Storm Large, Largo, Penny Arcade, GOD HATES THIS SHOW and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 11/2
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 21, 2014
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its upcoming shows this week, October 22 through November 2, 2014. Visit us at www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows. Details below!
Wednesday, October 22 at 7:00PM
$22
Since her celebrated turn in Stew and Heidi Rodewald's Passing Strange on Broadway, writer-performer Eisa Davis has turned toward making a new musical of her own. This two time Obie winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist with a "supple voice" (Time Out) returns to Joe's with original, infectious songs from the fresh and soulful score, along with audience favorites from her catalog. With a style that veers from witty to heart rending, her irresistible sound will lift your spirit long after the sweet, late harvest chords have faded away.
BLACK ROCK COALITION ORCHESTRA's PEOPLE HOLD ON: THE POLITICIAN SOUL OF MOTOWN
Wednesday, October 22 at 9:30PM
$18
The Black Rock Coalition Orchestra, in the midst of present-day civil unrest, and an all-star cast of featured luminaries will perform classic and rare Motown anthems to Black political struggle on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Repertoire will include classics and rarities by Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Edwin Starr, Syreeta, Smokey Robinson, Martha & The Vandellas and more, songs that speak to the precarious political condition of African-Americans for the last half-century.
STORM LARGE: LE BONHEUR ALBUM RELEASE
Thursday, October 23 at 10:00PM
Friday and Saturday, October 24-25 at 9:30PM
$27 Adv / $32 Doors
On delectable new album Le Bonheur (Heinz Records), soulful siren Storm Large flips classic songs head over heels. An epic orchestral rendition of Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin," stark harmonies for an "Unchained Melody" and a barn-burning version of Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love" are just some of the gems on Le Bonheur, the entrancing new album from Portland based songstress Storm Large. Together with her band (also called Le Bonheur), the vocalist brings raw sophistication and a symphonic palette to a collage of American songbook chanson française, glam rock and heavy metal.
THE LIFE + DEATH OF KENYON PHILLIPS
Friday, October 24 at 7:00PM
$22
The Life + Death of Kenyon Phillips is a rock opera that uses an immersive rock-cabaret-variety show format to explore the past, present and future of downtown performance artist Kenyon Phillips. In addition to Kenyon and his all-girl backing band, The Ladies In Waiting, the cast includes cultural critic and nightlife personality Michael Musto, actress Rachel Ticotin (TOTAL RECALL) and a host of acrobats, burlesquers, magicians, and other shining stars from the NY underground.
Heavily influenced by Max Ophül's Lola Montes, Fellini's 8 1/2 and the entire John Waters canon, The Life + Death of Kenyon Phillips is a hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking examination of identity, responsibility and truth.
MOA: MAVERICK ALBUM RELEASE, FEATURING SASLOW
Friday, October 24 at 11:30PM
$12
Max Wild, jazz musician turned electronic producer under the moniker MOA, celebrates the release of his debut full-length album, Maverick. His new sound effortlessly merges electronic and acoustic elements, drawing from a rich sonic palette that ranges from electro-pop, dubstep, jazz, and African rhythms.
His musical influences are as diverse as his musical background, ranging from Flume, Disclosure, Radiohead, Big Gigantic, John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Oliver Mtukudzi. By day, he teaches electronic music production at Dubspot. By night, MOA is part of an organic movement, with the likes of Big Gigantic, STS9 and Griz, that combines skillful instrumentation with dance floor beats.
BRIDGET BARKAN IN DIRTY LAUNDRY
Saturday, October 25 at 7:30
$15 Adv / $20 Doors
Bridget Barkan debuts her newest show Bridget Barkan in Dirty Laundry. Barkan is a native New Yorker who's been working since birth, literally. From child actress in commercials and Sesame Street, to films like HBO's Everyday People, Sherrybaby with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brian De Palma's Redacted, God's Pocket with Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Steven Soderbergh's show The Knick, and a recurring role as the one legged hooker on Law & Order: SVU. Barkan has appeared in various Manhattan Theatre Club productions, she was in the original production of Dog Sees God, and a workshop of Spring Awakening. Barkan has toured the world with pop/glam band the Scissor Sisters. She has recorded with legendary house DJ and producer Todd Terry and released her own album Dear Stranger.
