Ben Rimalower to Bring Off-Broadway Hits to London's St. James Theatre in March

Ben Rimalower will perform his Off-Broadway solo plays, PATTI ISSUES (about his obsession with Broadway diva Patti LuPone and his relationship with his troubled gay father) and BAD WITH MONEY (about how and addiction to spending beyond his means has driven him to extreme lengths all his life) in double repertory bill March 11 and 12 at 8pm at the St. James Theatre.

Patti Issues has garnered praise from numerous high profile attendees such as Alan Cumming, Tony Kushner and Ms. LuPone herself. ("The show's fantastic," she said. "It's really wonderful. I was moved.") The New York Times cited "a well-honed script with an engagingly spontaneous delivery and a nose for sharp, observational comedy" and The New Yorker hailed, "endearing, drolly written and performed with heaps of charisma." In Bad with Money, Rimalower charts his journey through drug addiction, prostitution, fraud and multiple betrayals-a no-holds-barred self-portrait of an addict, which casts light on the last societal taboo. Time Out New York rated Bad with Money four stars, "light, funny" and "vividly personal," while The Advocate decreed "courageously honest, keenly specific and emotionally naked." Both works are written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark.

For tickets and more information, visit https://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/studio/patti-issues-bad-with-money-double-bill/.

BEN RIMALOWER is the author and star of Off-Off-Broadway's long-running, critically acclaimed smash hit solo plays Bad with Money (The Advocate's #1 Solo Show of 2014) and Patti Issues (M.A.C. 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. His "Do You Have Patti Issues?" PSA with Alan Cumming and Patti LuPone was a homepage selection on FunnyOrDie. He has a weekly column in Playbill, has been published by Vulture, Time Out New York, NewNowNex and the Huffington Post and his short story, Little Old Sam, was included in the book My Dog, My Friend.

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. As a performer, Ben has been featured on Bravo TV's "Watch What Happens Live," ABC's "Extreme Makeover," "Our Hit Parade," Murray Hill's Oscar Night show, Billy Eichner and Rachel Dratch's "Halloween Adventure" and as both Patti LuPone and Elaine Stritch in "You Like Me." Follow @benrimalower on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube and visit benrimalower.com.

AARON MARK is a New York-based director and playwright. As writer-director: Empanada Loca with Daphne Rubin-Vega (Labyrinth Theater Company), Another Medea with Tom Hewitt (AFO at Cherry Lane and Wild Project), and the upcoming Squeamish with Alison Fraser. Directing credits include The Mystery of Irma Vep and Deathtrap (Berkshire Theatre Festival), Ben Rimalower's award-winning Patti Issues and Bad With Money (Duplex and tours),Hedwig... (BC/EFA at New World Stages), and numerous readings and cabaret acts. He is the writer-director of four independent feature films and is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect, but he does not have aaronmark.com because it belongs to a German gay porn star with the same name, so his website is aaronmark.info.

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