You're listening to a Nov 25, 2005 recording of the show with Suzanne Adams, Hector Coris, Eric Martin and Paul L. Johnson at the piano.

What's Your Problem? is an all-original musical comedy revue from the MAC Award nominated creators of 2003's "Not Me". With songs like "A Cowboy Just Like Me ", "Fleet Week", and "Every Single Girl Should Have a Homo", this critically-acclaimed revue gives voice to all the things you'd thought but never said out loud. It's a hetero-friendly slice of musical theatre that actually pretends to care.

What's Your Problem? debuted at The Encore in NYC on June 2, 2005 with the cast as follows: Travis Bloom, Hector Coris, Matthew Myers, and Dawn Trautman.

A revised version of What's Your Problem? opened at The Encore on October 21, 2005 with the cast as follows: Suzanne Adams, Hector Coris and Eric Martin. Direction by Collette Black.

What's Your Problem? ended its run on September 30, 2006 at the 2006 Harvest Festival in Montreal.

SUZANNE ADAMS (performer) recently completed a successful run of her cabaret show, This Isn’t Your Mama’s Musical Theater at The Encore.  She recorded her Demo CD at RPM Studios, produced by Jeffrey Lesser with musical direction by Georgia Stitt. She has been a member of The Matthew Corozine Studio since October 2003. Recent NYC credits include Malcolm Epstein: The Musical (by David Austin), Believe in Me...A Bigfoot Musical (by Michael Holland) in the NYC Fringe Festival, A Dream of Wings: The Wright Brothers Musical, a workshop for Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich at Ars Nova, and The Songs of Georgia Stitt at The Duplex.  Regional credits include Sunday in the Park with George (Dot), National Tour of Joseph... with Brian Lane Green (Narrator Cover), Show Boat (Magnolia), Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), Lucky Stiff (Annabel Glick), Hello, Dolly! (Irene Molloy), Lend Me a Tenor (Diana), Into the Woods (Rapunzel) and she won a CT Critic's Award for "Best Supporting Actress in a Musical" for her work in A Little Night Music (Anne). www.SuzanneAdams.com.        

HECTOR CORIS (writer/performer) and Paul L. Johnson received a 2004 MAC Award nomination for Outstanding Special Material for their debut revue, Not Me! Hector has appeared on nearly every cabaret stage in NYC in various revues and shows. Most notably, in Rick Crom’s revue Our Life & Times (MAC & BISTRO Award) and Rene Foss’s Around the World in a Bad Mood (NYC, regionally, and Canada). Hector appeared in Rick Crom’s All the NewsUn-fit to Print at The Tropicana (directed by Collette Black) and several Broadway on the Boardwalk benefits in Atlantic City, NJ. He has appeared in numerous stage productions, improvs and sketch comedy shows.  In May, he will originate the role of Benedict Arnold Pike in Revusical Part Twosical at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. Hector is the recipient of the Jeff Matson Award for his outstanding contributions to the NYC cabaret community. www.HectorCoris.com.

ERIC MARTIN (performer) recently premiered his solo cabaret show, Say What?!, to great acclaim. He has performed on stages across the US, Canada, and Japan. Seen on the Broadway stage in the education programs for the Chicago, Seussical the Musical, and Rent and in the title role of the off-Broadway production of Streakin!  He was also seen in This Isn’t Your Mama’s Musical Theater (with Suzanne Adams). Favorite roles include Huck Finn (Big River), Bud Frump (How to Succeed in Business...), Matt (The Fantasticks), and Sergius (Arms and the Man). Television credits include “The View.”      
 
PAUL L. JOHNSON (composer/arranger/accompanist) has musical directed over 100 shows off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, and regionally in the last 22 years. His credits include She Loves Me, Gigi, Side By Side By Sondheim, Nile Blue, and Three Musketeers, and, most recently, scored and co-wrote a musical adaptation of As You Like It for Vital Children’s Theater. He received OOBR Awards for Tango Masculino and Cowboys!. He has composed a dozen shows, numerous songs for cabaret and has several more musical projects in the making.      

COLLETTE BLACK (director) has received numerous awards and citations for excellence in various fields of cabaret including The Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC), The Nightlife Award, Backstage BISTRO Award, Cabaret Hotline, and Time Out New York. Her Off-Broadway directing credits include Take It Easy at The Judith Anderson Theatre, What in the World?: The Newsical Revue at The John Houseman Theatre, and Our Life & Times at Caroline's on Broadway. Other favorite directing credits include Not Me! by Hector Coris and Paul L. Johnson and Eadie Scott’s Wished on the Moon: A Tribute to Dorothy Parker. Collette produced the 20th anniversary production of Eve Merriam¹s The Club and co-produced All the News Un-fit to Print at The Tropicana in Atlantic City. Collette serves as associate producer at Lynn Shaw Productions and is the booking manager and technical director for Upstairs at Rose’s Turn in Greenwich Village. Current directing projects include Adrianne Tolsch’s None of Your Damn Business! and Live at The Turn.

ANDREW LONG (assistant musical director) is thrilled to be working again, after spending a semester “focusing on his studies.” A freshman at Tisch’s Cap21, Andrew has acted in, played for, and musical directed many regional shows. Many thanks to Paul and Hector for this opportunity, Herb for his indispensable knowledge, and Cara, friends, and of course, family for everything else.

*** TOP CABARET PICK OF 2005 (Cabaret Revue/Variety Performance) ***

"I have seen this award-winning show several times and am always amazed at the way
they keep the show fresh and exciting. HERE IS A MUST-SEE SHOW!"
Stu Hamstra, 4/13/06

"It isn't often that a full-fledged, all original revue as sparkling and exciting as this one comes
along. Loads of fun and fantastic new songs. Cabaret performers looking for new material need
only stop by here for some real finds."
Stu Hamstra, 6/5/05
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"The revue is highly amusing, the songs cleverly conceived and executed,
and the staging effective. It's worth a trek to The Encore!"
Peter Leavy , 6/2/05
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"The musical revue What’s Your Problem? is only for a certain kind of audience ...
the kind with a sense of humor. If you have one, you will find your funny bone well tickled."
Rob Lester , 4/8/06
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