| CLUB CUMMING presents a reading of PAUL IACONO’s "ALMOST GOT 'EM! The Unauthorized Batman Villain Parody Musical" with an ALL-STAR CAST, 6/7 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:25 pm EDT 05/23/24 | |
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| PAUL IACONO’s “ALMOST GOT ‘EM! The Unauthorized Batman Villain Parody Musical” Featuring MARC KUDISCH, ALISON FRASER, BROOKS ASHMANKAS, HOWARD McGILLIN, PAUL IACONO, ALEXA XIOUFARIDOU MOSTER, DOUG PLAUT, BARRETT LEDGGY and JIM WALTON DIRECTED BY RACHEL KLEIN ONE NIGHT ONLY – FRIDAY, JUNE 7 Club Cumming will present the first public reading of Paul Iacono’s new ALMOST GOT ‘EM! The Unauthorized Batman Villain Parody Musical for one night only on Friday, June 7 at 8:00 PM. The musical is directed by Rachel Klein (High Priest, The Gospel According to Heather, Grindr: The Opera). ALMOST GOT ‘EM! features book and lyrics by Paul Iacono. With music by Shirely Walker, Danny Elfman, Stuart Balcomb, Wayne Coster, and Todd Hayen, the piece is loosely adapted from the “Batman: The Animated Series” episode “Almost Got ‘Im!,” written by Paul Dini. Peter Saxe serves as music director and provides additional arrangements. ALMOST GOT ‘EM! tells the story of Batman’s most notorious enemies (The Joker, Two-Face, The Penguin and Poison Ivy) exchanging stories and fighting over who's come the closest to killing their mutual nemesis, while hiding from Batman and the police. Set in a dive bar in Gotham City, this darkly comedic musical follows these infamous, aging criminals as they reminisce about their past encounters with the Dark Knight, each one trying to outdo the rest in a high-stakes game of one-upmanship with lots of deadly twists and turns. The cast includes: Marc Kudisch (The Joker), Alison Fraser (Poison Ivy), Brooks Ashmanskas (The Penguin), Howard McGillin (Two-Face), Paul Iacono (The Riddler), Alexa Xioufaridou Moster (Harley Quinn), Doug Plaut (The Goon), Barrett Leddy (The Hoodlum), and Jim Walton (Batman) ALMOST GOT ‘EM! ALMOST GOT ‘EM! will be presented at Club Cumming on Friday, June 7 at 8:00 PM. Club Cumming is located at 505 East 6th Street, New York. Tickets, which are $25 plus a handling charge, are available HERE . ----------------------------------- Paul Iacono, an actor, writer, producer, and NYC nightlife host, is thrilled to return to Club Cummming with the first public reading of his new ALMOST GOT ‘EM! The Unauthorized Batman Villain Parody Musical. A graduate of Manhattan’s Professional Performing Arts High School, Iacono is best known for portraying the title character on MTV’s “The Hard Times of RJ Berger.” Paul was first featured on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” at age eight, after she discovered his unique talents for impersonating Frank Sinatra and Ethel Merman. Favorite stage credits include Mercury Fur (The New Group), Bridget Everett’s Rock Bottom (Joe’s Pub), Noël Coward’s Sail Away, with Elaine Stritch (Carnegie Hall), and John Guare’s Landscape of the Body, with Lili Taylor and Sherie Rene Scott (Signature Theater). Favorite film credits include MGM’s remake of Fame, Darren Stein’s G.B.F., and Dating My Mother, with Kathy Najimy. Iacono’s play Prince/Elizabeth premiered at The Teatro LATEA Theater, co-starring Sofia Black D’Elia and Peter Vack, The Last Great Dame (loosely inspired by his relationship with Elaine Stritch) at Jane Friedman’s HOWL! Happening Gallery, and High Priest, the Andy Warhol Silver Factory epic, at La MaMa Experiments Play Reading Series. His cabaret “Where’s The F*cking Kid?” premiered at 54 Below, with “Psychedelic Hedonism” following at Joe’s Pub (New York Magazine “Critic’s Pick”), and “Psychedelic Playhouse” and most recently "Paul Iacono, Unfiltered" at The Green Room 42. He was named one of Out 100’s most influential after coming out in Michael Musto’s Village Voice column. Iacono has six other shows in development and coming soon. Instagram: @PsychedelicHedonism Rachel Klein is a New York City-based stage director, specializing in new play and musical development. Off-Broadway: The Gospel According to Heather (Theatre 555, starring Katey Sagal); Red Roses, Green Gold (Minetta Lane Theatre/ft. the music of the Grateful Dead); Around the World in 80 Days (The Davenport Theatre); The Anthem (Lynn Redgrave Theatre). Selected NYC: Tink! (NYMF); More Than All the World (Theatre for the New City); Circus of Circus (The House of Yes). Selected Regional: The Suffragist (Gallagher Bluedorn Theatre, starring Nancy Opel), Dead Certain (composer: Air Supply’s Graham Russell); 54 the Musical (House of Independents, starring Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Frankie Grande). Selected workshops and readings: Helen (starring Bonnie Milligan), Medusa: A New Pop Opera; Girlfriend from Hell. Charity: Ms. Klein directed the charity roast of Michael Musto raising funds for the Callen Lorde Community Health Center, featuring Rosie O’Donnell, Bruce Vilanch, and Jinkx Monsoon. Ms. Klein is a proud member of SDC, founding member of Iconoclast Theatre Collective, guest teaching artist at Fordham University, serves on the New Musical Screening Committee for NAMT, and was the Director/Showrunner of the audio series The World to Come. Rachelkleindirector.com Peter Saxe: As composer/lyricist: The Latecomer, A New Beginning, History Remembers, MTA: The Musical, Love in the Time of Recession, What Friends Are For, The 8-bar Audition Songs, Fractured Holidays, and Saxe and the City. As composer: The Unveiling and The Rub (short films). As arranger: “Psychedelic Hedonism,” “Operation Opera,” “Dig & Be Dug,” and “Paul Iacono: Unfiltered.” Education: SUNY Purchase, Manhattan School of Music, The BMI Workshop. Private coaching and score preparation services. PeterSaxeMusic.com |
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