NERDS:// A MUSICAL SOFTWARE SATIRE hits Broadway Sept. 20 to Oct 1. 
According to 'Playbill", a new musical about the computer and software revolution, with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as center-stage characters, will play the New York Musical Theatre Festival Sept. 20-Oct. 1. Nerds://A Musical Software Satire was written by composer Hal Goldberg and lyricist-librettists Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner. Allen-Dutton and Weiner co-wrote Off-Broadway's hip-hop-flavored Bomb-itty of Errors, a fresh take on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. Andy Goldberg (Bomb-itty of Errors) directs the production, with choreography by Dan Knechtges (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).
Colon and Back Slashes Part of Play Title: The New York Musical Theatre Festival and Sharon Fallon, Vicki Halmos and Matt Wolf present Nerds, which includes the colon and forward slashes (typical of a URL) as part of its title. SONGS INCLUDE: Stroll Through the PARC," "A Revolution Starts with One," "Let's Merge" and "I've Gotta Lotta Money". The Nerds playing schedule is Sept. 20 at 8 PM, Sept. 24 at 8 PM, Sept. 25 at 8 PM, Sept. 28 at 1 PM, Sept. 29 at 4:30 PM and Oct. 1 at 4:30 PM. For moreinfo: visit www.nerdsthemusical.com. To see what the press is saying link to: Nerds://A Musical Software Satire. According to Todd Bishop of the "SEATTLE POST INTELIGENCER"..." A lot of it we remembered firsthand -- our first computer, whether it was a Macintosh, or the first time we used DOS," said Jordan Allen-Dutton, who wrote the musical with fellow 28-year-old Erik Weiner. "A lot of this stuff we have memories of from being kids, but then we filled that in doing a lot of research." GATES AS RAPPER: The SEATTLE PI story even reveals some of the lyrics to the musical's rap song which says: One of the songs is the "Windows Rap," in which Dugan, as Gates, raps: I could buy the whole world now with only just a third Of my fortune, I'm cool now, haven't you heard? This Microsoft Office is no longer for a nerd My Outlook Excels me to my PowerPoint -- Word! MICRO-SPOOF Any word from Microsoft or Gates on the depiction? -- Seattle PI reports: Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos said it at least sounded like something people there might like. He pointed out that Microsoft often spoofs itself in irreverent videos starring executives and employees shown at internal events.On the Net: SONGS ONLINE: Access online clips of two songs from the musical: www.famouslastnerds.com/work.html
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