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DREW FORNAROLA
Songwriter, Playwright, Director


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News Archive
December 5 - 14, 2025: Under the Tree, with lyrics and additional music by Drew, premieres at Next Stop Theatre in Herndon VA, near Washington, DC.  TICKETS.

November 19, 2025: Drew's new cabaret, Drew Fornarola: The Encore Nobody Asked For premeires at Don't Tell Mama's in NYC.  TICKETS.

October 2-4, 2025: Drew directs Young Frankenstein at Shea's 710 Theater starring Tony Award Nominee AJ Shively and Broadway's Lindsay Nicole Chambers and Brandon Espinoza.  

September 12, 2025: Drew directs SUNY SINGS at Binghamton's Firehouse Stage.  Watch the local news segment HERE.

September 4, 2025: Straight opens at Philippine Opera Company, Makati City, Philippines.

July 23, 2025: Drew directs Broadway at the Brewery featuring Keven Quillon (Shrek, Sweeney Todd) and Hayley Lampart (Kinky Boots) at Wayland Brewing Company.

May 23, 2025: The Goodwill Theater in Binghamton, NY, where Drew is a consulting producer, received a 5 million dollar grant from NYSCA for the renovation of the Johnson City Firehouse, an 1899 historic building, into a performing arts center.  Drew will help overseeing the project.  BroadwayWorld; News34

May 16-17, 2025: Drew directs Starring Buffalo Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center, featuring Broadway's Lindsey Brett Carothers and Darryl Semira, alongside a cast of Buffalo's best performers.

April 22, 2025: Drew will guest lecture at the Binghamton University Department of Theater.

April 20 - 24, 2025: Under the Tree, with lyrics by Drew and book by Hope Villanueva, workshops at The Kennedy Center. 

March 6, 2025: WAIT from THE GHOST OF JOHN MCCAIN is nominated for Song of the Year by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets.  It marks Drew's 10th career MAC Award Nomination.  Listen to the song HERE.  The MAC Awards will be held April 10th at Symphony Space.

Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2025: Drew directs CATS for Starring Buffalo featuring Alyssa Fox (Wicked), Major Attaway (Aladdin), and Ashlyn Fenn (Cats), alongside an ensemble of Buffalo's best actors, dancers, and musicians.

Jan 29, 2025: Drew has two one act plays for high school performers published by the new Dramallama licensing house.  Check out OMG My Grandma Went Viral on TikTok and Everything I Learned in 9th Grade: Abridged today!

Dec 7, 2024: Drew directs first public readings of The Blue Parrot by Jeff Goode, and Troll by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola at the First Look Buffalo New Play Festival at Canterbury Woods Performing Arts Center.

Nov 21, 2024: The STRAIGHT movie starring Alejandro Speitzer is released in cinemas throughout Mexico.  View the trailer HERE.
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