Jack Plotnick News

Circle Theatre's 2020 Main Stage season will entertain audiences with a season of throwbacks, belly laughs, and iconic productions. The newly announced season will launch with Circle Theatre's Season Kickoff Event, American Graffiti In Concert on April 19 at 7:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the campus of Aquinas College. The one night only fundraising event will include a silent auction, costume contest, dance contest, and more!

Act3 Theater Company today announced its nineth season.  The season opens August 9 when earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the '70s take center stage in Broadway's side-splitting homage to classic disaster films with Disaster! The schedule also includes a thought provoking drama, a heart warming musical, a hilarious true story, and a classic Broadway production.

Act3 Productions presents Disaster August 9-24 at Act3 Playhouse in Sandy Springs Plaza, 6285-R Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. A new musical straight from Broadway, features some of the most unforgettable songs of the '70s. a?oeKnock on Wood,a?? a?oeHooked on a Feeling,a?? a?oeSky High,a?? a?oeI Am Womana?? and a?oeHot Stuffa?? are just a few of the scintillating hits in this hilarious musical comedy with a book by three-time Emmy Award nominee and Sirius XM Broadway host, Seth Rudetsy and Jack Plotnick. Tickets are $15-$30 and may be purchased at www.act3productions.org.

Earthquakes, sharks, and floating casinos, oh my! The Royal Players are proud to present Disaster! The Musical, Directed by Justin A. Pike and Music Direction by Christian Waldron, running August 15th-17th, 22nd-24th at 7:00 and August 18th and 25th at 2:00. Disaster! The Musical is written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, from a concept created by Seth Rudetsky and Drew Geraci, with additional material by Drew Geraci.

The Emmy-nominated former writer for The Rosie O'Donnell Show will be bringing his one-man comedy show to the FAC tonight. This is Rudetsky's first major appearance in Colorado.

BWW Review: DISASTER! at Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre at Essex Community College is a HOOT

Disaster! lovingly pokes fun at two staples of 1970s popular culture: disaster movies like Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure and the disco-heavy pop music of the era. Whether to go is not going to present any great dilemmas. This is a perfect summer evening's smart-alecky entertainment.

 Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, in residence at CCBC Essex, will perform Disaster! June 14 through June 30 by playwrights Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, concept created by Seth Rudetsky and Drew Geraci, with additional material by Drew Geraci. All performances will be held at the Robert and Eleanor Romadka College Center, F. Scott Black Theatre, on the Essex campus, 7201 Rossville Boulevard.

'Hustle' back to the 1970s as the Indianapolis premiere of DISASTER! THE MUSICAL takes the  Buck Creek Players stage beginning May 31st! Join the Buck Creek Players as we close our 45th season of quality theatre with DISASTER!, a 70s Disaster Movie Musical by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick.

MainStage Irving-Las Colinas has announced their 2019-2020 season to be produced at their award-winning theatre in the heart of the metroplex located at Irving Arts Center (3333 N MacArthur Blvd., Irving TX). This season is to be presented from September 2019 to August 2020 including five main-stage productions plus two special season add-ons.

Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the 70's take center stage in this side-splitting homage to classic disaster films when the Warner Stage Company presents DISASTER! A 70'S DISASTER MOVIE MUSICAL in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre June 15-23, 2019!

Earthquakes, tidal waves, and infernos take center stage in Disaster!, Broadway's side-splitting homage to classic disaster films. Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, in residence at CCBC Essex, presents Disaster! June 14-30 at in the F. Scott Black Theatre, Robert and Eleanor Romadka College Center, on the CCBC Essex campus, 7201 Rossville Boulevard.

Join the Buck Creek Players as we close our 45th season of quality theatre with DISASTER!, a 70s Disaster Movie Musical by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick. Opening on Friday, May 31st, and continuing for three weekends through Sunday, June 16th, curtain times are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays.

A kitschy yet cerebral, retro mash-up film titled The History of Everything Circa 1993 to the Present: Formerly Known as Kissy Cousins, Monster Babies and Morphing Elvis, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Wayne J. Keeley and co-produced by his wife, Emmy-nominated Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley, (along with Emmy Award-winning business partner and friend Craig Dobson) will screen at Manhattan Repertory Theatre's STORIES Film Festival which takes place May 15 - 19, 2019, just a block from Times Square.

Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and the unforgettable songs of the 70's take center stage in this side-splitting homage to classic disaster films when the Warner Stage Company presents DISASTER! A 70'S DISASTER MOVIE MUSICAL in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre June 15-23, 2019! DISASTER! is a new musical straight from Broadway, featuring scintillating hits such as 'Knock on Wood,' 'Hooked on a Feeling,' 'Sky High,' 'I Am Woman' and 'Hot Stuff' in this hilarious comedy with a book by three-time Emmy-Award nominee and SiriusXM Broadway host, Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick.

The world is full of wonderful things!  Analisa Leaming, currently Irene Molloy on the first national tour of Hello, Dolly! has released Season Three of A Balancing Act.

The electrically energetic cast of Uptown Players' DISASTER has fun with tropes from 70's disaster movies, reveling in the ridiculous and happily taking the audience aboard for the ride.

Uptown Players is proud to present the hilarious musical Disaster! This side-splitting musical celebrates the era of bell-bottoms, platform shoes and the hustle. Written by Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick, with concept by Seth Rudetsky and Drew Geraci, the production runs March 22 through April 7 at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.

Jamie Pierce, host of 'Hello, Gorgeous!' The Barbra Streisand Podcast, chats with Broadway vet Scott Barnhardt (Book of Mormon, Big River) and Disaster! director Jack Plotnick about two of Barbra's classic films for which she was both star and director. First up is the 1983 romantic musical drama Yentl, followed by the Oscar-nominated Best Picture, The Prince of Tides.

Can 100 film festivals possibly be wrong in giving a 90s retro comedy lovingly referred to as KCMB, which commenced shooting 26 years ago and finally wrapped in April 2018, as many film festivals nods including "official selections" and other assorted awards? What is it about this strangely zany, off-the-wall piece that has captured the imaginations and attention of such a multitude of festivals and festival directors around the world?