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Adding Machine (musical)
''Adding Machine'' is a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play ''The Adding Machine'', with music by Joshua Schmidt, and book and lyrics by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt. The show opened in 2007 in Illinois before moving Off-Broadway in 2008. The show was nominated for (and later won) numerous Lucille Lortel Awards and Drama Desk awards.
==Background==
''Adding Machine'' is a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice's 1923 play ''The Adding Machine''. The original play has been called the "gimlet-eyed Expressionist classic about the soul rot of conventionality;" it relates the story of an "antihero," Mr. Zero, who murders his boss after he has been replaced by an adding machine after 25 years on the job.〔 Loewith conceived a musical adaptation after learning of the Kurt Weill musical based on a second Rice play ''Street Scene''. After some years, Loewith was able to attract composer Joshua Schmidt to the project; Schmidt composed the music, and wrote the libretto and book together with Loewith. Schmidt met Loewith because he was the artistic director of company at Next Theater.〔http://thirdcoastdigest.com/2011/05/composer-josh-schmidt-on-the-adding-machine/〕 Schmidt explained why his show had such a small band: "At Next Theater, we had a 15-by-5 space for the orchestra — a shoebox with a very low ceiling. My experience had taught me how to get a lot out of a little. I approached it with this combination in mind from the moment of conception. I didn’t cut it back to make it fit our space. I created a full blown, challenging score for three instruments. It’s not a matter of compensating for instruments that aren’t there."〔
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