Joe's Pub Announces Upcoming Events
By: Kelsey Denette May. 10, 2011
FULL CAST ANNOUNCED
BROOKLYN MOON: A STAGED READING AND CONCERT BY JC HOPKINS
Monday, May 23 at 9:30 PM
A brand new jazz swing burlesque musical by JC Hopkins, featuring Andromeda Turre, James Tyrone Lane, Alan Green & Karla Mosely
JUNE 5-8
JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND
Sundays, May 15, 22 and 29, June 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 9:30 PM
Mx Justin Vivian Bond's beloved Sunday residency continues through the end of June
Monday, June 6 at 7:30 PM
Seattle-based singer/songwriter Matt Alber's sound culls everything from chopped-up beats to children's choirs and bassoon arrangements
HAPPY ENDING MUSIC AND READING SERIES
Wednesday, June 8 at 7:00 PM
Amor Towles, Suzanne Bocanegra, Kyle de Camp & a soon-to-be-announced musical guest perform on the theme of community in collaboration with Yaddo
May 10, 2011 - For more information, photos, press tickets or artist contact information for the above upcoming shows, please read the full line up information below and send me an email. We've just added: Lady Rizo: An Unescorted Tribute to Nina Simone (5/20), Brooklyn Moon cast announced (5/23), Andrew Sterman: CD Pre-Release (5/31), Paul Sanchez (6/7), Happy Ending Music and Reading Series (6/8), Alfonso Velez (6/11), URDB.org Presents: RecordSetter LIVE! (6/18), Make Music New York featuring Andrew McKenna Lee, Barmaljova, Osekre, Hawthorne, Tracy Bonham, The Bandana Splits, M.A.K.U. Sound System, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra and The Whiskey Boys (6/21), CMA Songwriter Series feat. Easton Corbin (6/21 only), Clay Walker (6/22 only), Bob DiPiero, Carson Chamberlain & Mark D. Sanders (6/21 & 6/22) on sale Thur, May 12 at 2pm, & Our Hit Parade starring Bridget Everett, Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn (6/29). Click any of the links to go to the show's page on JOESPUB.COM.
FULL CAST ANNOUNCED
BROOKLYN MOON: A STAGED READING AND CONCERT BY JC HOPKINS
Monday, May 23 at 9:30 PM; $12
"Brooklyn Moon" A Staged Reading and Concert Words and Music by JC Hopkins Musical Director J Walter Hawkes Directed by Lauren Keating with:
Karla Mosely http://karlamosley.com
Alan Green www.alanhgreen.com
James Tyrone Lane /people/James_T._Lane
Andromeda Turre http://www.andromedaturre.com
Live Music by JC Hopkins Heptet
A Brand New Jazz Swing Burlesque Musical When a jazz diva opens a supper club in Brooklyn she finds that Brooklyn may not be ready for it. With an all new original book and music by JC Hopkins
http://www.jchopkins.com/
JUNE 5-8
JUSTIN VIVIAN BOND
Sundays, May 15, 22 and 29, June 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 9:30 PM; $25
"Justin Bond is a trans-Atlantic cabaret messiah" - Time Out London
Recently described as "A bar of gold in the new depression" by Hilton Als in the New Yorker, singer, songwriter and Tony-nominated performance artist Justin Bond is an Obie, Bessie and Ethyl Eichelberger Award winner and was named one of the top 40 favorite New Yorkers by Time Out New York and was listed by Time Out London as one of England's 50 Funniest People. His debut EP Pink Slip was released in July 2009. In 2008, he won rave reviews for his GLAAD nominated show Lustre which premiered at PS122 in the East Village and then went on to tour the UK with stops in Manchester, England as part of the It's Queer Up North Arts Festival and in a critically acclaimed run at London's Soho Theatre. Also in 2008, Justin appeared at The Southbank Center in London in the title role of Sinderella an original musical written by Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies. In 2007, he premiered Justin Bond is Close To You, a reinterpretation of the classic Carpenter's album Close To You performed in its entirety as part of Joe's Pub in the Park in Central Park and subsequently presented by The Sydney Opera House in Australia. He regularly Emcees the performance series Weimar New York which has played in such varied locations as the SFMOMA, The Speigeltent, and Joe's Pub at The Public Theater in New York.
As one-half of the Performance duo Kiki and Herb, Justin has toured the world headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and starred in successful runs on Broadway and off-Broadway. Kiki and Herb have released two CDs, Do You Hear What We Hear?, Kiki and Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Hall and a DVD Kiki and Herb Live at the Knitting Factory.
Film credits include a starring role in John Cameron Mitchell's feature Shortbus, Charles Hermann-Wurmfeld's Fancy's Persuasion as well as Imaginary Heroes and Jon Moritsugu's Mod Fuck Explosion. In 2006 Bond completed his MA Scenography at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London. Justin credits his career as a queer performer to Kate Bornstein who cast him as Herculine Barbin in her ground-breaking play Hidden: A Gender in 1991.
Monday, June 6 at 7:30 PM; $15
"Everyone says the best songs are born out of tragedy. But for me they come from that last sliver of hope that things just might turn around."
Seattle-based singer/songwriter Matt Alber has been writing about that same sliver of hope since he quit his day job and started making records at home. Alber's first full-length album, Hide Nothing, does just that. He sings openly about a boyhood crush on a Field-trip Buddy. In Beotia, he sings both parts of a duet (one in coloratura soprano) between male lovers in an ancient army. He even plays a 1960s crooner in the music video for End of the World, finding love in a barbershop with a gentleman getting his shoes shined. Sonically he culls everything from chopped-up beats to children's choirs - and did I hear a real bassoon? But Alber's songs, while keeping the pronouns honest, seep deeply into the heart of any listener who's ever wondered if things were going to work out.
Followers of Iron & Wine, Imogen Heap and Eva Cassidy will rest easy at Alber's shows. A quick glance around the room will reveal numerous couples holding hands, gay hipsters galore and probably somebody's parents. At a recent show in New York, a starry-eyed couple drove in from Connecticut (in the snow on a Monday) to catch Alber's set with a string quartet at the elegant Rockwood Music Hall. Gushed the girl: "My boyfriend came home and said, 'Lisa, grab your purse. We're driving to the city to make out to Matt Alber.'" www.mattalber.com
HAPPY ENDING MUSIC AND READING SERIES
Wednesday, June 8 at 7:00 PM; $15
Featuring authors Amor Towles, Suzanne Bocanegra, Kyle de Camp & musical guest TBD
The consistently sold out, Happy Ending Music and Reading Series, chosen by New York Magazine and NY Press as the best reading series in NYC, and singled out by the New York Times Magazine for helping to "Keep downtown alive," features the most interesting storytellers, writers, musicians, raconteurs and personalities, and requires the readers to take one public risk, while the musicians, who perform two short sets with their original, lyric-driven music, are required to play one cover song and try to get the audience to sing along. Called the "most vital authors' series in the city," by Time Out NY, and known for its consistently good taste, Happy Ending has launched careers and proudly, ended none. http://www.amandastern.com
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