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Lena Hall, Justin Vivian Bond, DanceNOW and More Set for Joe's Pub This Month
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 08, 2016
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances for February 10-21, 2016. Scroll down fo rmore details or visit www.joespub.com!
LADY RIZO'S 5th ANNUAL NINA SIMONE TRIBUTE
Wednesday and Thursday, February 10 & 11 at 7:00PM
$30
The incomparable cabaret star Lady Rizo is back for an unchaperoned evening of song and decadence. For the fifth year, Rizo gathers herself and an array of New York City's best to pay homage to the premiere bad-ass in a gown - the High Priestess of Soul, Nina Simone. Lady Rizo's seamless mix of bawdy humor and elegance has been likened to Mae West but it's her vocal chops steal the show. She has collaborated with both Yo-Yo Ma & Moby, sung the American Songbook in front of the internationally acclaimed 36 -piece orchestra The Knights, and at MOMA for a sold out cabaret for the Kirchner Exhibit. You may have also seen her with her "glam bottom baring dance troupe the Assettes" (Village Voice), celebrating the Billboard Top Ten in the monthly series Our Hit Parade, or at the gothic Night Hotel co-hosting the weekly transnational lounge Foreign Affairs. This is your chance to have her all to yourself.
LOVE BITES: BEST DUETS EVER!
HOSTED BY CATHY CERVENKA & AMBER MARTIN
Wednesday, February 10 at 9:30PM
$15
Hosted by Cathy Cervenka and Amber Martin, this special Valentine's edition of the 12th annual LOVE BITES show is a celebration of the greatest pop/rock duets of all time - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, Enough Is Enough, You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Under Pressure, Separate Lives, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, I Got You Babe and more. The night will feature a cavalcade of NYC's favorite downtown performers, paired up to interpret these classic songs: Lena Hall & Watt White, Sophia Ramos & Molly Pope, Mark Rinzel & Chris Hall, Amber Martin & Jan Tilley, Cathy Cervenka & Tony Z, Shannon Conley, Adam Feldman & Rachel Velard, Jenna O'Gara, Angela Di Carlo & Johnny Quinlan, Yana Chupenko & Brian Charles Rooney, Royce Peterson & Cara Maria O'Shea, Alyson Greenfield & Natti Vogel, Daryl Glenn & Mardie Millit, Jill Pangallo, Joanna Choy & John Presnell and more. The all-star LOVE BITES band is Steve Dawson, Claudia Chopek, Jimmy Caputo, Paul Leschen and Alan J. Camlet.
Thursday, February 11 at 9:30PM
Through June 2016
$25
While Gad Elmaleh is arguably the most widely known and beloved comedian in Europe, he has now embarked on the newest chapter of his career: breaking through to the American audience. For this, he has crafted, Oh My Gad, a new stand-up show entirely in English, building upon the jokes that made him famous overseas and including new observations from his life in America.
Elmaleh debuted his first all English show in a sold-out ten-night run at Joe's Pub in fall 2015, introducing his singular humor and insight to a new audience. During his current run, he will continue the enormous task of not just speaking a new language fluently, but of using it with the timing, nuance and syntax required for great stand-up comedy. Says The Guardian, "The chance to see Elmaleh spreading his wings in the U.S. is not one to be missed."
DANCENOW PRESENTS LMNO3'S B.A.N.G.S.: MADE IN AMERICA
Friday and Saturday, February 12 & 13 at 7:00PM
$15
DanceNOW presents B.A.N.G.S.: made in america - a kaleidoscopic pageant of status, attention, categorization and femininity. In its first evening-length work, comedic dance trio LMnO3 shape-shift in style and identity donning everything from velvet evening wear to rip-stop jumpsuits to snack-filled purses to sensible bathing suits. The dancers explore what they are-and aren't-qualified to do. Serious play and creative instincts rule as the trio obsesses over the ideas behind B.A.N.G.S., a mnemonic device frequently used by French-language learners to remember which adjectives go in front of a noun: Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness and Size. Utilizing hard rap, body percussion, headlamps, a game show and the power of female relationships, LMnO3 sets aside its own fear and doubt, beginning to repurpose how we can unapologetically wear our own B.A.N.G.S.
