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Joe Iconis is a Tony Award®-nominated musical theater writer and performer. He is the recipient of the Ed Kleban Award, Jonathan Larson Award, and Richard Rodgers Award.

His show The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, directed by Christopher Ashley, has played the Signature Theatre in Washington D.C. and La Jolla Playhouse. Other shows include Be More Chill (with Joe Tracz), which played Broadway, London, and Tokyo after originating at Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey. Joe is the author of many musicals, including Love in Hate Nation, Broadway Bounty Hunter (with Lance Rubin and Jason SweetTooth Williams), and Bloodsong of Love. His music has been heard on NBC’s Smash and Riverdale and Joe’s annual Christmas Extravaganza (produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper) is in its sixteenth year. He frequently performs his concert act at the Laurie Beechman Theater and 54 Below, where he is the current Artist-in-Residence.

 His albums on Ghostlight Records include the 44-song retrospective Album (Joe Iconis & Family), Two-Player Game (with George Salazar), and many cast recordings. Joe is hugely inspired by Robert Altman, Dolly Parton, The Muppets, and the Family of artists he frequently surrounds himself with.