Tony Sokol

Tony Sokol (born March 23, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is an American playwright, writer and composer, best known for writing the theatrical horror series La Commedia Del Sangue: Vampyr Theatre[1] in New York City.[2]

As a musician, Sokol played guitar, bass or sang in Queer Jesus, The Others, Busted Chops, Head First, 4Q, Death of the Party and the Abstract 4.[3] He appeared several times on WBAI-FM with jazz vocalist Devorah Simpson,[4] as well as backing her on live sessions on the station on guitar and with his band. Sokol wrote incidental music for the films Woman, Man, Gun and Hide Me, both directed by Jenice Malecki; The Gauntlet and Quest, directed by David Burgos; plus Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York, directed by Elena Beloff.

He wrote songs and incidental music for over a dozen films and over twenty stage productions and appeared on the Joan Rivers (TV) Show,[5] Strange Universe,[6] WNEW-FM,[7] WBAI-FM, WABC-AM, WFUV-FM, WFMU-FM, BBC-Television and Radio, Britain's "The Girlie Show," bars and nightclubs throughout the tri-state area and over a dozen Manhattan Public-access television TV shows. He also wrote, produced and occasionally directed or acted in the stageshow Vampyr Theatre, which ran 13 plays in New York in the early 1990s; the radio play "The Excommunication of God;" two short films, more than 20 produced plays and the rock opera AssassiNation: We Killed Kennedy.[citation needed]

Sokol wrote skits for several comedy troupes and Manhattan Public Access shows including Young, Gifted and Broke. He wrote several skits for the radio show Drama With Miss Kitty, and appeared with the actress on such radio programs as The Black, Jew and Gay Comedy Hour on Rawenergyradio.com. He also co-hosted a cable call-in show with Elena Beloff on Manhattan Public Access.

La Commedia del Sangue

In 1986, Sokol wrote and performed "I was thirsty and you drowned me," a vampiric ritual performance art piece at The Anarchist's Switchboard, Centerfold and other venues, along with other spoken word and musical performances throughout New York City. After writing the play, "The Summer After," for director Rosalie Triana, she asked him if there were any other theatrical works he had written. He responded by turning the vampire rituals into a series of plays "for vampires" which were staged throughout Manhattan in theatres and clubs beginning in 1992[8] and ending in 1997. Thirteen plays were produced, including "Let Us Prey,"[9][10] which Michael Musto, reviewed for the Daily News on January 28, 1994, writing "Every bit as weird as it sounds, "Prey"—written by horror/comedy scribe TONY SOKOL for the troupe La Commedia Del Sangue—presents its eerie rituals with conviction, unabashedly lacing the vampires' ruthless survival tactics with more of a raw sexuality than the misty romanticism they're usually diluted by."[11]

AssassiNation: We Killed Kennedy

Beginning in November 2003, on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Sokol wrote, directed and performed the rock opera "AssassiNation: We Killed Kennedy" at the Bowery Poetry Club, Don Hill's[12] and other New York and New Jersey music and theater venues.[10][13] Sokol formed the band Death of the Party and used guest singers from New York City bands to play various conspirators. After the performances, the band renamed itself The Abstract Four and continued to play New York City area clubs.[citation needed][10]

Plays produced

Sokol has had his plays produced by several New York theatrical troupes. Among these: "Frankenstein Walks the Wolfman,” which Time Out New York favorably compared to the horror movie Scream; "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby,” "Baby Jane on Training Wheels", "How You Slice It", "Death Takes a Valium," "Cosmic Inertia", "The Wack", "Factually Incorrect", "Weight Loss by Vivisection" by Creative Artists Laboratory".[14] "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby"[15] and "Baby Jane on Training Wheels" by Spotlight On Productions; "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "The Intervention," "How to Skip Alimony Through Voluntary Manslaughter," Produced by The Irish Arts Center/Company of Impossible Dreams, NYC, 1999, and "Just Us Served". "How You Slice It" was revived by producer Laura Ludwig and performed at Eco Books and was recorded and broadcast by the Museum of Sound.[16] “You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby” has been revived by several theater troupes and was published in its entirety in Criminal Defense Weekly.[17] Sokol was a writer, performer and co-producer of Insightful Riot, an evening of bad taste standup comedy at the New York Comedy Club.[10] Sokol's play "Everybody ODs" was revived by The Collective in New Bedford, Mass., in March 2017.[18]

Music for film and theater

Tony Sokol wrote the music for his short films Don't Forget, Hire the Vet and 970-SPIT in 1988. It led to his writing music for such films as Jenice Malecki's Hide Me and Man, Woman, Gun; John Tranchina's Just Beyond the Door; David Burgos' The Quest and The Gauntlet, and other independent films. He also wrote music for New Moon's production of No Exit, White Rabbit Theatre's production of Bubby's Shadow[19] and other theatrical performances. He recently contributed music to Elena Beloff's documentary on Russian immigrant women in America, Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York and the bank robbery film Desperate Fate.

