SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINING, Meaghan Burke, THE MEETING* and More Coming Up at Joe's Pub

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its lineup of nightly performances, May 10-21, 2017. Scroll down for details!

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SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINING: ALL TOGETHER NOW!
GUESTS: ELIF BATUMAN, JOHN A. FARRELL, Annabelle Gurwitch AND JASON REYNOLDS
Wednesday, May 10 at 7PM
Wednesday, June 14 at 7PM
$15-35

Seriously Entertaining, New York's premier literary cabaret series, is hosted by Amanda Foreman and Lucas Wittmann, and showcases writers and their passions. The May 10 performance, All Together Now!, features novelist Elif Batuman, historian John A. Farrell, humorist and actor Annabelle Gurwitch, and novelist Jason Reynolds. The Wall Street Journal calls it "Think-y entertainment for New York's book-loving crowd," The New York Times says it's "a literary mixtape [with] perfect flow and variety," while CBS Local News adds: "You have never seen a cabaret quite like this.... The lineup includes some of the most brilliant minds in the literary and artistic worlds." Seriously Entertaining packs a big punch, regularly hosting talent such as Margo Jefferson, Amber Tamblyn, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, PJ O'Rourke, GRAHAM MOORE, Steven Pinker, and more. The show asks each writer to riff on a given theme for fifteen minutes only. Whether the result leaves you howling with laughter or sorrow, it will be an evening you're sure to remember. The show's producer, House of SpeakEasy, is a not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to connecting writers and audiences in innovative and sustaining ways - in classrooms, in the community, and at Joe's Pub.

THE NYCHILLHARMONIC / THE LADYBUGS
Wednesday, May 10 at 9:30PM
$15

Making its Joe's Pub debut, The NYChillharmonic is a 22-piece progressive jazz-rock orchestra based in New York City, led by award winning bandleader, composer, arranger, and vocalist Sara McDonald. Based in New York City, The Ladybugs is an Early Jazz-inspired harmony group. All members of the Ladybugs double on vocals in addition to instrumental (trumpet, ukulele, guitar, bass, and drums). Playing standards from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, The Ladybugs infuse old-school swing with bluesy, klezmer, and Hawaiian flavors.

THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY CHORUS
Thursday, May 11 at 7PM
$20-45
One night only!

Join members of The Children's Aid Society Chorus for an unforgettable evening of song, spoken word, and personal stories. Music for the evening will span genres from classical to folk, musical theater, pop and rap woven into a narrative of stories based on the lives of our youth. Singers will give their perspective on growing up as young women in New York City, sharing transformative moments from their past, and their hopes for the future. The CAS Chorus is comprised of youth aged 11-20 from all over New York City including The Bronx, Harlem, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. The CAS Chorus program imparts confidence, self-esteem, professionalism, discipline, college-readiness and teamwork through the lens of a musical education.

MEAGHAN BURKE: CREATURE COMFORTS ALBUM RELEASE
Thursday, May 11 at 9:30PM
$16

Singer and cellist Meaghan Burke returns to Joe's Pub to celebrate the release of her long awaited second album, Creature Comforts. Straddling the worlds of contemporary chamber music, grunge, cabaret, blues, and free jazz, the album brings together musicians from New York and Vienna in a tragicomic musical funhouse of creaturely drones, off-kilter waltzes, and distorted love songs. Burke will be joined by a band of her dearest collaborators from the album, including fellow Joe's Pub veterans The Rhythm Method string quartet, steel-string guitarist Zeke Healy, bass clarinetist Carlos Cordeiro, drummer-percussionist Peter Wise, and very special guest Protestant Work Ethic on vocals and banjo.

Sarah Dash
Friday, May 12 at 7PM
$30

Sarah Dash will bring an evening of musical memories and joy to the famed Joe's Pub for one show only. The Legendary Goddess of soul, funk and disco has a brand new show and full band that will feature all her great hits from her time as founding member of Labelle as well as her illustrious solo career ("Lady Marmalade," "What Can I Do For You," "Gonna Take A Miracle," "You'll Never Walk Alone," "Sinner Man"). The Rhythm & Blues Foundation Hall-of-Famer is a true force of nature, and continues her journey as a humanitarian, motivational speaker, soul survivor, and inspiring artist.

