Joe DePietro News

Players Circle Theater presents the hilarious musical comedy I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE with book and lyrics by two-time Tony winner Joe DePietro and music by Jimmy Roberts. 

Cortland Repertory Theatre is announcing their 52nd annual summer season to be held at the Little York Pavilion in Preble, NY in 2024. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Memphis the musical will be playing at the Artisty Theater. This musical will blast you out the door humming! Inspired by actual events in the turbulent south of the 1950s, Memphis is the story of Felicia Farrell and Huey Calhoun - one a Black singer, talented and determined to share her voice; the other a white radio DJ whose passion for music transcends race lines. As their love of music and each other grow, their lives and communities intersect, causing encounters with prejudices that challenge them to reconsider their relationships, priorities, and dreams. Featuring an original score with music by David Bryan, founding member of Bon Jovi, this show will have you dancing in your seat.

Cortland Repertory Theatre, one of New York State's longest running professional summer theatres, is announcing their 50th Anniversary summer season slated for 2022.

BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge says, 'That this episode of Broadway Rewind features something Toxic, something Royal and something Academic.' We drop by New World Stages for a look at the David Bryan and Joe DePietro musical, The Toxic Avenger. We also visit with two-time Tony Award winner Matthew Broderick and the cast of Roundabout's production of The Philanthropist, but we kick it off at the opening night of director Neil Armfield's production of Eugene Ionesco's Exit The King, which starred Academy Award winners Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon, Tony Award winner Andrea Martin and Lauren Ambrose. Geoffrey Rush told Ridge, 'I just phoned my wife and said, 'Darling I just made my Broadway debut and it's a marker. It's not what I aimed for. I had never really, seriously ever thought about it... I used to listen to a lot of Broadway musical theatre back in the mid 60's when I was in high school. Next to the Beatles, I was listening to Angela Lansbury in Mame or Tommy Steele in Half a Sixpence or Zero Mostel in Fiddler. I'm pretty well seasoned in that kind of energy, and to be able to bring a weird and wonderful play like Exit the King into that arena, has been just so special.'

The Noel S. Ruiz Theatre at CM Performing Arts Center, Nice Work If You Can Get It, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Joe DePietro, Patrick Grossman, Matthew W. Surico, Alison Weinberger, Ashley Nicastro, Amanda Wenchel, Nicolette Carosi, Ronald Green III, Steven Cottonaro, Bailey Whitney, Andrew J Beck, Emily Edwards, Briggs G. Houston, Barry Johnson, Emily Nadler, Adriana Michelle Scheer, Jeff Pangburn, Linda Pentz, David DiMarzo, John Mazzarella, Steven Press, Luke Ferrari, Mike Shapiro, Christian Kalinowski, Katie Perpall, Morgan Zweibel, Maggie Overbaugh, Jennifer Trezza, Juliana Jagielo, Katie Johnson, Megan Fives, Kristi Kahen, Megan Monaghan, and Katy Snair

The Hip Swiveling hit musical based on Shakepeare's Twelfth Night written by Joe DePietro and featuring the iconic hits of Elvis Presley explodes onto the stage of Sharon Playhouse July 13 through 22 and BWW has a first look! Check out photos below!

Playhouse 1960 is opening its 2017 2018 Main Stage Season with Joe Depietro's Over the River and Through the Woods. The production runs September 15, 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, 2017 @ 8:00 pm and October 1, 2017 @ 3:00 pm. This is the script of a play about the relationship between Nick, a young man, and all four of his grandparents.

Sunday family dinner is age-old family tradition, but what happens when the ONLY grandchild decides to move across country? Join Davidson Community Players this fall as they present the hilarious comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DePietro.

Sunday family dinner is age-old family tradition, but what happens when the ONLY grandchild decides to move across country? Join Davidson Community Players this fall as they present the hilarious comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DePietro.

Sunday family dinner is age-old family tradition, but what happens when the ONLY grandchild decides to move across country? Join Davidson Community Players this fall as they present the hilarious comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DePietro.

Sunday family dinner is age-old family tradition, but what happens when the ONLY grandchild decides to move across country? Join Davidson Community Players this fall as they present the hilarious comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DePietro.

Sunday family dinner is age-old family tradition, but what happens when the ONLY grandchild decides to move across country? Join Davidson Community Players this fall as they present the hilarious comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, by Joe DePietro.

Some events in history cry out to be made into a movie or a book or a stage play. Others don't seem like such an obvious choice at first glance. One might guess it would be quite difficult to pull off creating a musical out of the writing of the Declaration of Independence, of all things. But, as Ocean State Theatre Company proves with its current production, 1776 is both fascinating and fun, both engaging and entertaining, as it tells the story of the Declaration's creation and our country's birth.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company has announced its 3rd annual Backyard BBQ Fundraiser on Sunday, August 3, beginning at 4:30 PM. The BBQ will feature a farm-to-table dinner created by Zingerman's Roadhouse with vegetarian options, cocktails, live music and auction activities. The event's new destination location will be Cornman Farms, located at 8540 Island Lake Road in Dexter, MI, only seven miles from The Purple Rose Theatre.

Ithaca College Theatre will present its fall musical 'The Light in the Piazza,' which is based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer.

Ithaca College Theatre will present its fall musical 'The Light in the Piazza,' which is based on a novella by Elizabeth Spencer.

Aurora Theatre continues to lead the way in Gwinnett County entertainment. As such, they have planned a year-long celebration to commemorate their 15th Anniversary Season.

Celebration Theatre in association with Calvin Remsberg presents the second show of their 2009-2010 season, the American premiere of f**kING MEN. f**kING MEN is written by Joe DiPietro and will be directed by Calvin Remsberg. f**kING MEN will preview on Wednesday, September 9 and Thursday, September 10 at 8pm and open on Friday, September 11 and run through Sunday, October 25 at Celebration Theatre, 7051B Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.