Podcast appearances and mentions of patti issues

Music Theatre of Connecticut will welcome Norwalk, CT native & Tony nominee, Robin de Jesús in his cabaret show, Getting Started. Get to know how Robin's childhood love for golden era Broadway shaped him and how he chooses sanity in today's mad world. Packed with personal stories, Broadway AND pop music that'll leave you thinking you just had a first date. Getting Started is a one night only event on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 at 8:00pm.Robin De Jesús, a three-time Tony Award-nominated actor, recently portrayed "Ray Colon" in HULU's WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES alongside Kumail Nanjiani. He gained recognition for his role in the Netflix adaptation of TICK, TICK....BOOM! (2021), directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, starring opposite Andrew Garfield. Robin also starred in the Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix film, THE BOYS IN THE BAND (2020), reprising his Tony-nominated role. Additionally, he played "George" in the acclaimed indie film MILKWATER (Brooklyn Film Festival 2020) and earned his first major film role in the cult-classic feature CAMP (2003). On Broadway, Robin showcased his talent in productions like RENT, IN THE HEIGHTS (earning his first Tony nomination), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (his second nomination), WICKED, and THE BOYS IN THE BAND (resulting in his third nomination). His extensive theater credits include various roles in productions such as GREASE, GODSPELL, A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS, ALADDIN, MALPRACTICE MAKES PERFECT, ZORBA MUSICALS IN MUFTI, PATTI ISSUES, DOMESTICATED, and HOMOS OR EVERYONE IN AMERICA. Robin's presence extends to feature films and television with projects like HAIR BRAINED (2013), GUN HILL ROAD (2011), HOW TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA (2010), and a recurring role as "Jose Silva" on LAW & ORDER: SVU.For tickets and more info log onto :https://www.musictheatreofct.comINFO & TIX: https://www.musictheatreofct.com/getting-started

Robin De Jesús is a three-time Tony Award nominated actor. Most recently, Robin joined the cast of Hulu's Welcome To The Chippendales as “Ray Colon” opposite Kumail Nanjiani. He can currently be seen in the Netflix adaptation of Tick, Tick....Boom! (2021), directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, co-starring opposite Andrew Garfield. Prior to, he featured in the Ryan Murphy-produced Netflix film, The Boys In The Band (2020), reprising his Tony award nominated role. He can also be seen as “George” in the acclaimed indie-film Milkwater (Brooklyn Film Festival 2020). Robin received his first major film role in the cult-classic feature Camp (2003). Broadway credits include Rent, In The Heights (Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical), La Cage Aux Folles (Tony nomination), Wicked, and The Boys In The Band (Tony nomination). Additional theater credits include the Paper Mill Playhouse's productions of Grease and Godspell, and the off-Broadway productions of Malpractice Makes Perfect, Zorba Musicals In Mufti, Patti Issues, Domesticated, and Homos Or Everyone In America. Philanthropic/Activist Causes: The Cody Renard Richard Scholarship

Host Luisa Lyons chats with author, director, actor, and producer Ben Rimalower. Topics include the importance of cast recordings, working with Patti LuPone, creating the one-person show Patti Issues, and how Ben came to work with Lonny Price. We also take a deep dive into the 2001 Sweeney Todd with San Francisco Symphony Orchestra starring Patti LuPone and George Hearn, for which Ben was the assistant director! BEN RIMALOWER is the author and star of the long-running solo plays Bad with Money (The Advocate's #1 of 2014) and Patti Issues (New York Time Critics Pick, M.A.C. and Bistro Awards), available as a double audiobook on iTunes, Audible and Amazon, as well as host of the Broadwayworld/Broadway Podcast Network co-productions, Ben Rimalower's Broken Records and Next Year, Some Year. He writes the theatre column in Metrosource Magazine and is a frequent contributor to Vulture, Out, The Huffington Post and Time Out New York, with past regular columns at Playbill, Broadwayworld and Decider. Ben directed Snoopy! (Symphony Space, starring Tony winners Sutton Foster and Christiane Borle), the Off-Broadway plays Joy (Actors Playhouse) and The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (Daryl Roth/DR2 Theatre, starring Gillian Jacobs and Anna Chlumsky), and a slew of solo shows, most notably conceiving and directing Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches and subsequently producing Ghostlight Records' “Patti LuPone at Les Mouches.” He is recognizable around the world for his four seasons on Bravo's “The Real Housewives of New York City” as the writer-director of Luann de Lesseps's record-breaking cross-country cabaret sensation, Countess And Friends. He also co-wrote de Lesseps's hit single, “Feelin' Jovani.” Follow @benrimalower on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and visit benrimalower.com.Patti Issues and Bad with Money are available via Audible (as an Amazon Associate I may earn from qualifying purchases from this link) Filmed Live Musicals is the most comprehensive online searchable database for musicals that have been filmed live on stage. Visit www.filmedlivemusicals.com to learn more. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter. You can also support the site at Patreon. Patrons get early access to content, no matter how much you pledge. Filmed Live Musicals is created by Luisa Lyons. Luisa is an Australian actor, writer, and musician. She holds a Masters in Music Theatre from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and now lives, works, and plays in New York. Learn more at www.luisalyons.com or follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Enjoyed this podcast? Make sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Support the show

