DREW FORNAROLA Songwriter, Playwright, Director |
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July 16-17, 2024: Awesome Allie soars at the Wolf Trap Theater in Arlington, VA.
July 9, 2024: Drew joins as a guest teacher at Derek Gregor and Selda Sahin's "Wine and Sing NYC", an exclusive salon / masterclass series for emerging talent in New York.
June 10, 2024: Drew wins the Emanuel Fried Award for Outstanding New Play for Fauci and Kramer at the 33rd Artie Awards.
May 28 - June 1, 2024: Drew directs TITANIC for Starring Buffalo featuring Diane Phelan (Into the Woods), Rodney Ingram (Aladdin), Jonathan Young (Pretty Woman) and Jay Dref (Sarah Brightman's Christmas Symphony)
May 9, 2024: Ghost of John McCain returns to New York for its second workshop featuring Jill Abramovitz, Major Attaway, Andrew Durand, Donnie Hammond, Graham Stevens, and Ben Jackson Walker. Direction is by Catie Davis with music direction by Vadim Feichner.
February 23, 2024: Drew's new play, Fauci and Kramer, about the unlikely friendship between America's doctor, Anthony Fauci, and playwright and queer activist Larry Kramer, premieres at First Look Buffalo through March 17.
February 20, 2024: Awesome Allie First Kid Astronaut runs at Theater in the Park in Shawnee Mission Kansas through March 9!
January 11, 2024: Drew and Scott's new musical, The Ghost of John McCain, has it's first New York reading starring Broadway veterans Ann Harada (Avenue Q) and Angie Schorer (The Prom) among others. Read coverage at Axios, Playbill, Entertainment Weekly, and Deadline.
November 2-5, 2023: Drew directs Starring Buffalo's SISTER ACT starring American Idol's Alyssa Wray, Tony Award-Nominee Sidney Dupont, Once on This Island's George Brown, and four-time Artie Award Winner Jenn Stafford.
October 26, 2023: The Spanish language film of STRAIGHT premieres at The Morelia International Film Festival. Directed by Marcelo Tobar and starring Alejandro Speitzer, Franco Massini, and Barbara Lopez, the film is a headline title of Mexico's premiere film festival.
October 4-29, 2023: Tiananmen premieres at the Phoenix Theater Company starring Ellie Wang (Allegiance) and Kennedy Kanagawa (Into the Woods). Tickets and info are available here. Read recent coverage in Playbill and The New York Times.
October 6-20, 2023: Drew's new one act "One Bar", premieres as part of "Helloween", First Look Buffalo's evening of one acts at the Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center. Broadwayworld.
September 22, 2023: Drew directs "Songs with the Stars", a cabaret at the Streetlight Brasserie featuring Broadway's Adam Kaplan (Newsies), Tommy Bracco (Pretty Woman) and Ashley Day (The Book of Mormon). Broadwayworld.
August 2-5, 2023: Awesome Allie: First Kid Astronaut plays at the Westchester Sandbox Theater. Break a leg to the cast and crew!
July 15, 2023: Individual tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of Tiananmen at The Phoenix Theater Company in Arizona. The production runs the month of October, and will be directed and choreographed by Darren Lee (The King and I) and produced by Jason Rose (Americano). Casting will be announced soon.
July 9, 2024: Drew joins as a guest teacher at Derek Gregor and Selda Sahin's "Wine and Sing NYC", an exclusive salon / masterclass series for emerging talent in New York.
June 10, 2024: Drew wins the Emanuel Fried Award for Outstanding New Play for Fauci and Kramer at the 33rd Artie Awards.
May 28 - June 1, 2024: Drew directs TITANIC for Starring Buffalo featuring Diane Phelan (Into the Woods), Rodney Ingram (Aladdin), Jonathan Young (Pretty Woman) and Jay Dref (Sarah Brightman's Christmas Symphony)
May 9, 2024: Ghost of John McCain returns to New York for its second workshop featuring Jill Abramovitz, Major Attaway, Andrew Durand, Donnie Hammond, Graham Stevens, and Ben Jackson Walker. Direction is by Catie Davis with music direction by Vadim Feichner.
February 23, 2024: Drew's new play, Fauci and Kramer, about the unlikely friendship between America's doctor, Anthony Fauci, and playwright and queer activist Larry Kramer, premieres at First Look Buffalo through March 17.
February 20, 2024: Awesome Allie First Kid Astronaut runs at Theater in the Park in Shawnee Mission Kansas through March 9!
January 11, 2024: Drew and Scott's new musical, The Ghost of John McCain, has it's first New York reading starring Broadway veterans Ann Harada (Avenue Q) and Angie Schorer (The Prom) among others. Read coverage at Axios, Playbill, Entertainment Weekly, and Deadline.
November 2-5, 2023: Drew directs Starring Buffalo's SISTER ACT starring American Idol's Alyssa Wray, Tony Award-Nominee Sidney Dupont, Once on This Island's George Brown, and four-time Artie Award Winner Jenn Stafford.
October 26, 2023: The Spanish language film of STRAIGHT premieres at The Morelia International Film Festival. Directed by Marcelo Tobar and starring Alejandro Speitzer, Franco Massini, and Barbara Lopez, the film is a headline title of Mexico's premiere film festival.
October 4-29, 2023: Tiananmen premieres at the Phoenix Theater Company starring Ellie Wang (Allegiance) and Kennedy Kanagawa (Into the Woods). Tickets and info are available here. Read recent coverage in Playbill and The New York Times.
October 6-20, 2023: Drew's new one act "One Bar", premieres as part of "Helloween", First Look Buffalo's evening of one acts at the Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center. Broadwayworld.
September 22, 2023: Drew directs "Songs with the Stars", a cabaret at the Streetlight Brasserie featuring Broadway's Adam Kaplan (Newsies), Tommy Bracco (Pretty Woman) and Ashley Day (The Book of Mormon). Broadwayworld.
August 2-5, 2023: Awesome Allie: First Kid Astronaut plays at the Westchester Sandbox Theater. Break a leg to the cast and crew!
July 15, 2023: Individual tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of Tiananmen at The Phoenix Theater Company in Arizona. The production runs the month of October, and will be directed and choreographed by Darren Lee (The King and I) and produced by Jason Rose (Americano). Casting will be announced soon.