Joe's Pub Presents Shells Cocktail Hour, Storm Large, 7/25-8/11

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has 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.

With impeccable sound and lights, the warm and intimate candlelit atmosphere of Joe's Pub is filled with plush velvet couches, softly glowing lucite tables and gorgeously understated architecture. 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; the venue offers a classic Italian dinner menu and a fully stocked bar.

JULY 25 - AUG 11

TRAPPER'S GREATEST HITS JR: VOLUME 2

Sunday, July 25 at 7:00 PM

"Actors are often told they should never appear with animals and children for fear of being upstaged. They should stay especially far from children who study with Trapper Felides - these kids will bury them alive." - Elisabeth Vincentelli - New York Post

Trapper just turned the city of NY on its side for a week for his 30th birthday and is ready to hit y'all with another evening of the country's best kids and teens. Featuring songs from Paul Simon to the Disney songbook, from Kelly Clarkson to The Talking Heads, these brilliant young performers will astound. Trapper has been said to "bridge the worlds of Broadway, pop music, and downtown performance in novel ways" (NY Post). Come see it done with these prodigious talents under 18 years old.

You may have seen these kids in 13 the Musical, The Addams Family, Billy Elliot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Bye Bye Birdie, The Color Purple, Finian's Rainbow, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, A Little Night Music, Mary Poppins, Shrek the Musical, and West Side Story and in major films and television shows. Special guests include Elizabeth Gillies (Nickelodeon's Victorious) and the cast of Les Miserables from Trapper's recent "Vocal Boot Camp" at his hometown children's theater, Triboro Youth Theatre (Artistic Director Vivian Humphrey) with their music director, David Renoni & more. $25

SHELLS COCKTAIL HOUR

Tuesday, July 13 & Wednesday, July 28 at 7:30 PM

"Heartbreakingly real, hilariously relatable" - Jane Borden, Time Out NY, Critic's Pick

"Real tragedy and painful humor... like a Beckett character" - Justin Boyd, The Brooklyn Rail

Fresh out of a less-than-fulfilling relationship, Michelle "Shells" Hoffman is ready to shed her 9-to-5 facade and convince her ex that she is more than just a successful JP Morgan Senior Analyst. Hopping from hilarious original songs to tales of the "rough" life, Shells feverishly attempts to convince her audience and her ex that she is finally "over it." Armed with a glass of Shiraz and a penchant for drunk-dialing the one person she should not, Shells demonstrates that the fabulous Sex And The City life she thinks she is living and the life she actually leads are two very different things. Hilarious, engaging and ultimately quite poignant, SHELLS leaves audience members cringing and saying, "I know her," or worse, "I am her!" $15

OUR HIT PARADE starring Bridget Everett, Kenny Mellman & NEAL MEDLYN

Wednesdays July 28 & August 25 at 9:30 PM

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! $20

Storm Large

Friday, July 30 at 11:30 PM

"With all the bawdiness, talent and charisma of a young Bette Midler and a personality that is both unapologetic and endearing, Large proves that she is destined to be one of the most electrifying performers of her time." - PDX Magazine

A performer of Wikipedian proportions, Storm Large has been singing and slinging inappropriate banter at audiences around the globe for more than 15 years . Seven years ago she moved to Portland and quickly , with her band the Balls ,went from wild club act to legendary cult status . In 2006 she was tapped to be on CBS' Rockstar: Supernova . This three month stint on television gained her worldwide fame and in late 2006, her single, Ladylike, debuted at #5 on the hot singles chart in Billboard Magazine , and the number 1 seller on CDBaby . For the next 2 years she and The Balls hit the road. Touring all around the US , Canada, New Zealand , Iceland and Singapore . In 2007 , tired of touring and missing Portland , Storm took a chance and accepted the role of Sally Bowles in PCS' production of Cabaret. The production turned out to be a huge hit and Storm fell in love with the theater. $20

ROXANE BUTTERFLY

Saturday, July 31 at 9:30 PM

Underground tap-icon Roxane Butterfly comes back to New York with a brand new collaboration featuring the music of pianist Frederique Trunk, to offer an evening of contemporary tap, ethno-jazz and spoken-word. The two Franco-American women will join their talent to reflect on their experiences as women, perpetual immigrants and lovers of life. This two years-old collaboration started as a co-production of Central Art Process, a multi-disciplinary artists collective based in Barcelona and has toured Italy and Spain. $18

ASYLUM STREET SPANKERS

Sunday, August 1 at 7:30 PM

Imagine a whimsical collision course between ragtime, two-step parlor dances, jazz, vaudeville, off-color blues, hip-hop swagger, country AND western - and you get the kaleidoscopic musical universe of the Asylum Street Spankers. One of the single best live bands you'll ever see (a model of dynamics and sheer musicality), they're as likely to play music in the orbit of the Hokum Boys and Ida Cox as that of the Beasties and Black Flag or sharp-right turn originals on any given night. Risqué repartee, humor and seamless gear-shifting between styles are just part of their deep charm. Their take on what Greil Marcus called the music of, "old, weird America," is as honest as it is entertaining. $20

