of Nuke'Em High" in Paramus, New Jersey during the summer of '85, but to be honest I've never been able to find myself on screen in the movie.) The Toxic Avenger is arguably Troma's most accomplished work, and remains its most famous/popular film. Troma Films is legendary in the New York/New Jersey area, where most of their films are shot.
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