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DREW FORNAROLA Songwriter, Playwright, Director |
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January 5, 2026: Drew receives a $10,000 Support for Artists grant from New York State to support the writing of a new experimental play based on the life of Grover Cleveland and the City of Buffalo
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.
December 1, 2025: The Mexican film adaptation of STRAIGHT directed by Marcelo Tobar and starring Alejandro Speitzer is streaming for a limited time on Disney Plus and Hulu. Check it out!
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.
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.
December 1, 2025: The Mexican film adaptation of STRAIGHT directed by Marcelo Tobar and starring Alejandro Speitzer is streaming for a limited time on Disney Plus and Hulu. Check it out!
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.