ALMOST GOT ‘EM! The Unauthorized Batman Villain Parody Musical
Book and Lyrics by Paul Iacono
Loosely Adapted from the Batman The Animated Series Episode Almost Got ‘I’m! Written by Paul Dini
Music by Shirely Walker, Stuart Balcomb, Wayne Coster, and Todd Hayen
Directed by Rachel Klein
Music Direction & Additional Arrangements by Peter Saxe
ALMOST GOT ‘EM! tells the story of Batman’s most notorious enemies (The Joker, Two-Face, The Penguin and Poison Ivy) exchanging stories and fighting over who's come the closest to killing their mutual nemesis, while hiding from Batman and the police. Set in a dive bar in Gotham City, this darkly comedic musical follows these infamous, aging criminals as they reminisce about their past encounters with the Dark Knight, each one trying to outdo the rest in a high-stakes game of one-upmanship with lots of deadly twists and turns.
The cast includes: Alison Fraser (Poison Ivy), Brooks Ashmanskas (The Penguin), Howard McGillin (Two-Face), Jim Walton (Batman), Paul Iacono (The Riddler), Alexa Xioufaridou Moster (Harley Quinn), Doug Plaut (The Goon), Barrett Leddy (The Hoodlum) and more TBA!
Paul Iacono, an actor, writer, producer, and NYC nightlife host, is thrilled to return to Club Cummming with the first public reading of his new Unauthorized Batman Villain Musical, ALMOST GOT ‘IM! A graduate of Manhattan’s Professional Performing Arts High School, Iacono is best known for portraying the title character on MTV’s “The Hard Times of RJ Berger.” Paul was first featured on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show,” at age eight, after she discovered his unique talents for impersonating Frank Sinatra and Ethel Merman. Favorite stage credits include Mercury Fur (The New Group), Bridget Everett’s Rock Bottom (Joe’s Pub), Noël Coward’s Sail Away with Elaine Stritch (Carnegie Hall), and John Guare’s Landscape of the Body with Lili Taylor and Sherie Rene Scott (Signature Theater). Favorite film credits include MGM’s remake of FAME, Darren Stein’s G.B.F., and Dating My Mother with Kathy Najimy. Iacono’s play Prince/Elizabeth premiered at The Teatro LATEA Theater co-starring Sofia Black D’Elia and Peter Vack, and The Last Great Dame (loosely inspired by his relationship with Elaine Stritch) at Jane Friedman’s HOWL! Happening Gallery. His cabaret “Where’s The F*cking Kid?” premiered at 54 Below, with “Psychedelic Hedonism” following at Joe’s Pub (New York Magazine “Critic’s Pick”), and “Psychedelic Playhouse” and most recently "Paul Iacono, Unfiltered" at The Green Room 42. He was named one of OUT 100’s most influential after coming out in Michael Musto’s Village Voice column in 2011. Iacono has six shows in development, including his Andy Warhol Silver Factory epic, High Priest.
Rachel Klein Is a New York City-based stage director, specializing in new play and musical development. Off-Broadway: The Gospel According to Heather (Theatre 555; starring Katey Sagal); Red Roses, Green Gold (Minetta Lane Theatre/ft. the music of the Grateful Dead); Around the World in 80 Days (The Davenport Theatre); The Anthem (Lynn Redgrave Theatre). Selected NYC: Tink! (NYMF); More Than All the World (Theatre for the New City); Circus of Circus (The House of Yes). Selected Regional: The Suffragist (Gallagher Bluedorn Theatre; starring Nancy Opel), Dead Certain (composer: Air Supply's Graham Russell); 54 the Musical (House of Independents; starring Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Frankie Grande). Selected workshops and readings: Helen (Starring Bonnie Milligan), Medusa: A New Pop Opera; Girlfriend From Hell. Charity: Ms. Klein directed the charity roast of Michael Musto raising funds for the Callen Lorde Community Health Center, featuring Rosie O'Donnell, Bruce Vilanch, and Jinkx Monsoon. Ms. Klein is a proud member of SDC, founding member of Iconoclast Theatre Collective, guest teaching artist at Fordham University, serves on the New Musical Screening Committee for NAMT, and was the Director/Showrunner of the audio series The World to Come.
Peter Saxe is a Composer/Lyricist/Arranger. As composer/lyricist: The Latecomer, A New Beginning, History Remembers, MTA: The Musical, Love In The Time of Recession, What Friends Are For, The 8-bar Audition Songs, Fractured Holidays, Saxe and the City. As composer: The Unveiling and The Rub (short films). As arranger: Psychedelic Hedonism, Operation Opera, and Dig & Be Dug. Education: SUNY Purchase, Manhattan School of Music, BMI Workshop. Private coaching, score preparation services. PeterSaxeMusic.com
7:30pm Doors / 8:00pm Show
$25 GA
Ages 21+