Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Anthony Rapp, JOSEPHINE & I and More Set for Joe's Pub, 4/1-12

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its nightly performances, April 1-12, 2015. Details below!

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JOSEPHINE & I

PART OF THE PUBLIC THEATER'S 2014-15 SEASON

Tuesdays-Sundays, NOW-April 5 at 7PM

Plus Sundays at 3PM

$40-50 / $30 Members

Following a critically acclaimed run at London's Bush Theatre, Olivier nominated actress and writer CUSH JUMBO (The River, Julius Caesar, "Getting On") brings her "tour de force" (Times) one-woman show JOSEPHINE AND I to the Public Theater. Of the current production, The New York Times said, "Cush Jumbo is transfixing!" Featuring swinging jazz and ragtime rhythms, this theatrical event, directed by Tony nominee PHYLLIDA LLOYD (Julius Caesar, Mary Stuart, The Iron Lady, Mamma Mia!), interweaves a modern day story of an ambitious young woman with the fascinating life of the peerless, fearless Josephine Baker - first African-American performer to rise to international prominence, a French Resistance spy and civil rights activist, and muse to Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.

CAROLYN WONDERLAND W/ OPENER SHELLEY KING

Wednedsay, April 1 at 9:30PM

$16

Carolyn Wonderland has never forgotten where she came from. On her new album Peace Meal (Bismeaux), she brings the hard-won lessons of her own blessed life to stories from the world's best-known and most beloved songwriters (Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Robert Hunter, Elmore James and Robert Johnson) to create a menu of sustaining, satisfying songs that offers musical food for thought to her growing legions of fans. Produced by a slew of Grammy-winners including long-time supporter and inspiration, Ray Benson (produced Wonderland's 2008 breakthrough album Miss Understood), Larry Campbell (the force behind The Band drummer Levon Helm and his recent comeback) and founding Monkee, Michael Nesmith. Shelley King plays the opening set for Carolyn Wonderland. Known for her soulful, gospel-tinged country sound, King returns to New York on our stage.

BROWN GIRLS BURLESQUE: LIL' KIM vs NICKI MINAJ

Thursday, April 2 at 9:30PM

$20

Brown Girls Burlesque bring their latest rendition of Last Night A DJ Saved My Life to Joe's Pub. This time, they are throwing a Double Queen Jubilee, honoring Lil' Kim, who made rolling out to an awards show in a pasty a reasonable thing to do, and Nicki Minaj, who preaches the gospel of the unapologetic in two-story rainbow wigs. This night is straight from the mind of DJ Rimarkable to the bodies of Chicava HoneyChild, Essence Revealed, Sake Fevah, Jantina, Meana Maneater and Clementine Dandy. The BGB Lovelies are getting everything "did" - hair, nails, with heels and hype gear to match and celebrate two of Hip-Hop's greatest with all the sexy ferocity befitting a Double Queen Jubilee!

AZANIA NOAH W/ OPENER LYNETTE WILLIAMS, PRESENTED BY APUTUMPU

Friday, April 3 at 9:30PM

$15 Adv / $20 Door

Originally from Sierra Leone, Azania Noah is an award-winning, multi-cultural artist, who was raised in the U.S. & in Geneva, Switzerland. Her captivating voice, powerful energy and positive charisma make her a phenomenal performer and a joy to see on stage. She has performed over 800 concerts around the world, at venues like the famous Blue Note Jazz Club and the legendary Apollo, as well as the Blues Alley in Washington D.C. A true chameleon, Azania loves exploring various facets of her voice in different styles of music. During her 12+ years of classical opera voice training, she performed in many different bands of not only soul and funk, but various styles from jazz to disco, electro/house to gospel, reggae to musical theater.

Azania's compositions evolve from diverse musical influences. "I simply compose what I feel, and I'm inspired by different styles. To me what's most important is the message and emotion of each song. If you feel it, that's all that counts". Reflecting her warm personality, Azania's lyrics are often enriched with uplifting and positive messages. She's currently composing songs for a new album, co-produced by Jeremiah Abiah, to be released in 2015.

Harlem-grown singer songwriter Lynette Williams is a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music with an MBA. Williams wants only to pursue music, though. She is currently a back-up singer for Lauryn Hill both live and on Ms. Hill's recordings. Williams has also toured as back up for Miri Ben-Ari over the past two summers and she may be called accomplished by some for a singer still considered young to the Music industry. But Lynette Williams is a songwriter and an artist in her own right and is fighting to avoid becoming lost in in the background. Williams should be recognized for her own artistic prowess. Williams is on the cusp. This exquisite singer, who is both beautiful and enchanting is becoming recognized for her own material and as a recording artist in her own right.

SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA

Saturday-Friday, April 4-10 at 9:30PM

Monday-Friday, April 6-10 at 7:00PM

$35-45

This special run of shows by the dazzling Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, whose vitality, energy and passion have won accolades around the world will continue the legacy that they have built at their New York City home. Noche Flamenca maintains the essence, purity and integrity of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms, creating powerful performances that radiate off the intimate Joe's Pub stage. The company was founded in 1993 by artistic director Martin Santangelo and his Bessie award-winning wife Soledad Barrio. Recognized as Spain's leading flamenco touring company, Noche has been hailed for its authentic performances of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms - without the use of tricks or gimmicks.

SWEET MEGG & THE WAYFARERS / FERAL FOSTER

Saturday, April 4 at 11:30PM

$12 Adv / $15 Door

Sweet Megg and The Wayfarers will transport you, not to the past but to a new world of their own making. The band is led by the charmingly enigmatic Sweet Megg, who imbues each song with her own concoction of melancholy and euphoria that will delight you, surprise you, and break your heart all at once. The band seamlessly incorporates elements of Dixieland, Harlem swing, Parisian cabaret, and gut bucket blues into one charming musical performance. Saxophonist Ryan Weisheit reimagines a world where Sidney Bechet, Lester Young, and Charlie Parker blow side by side. Together Sweet Megg, Ryan, and all the Wayfarers create a world where jazz is alive and well and living in New York.

Feral Foster has been gigging in New York, across the country and in Europe for the past 10 years, capturing the imagination and attention of listeners with his impassioned singing and powerful songwriting. Foster draws from the deep wellspring of early blues, country, and jazz to tell human, contemporary stories, making for music that feels well­worn and strikingly fresh at the same time.

THE UNIVERSAL THUMP: THE SEDER-SONGWRITER PROJECT
Saturday, April 11 at 7:30PM
$15

Brooklyn-based The Universal Thump is led by Australian ex-pat singer-songwriter Greta Gertler Gold and producer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist Adam D Gold. They are known for their elaborate, sweeping orchestral pop approach to recordings and live shows. An all-inclusive, secular, humanist celebration, The Seder-Songwriter Project is a group of NYC's finest singer-songwriters, each performing one new song based on its story and/or rituals, culminating in a modern re-telling and re-interpretation of the Jewish holiday through contemporary song - a one-off "Musical Seder."

WUNNERFUL WUNNERFUL!: A TRIBUTE TO LAWRENCE WELK
Saturday, April 11 at 9:30PM

$20

Leslie Goshko and James Bewley co-host Wunnerful Wunnerful!, an all-new musical salute to spring inspired by the long-running Lawrence Welk television program. Bewley, as his alter ego Dale Seever, picks up the celebrated conductor's baton and tries his best to lead an evening of popular song as interpreted by a troupe of performers he's hand selected for the show. Far from a traditional tribute, the performance veers into unexpected territory as petty jealousies, forbidden passions, and over-sized egos of the cast are revealed. While viewers could only guess at what was going on behind the scenes on the Welk program, Wunnerful Wunnerful! highlights the real tensions of putting on a show, where things are sometimes not so wunnerful.

ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT'S ASKING FOR IT:
A ONE LADY RAPE ABOUT COMEDY STARRING HER PU--Y & LITTLE ELSE
Saturdays, April 11 & 18 at MIDNIGHT

$15

Adrienne Truscott presents her multi-award winning show Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pu--y and Little Else! Dressed only from the waist up and the ankles down, she undoes and does-in the rules and rhetoric about rape and comedy and the brilliant, awful or awkward laughs when the two collide. With commentary and "appearances" from George Carlin, Louis C. K. and Robert De Niro, she takes on ducks, pu--y-puppets, mini-skirts, rape whistles, Daniel Tosh, Bill Cosby and enough gin and tonics and bad behavior to get a girl in trouble. Of Asking For It, The Scotsman says "Without a doubt the most powerful hour of comedy on the Fringe."

PAYING THE RENT! FT. ANTHONY RAPP, DANIEL QUADRINO & MORE!
Sunday, April 12 at 7PM

$30-145

Anthony Rapp (RENT, If/Then), Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, Peter Pan: Live!), Tamika Lawrence (Matilda, If/Then), Dee Roscioli (Wicked) and more for a one-night only rock concert benefiting Uncompromising Artistry Productions, a brand new theater company based in NYC. The cast of UAP's RENT performs one night stateside before traveling to Scotland for a month long engagement as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: HIGH CONCEPT

Sunday, April 12 at 9:30PM

$20

Scream Along With Billy returns to Joe's Pub with an all new show for Easter. Billy Hough and Susan Goldberg bring their unorthodox theatricality and musical chops to HIGH CONCEPT, a tribute to the great concept albums from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to The Downward Spiral. The unabashed provocateurs will also include guests Michael Cunningham, Lili Taylor, Garagedogs and Joe Donohue in what John Waters calls "the bravest thing I've seen in 20 years."

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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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