Gavin Creel, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca and More Set for Joe's Pub, 3/25-4/5
By: BWW News Desk Mar. 23, 2015
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its nightly performances running March 25 - April 5, 2015. Details below!
PART OF THE PUBLIC THEATER'S 2014-15 SEASON
Tuesdays-Sundays, NOW-April 5 at 7PM
Plus Sundays at 3PM
$40-50 / $30 Members
Following a critically acclaimed run at London's Bush Theatre, Olivier nominated actress and writer CUSH JUMBO (The River, Julius Caesar, "Getting On") brings her "tour de force" (Times) one-woman show JOSEPHINE AND I to the Public Theater. Of the current production, The New York Times said, "Cush Jumbo is transfixing!" Featuring swinging jazz and ragtime rhythms, this theatrical event, directed by Tony nominee PHYLLIDA LLOYD (Julius Caesar, Mary Stuart, The Iron Lady, Mamma Mia!), interweaves a modern day story of an ambitious young woman with the fascinating life of the peerless, fearless Josephine Baker - first African-American performer to rise to international prominence, a French Resistance spy and civil rights activist, and muse to Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
Wednesday, March 25 9:30PM & Thursday, April 30 at 7:00PM
$20
Dubbed 'Best Lounge Act of 2009' by New York Magazine, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra return to play their edgy brand of jazz/folk/alternative nosh with a chewy singer-songwriter center. With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned frontman Lipton and band mates Eben Levy (guitar), Ian Riggs (bass) and Vito Dieterle (sax) deliver songs steeped in mixed-message sincerity and soul. The band has appeared at Celebrate Brooklyn, MASS MOCA, Bryant Park, the Camden Opera House, Tangier (LA), Vermont Arts Exchange, and has been featured on NPR and radio stations nationwide.
JACOB GARCHIK: PREMIERE OF YE OLDE
Thursday, March 26 at 9:30PM
$15
Jacob Garchik returns to Joe's Pub with newest project Ye Olde, a band that is developing a sound that can be described as the contemporary vibe of a soundtrack to a 1970's remake of a 1930's movie about the Middle Ages. Ye Olde features Garchik on trombone, Mary Halvorson, Brandon Seabrook, and Jonathan Goldberger on guitars, and Dan Weiss on drums.
TOMMY WALLACH: WE ALL LOOKED UP BOOK/ALBUM RELEASE
Friday, March 27 at 9:30PM
$15
Tommy Wallach and his band perform to celebrate Wallach's debut novel We All Looked Up (Simon & Schuster), which MTV describes as Skins meets The Breakfast Club meets Lars Von Trier's Melancholia. Wallach and his band will be playing through We All Looked Up: The Album, the companion record written by the author that will release simultaneously with the novel on March 24. Joshua Pickard of Nooga calls the album "lyrical and ornate but not needlessly complicated, with enough strings, guitars and Wurlitzers to make Sun Ra blush."
COURTNEE ROZE: THE MUSICAL
Friday, March 27 at 11:30PM
$15
Following her ground-breaking performance at Carnegie Hall, Courtnee Roze presents The Musical, an international sound and visual narrative that celebrates the triumph, hardship, versatility, barriers broken, and accomplishments in Roze's life journey. Roze acts as The Musical founder, facilitator, lead vocalist and percussionist.
MATT RAY
Saturday, March 28 at 9:30PM
$18
Matt Ray, whom Across the Arts UK calls "wonderful - so instinctive," brings his solo project to back to Joe's Pub. Though Ray is best known for his work as pianist, backing vocalist, and music director for downtown luminaries like Joey Arias, Justin Vivian Bond, Taylor Mac, Bridget Everett and Lady Rizo, it is his own original songs that remind us of what music can and should be: real, dynamic, soulful, and honest. He has worked with Burning Spear, Anita O'Day and many of the world's top performers. An eclectic mixture of folk, jazz and originals, this solo show draws from Ray's three albums as well as mines material from the American songbook, and introduces brand new songs.
KOOL KEITH: GOT MY OWN BAND
Saturday, March 28 at 11:30PM
$20
"Rap iconoclast and general eccentric," (Brooklyn Vegan) Kool Keith debuts his live band, Lucky Bears Foot. An original member of New York's new-school pioneers, the Ultramagnetic MCs, "Kool" Keith Thornton is best known as a solo rapper. His signature style is stream-of-consciousness lyrical flow and complex vocals, two skills that earn him a perennial nod from the underground hip-hop community. The average Kool Keith album is peppered with bizarre, disjointed, even delusional or disassociated themes, concepts and references. Nearly all of his albums incorporate a satirical dislike for more commercialized strains of hip-hop, as well as major record labels.
