Leslie Odom Jr., Justin Vivian Bond, Anna Chlumsky & More Coming Up at Joe's Pub
By: BWW News Desk May. 11, 2015
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, running May 13-24, 2015. Scroll down for details!
WOMEN OF LETTERS:
MEGAN ABBOTT, ANNA HOLMES, MOLLY CRABAPPLE, SIGRID NUNEZ, BETH HOYT & AMY SOHN
Wednesday, May 13 at 7:00PM
$20
Founded by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, the bestselling Australian literary salon Women of Letters continues at Joe's Pub as a monthly celebration of diverse and strong female talent. In a world of the short and swift, of texts and Twitter, Women of Letters to pay homage to the most civilized of activities-- letter-writing. New York's best and brightest writers, entertainers and artists perform a reading of a letter they have written to the theme of the evening. The theme for this installment is, "A letter to the tap on my shoulder."
The lineup this month includes novelist and author Megan Abbott; writer, editor and Jezebel.com founder Anna Holmes; artist, writer, entrepreneur and Vice.com contributing editor Molly Crabapple; author and PEN/Hemingaway Award finalist Sigrid Nunez; actress, comedian and vlogger Beth Hoyt; and author, columnist and screenwriter Amy Sohn. Proceeds from Women of Letters shows are donated to charity, with over $500,000 being raised globally to date. NYC events benefit the New York Women's Foundation.
ANN LIV YOUNG: ELEKTRA CABARET
Wednesdays, May 13 & 20 at 9:30PM
$15
Ann Liv Young brings the debut of her newest piece to the Joe's Pub stage. Young uses the story and frame of Sophocle's Elektra to explore ideas of personal and social responsibility, gender and family. "Betrayal is everywhere, and the more Ms. Young reveals Elektra's inner monster, the more she shows an independent, outspoken woman. In other words, she's found herself in Greek mythology," said The New York Times of Elektra (cabaret).
Young's creations are essentially a reflection of her life, inspired by her experiences with her dancers, family, collaborators and passerby. The ultra-personal becomes the material she molds for performance. Young's mission is to create work that is honest in its inception, creation and execution. Her work combines text, music and choreography to build scenes that set up ideas, images and relationships and then destroy them.
THE OTHER-WORLDS OF CAROL LIPNIK & RACHELLE GARNIEZ
Thursday, May 14 at 7:00PM
$18
Songs, streams and NYC dreams...a little of this, that and most definitely the other; comedy meets tragedy in the stars and in the gutter. Musician, singer, performer Rachelle Garniez wanders through genres, creating a universe of bittersweet wreckage. Garniez will be performing with Tim Luntzel on upright bass.
Carol Lipnik, acclaimed for her hauntingly beautiful multi-octave voice and her spellbinding performances of darkly humorous and wrenchingly honest songs in which waves of melancholy break on a debris-strewn shoreline of ecstasy. Lipnik and her luminous pianist Matt Kanelos will be performing songs from her brand new release Almost Back To Normal. The inimitable Coney Island Native was the winner of the 2014 Peter S. Reed Foundation grant for music.
BRIDGET EVERETT & THE TENDER MOMENTS
Thursday, May 14 and Wednesdays, June 24 & August 26 at 9:30PM
$25
Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed and sold out Public Theater production of Rock Bottom, New York's downtown darling Bridget Everett returns the stage with her band, The Tender Moments, and a bottle of chardonnay 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.
MORE THAN ME: ARTISTS GIVE BACK - AN EVENING TO BENEFIT BROADWAY CARES
Friday, May 15 at 7:00PM
$15-45
More Than Me is an evening of stories, songs and spoken word. Join performing artist Lindsay Rider and composer Michael Mott for a one night only event to benefit Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS, featuring some of Broadway's most incredible performers alongside emerging artists. Rider curates a bill of artists presenting their most exciting new works, featuring Mott makes his Joe's Pub debut with a roster of Broadway's best singing from his musical and pop catalogue.
Performers include: Lindsay Rider, Audra Cramer, Marisa Dargahi, Brad Greer, Paul Ianniello, Andrew Klima, Dan Lawler, Taylor Louderman, Sabrina Marlene, Michael Mott, Bronson Murphy, Ethan Paulini, Don Rider, Brittany Williams and Jorell Williams. The night will also include a not-to-be-missed Silent Auction!
Friday, May 15 at 9:30PM
$20 Adv / $25 Doors
Vocalist, percussionist and bandleader Everett Bradley, who also plays with Bruce Springsteen's famed E Street Band, brings his all-female band The MVPs to play the fully-realized music from their daytime gig as the house band for The Meredith Viera Show.
