Unitard, The Secret Quartet, Women of Letters and More Set for This Week at Joe's Pub

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances this week, May 31 - June 11, 2017. Scroll down for details!

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UNITARD: TARD CORE - THERE ARE NO SAFE WORDS
Wednesday, May 31 at 7PM
Wednesday, June 28 at 7PM
$20
Buckle up your bustier and bite down on your ball-gag because Unitard -- NYC's naughtiest, nastiest, no-holds-barred comic trio -- is back! These arbiters of biting bitchiness and snappy satire are returning to Joe's Pub with Tard Core - There Are No Safe Words, just in time to give our crappy culture the tasteless tongue-lashing it deserves. Made up of The Combined talents of Mike Albo (former New York Times columnist and author of The Underminer, as well as an established solo performer), Nora Burns (of the comedy group The Nellie Olesons, featured in film and TV) and David Ilku (Featured in film and TV, and member of the Dueling Bankheads). "Incredibly vicious and relentlessly hilarious" says Time Out New York.

Celisse Henderson
Wednesday, May 31 at 9:30PM
$16
Celisse Henderson is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, performer and spoken word artist. Her deep and varied career has seen her on stage, from the recent revival of Godspell at Circle in the Square Theater to Bridget Everett's Rock Bottom at Joe's Pub at The Public; on television, in PBS's The Electric Company, 30 Rock, Rescue Me, and more; and, in concert, at venues ranging from Beacon Theater in support of Mariah Carey, to MGM Grand Garden Arena with Phish, to Apollo Theater with Melissa Etheridge. Above all, it's her prodigious talents as a singer-songwriter and musician that defines Henderson. Her original music, powered by her soulful voice, is hard-rocking and blues-tinged with infectious hooks that stay with you.

THE LOSERS LOUNGE TRIBUTE TO FLEETWOOD MAC
Thursday, June 1 at 7PM
Friday, June 2 at 7PM and 9:30PM
Saturday, June 3 at 7PM and 9:30PM
$25
In a very special tribute to Fleetwood Mac, Joe McGinty and The Losers Lounge is back at Joe's Pub on June 1-3 with all of the incredible songs, Great Performances, irreverent antics and special guests that you can only find at The Losers Lounge. The Losers are a NYC-based band that started out playing small clubs on the Lower East Side in 1993. Now in their 23rd year, the band performs every other month at Joe's Pub, plus shows at Lincoln Center, selling out regularly. Known for their incredible interpretations of classics, the Losers have grown into a unique performance experience that combines music, comedy and cabaret. They return with the irreverent antics and special guests that you can only find on their stage.

CLOVES
Thursday, June 1 at 10PM
$15
The Melbourne-raised Kaity Dunstan, who sings under the name Cloves, released her EP, XIII, that had fans of the vocal greats of yesteryear dusting down the superlatives and pinching themselves in disbelief. Not yet twenty years old, Cloves already has the voice of a veteran. In her songs, feelings are hinted at rather than shouted from the rooftops, but you can hear the hurt in every bar.

DIANE CLUCK
Sunday, June 4 at 7:30PM
$15
Diane Cluck is a singer-songwriter of intuitive folk music. Her vocal style has been noted for its distinctly clipped, glottal beauty, described by NPR as "an unlikely mix of Aaron Neville, the Baka people, and Joni Mitchell ... unaffected yet unusual." Diane accompanies herself on various instruments including guitar, piano, harmonium, zither, toy accordion, and a copper pipe instrument she built by hand. She employs singing as a healing, textural experience in which her audience may wander, ponder, or simply be.

SACHA YANOW: DAD BAND
Sunday, June 4 at 9:30PM
$15
Dad Band is an intimate psychological portrait of the Sacha Yanow's father, her internalized dad, and patriarchy in general. For one night only, Dad Band covers and lip synchs to his favorite songs from the '50s and '60s, shares footage of his 1970s winning appearance on the To Tell the Truth game show, presents motivational speeches, and more. His button-down shirts become his costumes, his yellow notepad - usually reserved for stock market details - contains his set list, and his Agatha Christie novel collection and Wall Street Journal become his props. Over the course of the evening, we get to know Dad as he dances, sings, screams, and lectures.

THE SECRET QUARTET: JOHN KING'S FREE PALESTINE QUARTETS
Monday, June 5 at 7PM
$20
The Secret Quartet comprises four individual artists known for championing new music: Cornelius Dufallo, violin (ETHEL, Ne(x)tworks), Jennifer Choi, violin (ETHEL, Either/Or), Lev Zhurbin, viola (Ljova and the Kontraband), and Yves Dharamraj, cello (Ne(x)tworks, Ensemble ACJW). They join forces for an engaging performances of the contemporary repertoire. They will be celebrating the album release of John King's Free Palestine quartets on New World Records. Free Palestine is an ongoing set of pieces employing Arabic pitch and rhythmic modes which explore sonic, structural and temporal freedoms.

