Adding Machine Musical
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About the show
- Written by: Jason Loewith, Joshua Schmidt
- Premiered: 2007
- Categories: 2000s, Adaptation, Dark Comedy, Drama, Expressionism, Play Adaptation, Two Act
- Setting: 1920s
The Adding Machine musical is an adaptation of Elmer Rice’s 1923 play The Adding Machine.
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Synopsis
The story revolves around Mr. Zero, an accountant who, after 25 years of service, is replaced by an adding machine.
In a moment of rage, he murders his boss.
The musical follows his journey to the afterlife, where he is confronted with the consequences of his life’s choices and actions.
The show is a darkly comic exploration of technology, alienation, and the dehumanization of the modern worker.
Songs from Adding Machine: A Musical
- Something to Be Proud Of
- Harmony, Not Discord
- Office Reverie
- Movin’ Up
- In Numbers
- I’d Rather Watch You
- The Party
- Zero’s Confession
- I Was a Fool
- Ham and Eggs
- Didn’t We?
- The Gospel According to Shrdlu
- Death March
- A Pleasant Place
- Shrdlu’s Blues
- I’d Rather Watch You (Reprise)
- Freedom!
- The Music of the Machine