John Turturro, Alan Cumming, Jasmine Cephas Jones and More Coming Up This Month at Joe's Pub
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 15, 2016
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances from November 16-27, 2016. Scroll down for details, and visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!
Jamie Leonhart: ESTUARY, AN ARTIST/MOTHER STORY
Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00PM
$15
Jamie Leonhart's Estuary: an artist/mother story is a musical exploration of the challenges and unanticipated realities of being an artist and a new parent, made in collaboration with critically acclaimed director Joanna Settle. The nascence of the piece began soon after Leonhart's son was born. The singer navigates the changes in her artistic work, her relationship with her husband and the new world of everything "baby" with equal parts humor and heartache. Leonhart is unflinching in her candor as she sings about the conflict, loneliness and anger that accompany the mother/artist collision. The show features original music by Leonhart and musical director Michael Leonhart, performed by an all-female band including Pauline Kim, Eleonore Oppenheim and Sara Budde. Estuary was created as a part of New York Voices, the Joe's Pub series commissioning and presenting new theatrical works from critically-acclaimed musicians. The program is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Wednesday, November 16 at 9:30PM
$20
Gaucho combines the influence of gypsy jazz of 1930's Europe with the rhythmic drive and collective improvisation of New Orleans swing music, gutbucket blues and elements of ragtime. Their sound, a uniquely American concoction, blends instrumental acuity and lighthearted humor that keep their audience coming back for more. As founder, guitarist, and main composer Dave Ricketts says, the band is "in love with the music of Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Jimmie Rodgers, as well as the stories, the life styles and the footsteps of hundreds of other great jazz, blues, country and rock musicians that created the sound of American Music from roughly 1900-1950's."
ETHEL & ROBERT MIRABAL: THE RIVER
Thursday, November 17 at 7:00PM
$20
ETHEL, the musically omnivorous string quartet The New York Times has described as "indefatigable and eclectic" and The New Yorker has deemed "vital and brilliant," brings its acclaimed live show The River. The River continues ETHEL's deeply successful nine-year collaboration with Native American musician, instrument builder and three-time GRAMMY Award-winner Robert Mirabal. The live performance immerses the audience in a flow of music, narrative, and ritual, created by ETHEL and Mirabal exclusively for this program, evoking timeless Native American traditions through contemporary artistry.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH WITH Catie Lazarus
GUESTS: John Turturro, ERIC ADAMS & MORE
Thursday, November 17 at 9:30PM
$30
Ever wonder what it's like to have a dreamy job? Comedian Catie Lazarus did too, so she created an utterly addictive, candid, fun talk show about work. Come see why The New York Times calls Employee of the Month "beloved" and Blackbook calls it comedian Catie Lazarus's "hilarious podcast talk show" and The New Yorker calls, "her line of inquiry is decidedly unorthodox." Her guests this month are actor John Turturro, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and more to be announced. The show also features comedy and music from house band, which features Freestyle Love Supreme's beatboxer Shockwave and MC Andrew Bancroft, JarEd Dixon (In the Heights) and Antibalas's Eric Biondo and Rob Jost, plus live illustrations from Michael Arthur and EOTM's magical Award Ceremony.
Friday, November 18 at 7:30PM
$25
One voice is all it takes. The right one can make you fall in love at first listen, elicit tears or bring you back to a different era altogether. A microphone and a stage remain the only necessities. That holds true for New York-based soul singer, songwriter and Broadway chanteuse Morgan James. On Hunter, her full-length debut for Epic Records, she casts an unbreakable spell with a powerhouse voice, theatrical swing and a soulful poise. James assumed co-writing duties on eight of the album's 11 tracks and even performed all of her own background vocals and harmonies - no tuning on any of it. Since Hunter's release, her music videos have accumulated more than 45 million (and climbing) views. With viral sensation Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox, James has toured the world, and is currently touring with her band while writing her next album.
COURTNEE ROZE: THE MUSICAL, WITH OPENER CHOCLATTJARED & THE EMERGENCYBAN
Friday, November 18 at 9:30PM
$15
Courtnee Roze is a composer, producer, vocalist and percussionist (djembe and conga drums), leading an eclectic New York-based instrumental fusion/percussion-driven project and band known as Courtnee Roze: The Musical. The project tells an in-depth testimony of a young female musician through song and dance. The stage visual celebrates the triumph, hardships and barriers broken by this phenomenally creative artist. Roze's project combines funk, fusion, Afro-beat, soul, jazz stylings, live dance and heavy percussion. Roze is also well known for her work musically arranging bands for artists, such as Jack Nkanga from Angola.
Friday, November 18 at Midnight
$12
Rob Townsend writes songs, sings them, and plays guitar and piano too. You might call him a singer-songwriter, but he wouldn't because that word bums him out. VICE said ""When a large chunk of today's charts are made up of joyless minimal covers of former dancefloor bangers, it can sometimes feel like pop music has lost its vibrancy. But then something comes around, like a ray of sunshine through a dense canopy of trash, to remind you that music is actually alright."