Other writing

Sokol's poetry and short stories have been published in Oghamstone, The Urban Magazine of Arts, Nut Magnet and other magazines. Sokol wrote for Wicked Mystic, Delirium and Nighttimer[20] magazines. He was an abstract writer at PR Newswire for over twenty years. Sokol is the culture editor at Den of Geek,[21] where he reviews films and TV, and conducts celebrity interviews with such artists as Marilyn Manson,[22] Malcolm McDowell,[23] and others, as well as writing on the music, true crime and the occult. He is television editor at Entertainment Voice magazine. Sokol was senior writer and editor at Daily Offbeat[24] and senior writer at KpopStarz.[25] Sokol wrote articles, film reviews and interviews with such artists as Hudson Leick[26] and Zeena Schreck[27] for Chiseler.[28][29] He was contributing editor at Coed.com,[30] and was a regular contributor to Alt Variety,[31] Inside the Reel, The Silver Tongue, Bedlam and other magazines. Sokol was co-head writer, along with Jim Knipfel of the New York weekly magazine Smashpipe.[32][33][34]

References

  1. ^ "Jacksonville.com: A century of serious necking 7/17/97 - Jacksonville.com". jacksonville.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Ramsland, Katherine (October 6, 1999). Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today. HarperCollins. ISBN 0061059455.
  3. ^ "Vampyre Theatre". Iona Miller Home, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  4. ^ WBAI-FM Broadcast
  5. ^ Joan Rivers Show, 1993
  6. ^ StrangeUniverse
  7. ^ WNEW-FM, 1993
  8. ^ Daily News New York Live, Aug. 23 1992
  9. ^ "PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: CLINTON; Cousin Barnabas, Meet Your Peers". The New York Times. September 26, 1993. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d Wolff, Dave (February 23, 2017). "AEA zine: Author Interview: TONY SOKOL". Aeafanzine.blogspot.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  11. ^ The Daily News, January 28, 1994
  12. ^ l Archived February 22, 2013, at archive.today
  13. ^ "Vlad-Dracula.net". Vlad-dracula.net. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  14. ^ "Untitled". Oobr.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  15. ^ "An Evening of Psychos: Stalkers, Sadists and Serial Killers - Off-Off-Broadway - Tickets, Reviews, Info and More". Theatermania. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  16. ^ "darkwave : Message: [darkwave] Fwd: Vyagra, Hell, Alchemy: Datura, Bella Morte, The Cure, T.V.0, Gitane Demo..." Archive.today. Archived from the original on December 16, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  17. ^ Criminal Defense Weekly, 2001
  18. ^ "Vampyr Theatre Writer's Play 'Everybody ODs' Gets Revived". Kpopstarz.com. February 25, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  19. ^ "Planet Connections Interview - Andrew Rothkin of "Bubby's Shadow"". Stagebuzz.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  20. ^ "Страница 45 из 352: январь 1996 - сентябрь 1996 - RU.SF.NEWS". lib.web-malina.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  21. ^ "Tony Sokol". Denofgeek.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  22. ^ "Salem Season 3 and The Inherent Weirdness of Marilyn Manson". Denofgeek.com. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  23. ^ "Malcolm McDowell Talks Science Fiction and Ruthless Facts". Denofgeek.com. January 27, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  24. ^ "Daily Offbeat". Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  25. ^ "KpopStarz". Kpopstarz.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  26. ^ "Xena: Warrior Princess' Villain Hudson Leick Stretches Toward Enlightenment". THE CHISELER. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  27. ^ "The Devil's Daughter Remembers Christopher Lee". THE CHISELER. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  28. ^ [1] [dead link‍]
  29. ^ [2] [dead link‍]
  30. ^ "tonysokol". Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  31. ^ "Tony Sokol - Alt Variety Magazine". Altvariety.com. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  32. ^ "Subversive News And Satire Magazine Smashpipe Promises A Very New Year". En.koreaportal.com. January 1, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  33. ^ "Alternative News Magazine Smashpipe Returns Without Apologies, Nabs Former New York Press Astrologer And Columnist [EXCLUSIVE]". Kpopstarz.com. December 14, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  34. ^ "Subversive News And Satire Magazine Smashpipe Promises A Very New Year". Jkdaily.com. January 1, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

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