Ben Rimalower directed the Off-Broadway plays Joy and The Fabulous Life of a Size Zero, and Snoopy! starring Sutton Foster, in addition to numerous off Off-Broadway shows including Project Lohan and staged readings for Second Stage, The York, Dixon Place, Teatro La Tea, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Ben has earned the title the “Midas of Cabaret” (The Advocate) helming a slew of solo shows, notably conceiving and directing Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches. He also produced Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records’ Billboard-charting "Patti LuPone at Les Mouches," digitally restored from archival tapes of LuPone’s legendary 1980 performances. Ben wrote the column "The New Old Gay" for akawilliam.com and is at work on his first solo performance piece, recently chronicled in a New York Times feature, “The Impresario Who’s Keeping the ’80s Spirit Alive Downtown.” Ben studied Theatre Arts at U.C. Berkeley, where he was the founding Artistic Director of BareStage.

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