Headlines Into Punchlines
In this workshop, we will look at some of the most talked-about news stories from the past 12 months and learn how to present them in unique and hilarious ways through sketches and songs.
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Tom D'Angora has served as lead producer for NEWSical The Musical, the 3rd longest running musical revue in history. Other NY theater credits include: A Musical About Star Wars, Naked Boys Singing! (produced/directed), The Marvelous Wonderettes (produced/directed), and the first family musical about disability, inclusion, and kindness Addy & Uno.
A proud political activist, Tom worked on both of Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic campaigns for President, proudly serving on the Grassroots team, the Advance team, and the LGBT Outreach team. In 2021, along with his husband, Tom volunteered his time to help several local theaters and businesses in danger of closing due to the pandemic stay afloat. In just six months, Tom produced/directed 6 virtual fundraisers, with over 700 notable stars of stage, screen, and beyond and raised 1.5 million dollars and made sure The West Bank Café, Birdland Jazz Club, The York Theater, Stonewall, The Labyrinth Theater, and The Theater World Awards survived the pandemic. |
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Billy Recce is an award winning, billboard charting composer/lyricist, playwright and performer living in New York City. Off-Broadway/NYC: Fowl Play (Book, Music and Lyrics), Four simultaneously running musicals in the '23-'24 season including FIVE: The Parody Musical (Music and Lyrics; Theatre 555), A Musical About Star Wars (Music and Lyrics; AMT Theatre/St. Luke’s/Theatre Row), Singfeld (Music and Orchestrations; Jerry Orbach Theatre), Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical (Music Supervision, Arrangements and Orchestrations, Soho Rep), Balloon Boy: The Musical (Book, Music and Lyrics; Youngest Writer ever selected for NYMF, International Thespian Festival). In development: the Heidi Fleiss musical Little Black Book (Book, Music and Lyrics; Billboard Charting Concept Album available everywhere.) Billy has written or co-written songs for Bernadette Peters, Mandy Patinkin, Laura Benanti, Jessica Vosk, Lillias White, Alice Ripley, Orfeh, Paige Turner, RuPaul’s Drag Race Finalist Rosé, and Tituss Burgess. Billy’s songs have been heard internationally and at The New Amsterdam, Broadway In Bryant Park, Cadogan Hall, The Tilles Center, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Ars Nova, Irish Rep, The York Theatre, The Signature Theatre, 54 Below, The Green Room 42, and the Edinburgh Fringe. He is a Two Time MAC Award winner, an Orchard Project Greenhouse member, a Relentless Award semi-finalist, a Eugene O’Neill Finalist, a NAMT finalist, a Two Time Wallowitch Award finalist, and a Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist. Billy is currently under commission with EST/Sloan Project, and several production companies.
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