NEWS ARCHIVE - 2012-13
AUGUST 2013
John Williams introduces and plays Jon and Al's "Lego John Williams" video at his sold-out annual Hollywood Bowl concerts.
JULY 2013
Zombeavers, a horror feature co-written by Jon and Al with Jordan Rubin, and also scored by Jon and Al, is finally announced.
JULY 2013
Silence! The Musical ends its two-year run Off-Broadway.
JUNE 2013
Jon and Al win the "Theatre Showcase Award 2012 - Jon and Al Kaplan, Silence! The Musical" at the Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror).
MAY 2013
Silence! celebrates its 500th performance in New York.
MARCH 2013
Silence! wins Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for Score, Choreography and Lead Performance.
FEBRUARY 2013
Our BlackBook interview on pop-culture parodies.
FEBRUARY 2013
Silence! extends through May 2013 at the Elektra Theatre in NY.
FEBRUARY 2013
Silence! nominated for six LA Weekly awards including Best Musical, and Nate Patten for Musical Direction.
JANUARY 2013
Silence! LA nominated for five LA Drama Critics Circle awards, including Outstanding Score and Oustanding Musical.
DECEMBER 2012
On Dec. 9, Silence! concludes its Los Angeles run at The Hayworth after five previews and 67 performances.
NOVEMBER 2012
Silence! LA covered in FEARnet.
NOVEMBER 2012
Autumn Reeser attends the Nov. 25 performance of Silence! in LA.
OCTOBER 2012
Liam Neeson watches "Neeson Season" on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live.
SEPTEMBER 2012
Silence! in Los Angeles receives great-to-rave reviews from Blogcritics.org, The LA Times, LAist, Backstage, Edge, The Daily Trojan, The Daily Bruin, Musicals in LA and more.
SEPTEMBER 2012
Our interview with Amy Tofte in the LA Stage Times.
SEPTEMBER 2012
Perez Hilton saw Silence! in NY last week and tweeted: "Saw @SILENCEmusical in NYC. Loved! The song about smelling the CUNextTuesday, I will never forget! Ha #SoWrong #SoRight".
AUGUST 2012
Silence! Los Angeles promotional coverage includes ABC 7 TV interviews with the Silence! team, including us, our Off-Ramp with Steve Julian interview on 89.3 KPCC, an Associated Press video and an LA Times feature.
AUGUST 2012
Silence! opens at The Hayworth Theatre in Los Angeles next month.
JULY 2012
Silence! moves uptown to the new Elektra Theatre in Times Square.
JULY 2012
Silence! celebrates one year Off Broadway.
JULY 2012
Jonathan Demme gives a shout out to Silence! in an aintitcoolnews interview.
JULY 2012
Silence! wins four Tina awards.
JUNE 2012
Tony-winner Shuler Hensley (Frankenstein monster in Young Frankenstein musical and in Van Helsing) fills in as Lecter in June.
JUNE 2012
Piranhaconda is slated to premiere with our original score on June 16th on Syfy.
MAY 2012
Silence! will open in Los Angeles at The Hayworth Theatre in September.
MAY 2012
Silence! wins Best New Musical at the Off Broadway Alliance Awards and is nominated for Best Musical at the Lortel Awards.
MAY 2012
Silence! is in Entertainment Weekly's "17 Movies Inspiring Broadway Dreams."
APRIL 2012
Silence! has its 200th performance.
APRIL 2012
Total Recall: The Musical is on aintitcool with the trailer for the upcoming Total Recall remake.
MARCH 2012
Silence! extends through the summer.
MARCH 2012
Batman and Robin: The Musical receives coverage in the Huffington Post UK, Smosh, io9, toplessrobot.com, Attack of the Show, Tosh and more.
FEBRUARY 2012
The Help: The Musical is covered in the Daily News Top 10, cinemablend, Perez Hilton and various Broadway sites.