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…
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…
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…
Prolific composer of songs for the stages of Broadway, concert venues, and recording studios, Joe Iconis recently released an epic CD of his works titled ALBUM, and to celebrate the occasion, Mr. Iconis has returned to 54 Below with the artists collective known as "& Family" for a four-show run of performances. That run of shows opened last…
