Chad Kessler

'Join the celebration of the 20th anniversary of 'My Big Gay Italian Wedding' with a special performance at Ocean Resort and Casino. Don't miss this one-night-only event on October 7th, 2023 at 8:00 PM in Ovation Hall.'

It's a big gay weekend in Atlantic City on Saturday the 15th at 8PM in Ovation Hall at the Ocean Resort and Casino when 'My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis,” the third chapter in the “Big Gay” Franchise, marks its official debut at the property.  The show made its original debut in December of 2015 at the Snapple Theater Center on 50th Street and Broadway, where it was extended seven times and ran for two years. 

It's another Big Gay Weekend in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday the 12th of November at 8PM at the Ocean Resort and Casino, when 'My Big Gay Italian Funeral' will set as the third of Anthony J. Wilkinson's Productions to play in Ovation Hall. 

The Ludlow House presented Songs of the Serpent: Introducing songs from Medusa, a New Pop Opera on October 27th. The evening was directed by Rachel Klein and music directed by Dan Pardo featuring songs written by composer David James Boyd and lyricist Erik Ransom, with creative production by Chad Kessler.

Songs of the Serpent: Introducing songs from Medusa, a New Pop Opera, will have its world premier presentation on Wednesday, October 27th at 8:30pm, with an after party to follow. Secret location details to be revealed upon reservation.

A recipient of DCA's inaugural CreateNYC Disability Forward Fund, IRT Theater will present six work in progress presentations of the new musical, Stepchild. This fully accessible piece is a radical retelling of Cinderella, seen through the eyes of a young Deaf woman coming of age in a kingdom violently intolerant of difference. All presentations will take place at IRT's Greenwich Village home from May 29- June 2, 2019.

Deaf West/Broadway Spring Awakening and Big River stars, Amelia Hensley, Alexandria Wailes & Melissa van der Schyff, reunited last week  for this groundbreaking original musical centering on a Deaf heroine, directed by Drama Desk nominee Kim Weild (Fetes De La Nuit, Soot and Spit) with Artistic Sign Language by Alexandria Wailes (Children Of A Lesser God, currently on Broadway).

Deaf West/Broadway Spring Awakening and Big River stars, AMELIA HENSLEY, ALEXANDRIA WAILES & MELISSA VAN DER SCHYFF, reunite for this groundbreaking original musical centering on a Deaf heroine, to be directed by Drama Desk nominee KIM WEILD (Fetes De La Nuit, Soot and Spit) with Artistic Sign Language by ALEXANDRIA WAILES (Children Of A Lesser God, currently on Broadway).

This year's Rough Draft Festival at LaGuardia Performing Arts features a vast array of new work that are various stages of development

La Dottoressa, a new musical about the feminist, scientist, educator, mother and advocate for world peace, Maria Montessori, presents a reading at Lincoln Center on Friday, October 20 at 3pm.

TAINTED DREAMS, the Emmy nominated web-series about the 'behind the scenes' drama of the fictitious soap Painted Dreams is slated to start streaming on Amazon on December 26, 2016.

TAINTED DREAMS, the Emmy nominated web-series about the 'behind the scenes' drama of the fictitious soap Painted Dreams is slated to start streaming on Amazon on December 26, 2016.

 "My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis" which officially opened on December 3rd, 2015, has extended its run till March 25th, 2017 and will celebrate its one year anniversary this Thursday.  While it remains at The Theater Center on Thursday nights at 8pm till December 15th, the show will kick off the new year in its new time slot Saturday's at 5pm commencing on January 7th with a special 40th birthday performance for the author and lead, Anthony J. Wilkinson.

Dominick LaRuffa Jr. is set to take on the role of 'Nathaniel Hollingsworth' in the hit Off-Broadway comedy 'My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis,' now approaching its one year anniversary, opposite creator Anthony J. Wilkinson. LaRuffa will be schedule to appear in both tonight's (September 15th) and September 22nd performances.

'My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis' which officially opened on December 3rd, 2015, in New York City under Bianco Productions at the Theater Center has recently been licensed by two-time Emmy winner Sonia Blangiardo for a one night only, one act version, at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City and will play in The Showroom on Sunday, October 23rd at 7pm.

Dominick LaRuffa Jr. is set to take on the role of "Nathaniel Hollingsworth" in the hit Off-Broadway comedy "My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis," now approaching its one year anniversary, opposite creator Anthony J. Wilkinson. LaRuffa will be schedule to appear in both the September 15th and September 22nd performances.

"My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis" which officially opened on December 3rd, 2015, has extended its run till January 5th, 2017 and will celebrate its one-year anniversary while it remains at The Theater Center on Thursday nights at 8pm with select special performances on Saturday's at 5pm.

?Chairman of the Retail Leasing and Sales Division at Douglas Elliman in New York, Faith Hope Consolo is making her Off-Broadway Debut for one night only on April 28th, 2016 at the Theater Center in 'My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis' in the role of 'Luscious Lucille.'  

'My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis' which officially opened on December 3rd, 2015, originally scheduled to run till the end of February, has extended its run till June 2nd and will remain at The Theater Center on Thursday nights at 8pm.

When Anthony J. Wilkinson first set out in 2003 to open MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING at the Actors Playhouse down in the west village, never did he imagine it would have been the conception of a three part series that would mimic his life experiences over two decades. With MY BIG GAY ITALIAN MID LIFE CRISIS set to begin previews tonight, November 12th, 2015, it will mark the first time in Broadway history that an Off-Broadway hit turned into a three-part trilogy. Wilkinson's goal as a comedic author is to depict the three stages before midlife; the fantasy, the reality and the discovery of the difference.