Sunday, October 26 at 7:00PM
$20-$50
The Public Theater's Public Forum continues with DRAMA CLUB: SEAGULLS, a reading and discussion of a rarely seen one-act play by Caryl Churchill. When Valery uses her telekinetic powers to thwart a shoplifter, she becomes a global celebrity. But where did her powers come from, and what happens if they fade? In SEAGULLS, one of our greatest living playwrights explores the power and the danger of extraordinary abilities. Cynthia Nixon will lead the cast, which includes Ninja Master & fitness guru Mark Fisher, playwright Rinne Groff and choreographer Elizabeth Streb.
MATHIAS KUNZLI: PLAYGROUND ALBUM RELEASE, FEATURING SXIP SHIREY
Sunday, October 26 at 9:30PM
$14 Adv / $18 Doors
Multi-disciplined drummer/percussionist Mathias Kunzli is celebrating the release of his album Playground, a live recording of an all-improvised solo show. Kunzli creates music from the heart. Through his improvisations he invites his audience on a journey between dreamy sound scapes and heavy hitting beats. He has toured or recorded with Regina Spektor, Moby, Lauryn Hill, Yo-Yo Ma Silk Road Project, Vieux Farka Toure, John Zorn, The Paul Winter Consort, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Brooklyn Rider.
Monday, October 27 at 7:00PM
$20-$75
The seventh annual Living for Today: "Shing-a-Ling: A Night with the Broadway Urchins" is a concert that will make you "feel the sturm und drang in the air!" Carla J. Hargrove, Trisha Jeffrey, DeQuina Moore, the three Urchins from Broadway's Little Shop of Horrors, will take to the stage in a concert of their very own, featuring hits from radio and the stage.
The concert benefits Gilana's Fund, and is produced and directed by David Alpert (If/Then, The Trip to Bountiful, The Best Man) with musical direction by Jason Wetzel (After Midnight) and has welcomed such stars as Idina Menzel, Vanessa Williams, Candice Bergen, Alice Ripley, Tituss Burgess, LaChanze, Tony Yazbeck, Lena Hall and more.
CAST AND LOOSE LIVE!
Monday, October 27 at 9:30PM
$25 Adv/$30 Door
Cast & Loose returns to Joe's with Cast & Loose Live! Back To School Night. With the school year in full swing, Cast & Loose takes wayward breakdown authors - student and professional alike - back to school, while benefiting the Reading Rainbow Adopt-a-Classroom program.
Based on actor and writer Lynne Marie Rosenberg's Tumblr, Cast & Loose is "your daily dose of show business misogyny, racism and general absurdity." The evening regales the audience of crazy casting notices - a hilarious mix of stereotypes, pigeon-holing and requests for tasteful, non-union nudity, re-enacted by our special guests: Lauren Blumenfeld (The Assembled Parties), Emilio Delgado (Sesame Street), Amber Gray (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812), Nick Westrate (Casa Valentina) and Ching Valdes-Aran (Sex and The City Movie)Tuesday, October 28 at 7:30PM
$20
Alan Doyle always loved the spotlight. Although he was a natural leader, there was no place for a singer or guitar player in the Petty Harbour, NL school band, so he learned drums, all the better to make the maximum impact. His performing skills were honed as a solo artist in the city's pubs, standing on wee stages, belting out folk songs and the classic rock for rowdy patrons. In 1993, he joined forces with fellow pub warriors Sean McCann, Bob Hallett, and Darrell Power, and together they started Great Big Sea, where they fused Newfoundland traditional music with their own pop sensibilities. Two decades later, GBS continues to astonish crowds around the world with their energy, musical skill and an ingrained inability to take themselves too seriously. Their nine albums and two DVD releases have been declared Gold or Platinum.
