The promise of popularity and getting to date the cool kid are what most high schoolers dream of, and if there was some sort of magic way to achieve them probably very few would refuse it. In Be More Chill, the Faustian device comes in the shape of The Squip, a tiny, but powerful computer that offers...
Introducing Joe Iconis, his wife Lauren, cat Diane Kitten... and extended, quasi punk-rock family. What's your Hell's Kitchen story? I'm from Long Island originally, but my parents were from Brooklyn (mom) and Queens (dad) so the city was a huge part of my life. The theater district and Hell's Kitchen were...
Katie Buenneke, Neon Tommy: Hi! I’m Katie.Joe Iconis: Hello, nice to meet you, I’m Joe.NT: Nice to meet you too! I guess we’ll just go ahead and get started.Iconis: Cool!NT: What made you want to become a composer?Iconis: What did make me want to become a composer? I am from New York, originally from...
Joe Iconis has made his name as a songwriter/dramatist and bandleader in New York City with such shows as Bloodsong of Love and The Black Suits, which had a workshop production last year at Massachusetts’s Barrington Stage and will premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, Oct. 27...
Joe Iconis has been tearing through the New York music theater scene for years, both as a writer and a performer. His concert group, Joe Iconis & Family, plays shows that feature a unique blend of rock and musical theater. One favorite family tradition of theirs is a holiday concert that is, for the first time...
During a career that is still in its relative infancy, Joe Iconis (who will be just 31 this month) has written the scores for six musicals, the book and lyrics for three of them and co-wrote the book and lyrics on the other three. He got the idea for his first musical, The Black Suits, in 2003 while a senior at NYU and two...
Joe Iconis likes to silently hug people. Besides that, Iconis is a prolific musical theatre writer. His Bloodsong of Lovewill receive an industry-only workshop this fall; he and the family are putting together a spook-tacular Halloween jamboree; and you can rock out 24/7 to the Original Cast Recording...
