Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis at Refuge Theatre Project at Exit Chicago
Dates: (5/12/2017 - 6/18/2017 )
Refuge Theatre Project at Exit Chicago |
1315 W. North Avenue
Chicago,IL 60642
Tickets: $20.00
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Described as a “theatrical rock concert,” Things to Ruin has been performed in New York City venues including the Second Stage and Joe’s Pub and features 19 songs by the 35-year-old Iconis, possibly the best and most famous musical theater songwriter you’ve never heard of. The New York Times, in its review of Things to Ruin, described Iconis’s songs like this: “(the music) belongs to the mode of “Rent” and of Duncan Sheik’s more vigorous numbers in “Spring Awakening,” but the tunes are sparer, the beats harder.” Commenting on Iconis’s lyrics, Variety said “Things to Ruin” has Iconis’ lyrical ingenuity to recommend it — like Ben Folds or Joe Jackson, Iconis seems hell-bent on finding all the commonly shared emotional moments that nobody else has yet set to music…. For every song that sounds a little conventional, there are two that sound like a bet Iconis won (“I’ll give you 50 bucks if you can write a good song about your friends going to the bar and not calling you”).”
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