Join Tony Award Nominee Joe Iconis (Be More Chill) and cast members of his incendiary new musical about Hunter S. Thompson as they present a sneak peek concert of songs and stories from the show, ahead of their 2025 summer run at Washington D.C.’s Signature Theatre, directed by Tony Award Winner Christopher Ashley. The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical is an anarchic and irreverent portrait of Woody Creek’s favorite renegade mad genius. Careening from the 1940s to 2005, the show follows Thompson as he invents Gonzo journalism, attempts to take down a corrupt president, and quests for equality for his fellow weirdos, outsiders and freaks. Joe Iconis & his Family of musical theater renegades are New York City cabaret legends, and they are so excited to bring their unique blend of rock’n’roll and classic musical theater to Aspen for the first time.
“Funny, freaky, informal, fiercely independent… an emotional passing of the torch to the future activists of the world, a celebration of and a primal call to the freaks and misfits.” – San Diego Magazine‘s review of the original sold out production at La Jolla Playhouse.
“Joe Iconis is the Future of Musical Theater.” -The New York Times
His musical Be More Chill (with Joe Tracz) has played Broadway, London, and Tokyo and his new show The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical (directed by Christopher Ashley) will play Washington D.C.’s Signature Theater this spring. Joe is the author of Love in Hate Nation (directed by John Simpkins; Two River Theater), Broadway Bounty Hunter (with Lance Rubin and Jason SweetTooth Williams; Greenwich House Theater Off-Broadway, Barrington Stage Company), Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova, NAMT), Punk Rock Girl! (for Lively McCabe), The Black Suits (with Robert Maddock; Center Theater Group, Barrington Stage Company), ReWrite (Urban Stages, Goodspeed), Things To Ruin (2nd Stage Theater, The Zipper Factory) and Theaterworks USA’s The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks and We the People. His music appeared on season two of NBC’s Smash and he frequently performs with his concert act Joe Iconis & Family at 54 Below and the Laurie Beechman Theater.
Joe Iconis’s albums include the 44-song retrospective Album, the original cast recordings of Love in Hate Nation, Broadway Bounty Hunter, Things To Ruin, and Be More Chill (both Original Cast Recording and Original Broadway Cast Recording have been streamed over 750 million times). Two-Player Game (with George Salazar), and The Joe Iconis Rock & Roll Jamboree are available on Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records. Joe is hugely inspired by Robert Altman, Dolly Parton, The Muppets, and the Family of artists he frequently surrounds himself with.
