27th
March
2009
Toxic Avenger: The Kaufman cometh
posted in News |(From http://www3.timeoutny.com/newyork/upstaged/2009/03/toxic-avenger-the-kaufman-cometh/)
Last night we caught up with Lloyd Kaufman at New World Stages following a performance of The Toxic Avenger. This goofy new musical is based on the infamous 1985 cult comedy of the same name about a New Jersey nebbish who falls into a vat of toxic waste and emerges a hideously mutated superhero. And Kaufman—as you know—is the cofounder and head honcho of Troma Entertainment, purveyors of kitschy, campy, low-grade cinematic fun. Toxic Avenger (the movie) put them on the map. Now Lloyd is happy to see his twisted creation adapted into a musical. So! Question No. 1 for Lloyd: Did you ever imagine you’d see Toxie Off Broadway singing and dancing?
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