GOOD FOLK PRE-VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE FEST: THE SOULFUL LOVE EDITION
Friday, February 12 at 9:00PM
$25
Toshi Reagon presents Good Folk, a seasonal artistic collaboration featuring powerful and brilliant artists. Each person is planted in the present with a knowledge of where they came from. Each person carries that line with them, changes it and spring it forward. Aside from Reagon, Good Folk will feature Ki KI Hawkins, Josette Newsam, Marchak, Morley, Kelli Sae, Shayna Small, Alex Nolan, Ganessa James, Allison Miller, Lyris Hung, Juliette Jones.
LADIES OF SOUL TRIBUTE WITH XAVIER & FRIENDS
Saturday, February 13 at 9:00PM
$20 Advance / $25 Doors
XAVIER and his supporting cadre of talented musical guests will help you get turned on for Valentine's Day a little early. Now in its fifth year, XAVIER's guests for this salute to soul music's leading ladies include Amber Martin, Jo Lampert, Lady Rizo, Colin Smith, Bright Light Bright Light and more. Past guests have included Lena Hall, Stephin Merritt, Joan As Policewoman, Sxip Shirey, Rachael Price (Lake Street Dive), Del Marquis (Scissor Sisters), Mykal Kilgore (Post Modern Jukebox, The Wiz Live!), Cassondra James Kellam and Bridget Barkan. Xavier has received un-coerced praise from some the likes of Madonna, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, Devo, Anita Baker, Lena Horne, TV on the Radio, Antony & The Johnsons, The Rapture, and Ashford & Simpson. He is a member of Nova Social and also writes and performs regularly with Slow Knights.
Sunday, February 14 at 7:00PM
$20
Back in the dim wooden floored room. Smoky amber light. Heavy red drapes cover the walls. The old mirror that's reflected your thousand faces throughout the years, captures your image once again, sitting on the sofa. The deep sound of the bass crawls slowly on the floor, passes between your feet. The soft notes of the guitar and vocals floating on top of it, like black velvet butterflies. Like Absinthe. Federico Aubele's music takes you to that room. And you don't want to leave. You want to dive into that narcotic sway and remain there. Aubele works alone, like a fisherman waiting for the tide, painstakingly, making sure every sound marries the other elements on the track. Aubele's haunting signature sound, with its precise beats, scattered bandoneon samples, nylon string guitar, dark atmospherics and male and female vocal contrast give space this time also to several cinematic tripped out tango infused instrumentals.
MX JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND: LOVE IS CRAZY!
Sunday-Tuesday, February 14-16 at 9:00PM
$25
As part of Mx Justin Vivian Bond's ongoing 25th Anniversary retrospective, Joe's Pub is thrilled to bring back Love is Crazy!, one of V's most popular shows to date, which is an evening celebrating obsession, sex, romance and all their queer and mysterious complications. Accompanied by NathAnn Carrera on guitar, Claudia Chopek on violin, and under the musical direction of Matt Ray, Mx Bond displays v's legendarily twisted wit, along with songs from Dendrophile and Silver Wells, numbers from v's stage and film appearances. Expect the unexpected because, let's face it, LOVE IS CRAZY!!!
THE NY THEREMIN SOCIETY PRESENTS THEREMIN D'AMOUR
Monday, February 15 at 7:00PM
$15
Surprise your loved one with the Ultimate Soundtrack to your passion and secret most inner feelings - Theremin D'Amour: An evening featuring the sensuous sounds of the Theremin, The NY Theremin Society's Dorit Chrysler, Rob Schwimmer and our Special International Guest Charlie Draper. Celebrate this year's Valentine's Day on February 15th, the traditional international Theremin Valentine's Day. The evening will feature delicate vibratos, passionate duets and a steamy repertoire from Serge Gainsbourg to Yma Sumac to Harold Arlen. Expect deep hidden feelings rising to the surface as each piece reaches an intense musical climax without even being touched.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SILVER CHALICE
Tuesday, February 16 at 6:30PM
$20
Meet Rob, who's having trouble with the ladies. With the help of a slightly mischievous genie who lives inside the silver chalice, the audience votes via their remote controls on key choices: Should he date Gabrielle, the Sears underwear model with a sketchy history in adult entertainment; Xandra, the Mohawk-sporting performance artist who minored in Marxism; or Carol, the quirky junior high school teacher? Lead Rob to find the girl of his dreams... or destroy his life. Your call.
