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Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ has announced a 10th anniversary concert celebration of Be More Chill, the breakout Broadway musical that premiered on its stage in 2015. The concerts will be held on July 24 and 25 at 8PM in the Joan and Robert Rechnitz Theater, reuniting original cast members…
SURPRISE! “Wavesong” the new single from Iconis & Family is out now! 🌊 I wrote “Wavesong” for a very specific moment in THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL. Hunter has spent the entire show yelling about the dire state of America in the late 1960’s and how he…
Another great Joe Iconis & Family show is in the books at 54 Below. It was—once again—the coolest party in town with the coolest group of Broadway theater kids we all wish we could be a part of. And for a few hours, we were. Started in 2007, Iconis (Be More Chill, Broadway Bounty Hunter) has created one of the most innovative musical…
🚨New merch alert!🚨@merchtable and I have concocted some insane new ICONIS & FAMILY merch in celebration of our 54 Below run! Get ‘em while they’re scalding. Oh and we’re clearing out the coffers, so old merch is 20% off…
Kaboom! THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL will be coming to Washington DC’s Signature Theater next summer. Let’s get weird…
Joe Iconis’s Bloody Heartsongs: Songs about hearts breaking, mending, melting, and/or exploding. Love comes in many forms and love goes in even more. Happy Valentine's.
What an NYC dream it was to make a musical ruckus amidst the legendary shelves of The Drama Book Shop. Thanks to everyone who came out Friday for our ALBUM vinyl release signing event. Stay tuned for my Q&A and some cherished Family members performing some old favorites…
When musical theatre writer Joe Iconis was in high school, he was just a somewhat reserved nice guy. “I wouldn’t go so far as to say I was shy, but I certainly was not doing anything that was described in Hunter S. Thompson’s writing,” says the Tony-nominated composer-lyricist, “which I think made it really appealing to me.” Iconis’ first introduction…
I have so much more to say but for now, wanted to share these photos of friends and family who flew in to celebrate opening night. I love you all. Kaboom.
Dive into the world of The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical with brand new production photos by Rich Soublet II
We just dropped a 14-minute ALBUM Vinyl unboxing video. It’s raw, unfiltered, and basically feels like you’re hanging out with us. Spin those records and watch below…
This Tuesday, San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse begins performances of “The Untitled, Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical.” Yes, you read that right. The esteemed, eccentric, irreverent, intoxicated, gun-wielding godfather of gonzo journalism is the subject of an intriguing new stage show. This world-premiere production, starring…
“An album’s not forever but the feelings in it are. 2079, I find an album that I made some years before, cracked vinyl record they don’t make these anymore. I scan the titles I feel like a dinosaur who survived the kaboom. I sing to myself. I remember songs that take me to an ancient time. People and memories are conjured up by rhyme. I cry and smile and reflect upon my climb.” - "Album" from ALBUM
It is with exceeding holiday joy that I get to officially say the Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza is FINALLY returning to 54 Below in 2023. They say that good things come to those who wait, and I’m pleased to announce that after three bah humbug years of pandemic pause, Christmas is coming like never before! My merry band of musical theater…
Just announced! I’ll be doing another West Coast Iconis & Family show at The Bourbon Room in LA on September 25. Swipe for photos from the raucous show in June. Grab those tickets at the link in my bio!
The Wild Bunch has arrived. Take a look at the explosive cast of THE UNTITLED UNAUTHORIZED HUNTER S. THOMPSON MUSICAL! Rehearsals are under way and I could not be happier to be in a room with these incredible humans telling the story of American outcasts, unrepentant weirdos, and prideful freaks. Performances start August 29!
Joe Iconis & Family is the party you want to be invited to, and, luckily, it's running for 4 more nights at 54/Below. The space is decked out with signs, christmas lights, and posters of donkeys, and the night is an eclectic one, filled to the brim with an explosion of talent oozing from the performers and composer. Iconis may, well, be the most prolific…
GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS announced that Album, the acclaimed recording by musical theater virtuoso Joe Iconis, will be released in a special vinyl box set on Friday, August 18. The set is available for pre-order starting today, Wednesday, June 7. The 5 LP box set includes a 16-page booklet with complete lyrics, artwork and design by Rob…
Just spent a week workshopping The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical. Can’t believe that after 10+ years of workshops, readings, work sessions, etc, the next step will be rehearsals for an actual production at La Jolla Playhouse in a few short months. I’m off to dive into rewrites, but in the meantime, give our brand spankin’ new…
54 BELOW will welcome back Joe Iconis as he brings his beloved friends and eclectic catalogue for another round of Joe Iconis & Family from June 12 – 17 at 7:00pm. Tickets are on sale now at 54below.org/JoeIconis. Joe Iconis & Family are returning to their home-away-from-home for a blow-out run that promises to be their biggest shows yet…
Some of my earliest memories are listening to the Original Cast Recordings of Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods, and The Phantom of the Opera while obsessing over the packaging. I loved being able to have an official piece of the show to interact with. A cassette felt different than a souvenir program or a t-shirt brandishing show art. A cassette was a living, breathing thing to me- show art that sang!
The new Halloween compilation A(aaagh!)lbum by musical theater virtuoso Joe Iconis, will be available in digital and streaming formats starting tomorrow, Friday, October 21. A(aaagh!)lbum features 10 selections from Album, Iconis' sprawling new 44-track collection released earlier this year. In addition, the release includes one previously-unissued…
Loved doing the @HorrorStruckPod and chatting about ALBUM and horror movies and some other nonsense I don't usually get to yack about. Give it a listen…
We’ve got merch, babeh! Merch Central designed this amazing merch for ALBUM and I could not be more in love.
Absolutely titillated that the legendary Kingcast had me on to talk all about one of my absolute favorite musicals, the original production of Carrie: the Musical. Prepare yourself to hear about togas, Spider-Man, and what Stephen King book I want to adapt into a 6-hour musical…
Ready to get squipped? The Asian premiere of Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz’s Be More Chill began performances July 25 at the New National Theatre Playhouse in Tokyo with a Japanese cast. After wrapping August 10, the show will continue to run in Fukuoka and Osaka. Based on Ned Vizzini’s novel, the musical tells the story of average teenager…
There are two tells right on the cover of the new CD release by Joe Iconis titled ALBUM that will let the listener know precisely what they will get when they press the 'play' button on their device, and a third tell that appears, like an Easter Egg, in the credits. The first two are the title and the cover art, and the third is an icon and a word that almost…
Got to reunite these past four days with my favorite group of people doing the thing that we love the most in the world. Here’s to everyone who there in person and in spirit. Here’s to resilience, scrappiness, and passion. Here’s to Family. All photos by Gabriella Spiegel.
To celebrate last month’s release of Album on Ghostlight Records, Tony-nominated writer and performer Joe Iconis (Be More Chill) and a massive mega-talented group of his collaborators and friends from the NYC stage made a triumphant return to Feinstein’s/54 Below for their first concert there since 2019. Opening on July 8, and playing…