Tuesday, October 28 at 9:30PM
$20 Adv/$25 Door
Briclyn Entertainment presents the 2nd Annual Pink Alive concert, which commemorates Breast Cancer Awareness Month while honoring timeless music and legends in the making. Headlining artists include Jazz/R&B/soul sensations Dontae Winslow, Zo! with Carmen Rodgers, Laurin Talese. The evening is hosted by two-time GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Eric Roberson.
PELIROJA with SPECIAL GUEST DJ BONGOHEAD
Wednesday, October 29 at 7:30PM
$12 Adv / $15 Door
Producer and guitarist Jacob Plasse united some of his oldest friends - players from the Daptones, Pedrito Martinez Group and Los Hacheros - to form Peliroja, a New York collective inspired by the sounds of Ethiopia, Dominican Republic, Cuba and the Congo. Their debut album Injusticia was released on August 19th on Chulo Records. "Some of the musicians in Peliroja and I would meet up after school on Jane Street in the West Village, at a stoop with some Old English, a spliff and a tape deck," says Plasse, "We were gangly, awkward 15 year-olds and not cool by any means. I'm not sure how we became obsessed with obscure 70s funk and Afrobeat music, but that's what we would listen to: The 3 Sounds, Lyn Collins, Africa 70."
Produced and co-written by Plasse, Injusticia's groove is deep, driven by the Daptones' rhythm section - drummer Homer Steinweiss and bassist Nick Movshon - play off the polyrhythms of Carlos Padron's timbales and Jhair Salas' congas, forming a new fusion of old sounds. Jainardo Batista's vocals soar over these rhythms, propelled by Mike Eckroth's mercurial arrangements.
THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH with CATIE LAZARUS
Wednesday, October 29 at 9:30PM
$20
Ever wonder what it's like to have a dreamy job? Comedian Catie Lazarus did too, so she created the Employee of the Month show, an utterly addictive, candid, fun talk show about work. The New York Times calls Employee of the Month "beloved" and Black Book calls it "hilarious."
For her October show, Lazarus, who suffers from self-diagnosed Seasonal Affective Disorder, celebrates the people who make paying for cable, Netflix, Hulu, or sharing your HBO Go PW worthwhile. Her guests are actor Alex Borstein (Family Guy, Shameless, HBO's Getting On), producer Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine, Synechdoche), Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Wesley Morris (Grantland, ESPN) and comedians Ilana Glazer & Abbi Jacobson (Broad City). There will also be comedy and music from Shockwave (Freestyle Love Supreme), Eric Biondo (Antibalas), and more surprises.
LARGO: A NIGHT OF SONG FROM THE ICONIC CONCEPT ALBUM
Thursday, October 30 at 7:00PM
$25
Largo is an ambitious work of American music - part blues, part rock, part Celtic, and part classical. Loosely inspired by the works of composer Antonin Dvo?ák, his trip to New York, and his symphony From the New World, the concept album was a brilliant example of storytelling and songwriting, unreeling tales told through the voices of diverse group of Americans. Chertoff, Hyman, Forman and Bazilian collaborated on Largo, calling on an astounding lineup of artists including Taj Mahal, Levon Helm, Carole King, The Chieftains, Cyndi Lauper, Joan Osborne and more.
This show is the first step in re-envisioning the iconic work for the theater. The night will feature the vocal performances of Margot Bingham, Little Isidore, Mutlu, Jeffrey Gaines, Veronica Forman and Willie Nile. The live band features Hyman and Bazilian with William Wittman, Tommy Williams and Phil Cimino.
Thursday, October 30 at 9:30PM
$20
Hudson Shad returns to their NYC spawning grounds (since last spotted in 2008 at Carnegie Hall) for their first solo show in more than a decade. Like their euryhaline namesake, Hudson Shad is as comfortable in the salty seas of contemporary classical music as they are in the cool fresh waters of the Great American Songbook. For their Joe's Pub debut, Hudson Shad will play hits from the 20s through the 90s, combining their elegant vocal delivery with their signature brand of feather-light humor, originally choreographed by Broadway legend Patricia Birch. In 1992, the NYTimes praised Hudson Shad's "perfect pitch," and in 2014 the LATimes called them "superb."
NY THEREMIN SOCIETY: GHOST IN THE MACHINE
Friday, October 31 at 7:00PM
$17
The quintessential instrument of horror and suspense, the Theremin will be played by Theremin virtuosos Dorit Chrysler and Rob Schwimmer on Halloween. Blood curdling soundtracks, the Voice of Madness and the Subconscious are representative of the Theremin's long history in cinema, but tonight also expect innovative original compositions showcasing the instrument's capacities and its possible sound of the future. Indulge in the perfect soundtrack for your spooky Halloween night! Chrysler and Schwimmer helm the NY Theremin Society.
GOD HATES THIS SHOW STARRING ERIN MARKEY
Friday, October 31 at 9:30PM
$18
The preeminent off-Broadway bound Westboro Baptist Church musical returns! GOD HATES THIS SHOW is a holy ghost-filled cabaret/arena rock show set in a sadistic flame filled haunted house/lounge located in the heart of Hell's Magnificent Mile where the fashion is flawless, the heat is pretty hot, and the demons can't wait to show you a good time. And by show you a good time, we mean rip you apart and put you back together again. Gnash your teeth, ladies and gentlemen. It's time to get dead, get drunk and get damned.
Saturday, November 1 at 7:00PM
$20
Dubbed 'Best Lounge Act of 2009' by New York Magazine, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra play an edgy brand of jazz/folk/alternative nosh with a chewy singer-songwriter center. With melancholy wit and a cockeyed worldview, sepia-toned frontman 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 NPR and radio stations around the country.
Saturday, November 1 at 9:30PM
$25-$35
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. Divided into two sections - "singles" mix in the front and become active participants in the show while "voyeurs" watch from the back as the provocative and irreverent Dr. Alex dispenses sex advice from her new book Never Sleep Alone. Singles are invited to join Dr. Alex on stage for free champagne, blind dates and interactive demonstrations. The night continues at an exclusive after-party with a secret location.
Those interested in participating live at the show, or would like to share your opinions on dating/sex (anonymous letters welcome) with the audience can send requests to NSAshow@gmail.com.
Sunday, November 2 at 7:00PM
$22
Award-winning writer and performer Tim Realbuto just turned 30 and is struggling with where he fits in the world, where he has been and where he is going. In this deeply personal, poignant, and hilarious show Tim will tell the (mostly) true story of how he grew up in show business and went from former child actor to the adult writer of the popular new Broadway-bound musical Ghostlight. Expect an evening filled with plenty of well-known tunes, originals, diva impressions, gift giveaways and special guest appearances from popular stars of stage and screen. Was Tim ever a wunderkind? Is it too late to become one now? Isn't that the funniest sounding word ever?
Written and conceived by Realbuto, with musical direction by Julianne B. Merrill, the show features Jenna Leigh Green ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"), Derek Klena (Dogfight), Laurissa Romain (South Pacific), Kimberly Faye Greenberg (Danny and Sylvia) and more.
PENNY ARCADE: LONGING LASTS LONGER
Sundays and Monday, November 2, 3 & 9 at 9:30PM
Monday, November 10 at 7:00PM
$20
Penny Arcade returns to Joe's Pub after three years of nonstop touring in Europe's capitols just when the new tide of political correctness threatens to sink radical comedy under the weight of New York City's suburbanization. The international performance legend whose name has become globally synonymous with "Downtown New York Art" makes it safe to think and laugh at the same time! An evening of dangerous ideas and radical inquiry by the undisputed Queen of Underground Performance into what it means to be human, right now! Right here!
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'sPub 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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