Heather Christian & THE SECOND ANNUAL ARBONAUTS BIRTHDAY CONCERT
Saturday, November 19 at 7:00PM
$20
Obie Award-winning composer Heather Christian (The World is Round, Mission Drift) is the daughter of a go-go dancer and a blues musician. A disgruntled classical pianist, she and her "orchestra", The Arbornauts (an eclectic assortment of multi-hyphenate musicians) turn Christian's dream-like hymns into a chamber punk collection of stories and meditations.
JORGE PARDO: HUELLAS FT. THE JUANITO TRIO & SPECIAL GUEST FLAMENCO DANCER NELIDA TIRADO
Saturday, November 19
$35
Whoever loves Jazz, loves Jorge Pardo. Whoever loves Flamenco, loves Jorge Pardo. Those who have a passion for music must love Jorge Pardo because he chants through his flute, transmits the ancient passion of Andalucía through his instruments. In addition to Pardo's 20+ recordings as leader, he has an endless list of collaborations with the likes of legendary flamenco singer Camaron de la Isla and jazz giant Chick Corea. Pardo has won numerous awards including the 2016 Musician Prize awarded by Spain's Ministry of Education and Culture and was awarded the "Best European Jazz Musician" in 2013, by the French Jazz Academy. Pardo is joined by virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, improviser Juanito Pascual and the "magnificent" (The New York Times) flamenco dancer Nelida Tirado.
REVEREND BILLY & THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR
Sunday, November 20 at 2:00PM
Sundays, November 27 and December 4, 11 & 18 at 2:00PM
$15
Every kind of American has endured the wearying bitterness of this election season. From labor organizers to natural scientists, 1st Amendment lawyers to anti-pipeline activists, we are exhausted, defeated and afraid of the rifts opening in the culture. Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir invite activists to come together and ask basic questions, "What now? Who with? Where? When?" The challenge of starting over again, of finding healing in our activism is the gift we hope to give each other this holiday season but first, we have to Gather! The Stop Shopping Choir is a NYC-based radical performance community, with 50 performing members - a diverse array of economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds worldwide 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.
David Reiser: PARENTAL GUIDE-ISH
Sunday, November 20 at 7:00PM
$20
David Reiser presents another adult-ish evening of catchy music, killer comedy, and digital tomfoolery with Parental Guide-Ish. Join David and a slew of your favorite artists, including Caissie Levy (First Daughter Suite), Adam Lowitt (The Daily Show With Trevor Noah), Becky Friedman (Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood), David Larsen (Book of Mormon), Dana Haynes (The Bad Years), Alexander Sage Oyen (Outlaws), The Cooper Twins (The What What?), and more, as they try to figure out what the hell it means to be a parent. With story songs, scathing stand-up, digital shorts, and the premiere performance of David's new concept album Little Golden Hooks, the night is sure to leave you drunk-dialing the babysitter for an extension.
THE MEETING* HOSTED BY Justin Sayre
HONORING Angela Lansbury
GUESTS: Alexandra Silber, KIM David Smith, Gabrielle Stravelli & Nathan Lee Graham
Sunday, November 20 at 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 seven years of audacious humor, trailblazing political discourse and button-pushing cultural exploration, the acclaimed comedy/variety show is in their eighth and final season, culminating May 2017. Sayre says, "The Meeting* has been a tremendous gift to me for these past seven years. It's given me a voice and a platform to talk about all the things that weighed on my mind and for that I am eternally grateful." Featuring a dazzling array of guest stars, The Meeting*'s Fall 2016 season will close on December 18 for the 8th Annual Holiday Spectacular.
MICHAEL R. Jackson, PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE MUSCAL THEATRE FACTORY
Monday, November 21 at 7:00PM
$20 - 30
Michael R. Jackson is a composer, lyricist, and trash talker. He's not only unapologetically black and gay, he's relentlessly so. Haters have called him "old," "a misogynist," and a "self-loathing coon." Lovers have called him a "cut-up," a "gadfly," and a "National Treasure." His music is a soulful musical theater singer-songwriter sound wed to lyrics that are personal, humorous, and boundary-pushing. He wrote book and lyrics with composer and co-book writer Anna Jacobs for the musical Teeth, based on the Mitchell Lichtenstein 2007 film of the same name and presented by Musical Theatre Factory, and book, music, and lyrics for the musical A Strange Loop, also presented by Musical Theatre Factory.
Lance Horne'S NEW WORK NEW WORK 1: EXTRAORDINARY DAYS
GUESTS: Alan Cumming, Justin VivIan Bond, Sienna Miller, TYRAN PARK & Frances Thorburn
Monday, November 21at 9:30PM
$25
Multi-faceted musician, composer and musical director Lance Horne returns to New York City, headlining a yearlong residency called New Work, New Work. The first installation, New Work New Work 1: Extraordinary Days, will feature Horne, the composer, on keys presenting a dozen new songs with a cavalcade of artists from his signature cross-genre collaborations and creations. Long-time collaborator and "musical husband" Alan Cumming will be on hand, as will the transcendent Justin VivIan Bond, with whom Horne first performed at Joe's Pub in Weimar New York a decade ago, and the brilliant actress Sienna Miller. Extraordinary Days will also feature Tyran Park and Frances Thorburn, making their Joe's Pub debuts.