Today's Lunch Therapy patient, Ben Rimalower, is the author and star of two off-Broadway one-man shows, Patti Issues (a NYT Critic's Pick) and Bad with Money, as well as the host of Cast Offs, a weekly event every Monday at Club Cumming in New York. (You may also recognize Ben as Countess LuAnn's cabaret director on The Real Housewives of New York City.) In today's session, we cover Ben's hatred of mayonnaise, his mother's dry brisket, eating Patti Lupone's veal meatballs, being a Balaboosta, and how the only meal he craved at Berkeley was one at Sardi's in New York.  This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at amateurgourmet.substack.com/subscribe

Jess is joined by Ben Rimalower, career theatre writer/director known to RHONY fans as Countess Luann’s long-suffering cabaret director. Ben shares stories of producing audiobooks for both Bethenny AND Teresa Giudice, filming RHONJ/RHONY, Halloween afterparties with Bethenny & Luann and his reaction to Bethenny’s “Life is Not a Cabaret” monologue. Ben also discusses his one man shows: “Patti Issues” (about his obsession with Patti LuPone) and “Bad With Money” (about his spending addiction). Follow @jessxnyc, @hottakesdeepdives, @benrimalower

This week, David and Joey kiki with star of screen and stage Robin de Jesús about his role as Emory in The Boys in the Band, figuring out how to age gracefully like Jane Fonda, and never losing the will power to stay curious.    Robin de Jesús is a three-time Tony Award nominated actor. He received his first major role in the 2003 cult-classic film, Camp. He has since gone on to perform in various Broadway productions including: Rent, In The Heights (for which he received his first Tony nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musical), La Cage Aux Folles (his second nomination), Wicked, and The Boys in the Band (for which he received his third nomination). Additional theater credits include the Paper Mill Playhouse's productions of Grease and Godspell, the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ's production of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, the St. Louis Muny production of Aladdin as the title character, and the off-Broadway productions of Malpractice Makes Perfect, Zorba Musicals in Mufti, Patti Issues, Domesticated, and Homos or Everyone in America. Robin can also be seen in various feature films and television projects such as Gun Hill Road (2011), Hair Brained (2013), How to Make it in America (2010) and in the recurring role of "Jose Silva" on Law & Order: SVU. He can be seen in the newly released Netflix film adaptation of The Boys in the Band (2020), produced by Ryan Murphy, where he reprises his Tony award-nominated role. He is currently in production for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Tick Tick Boom.   Follow Robin on Instagram Follow Robin on Twitter    Follow David on Instagram  Learn more about David Follow Joey on Instagram Follow Joey on Twitter    Learn more about The Sol Project Follow The Sol Project on Facebook  Follow The Sol Project on Instagram Follow The Sol Project on Twitter  This episode was mixed and edited by Iris Zacarias

We are joined by Ben Rimalower, the writer/director behind Countess & Friends for an epic kiki. We learn about Ben’s background coming up in the NYC theatre world to eventually working with his childhood idol, Patti LuPone, who inspired his one-man show, Patti Issues. He also chats about his second one-man show Bad With Money which centers on his struggle with spending addiction. We then get into the juice... how did he & Countess Luann find one another to create this insanely successful show? He also chats about working on Teresa Giudice & Bethenny Frankel’s audio books, his appearances on RHONY and tells the story of a crazy Halloween night after cameras went down. Follow @outinthewildpodcast & @benrimalower!   

