Review

The New York Times Review: ‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’

The New York Times Review: ‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’

PITTSFIELD, MASS. — Try to top this for typecasting: The daffy, adorable Annie Golden plays, yes, the daffy, adorable Annie Golden in “Broadway Bounty Hunter,” a sweet if slight goof of a musical, making its premiere at Barrington Stage Company here.The show, featuring songs by Joe Iconis and a book by...

‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’ is a wild ride at Barrington Stage

‘Broadway Bounty Hunter’ is a wild ride at Barrington Stage

PITTSFIELD — If ever a show was powered by sheer adrenaline, it’s “Broadway Bounty Hunter.’’ Well, that and the fertile mind of composer-lyricist and co-librettist Joe Iconis. He’s the primary creative force behind this rollicking musical mash-up, now receiving its world premiere at Barrington Stage Company...

The New York Times Review: Things To Ruin

In “Guide to Success,” a cuttingly cynical number from “Things to Ruin,” a revue of the songs by the emerging young theater composer Joe Iconis, a smug millionaire offers advice to youthful go-getters preparing to lunge down the road to riches: “Never say what you really feel/ Why make a choice when...

Time Out New York Review: The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

Time Out New York Review: The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

Just as successful children’s shows once spawned junior versions of themselves—think Muppet Babies and Tiny Toon Adventures—so, perhaps, are musical-theater favorites ready for their own era of kid-size knockoffs. This is what comes to mind while watching Joe Iconis’s sweetly likable The Plant...