The Mystery of the Silver Chalice is the revolutionary play where technology lets YOU choose what happens next! Will you help poor Rob make the right choices on his blind date? Or... will you make him do the WRONG thing, just because it's funny? Either way, it will be a wild ride!
ECHOES OF ETTA, PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL CABARET FESTIVAL
Wednesday, February 17 at 7:00PM
$30
Echoes of Etta, the multi award-winning Etta James tribute, returns to Joe's Pub as a part of the International Cabaret Festival. After a featured appearance on NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a successful tour of Southeast Asia, and an exclusive appearance at the Commissioner's Tailgate for Superbowl XLVIII, MRM Productions is proud to bring back William Blake and Michael Thomas Murray in their MAC Award-winning Show of the Year.
Blake's peerless vocal prowess as an R&B and Jazz singer has made him the darling of the New York nightlife scene, from Birdland to the Carlyle, Town Hall to Carnegie, Brandy's to the Duplex. Teamed with acclaimed music director, pianist, and Echoes co-founder Murray (The Chantels, Forever Dusty, 50 Shades! The Musical), Blake has found the perfect vehicle for his soulful three octave range and guileless lyric interpretation in what BroadwayWorld calls "One of the best tribute shows of this, or any year."
Wednesday, February 17 at 9:30PM
$18
Sxip's Hour of Charm will be a night of fantastic instruments, beautiful melodies, stories about music and live visual art. You will hear sounds that you have actually have heard before. The evening will feature violin and electronic manipulations by Todd Reynolds, virtuosic Theremin playing by Rob Schwimmer, storytelling by Maria Dahvana Headley, the music of Sxip Shirley, vocals by Xavier and live projected drawing by Michael Arthur.
THE LOSERS LOUNGE TRIBUTE TO DAVID BOWIE
Thursday, February 18 at 7:00PM
Friday, February 19 at 7:00PM & 9:30PM
Saturday, February 20 at 1:00PM, 7:00PM & 9:00PM
SOLD OUT!
The Losers Lounge is back with a very special tribute to David Bowie. As always, you can expect incredible songs, great performances, irreverent antics and special guests that you can only find at The Losers Lounge. For one weekend only, only at Joe's Pub.
Thursday, February 18 at 9:30PM
$22
Dan Finnerty caught America's attention as the foul-mouthed wedding singer in the box-office smash Old School, performing his now-infamous rendition of Total Eclipse of the Heart, as well as his appearance as the sleazy bat-mitzvah singer in Starsky & Hutch and again as the inappropriate wedding singer in the record breaking hit The Hangover. The Dan Band plays to sold out crowds from Los Angeles to New York and has appeared on numerous shows including The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ellen, The Late Late Show, Last Call with Carson Daly, Last Comic Standing, The Guys Choice Awards and caught the attention of Steven Spielberg, who signed on to executive produce Dan's one hour concert special "The Dan Band: I Am Woman," directed by McG.
Sunday, February 21 at 7:30PM
$15
Husband and wife duo, The Bengsons, blend rousing, all-join-hands group choruses, spry melodies and energetic, frenetic rhythms to create rock/art/theater performances. The Bengsons have appeared at such venues as Joe's Pub (NYC), NYU's Skirball Center (NYC), 92YTribeca (NYC), MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), FlynnSpace (Burlington, VT), Z Space (San Francisco), On The Boards (Seattle), Pianos (NYC), Rockwood Music Hall (NYC), University of Southern California (LA), and the Market Theater (Johannesburg, South Africa). Their music has been featured for the past three years on So You Think You Can Dance (FOX). Abigail Bengson has also appeared as a member of tUnE-yArDs, including an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Sunday, February 21 at 9:30PM
$20
The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show hailed as "rambunctious, uproarious and unpredictable" by The Wall Street Journal, has returned to its downtown roots this year for another season of shows. Each month, Sayre's International Order of Sodomites (I.O.S.) gathers to honor an artist or a cultural work that is iconic to the gay community. Sayre is the show's creator, writer and host, serving as the Chairman of the Board of the I.O.S. This month's theme is the musical Cabaret.
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 Shakespeare 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 Shakespeare 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. The Public has received 47 Tony Awards, 167 Obie Awards, 52 Drama Desk Awards, 48 Lortel Awards, 31 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics Awards, and four Pulitzer Prizes.
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