Where is 2024 going? This fall I have a book signing event at the Drama Book Shop on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7:30PM, the 3 week NYC run of The Diamond as Big as the Ritz September 13th-29th at the ATA Sargent Theatre (get tickets here), and we are raising money to finish “Malka”. I’m also at Don’t Tell Mama at least once a week till the year’s end!

With today’s rise in antisemitic hate crimes, it is essential we keep telling authentic Jewish stories, which is why I produced and wrote a 16 minute musical film inspired by my grandmother’s Holocaust experience. Thank you to the over 500 backers who helped us reach our initial fundraising goal. Filming has completed on “Malka” and we have launched a second crowdfunding campaign for post production on what would’ve been my grandmother’s 96th birthday, August 18th.

You can donate via Indiegogo here.

“Malka” stars 4 time Tony/2 time Emmy Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (See above video from Tovah on Malka’s importance!) and Broadway/TV regular Annabelle Wachtel. Check out some interviews I did on the project: here (article) and here (video).

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz will be running September 13th-29th at the ATA Sargent Theatre. Tickets are $39 and available here! Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s satirical novella, this charming musical deals with the perversion of the American Dream.

I’m thrilled to announce we had our first reading of my new musical Agatha Christie’s The Secret Adversary on Monday, April 8th at 7PM and Tuesday, April 9th at 1PM. Click on the photo below to see who was a part of the cast:

My 4th book is now available! The Making of a Musical comprehensively discusses the twelve-year journey of my award-winning off-Broadway musical Love Quirks including both the writing and the producing. Click below to order your copy! And FYI, Love Quirks also had its college premiere at Hofstra University, Saturday, April 6th & Sunday, April 7th at 7PM! I will be interviewed and signing books at the Drama Book Shop on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7:30PM. Free tickets can be reserved here.

To celebrate the fact that I have soon produced, emceed and accompanied 800 weekly showcases, we are presented 2 concerts of my songs on Tuesday, April 30th and Thursday, May 2nd at 7PM at Don’t Tell Mama. Click on the photos before for more information.

On Thursday, November 9th, 2023, I produced a benefit at Don’t Tell Mama to benefit the Israeli charity NATAL. More details here, and you can watch the video below and donate to the charity by clicking on the photo below.

My podcast “Millennials are Ruining the World? an Xennial perspective: Real conversations bridging the gap between Generations X&Y ‘I’m not woke, but I’m awake!’” has ended its 5th season. Listen below!

In puzzle news: I made my New York Times Crossword Debut on Monday, January 2, 2023, my 2nd puzzle was June 25th, 2024 & my third is coming out later this year; my 4th LA Times puzzle was published July 17, 2024; my Wall Street Journal debut on August 16, 2023, and my Modern Crossword debut September 9th, 2023. Check out my Puzzle page for more details!

As I alluded to above, my award-winning off-Broadway musical Love Quirks has being licensed (details & reviews here). If you know any interested student groups or community theaters, please reach out! After 12 years, Love Quirks which won 4 Off-Broadway BroadwayWorld Awards including Best Musical Production and Best Score for my music/lyrics officially OPENED OFF-BROADWAY and ran for 12 weeks. The original Love Quirks off-Broadway cast recording is available on all streaming platforms, and if you’re old school, you can order one of the 500 limited copies at Kritzerland.

I premiered MOSTLY SETH, my first solo show since 2015, off-Broadway at AMT Theater as part of their cabaret week on November 9th, 2022. More info is available here, and you can actually watch the entire show here:

I celebrated my 700th showcase at Don’t Tell Mama on October 25th, 2022 with 15 singers. Details here! And you can actually watch the concert here:

Visit the Showcase page to see who is performing LIVE Tuesdays at 7PM at Don’t Tell Mama and for the list of the over 4,500 performers who have previously joined me since 2007 and here’s an interview I did after one in 2019, a review of our Women Composer Cabaret in 2023, and a review of the 550th Showcase in 2019, which was a Jerry Herman Cabaret.

The audiobook version (featuring myself as narrator!) of my third book: Millennials are Ruining the World! is available on Audible, HERE.

Here are videos from me at Gotham Comedy Club: here and Broadway Comedy Club, here and here! While I’m presenting videos, August 2019 I got a little bored so I did this cute Muppet Green Acres video: Enjoy! In other comedy news, I’ve completed all of the UCB’s core Long-Form Improv program.

In 2019, I launched my Performer Page where you can find videos of standup, monologues, scenes and a still from the first feature film I shot.

Also in 2019, “Enough Already” from The Diamond as Big as the Ritz was selected out of almost 200 songs as a finalist for London’s prestigious Stiles & Drewe Prize. If you didn’t see the Get Out the Vote music video of it starring Mario Lopez released October 2018, you can view it: here:

More information about that show can be found on its webpage: here. You can purchase the cast recording on Amazon, and it’s also streaming.

Check out the side section: “Seth Abridged” for links to my sitcom pilot, my books, my 3 YouTube channels (music, comedy, cabaret) and my CDs, and you can now get the sheet music to 200 of my songs at the Seth Store!

Finally, for those of you who are Ob-Seth-ed, please check out the personal section, which features my ledger blog, picture galleries, my cat: Joni’s page, puzzles I’ve written and more! If you haven’t read my epic trip highlights, here are direct links: Italy, January 2024, Guatemala, February 2023; Japan, September 2022; Switzerland/Milan/Belgium, August 2019; Portugal/Spain/Gibraltar/Morocco, May 2019; Scandinavia, August 2018; India, January 2018; United Kingdom, May 2017; Poland/Austria/Prague, July 2016; Iceland, May 2015; Germany/Paris, August 2014; Ireland/Copenhagen, Sept 2013 and Shanghai, Feb 2011.