Martha Graham CRACKER CABARET FT. Cynthia Hopkins
Friday, May 12 at 9:30PM
$25

This balls-to-the-wall drag cabaret is hosted by Martha Graham Cracker, who is, perhaps, the world's tallest and hairiest drag queen. Backed by a four-piece live band, Martha Graham Cracker, hailed as "The Drag Queen King" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, performs new arrangements and mashups of songs by artists ranging from Prince and Crowded House to Motley Crue and Nina Simone, and a bit of everything in between. The special guest for this performance will be Cynthia Hopkins. The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret is intended for mature audiences.

John Epperson: THE ARTIST PRINCIPALLY KNOWN AS LYPSINKA
Saturday, May 13 at 7:30PM
$25

Encore performance: Back by popular demand! Fresh from his critically acclaimed Off Broadway role in The New Group's production of Wallace Shawn's Evening at the Talk House, John Epperson returns to Joe's Pub in The Artist Principally Known as Lypsinka, a delightful evening of classic entertainment filled with stories, tunes, and a twist. Join Epperson, aka The Goddess of Showbiz Lypsinka, at the piano in a jam-packed musical memoir as he sings, tickles the keys, and ricochets from Sondheim to rap, and from transgender icon Christine Jorgenson to Rodgers and Hammerstein. The performance is directed by Jay Rogers.

Clive Davis INSTITUTE: SPARK
Saturday, May 13 at 9:30PM
$8
As the premier educational training ground for future leaders and aspiring moguls in the music industry, The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts -- founded by chief patron and music impresario Clive Davis himself -- has quickly developed a reputation for recruiting and developing the most compelling new talent in the business. Recent graduates of the program include Capitol Records' recording artist Maggie Rogers, who shot to viral fame after appearing in a video in which she plays her music for a stunned artist-in-residence Pharrell Williams; Björk and FKA Twigs collaborator Arca; top flight songwriter and Chainsmokers collaborator Emily Warren; Grammy-nominated R&B ingénue Elle Varner; and Glassnote Records' indie pop singer-songwriter Tor Miller. The Institute, which officially launched in 2003 and has been the home of instructors like producers Swizz Beats and Bob Power, also boasts a steady stream of talented graduates barnstorming other industry areas like business, journalism, tech, and production. Come join the fun as the The Clive Davis Institute hosts Spark, its first ever talent showcase for its graduating performers, featuring JIL, Julie Hanse, NAKAYA, Nic Hanson, OSHUN, Proda, Saint Victoria, Sean Carroll, Sola, Stello, and Zuri Marley. Helmed by Institute founding faculty member Jason King, musical directed by Institute professor Jeff Peretz, and featuring special guests, Spark is a tastefully curated evening of up and coming sounds and sensations from young artists whose work promises to make its mark on the future of music.

REVEREND BILLY & THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR: THE ORIGINAL BADASS MOTHER'S DAY SHOW
Sunday, May 14 at 2PM
$15

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. They are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth-loving urban activists who have worked with communities on four continents defending community, life and imagination. Over the fifteen years, the "church" have remained the same: Consumerism and Militarism. The Stop Shopping Choir is a diverse array of economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds and has members from every continent except Antarctica, which they're working on. Among us are scientists, teachers, artists, therapists, welders, cyclists, builders, developers, hairdressers, dog walkers, actors, truck drivers, tech geeks, scholars and executives. The Choir has toured in Europe, Africa, South America and throughout North America.

THE MEETING* HOSTED BY Justin Sayre
Sunday, May 14 at 7PM and 9:30PM
SOLD OUT!

