Alan Cumming, Sienna Miller and More to Join Lance Horne in 'EXTRAORDINARY DAYS' at Joe's Pub

Multi-faceted musician, composer and musical director Lance Horne returns to New York City, headlining a yearlong performance residency called New Work New Work at Joe's Pub at The Public, beginning Monday, November 21 (9:30PM).

Horne will debut original music in this first show, called New Work New Work 1: Extraordinary Days. His guests will be Alan Cumming, Sienna Miller, Justin VivIan Bond, Tyran Parke and Frances Thorburn. Horne's entire residency is under the helm of stage director Sam Buntrock, who is also collaborating on visuals.

Further on, the series will showcase his breadth of work (a rock show with Jake Shears) and his diversity of collaborations (unpublished love poems of Neil Gaiman to Amanda Palmer). Tickets for November 21 are available online by phone, 212-967-7555, and in-person at The Public Theater's Taub Box Office (425 Lafayette St @ Astor Place).

New Work New Work presents the array of Horne's creative efforts under one roof for one year, providing an incubator for material that will continue life in the composer's future projects. This residency marks a long relationship between Horne and the venue - from the inaugural year of Joe's Pub, when curator Wiley Hausam programmed him in the first week of operation, to music directing the beloved cabaret series Weimar New York, where he bonded with iconic performers Bond and Meow Meow, to the many times he, often with Cumming, has performed for various causes and variety shows like the wildly popular Our Hit Parade. Joe's matches Horne's aesthetic for presenting the best possible work regardless of genre, with an eye towards opening hearts and minds through live performance.

For New Work New York 1: Extraordinary Days, Horne, on piano, will premiere a dozen new songs with artists he has worked with throughout his cross-genre career. His "musical husband," Cumming, will guest along with the transcendent Bond. Tyran Parke, star of Australia's Sunday in the Park with George, and Frances Thorburn, Scottish sensation at this year's Edinburgh International Festival, will make their Pub debuts. Last but not least, the brilliant actress and singer Sienna Miller will perform with Horne for the first time. Horne will also be joined by Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof) will premiere a number from New Work New Work 2: The Night Before My Wedding, the second installment of the series. Perennial millennials Varsity Interpretive Dance Squad, plus long-time collaborating instrumentalists Eleanor Norton (cello), Brian Nash (piano) and Ilon Ilsar (drums), will also perform.

New Work New Work 2: The Night Before My Wedding is an entirely new work devised from the unpublished love poems from Neil Gaiman to Amanda Palmer. Featuring an array of artists and an encompassing sonic world, the work will inhabit Joe's Pub for one night only, February 5, 2017, and will feature ghost brides, sonnets, rapturous duets and evocative visuals. Guests are to be announced. Tickets are available here.

New Work New Work 3 features Horne's rock side, last seen with his band Lance Horne & the One Night Stands, which also performed at the closing night of CBGBs. Fixtures from the rock world will join Horne in another night of new music. New Work New Work 4 is an original musical theater piece by Horne and Buntrock, investigating strange disappearances, the distance between perception and expression, and the journey of the creative spirit in the urban age. Dates and guests are to be announced.

Lance Horne is an Emmy Award-winning composer, pianist, singer, and music director who has arranged for/performed with Alan Cumming, Jake Shears/Scissor Sisters, Ricki Lake, Rufus Wainwright, Pink Martini, Liza Minnelli, Kylie Minogue, the von Trapps, Ben Folds, Neil Gaiman, Kristin Chenoweth, Justin Bond, Sandra Bernhard, Amanda Palmer/Dresden Dolls, Cheyenne Jackson, Kelli O'Hara, Meow Meow, Taylor Mac, the Gatlin Brothers, Boston Pops, Seoul Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, London/SF/LA/NY Gay Men's Chorus, Sydney Dance Company, Michael Feinstein, Carol Channing, and Sesame Street; performed for President Obama, the First Lady, and Queen Elizabeth; multiple appearances at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, and London's West End.

Broadway credits include: vocal arrangements for Little Women, composer of Ricki Lake Show theme (FOX), Macy's Parades (NBC), Vegas! The Show in its 5th year at Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, and multiple film scores. New work includes a commission from LA Opera, an album with Jake Shears, a new show with Alan Cumming, and this season in residence at Joe's Pub. Mr. Horne is a Steinway Artist, recipient of Jonathan Larson, Bistro, Emmy and ASCAP Awards, Interlochen graduate with BM, MM in Composition, The Juilliard School.

For tickets, go online at joespub.com, call 10AM-7:00PM daily at 212-967-7555 or visit in person at The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC (Opens daily at 2PM). There is a $12 food / two (2) drink minimum per person per show, unless otherwise noted.

Named for Public Theater founder Joe Papp, Joe's Pub at The Public opened in 1998 and plays a vital role in The Public's mission of supporting young artists while providing established artists with an intimate space to perform and develop new work. Joe's Pub presents the best in live music and performance nightly, continuing its commitment to diversity, production values, community and artistic freedom. The organization also offers unique opportunities like New York Voices, an artist commissioning program that provides musicians the resources and tools needed to develop original theater works. Commissioned artists have included Ethan Lipton, Toshi Reagon, Bridget Everett, Allen Toussaint and more. In 2011, the Pub received a top-to-bottom renovation, leading to improved sightlines, expanded seating capacity and a new menu from acclaimed Chef Andrew Carmellini. With its intimate atmosphere and superior acoustics, Joe's Pub presents talent from all over the world as part of The Public's programming downtown at its Astor Place home, hosting approximately 800 shows and serving over 100,000 audience members annually.

The Public Theater, under the leadership of Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, is the only theater in New York that produces Shakespeare, the classics, musicals, contemporary and experimental pieces in equal measure. Celebrating his 10th anniversary season at The Public, Eustis has created new community-based initiatives designed to engage audiences like Public Lab, Public Studio, Public Forum, Public Works, and a remount of the Mobile Unit. The Public continues the work of its visionary founder, Joe Papp, by acting as an advocate for the theater as an essential cultural force, and leading and framing dialogue on some of the most important issues of our day. Creating theater for one of the largest and most diverse audience bases in New York City for nearly 60 years, today the Company engages audiences in a variety of venues-including its landmark downtown home at Astor Place, which houses five theaters and Joe's Pub; the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, home to free Shakespeare in the Park; and the Mobile Unit, which tours Shakespearean productions for underserved audiences throughout New York City's five boroughs. The Public's wide range of programming includes free Shakespeare in the Park, the bedrock of the Company's dedication to making theater accessible to all; Public Works, an expanding initiative that is designed to cultivate new connections and new models of engagement with artists, audiences and the community each year; and audience and artist development initiatives that range from Emerging Writers Group and to the Public Forum series. The Public is located on property owned by the City of New York and receives annual support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and in October 2012 the landmark building downtown at Astor Place was revitalized to physically manifest the Company's core mission of sparking new dialogues and increasing accessibility for artists and audiences, by dramatically opening up the building to the street and community, and transforming the lobby into a public piazza for artists, students, and audiences. The Public is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning Fun Home and Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed American musical Hamilton, and Danai Gurira's Eclipsed featuring Lupita Nyong'o. The Public has received 47 Tony Awards, 168 Obie Awards, 52 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics Awards, and five Pulitzer Prizes.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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