Mar 19-23 at Joe's Pub: Jackie Hoffman, The Poison Tree & More

JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF Jackie Hoffman'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY

Mondays, March 14, 21 & April 4 at 7:30 PM; $30

Due to popular demand and rave reviews, JACKIE FIVE-OH! has extended its run yet again at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) through April 4th. In the all-new JACKIE FIVE-OH!, the blisteringly funny, filter-free Hoffman muses on her own decay at 50, her career of playing 'bit' parts, her thoughts about being in The Addams Family and an array of other topics running the gamut from Queen Latifah to Kristen Chenoweth. Hoffman also sings five new original songs (written with musical director Bobby Peaco).

Hoffman will also continue in her hilarious, scene-stealing performance as Grandma in THE ADDAMS FAMILY into the summer. Hilton Als in The New Yorker called JACKIE FIVE-OH! "a sensational new show" and added "why doesn't some clever producer wrap Hoffman up in a solo show on Broadway, where she belongs?" David Rooney in The New York Times called JACKIE FIVE-OH! "savagely funny" and said "Ms. Hoffman's acid-dipped acts are always a 'gurney' worth taking." Adam Feldman in Time Out wrote, "Like cloves, a little of Jackie goes a long way. But a lot of Jackie, it turns out, can go even further-as she has proven time and again in her hilariously grumpy one-woman shows at Joe's Pub, which have won her a well-deserved cult following.

JACKIE FIVE-OH! finds Hoffman in excellent form. Her robust whine gets better with age." David Sheward in Backstage wrote, "the blisteringly funny Hoffman unflinchingly skewers sacred cows such as the Tony Awards and Holocaust movies, flings acid barbs at the Broadway hierarchy, and does painfully accurate imitations of a gallery of showbiz icons." JACKIE FIVE-OH! is written by Hoffman and Michael Schiralli, and directed by Schiralli. Musical numbers are co-written with Bobby Peaco, who is also the musical director.

Performance Schedule: Monday, March 14 at 7:30 pm; Monday, March 21 at 7:30 pm and Monday, April 4 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $30. For tickets, visit www.joespub.com or call (212) 967-7555.

WELCOME HOME, HAMLET!

Monday, March 21 at 9:30 PM; $12

Denmark, get set, go! ... Welcome Home, Hamlet! returns with a darkly hilarious take on the most famous work in Western literature.

Written by Stephanie Dodd and Rachel Murdy with performances by Justin Badger, Stephanie Dodd, Peter Lettre and Rachel Murdy.
Featuring the music of Dusty Springfield, Antony and The Johnsons, Pulp and Irving Berlin.

THE POISON TREE

Wednesday, March 23 at 9:30 PM; $14

The Poison Tree is the project of ex-King Of France frontman Steve Salett and collaborators from his self-described "Elephant 6-styled" Saltlands music collective, a group that includes folks like onetime KoF player Doveman and Dawn Landes. In a text accompanying the record, writer John Wray says "these are the songs a teenager would write, if that teenager happened to be a connoisseur of heartbreak. If that teenager could see into the future - see all the way, past the setbacks and the self-discovery and the sweetness and the terror..." I can't confirm a state like that would actually sound like the Poison Tree, but I like the description. And you do get some ragged heartbreak on "My Only Friend," a song that may remind you of Willie Nelson's "Always On My Mind" before it opens up and goes elsewhere.- Stereogum

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit joespub.com.

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