JULIANE JONES & BA BAN: CHINESE EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
Sunday, March 29 at 9:30PM
$16
Singer-songwriter and ethnomusicologist Juliane Jones joins Ba Ban Chinese Music Society in an exploration of East/West cultural exchange. Their Chinese Experimental Music live show uses popular music conventions to curate Chinese traditional music genres of kunqu opera, guqin song, pipa and xiao music and Buddhist chant. Jones writes songs (in Chinese, English, and French) that evoke the astute and playful lyrics of Serge Gainsbourg, and the vivid narratives in the French Chanson genre with elements of Canto-pop music, inspired particularly by the Chinese artist Faye Wong. Ba Ban features pipa virtuoso Zhou Yi and bamboo flute master Miao Yimin. Ba Ban perform on silk and bamboo instruments at renowned concert halls around the world. Acclaimed Chinese opera (kunqu) artist Qian Yi collaborates with Ba Ban in bringing Chinese traditional culture to global audiences.
Monday, March 30 at 6:00PM
N/A
The Emerging Writers Group is a component of The Public Writers Initiative, a long-term program that provides key support and resources for writers at every stage of their careers. It creates a fertile community and fosters a web of supportive artistic relationships across generations.
MAKE SOME NOISE W/ GAVIN CREEL: A BENEFIT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT
Monday, March 30 at 9:30PM
$30-200
Celia Keenan-Bolger (The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher), Liz Callaway (The Look of Love, Baby), Caissie Levy (LES MISERABLES, Ghost), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, First Date The Musical) and more welcome Gavin Creel back to the U.S. (and to The Book of Mormon on Broadway) after his award-winning performance in The Book of Mormon on London's West End. The group will perform songs Creel has written, recorded, or loved in this one-night-only concert, which will benefit the Performing Arts Project. Susan Blackwell ("Side by Side by Susan Blackwell", [title of show]), Whitney Bashor ("Boardwalk Empire," The Bridges of Madison County), singer/songwriter Robbie Roth, and members of the Broadway revival cast of Hair will also join the celebration.
TRAVIS SULLIVAN'S BJORKESTRA / SHERON
Tuesday, March 31 at 9:30PM
$15 Adv / $20 Door
Blending Bjork's visionary techno-pop with the harmonic and improvisational elements of modern jazz, composer / arranger / multi-instrumentalist Travis Sullivan has created Bjorkestra, a truly unique big band that transcends genre and style. Comprised of New York City's finest jazz musicians, this 18-piece ensemble features full horn and rhythm sections as well as a female vocalist performing Sullivan's arrangements that span Bjork's entire catalogue. Individual members of the Bjorkestra have performed and toured with the likes of Charlie Hunter, Clark Terry, The Spam Allstars, Jessica Simpson and the Saturday Night Live band.
Sheron's recent debut EP "Ghost Hopes" is a short sneak peek into the singer/storyteller's interpretation of pop music. From rumbling traditional Tuvan throat-singing and soaring tenor melodies, an Egyptian oud and a string ensemble, or just a simple acoustic guitar, the vocalist and multi-instrumentalist uses his vast, colorful palette to weave intricate designs into what he, smiling lightly, calls "audiofilms."
CAROLYN WONDERLAND / SHELLEY KING
Wednedsay, April 1 at 9:30PM
$16
Carolyn Wonderland has never forgotten where she came from. On her new album Peace Meal (Bismeaux), she brings the hard-won lessons of her own blessed life together with stories from some of the world's best-known and most beloved songwriters (Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Robert Hunter, Elmore James, and Robert Johnson) to create a musical menu of sustaining, satisfying songs that offers musical food for thought to her growing legions of fans. Produced by a stellar cast of Grammy Award winners including long-time supporter and inspiration, Ray Benson (a nine-time Grammy winner who produced Carolyn's 2008 breakthrough album Miss Understood), two-time Grammy winner Larry Campbell (the force behind The Band drummer Levon Helm and his recent comeback) and founding Monkee, Michael Nesmith. The album was recorded at Benson's Bismeaux Studios in Austin and also at Helm's studio in Woodstock, NY.
Shelley King plays the opening set for Carolyn Wonderland. Known for her soulful, gospel-tinged country sound, King returns to New York on our stage.