John Kelly SINGS Joni Mitchell: DOWN TO YOU
Tuesday, June 6 at 7PM
Friday, June 9 at 9:30PM
$20
Down To You is a concert version of John Kelly's acclaimed tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. This version is performed without the usual theatrical costumes, focused instead on songs from the various stages of Mitchell's career, sung in Kelly's signature 3 octave voice, and playing her unique guitar tunings and the dulcimer that she gave him upon first seeing his performance. Music Direction by Zecca Esquibel. John Kelly is a performance and visual artist. Over the course of his four-decade-long career he has created over 30 group and solo performance works including Pass The Blutwurst, Bitte, Find My Way Home, and Paved Paradise: The Art of Joni Mitchell.

CHRYSTA BELL FT. STUART MATTHEWMAN
Tuesday, June 6 at 9:30PM
$15
Chrysta Bell, longtime musical partner of David Lynch, will release her sophomore album We Dissolve with Mercury Prize-winning producer John Parish, a longtime PJ Harvey collaborator, on June 9. Recorded in Bristol, UK, We Dissolve is a pop record with elements of soul, rock and jazz that features contributions from guest artists including Adrian Utley (Portishead), keyboardist Geoff Downes (Asia, Yes) and drone metal guitarist Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))). The chanteuse-actress will also be starring in the new Twin Peaks on Showtime.

WOMEN OF LETTERS
GUESTS: ANURADHA BHAGWATI, ANNA DREZEN, MARIE FAUSTIN, AUDREY GELMAN, Elizabeth Gilbert, AND ISA CHANDRA MOSKOWITZ
Wednesday, June 7 at 7PM
SOLD OUT
Women of Letters is everyone's favorite literary salon! Every month, New York's best and brightest women come together on stage to celebrate the lost art of letter writing. Expect laughter, tears, and camaraderie as host Sofija Stefanovic welcomes guests reading "A letter to the best mistake I ever made." Together on stage for the first time ever are special guests including acclaimed writer, activist, and Marine Corps veteran Anuradha Bhagwati; esteemed comic and writer for Saturday Night Live Anna Drezen; beloved stand-up and Moth storyteller Marie Faustin; revered co-founder and CEO of The Wing Audrey Gelman; International bestselling author and memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert; and, celebrated vegan chef and columnist Isa Chandra Moskowitz. The show attracts guests of the highest caliber, from all disciplines. Women of Letters veterans include: Molly Ringwald, Kathleen Turner, Martha Wainwright, Siri Hustvedt, Edie Falco, Susan Orlean, Tavi Gevinson, Amber Tamblyn, and many more. Proceeds from Women of Letters shows are regularly donated to charity, with over $750,000 being raised globally to date. The proceeds from this performance will be donated to Planned Parenthood New York.

THE HEAVENS: THE ATHEIST GOSPEL TROMBONE CHOIR
Wednesday, June 7 at 9:30PM
$15
The Heavens is seven of New York City's most soul-stirring trombone players gathering for an astonishing testament to the power of reason. Playing music from their album as well as arrangements of classic tunes by the Famous Blue Jay Singers, Madison's Lively Stones, and the Mississippi Nightingales. The New York Times says, "The thrilling moments of the set were the trickiest, in a more-or-less jazz sense, when the phrasing swung and stopped short and the horns separated into overlapping questions and answers, as in Mr. Garchik's Optimism; or the loudest, when continuous lines overlapped."

Gary Lucas FT. Feifei Yang
Thursday, June 8 at 7:30PM
$20
Guitarist extraordinaire and Grammy-nominated songwriter Gary Lucas has been called "one of the best and most original guitarists in America" by Rolling Stone, and no more so than in his solo acoustic playing. "Awesome fingerpicking skills" is how the Japan Times put it, describing Lucas' breathtaking solo acoustic playing. His solo acoustic concerts are a tour de force of bluesy and soulful finger-style guitar, and Lucas' covers the waterfront, everything from his original songs (the man has released over twenty acclaimed albums, including the solo acoustic Evangeline, which was Billboard's Pick of the Week upon release), a tributes to Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart (two of Lucas' closest associates-- Gary co-wrote Buckley's "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", and was a member of avant-garde avatar Captain Beefheart's Magic Band), to his own arrangements of country blues, Wagner and Dvorak, Gershwin and Sun Ra, famous film themes, and much more. Feifei Fang is an award-winning vocalist and erhu player from mainland China who has performed at The Times Square New Year's Eve Countdown, Carnegie Hall, the Barclay's Center, New York Fashion Week, and many other notable venues and institutions. She will perform Gary's well-known song "Grace", co-written with Jeff Buckley, and several 1930s Chinese pop classics. Gary and Feifei along with Jason Candler are currently recording Vol. Two of Gary's celebrated 1930s Chinese pop album The Edge of Heaven.

