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NOT YET PUBLISHED
ISBN: 978-0-573-69753-1
Joe Iconis
Comedy
3m, 3f
ReWrite, a musical comedy triple feature is comprised
of three wild musicals that connect in surprising and
dangerous ways. Nelson Rocks! is a pop/rock show
about a young dude who needs to fix his life before the
‘You better get to class’ bell rings. Populated by adolescents,
the show throbs and pulses along a locker-filled
hallway, barreling towards its inevitable showdown.
Miss Marzipan is a dizzy musical about the life changing
preparation that goes into a high stakes dinner party.
In this heightened look at the suburban experience, a
little bit of blood is spilt, but nothing that some kitchen
towels can’t clean up. The Process deals with a writer.
With a deadline. As the Dunkin Donuts fills with the
voices in his head, the writer must conquer his writer’s
block and finish his musical. The Dunkin Donuts counter
lady acts as our guide through this passionate look into
one man’s writing process. “A time-warping Long Island
comedy—with improbably catchy songs like a middle-aged
woman’s hilarious ode to marzipan (the only
thing she can cook) and a short libretto full of bull’s-eye
jokes, the tremendously talented songwriter’s show
has less in common with neighboring musicals and
more with a pop concept album like Ben Folds Five’s
“The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner" ReWrite is unstoppable.” —Variety “Mr. Iconis has not caught a bad case of ordinariness...he’s still as loopy
as his reputation suggests...Iconis isn’t indulging in
mere looniness for looniness’s sake. He expertly lays
the groundwork for two perfect jokes, which land late
in the piece to showstopping effect.”— The New York
Times “ReWrite is a bitchin' triptych of one-act pop/rock musicals. Iconis has a reservoir of emotions from
which to draw and an iconoclastic voice with which to
channel them—what these misbegotten misfits discover
about themselves is equally macabre and wonderful.”
—New York Press “The restless energy of the songs is
exactly right for the common high-school conflicts in the
story—It’s a breezy and enjoyable musical, thanks to the
hard-to-resist pep of Iconis’ songs.”—Theatermania. Performance license fees, musical rental fees, and
terms will be quoted upon application
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