VAGABOND OPERA

Sunday, August 1 at 9:30 PM

Hailing from Portland, OR, Vagabond Opera pumps life into opera with the bellows of an untamed Romanian accordion, re-invents it, and accomplishes the near-impossible. Featuring trained operatic vocals, theatrics and songs in 15 languages. "A Vagabond Opera show is a chance to time-travel. Specifically, to 1920s Paris. On a riverboat. With a glass of absinthe in one hand and a long cigarette holder in the other. And - why not? - chatting with Josephine Baker.". - Washington Post $15

FREE TO DREAM: THE SONGS OF KATSAROS AND SCHERMERHORN

Monday, August 2 at 7:00 & 9:30 PM

Take a musical road trip across the country in an evening devoted to the songs of Katsaros and Schermerhorn at Joe's Pub. Featuring an all-star Broadway cast, Free to Dream showcases the people and places that make up the fabric of America. From country, rock and pop to swing and the blues, the evening's music is as varied as the fifty United States. Proceeds from Free to Dream benefit The New York Pops' education programs, which bring hope and dreams through music to thousands of public schoolchildren across the five boroughs of New York City.

Composer Doug Katsaros and lyricist William Schermerhorn have been writing songs for national audiences of millions for nearly a decade as part of the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks® and other events.
Hosted by Steven Reineke

Featuring special guest artists Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Anthony Rapp, John Tartaglia & Camp Broadway Kids.
This night is made for sharing - so bring your friends and help fulfill childrens' dreams through music education! $125 / $45

Bridget Everett: WE'VE GOT TONIGHT

Wednesday, August 4 at 9:30 PM

"Bridget Everett is, without a doubt, the life of the party!" - NY Times - Charles Isherwood
"...astonishing, totally fearless " Time Out NY Adam Feldman

Bridget Everett hits the stage with a live band and a bottle of booze to sing all her favorite love songs and share the stories of the men that made her ... feel? From tender moments to prison sex, come get inside her. Special guests include Murray Hill and more!

"You can call it making love, you can call it having sex, but somebody is getting fucked tonight." -Bridget Everett $15

Hazelle Goodman: HAZELLE

Friday, August 6 at 7:30 PM

"A comic gem" - Time Out New York

"A one woman power house" - New York Post

"She dominates the stage...If Goodman's delivering the blow, it's bound to sting." - The Village Voice
Known for her outrageous characters who make you laugh loudly and think deeply, Hazelle gives a hilarious and provocative view of the Changing times. Don't miss It! $20

Alicia Witt
Saturday, August 7 at 9:30 PM
You might know Alicia Witt from her work on Law and Order: Criminal Intent or from films like Two Weeks Notice and 88 Minutes. But she's also a singer/songwriter and an award-winning classical pianist. Tonight she'll be singing and playing a set of her original songs with piano and full band, along with a few funky covers. Check out her music on www.myspace.com/aliciawittmusic. $12

DID I DO THAT?

Monday, August 9 at 7:00 PM

Did I Do That? is an uncomfortably honest, funny, odd story of a girl's quest to save the world and lose her virginity, somewhere between the Dominican Republic and Windsor, Canada. Written and performed by Katie Schorr, with back-up band Los Tigres: Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin, and Brent Stranathan. Katie's one woman show, Take Me. Seriously., ran at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in NY and LA. Katie has appeared on Best Week Ever, in various College Humor videos, including Back to the Future Sex, and in a Trojan Condoms commercial as "The Gonorrhea Girl." Directed by Shira Milikowsky, with choreography by Chad Schiro. Originally developed at Ars Nova. $14

ONE CHILD BORN: THE MUSIC OF Laura Nyro

Wednesday, August 11 at 7:00 PM

One woman. Nine characters. The songs of Laura Nyro. Written by Louis Greenstein and Kate Ferber, and directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt, this new cabaret celebrates the music and creative force of the late singer-songwriter whose pop masterpieces topped the charts in the '60s and '70s.

Kate Ferber, an exciting new talent on New York's music and theater scenes, plays nine characters, each of whose lives were touched by Laura Nyro's music. In One Child Born, Ferber takes the audience on a journey of passion, whimsy, humor, and classic songs that will inspire long-time fans as well as a generation of music lovers who are new to Laura Nyro's catalogue.

One Child Born was developed through a residency at New York City's CAP21, and has performed to full houses at Joe's Pub, The Laurie Beechman Theater, and Philadelphia's World Cafe Live. The much-anticipated return to Joe's Pub is sure to kick off One Child Born's east-coast tour with a bang. $15

TICKETS- Online at joespub.com, Phone 212-967-7555, in Person At The Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM), or at the Joe's Pub Box Office from (6 PM to 10 PM) both located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

For table reservations please call 212-539-8778. Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.

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