BRANDON SEABROOK: DIE TROMMEL FATALE ALBUM RELEASE
Thursday, June 8 at 9:30PM
$15
Guitarist Brandon Seabrook's pre-apocalyptic summit, oozing centuries of purloined caterwauls, Die Trommel Fatale is a poly-rhythmic exploration of the dark side of the drum, layering cello, bass, electronics, voice and guitar against dichotomous drummers. In part inspired by the Peruvian jungle, feature string drones and ghostly vocals evoking ancient shamanic landscapes designed to eviscerate the listener. In discarding the use of cymbals, Die Trommel Fatale melds the primal propulsion of the drums with tight ensemble passages and solo experimentations. Cinematic landscapes emerge from a bone shaking fusion of drums, guitar and guttural shrieks.

PATRICIA LOCKWOOD: ANSWER SONGS FT. BEN ARTHUR AND SASHA DOBSON
Friday, June 9 at 7PM
$20
In this live reading and music performance, rock star poet Patricia Lockwood and songwriter Ben Arthur join for a special night exploring the hazy intersection between literature and music. How does one artist's ideas, characters and sounds inspire and inform new ideas, characters and sounds? Lockwood will read a piece from her catalogue, and Ben and special guests will play songs they have written in response.

THE BEARDED LADIES: MARLENE AND THE MACHINE - A GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST CABARET
Saturday, June 10 at 7PM
$15 Advance / $20 Door
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret bring their unique style of cabaret to Joe's Pub with Marlene and The Machine: A German Expressionist Cabaret. Combining the music of Marlene Dietrich, Fiona Apple, and Regina Spektor with the visual and musical language of German Expressionism and the Weimar era, they create a fable for the digital age. Join your host, Marlene Dietrich, the well-aged actress, who is giving musical seminars on emotional control. Audiences enter a shadowy, atonal world in which The Bearded Ladies blur the lines between humanity, music, and machine. Elaborate cardboard cityscapes, live recreations of expressionist films and a host of familiar songs sung in unfamiliar ways mark this late night event. Philadelphia Inquirer calls this piece: "intense and illuminating...a cabaret that probes the boundaries between the chaos of uncontrolled emotion and the veneer of manufactured control."

AH MER AH SU WITH OPENER MACY RODMAN
Saturday, June 10 at 9:30PM
$15
Ah Mer Ah Su is the indie electronic pop moniker of Star Amerasu, she effortlessly blends her voice with intricate beats and twinkling syths. Her voice has been compared to Nina Simone, and her music is a synthesis of choir kid meets club kid and in a whole league of it's own. Early 2017 saw the release of her critically acclaimed 2nd EP Rebecca. Macy Rodman is a New York City-based recording artist and producer whose debut EP HELP was released in 2016. Macy's work contains elements of Pop, Punk, and Dance/Electronic music and tackles subject matter like fear and safety, ennui, and her trans experience. In 2015, Macy released "Lazy Girl" as the first single from HELP, along with a video directed by Josef Kraska. "Lazy Girl" was notably featured in Vice and ArtForum, and in the latter, pop producer Sophie named Macy as one of their favorites acts of 2015. Rodman follows up HELP with her first full length LP The Lake due out in June 2017 with electronic label Sweat Equity.

SARA SERPA AND ANDRÉ MATOS
Sunday, June 11 at 7:30PM
$15
The combination of the voice and guitar of Sara Serpa and André Matos is magic, dazzling and calm. The Portuguese native and New York based artists work together since 2005. They achieved to create a unique sonic world, drawing upon pure and contemplative sounds through a personal approach to melody and poetry. Their musical identity reveals both their Portuguese culture as well as a certain allure inspired by the creative artistic environment of New York. Together they have released two albums, widely acclaimed by the press: Primavera (2014) and All The Dreams (2016), presented at Joe's Pub last September. For this performance, the duo presents their music with a new setting, accompanied by strings and drums.

Michela Marino Lerman
Sunday, June 11 at 9:30PM
$15 Advance / $20 Door
Michela Marino Lerman is a globally sought after tap dance artist, performer, choreographer, educator, and all-around creative spirit. Since debuting on Sesame Street at the age of 5, she has dazzled audiences by her extraordinary rhythmic expression and musical sensitivity - Michela makes music with her feet. The Huffington Post described her as "a hurricane of rhythm so tightly syncopated it caused many jaws to drop" and The New York Times has called her both a "prodigy" and deemed her dancing as "flashes of brilliance." This performance is part of the Michael Mwenso-curated Melting Pot series, chronicles the meaning of leaving home and finding yourself, and the one you love, along the way.

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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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