{"id":310162,"date":"2026-07-30T21:36:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310162\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T21:36:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:36:34","slug":"tiktok-singer-songwriter-oliver-richman-joins-cast-of-nick-blaemire-musical-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310162\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Singer-Songwriter Oliver Richman Joins Cast of Nick Blaemire Musical Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

TikTok singer\/songwriter and recording artist Oliver Richman will be part of the cast of\u00a0Soon, the new musical by Nick Blaemire<\/a> (Glory Days<\/a>, Safety Not Guaranteed, Space Dogs) that\u00a0will play a limited engagement at The Loft at St. Luke’s Theatre this fall.<\/p>\n

Seen last year at the East Village Basement, the upcoming production will be directed by Will Blum<\/a> (Beetlejuice, The School of Rock\u2014The Musical). The six-week run will begin September 30.<\/p>\n

Richman, who rose to fame through his “song-a-day” project, will play the role of Jonah with additional casting to be announced. Since 2024, the singer-songwriter has
\nwritten more than 900 songs, including such hits as \u201cThe Ballad
\nof Phil and Phyllis” and “Bunnies.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so freaking honored and excited to join this company,\u201d says Richman in a statement. \u201cI got to see Soon
\n when it was at the East Village Basement last year (with Nicholas
\nPodany, one of my biggest creative inspirations, playing Jonah) and I
\nleft so moved. I\u2019ve been super afraid of performing, so it feels
\nserendipitous now to get to learn from a story and creative team that
\ninspires me to love harder and be braver. Nick Blaemire\u2019s musical stayed
\n with me in a way that I\u2019m just excited I get to experience it every
\nnight as a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The intimate, indie-pop chamber musical asks the question, “What do
\nyou do with the time you have left?” While 20-something Charlie waits
\nfor the end of the world, Jonah waits for her to start living. But
\nbefore time runs out, Charlie must do the hardest thing imaginable: open
\n the front door.<\/p>\n

The creative team will also include music supervisor Wiley DeWeese<\/a> (The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical<\/a>, Girl From The North Country) and music director Andy Collopy<\/a> (The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Notebook<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Out of the Box Theatrics is producing in association with Bella Vita Entertainment, Dru Margolis, and Red Horse LLC.<\/p>\n

Soon will be presented as part of OOTB\u2019s Loft Series and
\nCustom Work Program. The Loft Season is a new developmental production
\nseries featuring limited production elements in an intimate and
\nimmersive environment.<\/p>\n

Pre-sale for Soon begins August 3 at 10 AM ET with public sales following August 5. Sign up for first access at OOTBTheatrics.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TikTok singer\/songwriter and recording artist Oliver Richman will be part of the cast of\u00a0Soon, the new musical by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-310162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}