Adam Chanler-Berat, Molly Pope and More to Star in BROMANCE: THE MUSICAL at Joe's Pub, 8/22

Joe's Pub at The Public is calling all bros on Thursday, August 22, 7pm. After sold-out shows at Caroline's On Broadway and 92YTribeca, Ewalt and Walker's Bromance in Concert is ready to rock Joe's Pub like a girl gone wild on spring break.

Bromance in Concert will star Adam Chanler-Berat (Peter and The Starcatcher, Next To Normal), Andrew Kober (Hair, Johnny Baseball at WTF), Molly Pope (The Diva-lution of Molly Pope at Joe's Pub, Top 10 Cabaret of Time Out NY), and Guy Olivieri (Gossip Girl, RENT National Tour).

Directed by Matt Cowart with musical direction by Benjamin M. Rauhala, presented by Ground UP Productions.

Like an awesome buddy movie come to life, Bromance: The Dude-sical reveals a world of Beer, Brotherhood, and Brocabulary. This concert version of the show will feature the YouTube hit, "The Phone Call," as well as songs like "Sports Center," "Chili Cheese Fries," and "Wingman."

Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information and to purchase tickets, see http://bit.ly/13hGO3H

Ground UP Productions is entering their eighth year as an innovative producer of new works and reimagined classics. Ground UP Productions has been hailed as "Good natured, down-home fun!" by the New York Times and presents "Compelling drama...Deliriously entertaining." according to The New Yorker. The 2008 production of Jim Wann and Patricia Miller's The People vs. Mona garnered an NYIT Nomination for Outstanding Production of a Musical. www.groundupproductions.org

Ewalt and Walker are currently at work on two commissions; one from Broadway Across America, and Pumped, a fashionable new musical. Other shows includeSeparate: Battle Songs of Youth, selected by Ars Nova for ANTFEST 2010, and The Making of Madeline Moore (The Merc NYC 2009). Their work has been seen in Michigan, Toronto, and London, and in New York at Playwrights Horizons, Joe's Pub, 92YTribeca, Theater Row, Galapagos Art Space, and as part of the We Are the Song Benefits for the After the Storm Foundation. They are also the curating producers of the new musical theater series, Behind the Music-al, now in conjunction with The Dramatist Guild, which has featured songwriters including Duncan Sheik, Adam Guettel, Stephen Flaherty, Larry O'Keefe, Lisa Lambert, Ryan Scott Oliver, Kerrigan & Lowdermilk, Joe Iconis, and Adam Gwon, amongst many others. www.ewaltandwalker.com

Matt Cowart most recently directed the sold-out run of Black Comedy in Washington, DC with No Rules Theater Company. Select directing credits include: Kiki Baby(NYMF) with long-time collaborator Lonny Price; CAMP WANATACHI (La Mama ETC), Broadway: Three Generations (Kennedy Center), [sic] (78 Theater Lab), and the critically acclaimEd Salacious Uncle Baldrick (Players Theater). As a producer, Matt worked on several productions with the New York Philharmonic, includingCOMPANY, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Stephen Colbert, Martha Plimpton, Jon Cryer, Patti LuPone, and Christina Hendricks, which played in movie theaters across the country, One Singular Sensation: A Celebration of Marvin Hamlisch, Sondheim: the birthday concert, and Camelot starring Gabriel Byrne. Matt is a member of SDC, and a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He is currently developing a new musical, Legend of the Word with Isaac Klein and James Stewart, and will be producing Sweeney Todd with the New York Philharmonic in the spring of 2014.

Visit us at www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows and to purchase tickets, or call 212-967-7555, or visit in person at The Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM) located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC.

ABOUT JOE'S PUB AT THE PUBLIC Joe's Pub at The Public is one of New York City's most celebrated venues for emerging and established performance artists. Named for Public Theater founder Joe Papp, Joe's Pub debuted 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 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 diverse roster of programming featured at Joe's Pub includes top performers from Broadway, cabaret, dance, world, singer-songwriter, jazz, country and indie genres as well as New York Voices, its commissioning initiative, today's rising stars and GRAMMY Award winners. Joe's Pub also collaborates with other Public Theater programs to present events such as the Under the Radar Incoming series and the Public Forum lecture and debate series. The New York Times has praised Joe's Pub as at the "nexus" of "a downtown axis of clubs whose performers gleefully fuzz the boundaries between old and new, and between pop, rock, jazz, rhythm-and-blues, swing, country, world music and performance art." Its elegant neoclassical design, intimate atmosphere, and superior acoustics have consistently landed the venue on annual Best of New York lists. A top-to-bottom renovation was completed in 2011, leading to improved sightlines, expanded seating capacity and a new menu from acclaimed Chef Andrew Carmellini. http://www.joespub.com/; @joespub

ABOUT The Public Theater AT ASTOR PLACE: Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public Theater is the only theater in New York that produces Shakespeare and the classics, musicals, contemporary and experimental pieces in equal measure. 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 its beloved, 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, new and experimental stagings at The Public at Astor Place, and a range of artist and audience development initiatives including its Public Forum series, which brings together theater artists and professionals from a variety of disciplines for discussions that shed light on social issues explored in Public productions. The Public Theater is located on property owned by the City of New York and receives annual support from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. The LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust provides leadership support for The Public Theater's year-round activities. www.publictheater.org