“Altar Boyz” at 1st Stage is a lively, up-tempo pop-rock spoof of boy bands and Christian-themed music in contemporary America. The premise is that this is a group of singers from Ohio called the Altar Boyz on its national tour. The singers are doing one last performance of their “Raise the Praise” concert, designed to save audiences from sin through “spectacular dance moves and heavenly-inspired harmonies.”
The creators of “Altar Boyz,” Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport, and the writer of the book, Kevin del Aguila, cleverly set this parody in “The Present.” The setting is “The Theater You’re In.” So wherever they play, they just need a few references to a nearby area to make the show seem relevant.
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