MISS IDA BLUE: A BILLIE HOLIDAY CENTENNIAL
Friday, May 15 at 11:30PM
$12 Adv / $15 Doors
Miss Ida Blue celebrates the centennial of one of the leading queens of blues & jazz: Lady Day. Blue digs up original recordings from the 1930's as accompanied by Teddy Wilson's band, with star Lester Young on tenor saxophone. Mind you this will be no imitation...Ida will always be Ida, all the while loving Billie even more. Playing the part of Teddy will be Grammy-winning pianist Conal Fowkes (Woody Allen's Jazz Band, Danny Aiello), and the part of Lester Young played by Dan Block (HBO's Grammy winning Boardwalk Empire Orchestra), with Jon-Erik Kellso on trumpet, Jay Rattman on clarinet, John Gill on guitar, Brian Nalepka on string bass and Kevin Dorn on drums.
PAULETTE MCWILLIAMS
Saturday, May 16 at 7:30PM
$18
Paulette McWilliams, one of Luther Vandross' core singers, filled the house during one of January's worst storms! McWilliams makes a long awaited return to Joe's Pub. Terri Lynne Carrington says, "It's obvious with one listen that Paulette has deep roots in jazz. Her intonation is impeccable, her melodic interpretation is not only creative and interesting but warmly inviting, and the vocal jazz tradition has been authentically passed down to Paulette from her stellar predecessors."
Saturday, May 16 at 9:30PM
$30 Singles / $40 Voyeurs
Sexual evangelist and best-selling author Dr. Alex Schiller brings the hot, the single and the curious together for a night of delirious laughter, awesome music and socio-sensual interaction. Dr. Alex insists that her audience be filled with the sexy and seeking. "Singles" mix in the front and become active participants in the show. "Voyeurs" watch from the back as the provocative and irreverent expert dispenses sex advice from her new book, Never Sleep Alone, and leads her audience through a wild night. Willing singles are invited onstage for champagne, blind dates and interactive demonstrations. The night continues at an exclusive after-party - the secret location is announced at curtain call.
If you're interested in participating in a live, on-stage date or demonstration at the show, or would like to share your opinions on dating/sex (anonymous letters welcome) with the audience, please send your request to NSAshow@gmail.com.
VILLAIN DEBLANKS: A BENEFIT FOR ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Sunday, May 17 at 7:00PM
$28-38
Written by Billy Mitchell, Villain: DeBlanks is an uproarious fundraiser where the cast says words you put in their mouths! The audience provides nouns, adjectives, desserts and body parts, and the actors provide the laughs -- uncensored and unrehearsed -- as they enact the story of Philip DeBlanks' untimely demise. It's "Clue" meets adult "Mad Libs," performed by some of the funniest people in New York. Like a ride to summer camp in the back of a station wagon, this hilarious performance will be ridiculously one-of-a-kind.
Starring Tony-winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone, Elf), Tony Nominees Marc Kudisch (Hand to God) and Brenda Braxton (Smokey Joe's, Chicago), Jordan Roth (President of Jujamcyn Theaters), and People magazine's "Most Playful Performers" The Skivvies (Lauren Molina & Nick Cearley), this is an unmissable one-night-only event with ticket proceeds benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
THE MEETING* HOSTED BY JUSTIN SAYRE
Sunday, May 17 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, "delicious and delightfully droll" by The New York Post, and "hilarious and sardonic" by The Village Voice, has returned to its downtown roots this year for another season of shows. The Meeting* - known for a signature blend of outrageous comedy, politics, culture and everything in between - was named among the Top nightclub shows of 2013 by Time Out New York, a 2013 MAC Award for Show of the Year and received the 2012 Bistro Award for "Comedy Artistry." Tracy Stark serves as the show's Music Director with special guests to be announced. The theme for this installment is The Scissor Sisters.
PENNY ARCADE: LONGING LASTS LONGER
Mondays, May 18, 25, June 1 & 8 at 7:00PM
$20
Penny Arcade and her long-time collaborator Steve Zehentner, continue their development of Longing Lasts Longer, a passionate rumination on love, longing and the loss of New York's cultural identity. Embedded into this rollicking landscape, a live-mixed soundscape of music grooves ranging from Al Green to John Lennon, jump, counterpunch and exalt, charting an emotional pathway for the audience and a new anthem to personal happiness.
TORI SCOTT: THIRSTY!
Mondays, May 18 & June 1 at 9:30PM
$20
Belter and bad decision expert Tori Scott returns to Joe's Pub with her newest solo show "Thirsty!" in which she continues to evaluate her poor life choices and celebrate her love of vodka while belting brassy songs written by other people. Scott has performed frequently at 54 Below, the Laurie Beechman, the Metropolitan Room, and basically every important cabaret stage except the bar at Flaming Saddles.
