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Jordan Allen-Dutton

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Jordan Allen-Dutton (born April 16, 1977) is an American writer, producer, and director. He is best known for co-creating the play, The Bomb-itty of Errors, and for his writing on the stop motion television series, Robot Chicken.[1]

Biography

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Allen-Dutton was born on April 16, 1977, in Palo Alto, California.[2][3][4] He graduated with a B.F.A. degree from New York University (NYU), Tisch School of the Arts at the Experimental Theatre Wing.[5][when?]

In 1999, he co-created and starred in The Bomb-itty of Errors, a so-called "Add-Rap-Tation" of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors, that mixed hip-hop and Shakespeare. The show debuted in New York (Off-Broadway) at 45 Bleecker St. and went on to run in London (West End), Chicago, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Dublin, Florida, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and continues to play around the world.[6] The Bomb-itty is published by Samuel French.

In 2002, Allen-Dutton co-created and starred in the MTV sketch comedy series, Scratch & Burn and attended the Sundance Institute's Screen Writing Lab with a film adaptation of The Bomb-itty of Errors.

In 2004, Allen-Dutton formed Famous Last Nerds with collaborator Erik Weiner their musical comedy Nerds, about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs' rise from garage inventors to titans of the digital age.[7][8] Weeks before their Broadway debut, Famous Last Nerds was abruptly canceled before performances, due to financial troubles.[8]

Allen-Dutton and Weiner's video Shawshank In A Minute was directed by John Landis and won JibJab's Great Sketch Experiment in 2006.[9] Allen-Dutton co-wrote many songs with Erik Weiner including, "I'm So Straight", "One Line on the Sopranos " and "I Google Myself" produced by Yung Mars.[10]

Allen-Dutton has also written for and produced television shows such as America's Best Dance Crew, Snoop Dogg's Fatherhood, NBC's The Sing-Off, the MTV Movie Awards, the HBO poetry show Brave New Voices and Lip Sync Battle.

In addition to writing and producing Allen-Dutton founded a software company in 2004 called Talking Panda,[11] that creates applications for mobile devices. Talking Panda's software iLingo a talking phrasebook was among the first products in the apple store [12] and was featured in Time Magazine in the Nov 03, 2008, issue. Talking Panda iLingo was also included in the iPhone App store on the day it launched.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations". ComingSoon.net. 2008-07-17. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  2. ^ "A NIGHT OUT WITH: The 'Bomb-itty' Boys; Perchance to Rap". The New York Times. 2000-02-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  3. ^ Walton, Mark (2016-01-15). "Nerds is a stage musical chronicling Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  4. ^ Oberhaus, Daniel (2016-01-24). "The Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Musical Is Coming to Broadway". Vice. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  5. ^ Jones, Kenneth (2006). "Apples & Windows: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Are Nerds in New Musical". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  6. ^ Cagle, Jess (2000-02-10). "They're Da Bomb". EW.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  7. ^ "The Fyre Festival of Broadway? How a Bill Gates-Steve Jobs Musical Became a "Trail of Disappointment, Anger and Unpaid Vendors"". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  8. ^ a b Paulson, Michael (2016-03-08). "'Nerds' on Broadway Is Canceled". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
  9. ^ "JibJab Audience Votes Comedy Troupe "Famous Last Nerds" Winner Of Great Sketch Experiment". Prweb.com. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  10. ^ Ben Westhoff (2009-01-21). "Rappers with low self-esteem: Bragging about going broke - Page 1 - Music - San Francisco". SF Weekly. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  11. ^ "Talking Panda - Software Publisher Profile - Download.com". Download.cnet.com. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  12. ^ "XtremeMac announces Talking Panda iLingo - Language translator for iPod | iLounge News". Ilounge.com. 31 August 2004. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  13. ^ "Bon Voyage: iLingo on iPhone | iPhone applications | iPhone Games | iPhone Game Reviews | iPhone Tips |iPhone News updated daily". iPhone Footprint. 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
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