We are in the room with… our bodies, ourselves!! We are Marie Kondo-ing the IN THE ROOM HQ, as spring has officially sprung! Dana has a nephew! We’ve seen Hadestown, Ain’t Too Proud, My Fair Lady, Anastasia, and Patti Issues!  @danakellycraig @sferezy Discount code for our listeners!!! Use code KKPNM928 at Telecharge.com for up to $55 off tickets to KING KONG! Thank you to Broadway Crew for the hookup! @broadwaycrew IN THE ROOM WITH STEVEN & DANA is delightfully sponsored by Babe Rosé. @drinkbabe We would be gob smacked into next week if you gave us a rating and review on iTunes! We so appreciate your lurve, shout outs, and support! XOXO

Sarah schleps to Bergdorf Goodman, looking for a Chanel-clad Santa Claus on whose lap she can beg for a decent season of Beverly Hills. Whilst there, she runs into Hanukkah Harry himself, "Patti Issues" writer/performer Ben Rimalower. They discuss Ben's upcoming cabaret show starring Countess LuAnn, the relationship similarities between Tre and Melissa and LVP and Kyle, and a deep dive into Siggy's shocking announcement that she's leaving RHONJ. It's not the holiday season without two Jews screeching - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 52!

Sarah sneaks into the Beverly Hills reunion taping disguised as a blue bunny stuffed animal. After telling Kim Richards to leave her behind the couch so she can take a nap, she runs into "Patti Issues" and "Bad with Money" writer/performer Ben Rimalower. They grab a seat next to leftover Visine in Lisa Rinna's dressing room, and discuss Ramona's alternative facts, the politics of friendship in NY, and PK and Dorit's future in Beverly Hills. It's not a technical difficulty, it's an excuse for a super-sized deep dive - it's Andy's Girls, episode 41!

Sarah hides in Hong Kong Air steerage alongside Erika Jayne's makeup artist's second assistant. After landing in a country she could not place on a map, she runs into "Patti Issues" and "Bad with Money" writer/performer Ben Rimalower. They kiki on a junk boat, and talk exclusive news about Ben's work with a NY Housewife, Lisa Rinna's Sixth Sense, and Sheree's upsetting marriage history. RHONY may not be back for a few weeks but here we are - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 38!

Sarah swipes left on Tinder for so many hours that she develops carpal tunnel. While waiting for the next tall Jewish super hunk doctor at her local ER, she runs into tall Jewish super hunk writer/performer Ben Rimalower ("Patti Issues," "Bad with Money"). They discuss Bethenny and Jason's custody battle, what Yolanda and Dubrow could have learned from Countess LuAnn, and why Eden may be the new super villain on Beverly Hills. Can't wait to read your 5-star reviews about this week's technical issues - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 35!

For this episode we're bringing you the tale of Broadway's ultimate superfan. From as far back as he can remember, Ben Rimalower has been obsessed with Patti Lupone. When the opportunity came up to work on a show she was starring in, he couldn't believe his luck. That experience would be just the beginning of a long and fabulous--if complicated--relationship with the Tony-winning star. It's SUCH a good story that he ultimately turned it into a one man show called Patti Issues.

Sarah Ubers into New Jersey to buy a child-size ballgown at Envy by Melissa Gorga. While there, she runs into New York Magazine/Vulture recapper Ben Rimalower, star of "Patti Issues" and "Bad with Money," and a RHONJ savant. They duck into a fitting room and discuss Teresa's evolution on the show, the state of Jacqueline and Teresa's friendship, and if Kelly Dodd is the craziest Housewife of all time. Top of the mid-afternoon to ya- It's Andy's Girls, Episode 25!

On this week's LadyWatch agenda: We welcome writer/performer of "Patti Issues" and "Bad With Money", Ben Rimalower, to discuss Patti, Diana Ross, Liza, and a Bloody Mary dear to Ben's heart. Ryan and Jason also wish the best to Joni Mitchell and Tracey Ullman, congratulate DAME Joan Collins, check in on Suzanne Somer's fatty boobs, Vicki Lawrence's sudden skin condition, a possible reboot for a Lady, and much, much more.

The playbill.com columnist discusses his hit play "Patti Issues" about his obsession - turned - (tumultuous) friendship with Broadway legend Patti LuPone.

Sarah takes an Uber Pool (RIP?) to New Jersey, determined to leave Chris Manzo a single rose outside the Brownstone. En route she picks up devout Jersey observer - just replace "Patti Issues" with Tre, and you've got yourself a monologue - Ben Rimalower (writer, performer, and director of Countess and Friends). They head to Caface for some blowouts and brass(y roots), and discuss the difference between perception and reality during Ben's collaborations with Luann, Bethenny, and Teresa, the ways Tre vs. Marg is analog vs. digital, and why the previous season hair pull may be the foundation of their war. Dolores loved this episode, because she's a big fan of both charity and jokes about balls - it's Andy's Girls, Episode 301!JOIN/LEVEL UP TO THE ANDY'S GIRLS PATREON, AND ENJOY BONUS EPS, INVITES TO SPECIAL ZOOM EVENTS, AND MORE: https://www.patreon.com/AndysGirlsFollow Sarah on social: https://www.instagram.com/damegalli/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy