And then in May of 2019, he returned to that first love of theater with a play, Alms, co-authored with me, which enjoyed a sold out Off Broadway Equity Showcase production. Besides his current gig at the WSJ, his writing appeared regularly over the years in the New York Times, Barron's, GQ, The Guardian and innumerable other periodicals. He wrote, directed and starred in the financially ruinous 1994 low-budget film Twelve Steps to Death. He also made three short films for Britain's Channel 4: Mickey Rourke for a Day, My Fair Hugh, and So You Wanna Be a Gangster. His 2009 memoir Closing Time was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. A frequent contributor to BBC Radio, his work there included Look Back in Armour, A Brief History of Irony, and Hitler's Favourite Cowboy. Life on his return to the states veered in a different direction, one that had him author ten books, including If You're Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble and Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon. Supporting himself in Paris through a series of odd jobs, Joe managed night after night to be in the Comedie Francaise cheap seats, the section that the French whimsically call "le paradis" but Yanks refer to as the nosebleed section. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 1972, he earned a fellowship to study in France.
However, few people know that playwrighting and the theater were Joe’s first love.
And there are many other labels thrown at Joe over the years some of them especially from the targets of his wit are too offensive to repeat on LinkedIn. The Wall Street Journal tags him as their Moving Targets columnist. The Guardian calls Joe Queenan “a cultural critic and movie reviewer”. The BBC describes him as an “American satirist”. Yes, for three plays now including our upcoming Zoom production, Grudges - tix available here, Joe Queenan has been my insightful, sometimes sarcastic, always urging me to cut more lines, ever-faithful writing partner.
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