WHITEHORSE
Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30PM
$18 Adv / $20 Doors
Whitehorse's Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland present a nimble ballet of moving instruments, layers of percussion, voice and keys, laced into each other. Their sophomore EP Leave No Bridge Unburned signals a new era for the band - a time of expanded musical influence, community, and kin.
ZION80
Tuesdays, May 19 - June 9 at 9:30PM
$14
Zion80 explores Jewish music - from Shlomo Carlebach to John Zorn and everything in between - through the lens of the revolutionary Afrobeat funk master, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Led by Jon Madof (Rashanim, Matisyahu), the 11-piece band arranges Jewish melodies using the polyrhythmic intensity of Afrobeat, blended with the madness of the Downtown scene. Spiritual, grooving and endlessly exciting, this is essential Jewish music for the 21st century. Cyro Baptista will guest on May 26.
ETHAN LIPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: RAW MILK ALBUM RELEASE
May 20 & June 27 at 7PM
$20
Dubbed 'Best Lounge Act of 2009' by New York Magazine, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra return celebrate their new album Raw Milk, out on May 26. With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned front man 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 public radio nationwide.
MARCUS MONROE: IAMFAMOUS
Thursday, May 21 at 7:30pm
$20
Called "the rockstar of jugglers!" by The New York Press, Marcus Monroe performs his theatrical memoir, IAMFAMOUS. In the aftermath of the 2008 economic crash and rise of reality TV celebrities, Monroe began his journey to become the world's first famous juggler. Now, Monroe is more determined than ever and will do whatever it takes to become not only the first famous juggler, but the most famous person in the entire world. "You probably think you have seen some impressive juggling at some stage, unless you have witnessed the genius of Marcus Monroe you can think again," says The London Theater.
THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH SHOW W/ CATIE LAZARUS
Thursday, May 21 at 9:30pm
$20 Adv / $25 Doors
Ever wonder what it's like to have a dreamy job? Comedian Catie Lazarus did too, so she created an utterly addictive, candid, fun talk show about work. Come see why The New York Times calls Employee of the Month "beloved," Blackbook calls it comedian Catie Lazarus's "hilarious podcast talk show," and The New Yorker praises her line of inquiry as "decidedly unorthodox."
Guests this month include The New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, Veep's Anna Chlumsky, soul singer Lee Fields, and Hamilton's Daveed Diggs.
Friday, May 22 at 7:30pm
$18
The New Standards are John Munson of Trip Shakespeare/Semisonic fame, Chan Poling, founder of the haute-punk new-wave group The Suburbs, and Steve Roehm, vibraphonist extraordinaire. Their collaboration and 20th century repertoire produces an aesthetic of raw simplicity, communication, and soul. With Poling on piano, Roehm on vibraphone, Munson on double bass, and Chan and John sharing vocals, The New Standards articulate acoustically in an age of digital overkill. Simple, elegant, illuminating.
JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND: LOVE IS CRAZY!
May 22-25 at 9:30pm
$25
After sold-out runs in Paris, London, Australia and San Francisco, "Trans-Atlantic Cabaret Messiah" (TimeOut London) Justin Vivian Bond returns to Joe's with a new show called Love is Crazy!, an evening in celebration of 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, accompanied by songs from Dendrophile and Silver Wells, and v's many stage and film appearances. Expect the unexpected because, let's face it, LOVE IS CRAZY!!!
Saturday, May 23 at 7pm
$15 Adv / $20 Doors
Acclaimed vocalist, singer/songwriter and guitarist Syd Straw (Golden Palominos) pairs her folk-rock/blues-rock vibe with quintet The Winterpills, whose vibrant chamber-pop has been called "densely packed but hugely evocative, tiny bombs of feeling and meaning... fiendishly melodic" by The Washington Post.
Sunday, May 24 at 7:30pm
SOLD OUT
Hot off the wildly successful off-Broadway run of Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. (Red Tails, Smash, Gotham, Law & Order: SVU, House of Lies and more) shares his honest unadulterated vocal style with a collection of songs that includes both traditional jazz standards and musical theater favorites. Listening to Odom's ultra-smooth tenor, it is easy to understand why he is often likened to a modern day Nat King Cole. Odom's first solo album was released in August 2014. This will be the first New York performance in support of the self-titled release.
Of the album, Broadwayworld.com said, "In essence, Leslie Odom Jr. cleverly introduces us to a void that we didn't even know we had. The appetite of listeners are whetted for a second solo album, and we will rapturously listen to these nine tracks on repeat until we get more morsels of vocal brilliance from Leslie Odom Jr."
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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