Tony Sokol
Tony Sokol (born March 23, 1963, in
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.
He wrote songs and incidental music for over a dozen films and over twenty stage productions and appeared on the
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
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[9] and ending in 1997. Thirteen plays were produced, including "Let Us Prey,",[10][11] 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."[12]
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[13] and other New York and New Jersey music and theater venues.[11][14] 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.[8][11]
Plays produced
Sokol has had his plays produced by several New York theatrical troupes. Among these: "Frankenstein Walks the Wolfman,” which
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
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[21] magazines. He was an abstract writer at PR Newswire for over twenty years. Sokol is the culture editor at Den of Geek,[22] where he reviews films and TV, and conducts celebrity interviews with such artists as Marilyn Manson,[23] Malcolm McDowell,[24] 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 [25] and senior writer at KpopStarz.[26] Sokol wrote articles, film reviews and interviews with such artists as Hudson Leick[27] and Zeena Schreck[28] for Chiseler.[29][30] He was contributing editor at Coed.com,[31] and was a regular contributor to Alt Variety,[32] 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.[33][34][35]
References
- ^ "Jacksonville.com: A century of serious necking 7/17/97 - Jacksonville.com". jacksonville.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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- ^ "Vampyre Theatre". Iona Miller Home, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ WBAI-FM Broadcast
- ^ Joan Rivers Show, 1993
- ^ StrangeUniverse
- ^ WNEW-FM, 1993
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- ^ Daily News New York Live, Aug. 23 1992
- ^ "PLAYING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: CLINTON; Cousin Barnabas, Meet Your Peers". The New York Times. September 26, 1993. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Wolff, Dave (February 23, 2017). "AEA zine: Author Interview: TONY SOKOL". Aeafanzine.blogspot.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ The Daily News, January 28, 1994
- ^ l Archived February 22, 2013, at archive.today
- ^ "Vlad-Dracula.net". Vlad-dracula.net. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Untitled". Oobr.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "An Evening of Psychos: Stalkers, Sadists and Serial Killers - Off-Off-Broadway - Tickets, Reviews, Info and More". Theatermania. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Criminal Defense Weekly, 2001
- ^ "Vampyr Theatre Writer's Play 'Everybody ODs' Gets Revived". Kpopstarz.com. February 25, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Planet Connections Interview - Andrew Rothkin of "Bubby's Shadow"". Stagebuzz.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Страница 45 из 352: январь 1996 - сентябрь 1996 - RU.SF.NEWS". lib.web-malina.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Tony Sokol". Denofgeek.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Salem Season 3 and The Inherent Weirdness of Marilyn Manson". Denofgeek.com. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Malcolm McDowell Talks Science Fiction and Ruthless Facts". Denofgeek.com. January 27, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Daily Offbeat". Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "KpopStarz". Kpopstarz.com. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Xena: Warrior Princess' Villain Hudson Leick Stretches Toward Enlightenment". THE CHISELER. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "The Devil's Daughter Remembers Christopher Lee". THE CHISELER. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
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- ^ "tonysokol". Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
- ^ "Tony Sokol - Alt Variety Magazine". Altvariety.com. June 28, 2013. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "Subversive News And Satire Magazine Smashpipe Promises A Very New Year". En.koreaportal.com. January 1, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Subversive News And Satire Magazine Smashpipe Promises A Very New Year". Jkdaily.com. January 1, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017.