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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boyz

Boy bands may be dreamy, but few are downright heavenly. Enter a five-man pop act who put the priority on piety. As the stars of the musical spoof Altar Boyz, the devoted group rocks songs such as “Girl You Make Me Wanna Wait” and “Jesus Called Me on My Cell Phone” and try to make it big in New York while resisting the Big Apple’s far-from-saintly temptations. After its 2004 debut at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, this divine dance-and-song parody scored the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway. It comes to Rutland’s Paramount Theatre this Saturday. “The high-octane dancing was as good as anything I have seen since [A] Chorus Line,” opines Paramount’s executive director Bruce Bouchard. Now that sounds tempting.