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre is the monthly gathering of the International Order of Sodomites, the centuries-old organization, which sets the mythic Gay Agenda. After years of audacious humor, trailblazing political discourse and button-pushing cultural exploration, the acclaimed comedy/variety show completes its eighth and final season with these two performances, with guests are to be announced.

BAY STREET THEATER'S 6TH ANNUAL HONORS BENEFIT
Monday, May 15 at 6PM
$150 - $2500

Bay Street Theater's 6th Annual Honors Benefit, hosted by Scott Schwartz (Bay Street's Artistic Director), is a sneak peek of the 2017 Summer Mainstage season with songs and bits of scenes performed from their summer lineup (The Man in the Ceiling, Intimate Apparel, As You Like It), along with other special moments, including the honoring of special guests Richard Kind and Jules Feiffer. The evening begins with cocktail and light bites served for Bay Street patrons and their guests, with mingling continuing for about one hour. A one-hour show follows; table seating is available for groups of two, four, and six.

Tori Scott: PLAN B!
Monday, May 15 at 9:30PM
Monday, May 22 at 9:30PM
$20

New Show. New Stories. No F*cks. Tori Scott, Time Out New York's Critics' Pick, returns to Joe's Pub with her new solo show, Plan B! -- a shameless musical journey of slurred autobiographical stories and songs written by other people. Hailed as "the Bette Midler of the new millennium"(Provincetown Magazine), Scott will belt out songs by Judy Garland, Madonna, Heart and more, all while celebrating her poor life choices. Plan B! is co-written by Scott with Adam Hetrick (Playbill.com) and music direction by Jesse Kissel (The Visit, Leap of Faith) and direction by Seth Sklar-Heyn (Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera).

Howard Fishman
Tuesday, May 16 at 7PM
$15 Advance / $20 Door

Howard Fishman has been a perennial Joe's Pub favorite from day one. Whether he's launching a new album, debuting a new project, or bringing in a batch of songs with the ink still wet, our audiences know that whatever he does here will be fresh and unexpected, and that he'll be joined by some of the fiercest, most soulful musical talent in the city. Come see the latest from the iconic Brooklyn songster who The New York Times says "transcends time and idiom" and who Village Voice describes as "motley and fearless and something of a shock."

Charlie Mars
Tuesday, May 16 at 9:30PM
$20

Troubadour and touring road warrior Charlie Mars' most recent album, The Money, is the third and final album from his Texas Trilogy (Like a Bird, Like a Plane and Blackberry Light), the trio of albums recorded in Texas. With help from producer Billy Harvey and musicians J.J. Johnson, John Ginty, and George Reiff, Mars's The Money finds him on a zigzagging odyssey through the darkness in search of the light. Musically, the album is in the tradition of fellow Southern minimalists Tony Joe White and J.J. Cale.

REVOLUTION HANGOUT: ANTHEMS OF ANXIETY & RESISTANCE FROM THE Dan Fishback SONGBOOK
GUESTS: Chip Zien, Molly Pope AND Cole Escola
Thursday, May 18 at 9:30PM
$25

Musical theater probably won't topple fascism, but it couldn't hurt! At the dawn of this terrifying new era, playwright/performer Dan Fishback presents a night of songs from The Material World Trilogy -- a series of plays about Jewish resistance and Jewish trauma, spanning two millennia from the ancient Hebrew revolt against the Greek Empire to Jewish opposition to Israeli apartheid. Joined by a coterie of stars from Broadway and beyond including Chip Zien, Molly Pope and Cole Escola, Revolution Hangout will feature music from The Material World (named one of the "Top 10 shows of 2012" by Time Out New York), and mark the debut of songs from the trilogy's upcoming final chapter, Rubble Rubble. Revolution Hangout is directed by Stephen Brackett with musical direction from Matthew Aument.

Shaina Taub
GUEST: Rachel Bloom
Friday, May 19 at 9:30PM
$20

Songwriter/performer Shaina Taub sets up camp this year at Joe's Pub with a monthly concert residency. Each show will be a creative laboratory as she and her band debut new songs. You can also expect lots of selections from Old Hats and Visitors as well as special guests joining along the way. The special guest for Friday's show is Rachel Bloom (star and creator of The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). Upcoming performances include Jo Lampert (June 26) and Ali Stroker (July 19).

