Joe's Pub Announces Upcoming Events and Shows For This Week

JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater, reopened October 4th, 2011 from a top to bottom renovation, debuted in October 1998 and quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists. Joe's Pub is open seven days a week, regularly hosting as many as three shows a day. Dinner and drink service is available during every performance. In addition to its reputation of presenting internationally known stars, Joe's Pub has also developed into a premier showcase stage for up-and-coming musicians and emerging artists from a variety of disciplines. www.joespub.com

NEW YORK CITY CHRISTMAS
BENEFIT CONCERT FOR ASTEP
FEATURING Raul Esparza, Sherie Rene Scott, Chester Gregory, Lindsay Mendez, Andy Karl, Betsy Wolfe, & MORE
December 12 at 7:00pm
$100 Premium / $50 Reserved
Hosted by ASTEP and SH-K-BOOM/Ghostlight Records and conceived, produced and music directed by Drama Desk-nominated orchestrator Lynne Shankel (Cry-Baby, Altar Boyz,), the concert will again boast an incredible line-up of artists including Tony nominees Raul Esparza (Company, Arcadia) Sherie Rene Scott (Everyday Rapture, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) and Orfeh (Legally Blonde, Saturday Night Fever), as well as Sierra Boggess (Master Class, The Little Mermaid), Chester Gregory (Sister Act, Dreamgirls), Lindsay Mendez (Godspell, Everyday Rapture), Betsy Wolfe (Tales Of The City, Everyday Rapture), Andy Karl (Wicked, 9 to 5), Sally Wilfert (Make Me A Song, Assassins), recording artist Anya Singleton, David Josefsberg (The Wedding Singer, Altar Boyz) and Michael Buchanan (Addams Family, Cry-Baby). All proceeds go to benefit ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty).

PAM ANN
NEW YORK CITY LAYOVER: GETEM BITCH
December 12, & 13 at 9:30pm
December 21 at 9:30pm
December 22 at 7:30pm & 10:00pm
December 23 at 9:30pm
$30
Pam Ann is the alter-ego of Australian comedienne Caroline Reid. Reid's portrayal of the outrageous air hostess has been featured in advertising campaigns for British Airways and Sky Team. In fact, she is the celebrity spokeswoman of Sky Team Terminal 4 at Heathrow; featured on all in-flight video programming and seen on CNN and CNBC. Pam Ann has appeared in promotions for KLM/Air France, Jet Blue, Lufthansa, British Airways, Qantas, SAS and even low cost British carrier Easy Jet uses her videos in their training. Buckle Up! Adventure Calls bitches! Pam Ann, the original queen of the skies - who has toured with Cher and crewed private jets for Elton John - is back in New York and this time, she means business. She aims to knock the plastic smiles off the imposter hostesses on TV's Pan Am in her raucous new production. So shut the F**k up, sit the F**k down, lock your seats in the upright position and prepare to take off for the ride of your life.

HAHN-BIN
December 13 at 7:30pm
$20
Hahn-Bin, whose name means 'the shining star' in Korean, launched The Renaissance of Classical Music in Spring 2010, an undertaking he calls "an all-encompassing project which aims to bring the quarantined genre into the mainstream pop culture." The latest installment in The Renaissance of Classical Music is Till Dawn Sunday a "hybrid music theater work where a gender defying storyline meets a genre-defying musical kaleidoscope," says Hahn-Bin. Weaving together the music of over 20 composers and set to a narrative written by Hahn-Bin himself, Till Dawn Sunday takes the audience on a voyage through the fullest spectrum of emotions with its four distinct episodes. "I want to be the Botox for the wrinkles and dents of the human heart," says the dynamic violinist Hahn-Bin, who has become a revolutionary force for classical music in the two short years following his Carnegie Hall debut. In a genre of his own - one he calls avant-pop classical - the bold young virtuoso's theatrical performances give rise to his strikingly personal tales about "love, fear, beauty, and terror." The Seoul-born New Yorker, whose early artistic influences include Pedro Almodóvar, Maria Callas and Liza Minnelli, made his international debut at age 12 at the Grammy Awards in 2000, drawing a standing ovation from the legendary Isaac Stern. His groundbreaking Carnegie performance in October 2009, preceded by a decade of study with the preeminent Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School but for the Seoul-born New Yorker, it was no time to rest on his laurels.

OUR HIT PARADE:
THE TOP SONGS OF 2011
FEATURING Jenn Harris, MYLES KANE, John Roberts, ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT, JIM ANDRALIS, LARRY KRONE, Julie Klausner, AMBER MARTIN, Natalie Joy Johnson
December 14 at 7:30pm
$20
Our Hit Parade is a live top-ten countdown show created by Tony nominee and Obie winner Kenny Mellman (Kiki & Herb), carnal chanteuse Bridget Everett (At Least It's Pink at Ars Nova), pop song opera impresario Neal Medlyn (Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol at P.S. 122), producer and MTV cameraman Brendan Kennedy, and writers Ada Calhoun and Peter Schjeldahl. The show is inspired by the musical sketch series "Your Hit Parade" that ran on radio and then television from 1935 to 1959. On that show, cast members performed the week's most popular songs as comically literal skits. In this show, the hosts and special guest stars from the local performance scene present their renditions of current popular hits live on stage!