BROWN GIRLS BURLESQUE: LIL' KIM vs NICKI MINAJ
Thursday, April 2 at 9:30PM
$20
Brown Girls Burlesque bring their latest rendition of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life to Joe's Pub. This time, they are throwing a Double Queen Jubilee, honoring Lil' Kim, who made rolling out to an awards show in a pasty a reasonable thing to do, and Nicki Minaj, who preaches the gospel of the unapologetic in two-story rainbow wigs. This night is straight from the mind of DJ Rimarkable to the bodies of Chicava HoneyChild, Essence Revealed, Sake Fevah, Jantina, Meana Maneater and Clementine Dandy.
The BGB Lovelies are getting everything "did" - hair, nails, with heels and hype gear to match and celebrate two of Hip-Hop's greatest with all the sexy ferocity befitting a Double Queen Jubilee!
AZANIA / LYNETTE WILLIAMS, PRESENTED BY APUTUMPU
Friday, April 3 at 9:30PM
$15 Adv / $20 Door
Originally from Sierra Leone, Azania is an award-winning, multi-cultural artist, who was raised in the U.S. & in Geneva, Switzerland. Her captivating voice, powerful energy and positive charisma make her a phenomenal performer and a joy to see on stage. She has performed over 800 concerts around the world, at venues like the famous Blue Note Jazz Club and the legendary Apollo, as well as the Blues Alley in Washington D.C. A true chameleon, Azania loves exploring various facets of her voice in different styles of music. During her 12+ years of classical opera voice training, she performed in many different bands of not only soul and funk, but various styles from jazz to disco, electro/house to gospel, reggae to musical theater.
In her latest album, RISING, several songs are inspired by the groovy soul and funk era of the 1970's. However Azania's compositions evolve from diverse musical influences. "I simply compose what I feel, and I'm inspired by different styles. To me what's most important is the message and emotion of each song. If you feel it, that's all that counts". Reflecting her warm personality, Azania's lyrics are often enriched with uplifting and positive messages. She's currently composing songs for a new album, co-produced by Jeremiah Abiah, to be released in 2015.
Harlem-grown singer songwriter Lynette Williams is a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music with an MBA. Williams wants only to pursue music, though. She is currently a back-up singer for Lauryn Hill both live and on Ms. Hill's recordings. Williams has also toured as back up for Miri Ben-Ari over the past two summers and she may be called accomplished by some for a singer still considered young to the Music industry. But Lynette Williams is a songwriter and an artist in her own right and is fighting to avoid becoming lost in in the background. Williams should be recognized for her own artistic prowess. Williams is on the cusp. This exquisite singer, who is both beautiful and enchanting is becoming recognized for her own material and as a recording artist in her own right.
Saturday-Friday, April 4-10 at 9:30PM
Monday-Friday, April 6-10 at 7:00PM
$35-45
This special run of shows by the dazzling Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, whose vitality, energy and passion have won accolades around the world will continue the legacy that they have built at their New York City home. Noche Flamenca maintains the essence, purity and integrity of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms, creating powerful performances that radiate off the intimate Joe's Pub stage. The company was founded in 1993 by artistic director Martin Santangelo and his Bessie award-winning wife Soledad Barrio. Recognized as Spain's leading flamenco touring company, Noche has been hailed for its authentic performances of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms - without the use of tricks or gimmicks.
SWEET MEGG & THE WAYFARERS / FERAL FOSTER
Saturday, April 4 at 11:30PM
$12 Adv / $15 Door
Sweet Megg and The Wayfarers will transport you, not to the past but to a new world of their own making. The band is led by the charmingly enigmatic Sweet Megg, who imbues each song with her own concoction of melancholy and euphoria that will delight you, surprise you, and break your heart all at once. The band seamlessly incorporates elements of Dixieland, Harlem swing, Parisian cabaret, and gut bucket blues into one charming musical performance. Saxophonist Ryan Weisheit reimagines a world where Sidney Bechet, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker blow side by side. Together Sweet Megg, Weisheit, and all the Wayfarers create a world where jazz is alive and well and living in New York.
Feral Foster has been gigging in New York, across the country and in Europe for the past 10 years, capturing the imagination and attention of listeners with his impassioned singing and powerful songwriting. Foster draws from the deep wellspring of early blues, country, and jazz to tell contemporary, human stories, making for music that feels well-worn and strikingly fresh at the same time.
For tickets, go online at joespub.com, call 10AM-7PM daily at 212-967-7555 or visit in person at The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street, NYC (Opens daily at 2PM).
ABOUT JOE'S PUB AT THE PUBLIC 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 consistently 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.
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.
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