THE CLAUDETTES FT. ESZTER BALINT
Friday, May 19 at 11:30PM
$15

The Claudettes fuse Windy City piano blues with the full-throttle energy of rockabilly and punk, jazz-age echoes of burlesque and vaudeville and the sultriness of '60s pop-soul to write a thrilling new chapter in American roots music. Group founder Johnny Iguana mashes the piano alongside singer Berit Ulseth, bassist/singer Zach Verdoorn and drummer Matt Torre. Iguana, who toured for years with his cult-favorite rock band oh my god, is also a member of two Grammy-nominated groups: Chicago Blues - A Living History and the Muddy Waters 100 Band. He has toured or recorded with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, James Cotton and more.

MAKING MOVIES
Saturday, May 20 at 9:30PM
$15 Advance / $20 Doors

Making Movies is an American rock and roll band that entrances audiences with their interweaving of Afro-Latino rhythms and psychedelic riffs. Armed with their ambitious and politically charged new album, I Am Another You, the band punches out one high-energy song after another with theatrics and improvisation littered throughout. Their culture gives way to dynamics too: at times front-man Enrique Chi trades his electric guitar for a folkloric Panamanian mejorana, and Juan-Carlos Chaurand hop off drums and percussion to instead supply the rhythmic pulse with dueling zapateados, a traditional dance from Guadalajara, Mexico. The band's political idea is straightforward enough that they can express it in four words: "We are all immigrants." In supporting that cause, a portion of all proceeds from the upcoming album will go to the National Immigration Law Center.

ZENEN ZEFERINO FT. RADIO JAROCHO - ZOONGORO BAILONGO
Sunday, May 21 at 3PM and 7PM
$20

In association with New York City Children's Theater, composer, musician and children's book author Zenen Zeferino will perform a family-friendly concert with Radio Jarocho, the premiere son jarocho group in New York City. Zenen and Radio Jarocho will play traditional music and original compositions, including songs that inspired Zoongoro Bailongo, Zenen's collection of children's stories about animals who transform into musical instruments. Playwright Georgina Escobar has been commissioned to adapt Zoongoro Bailongo for the stage, with a tour to New York City schools planned for fall 2017. Jarana player Zenen Zeferino Huervo has been one of the major figures in the field of son jarocho (the traditional music of Veracruz) and is largely responsible for reviving the genre in contemporary performance. He is currently doing an artistic residency with Radio Jarocho, pioneers in the preservation of son jarocho in the East Coast and strong promoters of Mexican music and dance in the United States.

Jill Hennessy
Sunday, May 21 at 9:30PM
$20

Jill Hennessy is best known for her starring roles on Law & Order and Crossing Jordan (nominated for a People's Choice Award), and Nuremberg (won a Golden Satellite Award). Hennessy was also a regular on the HBO series Luck, which starred Dustin Hoffman, as well as the international series Jo, shot in Paris opposite Jean Reno. Shel was recently featured in several episodes of the CBS hit drama The Good Wife and appeared in a recurring role on the CBS hit political drama Madam Secretary starring Tea Leoni. As a singer/songwriter, Hennessy wrote all of the music and lyrics on her albums Ghost In My Head and I Do. She performed on the Lilith Tour with Sarah McLachlan, The Indigo Girls and the Dixie Chicks and was featured on The Indigo Girls' live album Staring Down The Brilliant Dream.

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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 Artistic Director 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 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 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 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's work is also seen on tour throughout the U.S. and internationally and in collaborations and co-productions with regional and international theaters. The Public is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning acclaimed American musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and in spring 2017, Lynn Nottage's acclaimed new play Sweat. The Public has received 59 Tony Awards, 168 Obie Awards, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics Awards, and five Pulitzer Prizes.

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