OUR HIT PARADE GOES DISNEY
FEATURING Alan Cumming, Lance Horne, AMY SCHUMER, Molly Pope, Erin Markey, Cole Escola, CARLOS CANEDO
December 14 at 10:00pm
$20
Our Hit Parade is a live top-ten countdown show created by Tony nominee and Obie winner Kenny Mellman (Kiki & Herb), carnal chanteuse Bridget Everett (At Least It's Pink at Ars Nova), pop song opera impresario Neal Medlyn (Neal Medlyn's Unpronounceable Symbol at P.S. 122), producer and MTV cameraman Brendan Kennedy, and writers Ada Calhoun and Peter Schjeldahl. The show is inspired by the musical sketch series "Your Hit Parade" that ran on radio and then television from 1935 to 1959. On that show, cast members performed the week's most popular songs as comically literal skits. In this show, the hosts and special guest stars from the local performance scene present their renditions of popular Disney songs!

SPIKE JONES' 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
WITH POLYGRAPH LOUNGE
December 15 at 7:00pm & 9:30pm
$20
Join Rob Schwimmer & Mark Stewart for Spike Jones' 100th Birthday Party! That's right, it's the Polygraph Lounge Challah-Daze Spectacular with a salute to Spike (the original "More Cowbell" guy) and his amazing legacy of bands, music and mirth. Featuring the staggering virtuosity of soprano Melissa "The Note" Fathman! May contain: Old Favorites. New Favorites! Spike Favorites!! The premier of the Bulbhorn Symphonette! Cowbells! Skillets!! Theremins!!! And, of course nose flutes for all and to all a good night!

Everett Bradley'S HOLIDELIC
December 16 at 7:00pm
December 17 at 7:00pm & 9:30pm
December 19 at 9:30pm
$25
Holidelic will shake you free of the Andy Williams and Nutcracker rut. Written, produced and directed by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter, producer, actor and dancer Everett Bradley, Holidelic debuted in 2002 at Joe's Pub and has sold out night after night since the beginning. Bradley is now taking the show on the road, bringing the magic, the mirth, the mayhem and the memories to theatres and performance venues throughout the Northeast. Now entering its 9th season, this holiday funk-tacular blends the influences of P-Funk, Sly Stone and other 1970's and '80's funk and soul bands into original songs that celebrate diversity, mild familial seasonal dysfunction, individuality, and holiday booty shaking. This is a show for all races, creeds and lifestyles… even for all ages with a little parental guidance!*

FUTURITY: A MUSICAL BY THE LISPS
FEATURING Michael Cerveris, Ben Simon, CHELSEA DONN, GRANT O'BRIEN, Aaron Schroeder, Caroline Tamas, & JILLIAN TULLY
December 16 at 9:30pm
$15
The Lisps, a New York-based co-ed assemblage of 21st Century Theater prone indie rockers, perform songs from their upcoming concept album FUTURITY, featuring music written for their new musical of the same name, with special guests Tony Winner Michael Cerveris (Evita, Assassins), Ben Simon, Chelsey Donn, Grant O'Brien, Aaron Schroeder, Caroline Tamas and Jillian Tully. FUTURITY: A Musical by The Lisps is an indie-rock musical that follows Julian Munro, a Civil War soldier trying to invent a steam-powered mechanical brain that will solve all of humanities problems. The musical will have its world premiere at The American Repertory Theater (ART) in March of 2012.

KIMBERLY*NICHOLE
December 17 at Midnight
$12
After a year filled with many amazing milestones (features in VOGUE, Seventeen Magazine, VH1, Showtime, 106 & Park and on the BET 11' Awards ) Kimberly*Nichole , the "avant-rock n soul, tutu-clad", singer, songwriter and mesmerizing performer will close her year out Live in Concert! Come experience Kimberly Nichole's music and mesmerizing performance style that has captured the attention and support of Quincy Jones, Andre Leon Talley and Motown writing legends Ashford & Simpson.

CMA SONGWRITERS
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON
FEATURING RIVERS RUTHERFORD, LESLIE SATCHER, TIM NICHOLS, AND BOB DIPIERO
December 18 at 6:30pm & 9:00pm
$40 Premium / $30 Reserved
Joe's Pub and the Country Music Association are proud to announce the continuation of the successful CMA (Country Music Association) Songwriter Series with some of Nashville's finest songwriters. Bob DiPiero will return as host. The show features four successful songwriters from Nashville – Rivers Rutherford, Leslie Satcher, Tim Nichols, and Bob DiPiero.

Check www.JoesPub.com for a complete list of shows

Tickets on sale now
ONLINE at joespub.com
PHONE 212-967-7555,
IN PERSON at The Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM) located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC