Ben Rimalower's PATTI ISSUES Now Available on Audible

Ben Rimalower's one-man plays PATTI ISSUES and BAD WITH MONEY have been taking the country by storm, and now for the first time, they are available with this live recording. When Ben Rimalower was eight years old, his father came out of the closet and embarked on a drug-fueled tear that left his family in tatters. Amid the chaos of his young life, Ben found comfort - like so many gay boys before him and after - in musical theater, and specifically in the transportive voice of Broadway star Patti LuPone. PATTI ISSUES marks Rimalower's debut as a playwright and performer, after serving as the director of numerous Off-Broadway plays, concerts and all-star benefits (and blogging for the Huffington Post).

With a mix of comic irreverence, stark candor and show-biz bravado, PATTI ISSUES poignantly explores the challenges facing LGBT parents and children while shining unique light on gay men's time-old obsessions with divas. The New York Times raved, "A tight hourlong monologue that pairs a well-honed script with an engagingly spontaneous delivery and a nose for sharp, observational comedy, Mr. Rimalower's funny, tender reminiscence rides an infectious rainbow high." Some of the various awards his plays have won are the 2013 M.A.C. Award for New York Debut, 2013 Bistro Award for Solo Play, New York Times "Critics' Pick", Time Out New York "Critics' Pick", The Stage (London) "Critics' Pick", "Critics' Pick" Time Out Chicago, "Best of New York Theater, 2012" and many more.

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Ben Rimalower is the author and star of Off-Off-Broadway's long-running, critically acclaimed, solo plays BAD WITH MONEY (The Advocate's #1 Solo Show of 2014)and PATTI ISSUES (New York Times Critics' Pick, MAC, and Bistro Awards, Official Selection: Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Summer Conference), both of which he continues to perform around the world, while simultaneous regional productions pop up with other actors "playing" Ben Rimalower, including two-time Tony nominee Robin De Jesus in New York. His "Do You Have Patti Issues?" PSA with Alan Cumming and Patti LuPone was a homepage selection on Funny Or Die. He is a regular contributor to Vulture, Playbill, Out Magazine, Time Out New York, Decider and New Now Next and his short story, Little Old Sam, was included in the book My Dog, My Friend. As an actor, Ben has been seen at Joe's Pub in Our Hit Parade, and Murray Hill's Oscar Night show, as both Patti LuPone and Elaine Stritch in You Like Me and as a literally flaming Jack Nicholson in The Witches of East Village at the Gramercy Theatre with Coco Peru and Chad Michaels. He will be appearing in the upcoming The Night Elaine Stritch Died by Matte O'Brien. Television appearances include Bravo's "Real Housewives of New Jersey," "Watch What Happens Live," ABC's "Extreme Makeover" and Billy Eichner and Rachel Dratch's "Halloween Adventure." Ben directed and produced the Off-Broadway plays Joy (Actors Playhouse, Out Magazine: "Top Ten Theatre") and The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero (Daryl Roth/DR2 Theatre), as well as numerous Off-Off-Broadway plays, readings, benefits and concerts. He has earned the title the "Midas of Cabaret" (The Advocate) helming a slew of solo shows, most notably conceiving and directing Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches (Time Out New York Award) and subsequently producing Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records' long- awaited recording, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches.

Aaron Mark is a New York-based director and playwright. As writer-director: Empanada Loca with Daphne Rubin-Vega (LAByrinth Theater Company; 3 Drama Desk noms, OCC nom; published by DPS; audioplay on Audible and iTunes), Another Medea with Tom Hewitt (AFO at the Cherry Lane/Wild Project), Squeamish with Alison Fraser (AFO at Theatre Row), and the two-person play, Deer (also published by DPS). Directing credits include The Mystery of Irma Vep and Deathtrap (Berkshire Theatre Festival); Hedwig... (BC/EFA at New World Stages); and numerous development (NYTW, Blank Theatre, Theater for the New City) and cabaret (Joe's Pub, 54 Below, Beechman, Duplex). Aaron is a NYTW Usual Suspect and a member of SDC.

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