THE JOE ICONIS CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Opens 12/17

Join Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks in an insane celebration of all things red and green, wherein Joe and his friends learn the true meaning of Christmas. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and an ungodly number of candy canes, this promises to be the happiest and wildest holiday hoedown you've ever seen. Yes, Virginia - Joe's gonna give you something to wassail about, all right.

STARRING Nick Blaemire, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Badia Farha, Annie Golden, Matt Hinkley, Ian Kagey, The Kissin' Kazoo Sisters, Lorinda Lisitiza, Lauren Marcus, Eric William Morris, Jeremy Morse, Krysta Rodriguez, Lance Rubin, A,J, Shively, Brent Stranathan, Jason Tam, Jared Weiss, and Jason "SweetTooth" Williams.

DIRECTED BY John Simpkins

Joe Iconis is currently represented onstage by the off-Broadway musical "ReWrite," playing at Urban Stages through January 3rd. He is the recipient of an Ed Kleban Award and a Jonathan Larson Award and is the composer in residence at Ars Nova. His theatrical rock concert THINGS TO RUIN, recently completed a critically-acclaimed run at The Zipper Theater, his garage rock musical, The Black Suits, played SPF at the Public Theater, and his family rock musical for TheaterWorksUSA, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, completed a summer run at the Lortel Theater and is currently touring the country. In addition to his theater work, Joe has played numerous sold-out gigs with his ROCK AND ROLL JAMBOREE show, a sort of musical theater/rock'n'roll collective made up his (very very talented!) friends. Joe frequently performs at Joe's Pub, The Laurie Beechman Theater, Ars Nova, and Sardi's.

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Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street in Manhattan. www.arsnovanyc.com
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