THE FALL OF Julian Fleisher, VOLUME II: MEASURE OF SUCCESS, A NEW MUSICAL
Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00PM
$25 / $30
Before the art of song was divided into narrow stylistic slices, before there was jazz or pop or rock, there was nightclub singing. Like Sammy Davis, Jr, Ethel Water and Mel Tormé before him, Julian Fleisher mixes masterful interpretations of a wide range of popular songs with kick-ass showmanship and a generously endowed band that, as the Washington Post put it, "blew the roof off of Joe's Pub." Measure of Success is a new musical with music and lyrics by Fleisher and book by Kirsten Guenther.
Tuesday, November 22 at 9:30PM
$15 Adv / $18
Josh Vietti is a hip-hop/pop violinist from southern California who incorporates pop, classical, country, gospel and jazz into his performances. Vietti currently tours the United States performing at colleges, corporate events, weddings and jazz festivals. He has performed for sold out crowds with a full band at the Catalina Island Jazz Festival, Stone Soul Festival, Lake Arbor Jazz Festival and the Seabreeze Jazz Festival.
ECO-MUSIC BIG BAND: JAZZ STRAVINSKY, FEATURING JOHN PALLADINO
Wednesday, November 23 at 7:00PM
$16
The Eco-Music Big Band is proud to present Jazz Stravinsky, a jazz reimagining of Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (A Soldier's Tale). Featuring the actor John Palladino (Orange Is the New Black, The Experimenter), A Soldier's Tale is based on a parable in which a soldier trades his fiddle to The Devil in return for unlimited economic gain. Originally scored for violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, and actor, the music will take on new life and bring the message of this work into the 21st century. The Eco Music Big Band has historically performed socially relevant music, from anti police brutality works to works focusing on agricultural justice in the developing world.
ALY TADROS W/ OPENER DUSTIN GLEDHILL & LUCAS PULLIN
Wednesday, November 23 at 9:30PM
$15
When Aly Tadros was offered her first paid gig, she had three original songs under her belt. The set time called for two hours. She took it anyways. Six years and over 700 shows later, that gutsy attitude has defined Tadros as an ardent and auspicious voice among young singer/songwriters. Spacious and melodic, salty and moving, her classical guitar writhes in a fusion of Latin, Middle Eastern, and American folk and pop. Take the cool intimacy of Norah Jones, the guttural growl of Fiona Apple, and unorthodox guitar work of Ani Difranco and you've got Aly Tadros.
STARRING Murray Hill, Dirty Martini & ANGIE PONTANI
FEATURING THE BRIAN NEWMAN QUARTET
Friday, November 25 at 7:00PM & 9:30PM
$20 - $55
Comedian and larger-than-life personality Murray Hill (aka Mr. Showbiz) gives the much needed gift of holiday cheer and entertainment to New York City with his legendary Yuletide tradition: A Murray Little Christmas. He's coming early this year and it's a double-whammy: it's his birthday too. ?Expect an evening of hilarious and wacky skits with Dirty Martini and Angie Pontani, Hot Toddy burlesque, a sleigh full of cheesy holiday songs, plenty of nuts, fruits and tree trimming. This non-returnable gift of holiday entertainment captures the joy and jubilation, the Murray-ment and magnificence of the holiday season. Have Yourself a Murray Little Christmas now, you'll be glad you did.
Saturday, November 26 at 7:00PM
$20
Company Freak is a feeling. It's a recombinant, shifting enterprise: a revolving cast of legendary vocalists and session players from classic disco and funk bands of the 1970s meeting a handpicked and curated assortment of some of the best singers and musicians lighting up dance music. The mastermind of all of it is fashion-forward musician-DJ-songwriter-record producerJason King. Company Freak's fabulousness is a deliberate throwback to orchestral disco, funk, soul and house- that moment when nightclubs like the Paradise Garage and Studio 54 ruled the New York nightlife and bands like Change, Shalamar, Boney M, Midnight Star, Kid Creole and the Coconuts made waves on the charts. Company Freak's opulent dancefloor sound is unquestionably retro and groovy, but it's state-of-the-art and techno-sleek, too. Mixed by DFA Records legend Eric Broucek (Hercules and Love Affair, LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost).
Willie Nelson'S RED HEADED STRANGER
FEATURING Ray Rizzo, ANNIE NERO, Steve Curtis & MORE
Saturday, November 26 at 9:30PM
$20
Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger tells a story of love, betrayal, murder and redemption. Ray Rizzo, Annie Nero and Steve Curtis first performed the album as part of their monthly Three Ring Bender show at Three's Brewing in Brooklyn. For this very special Joe's Pub performance, the concert is being expanded to include contributions by a posse of Brooklyn bandleaders, sidemen and producers whose combined music work involve Annie Nero, HEM, Josh Ritter, Sessions Americana, Bob Weir, Hiss Golden Messenger, Frogbelly and Symphony, Trixie Whitley, Craig Finn, Amber Martin, Glen Hansard, Yellowbirds, Anais Mitchell, Bandana Splits, and Balthrop, Alabama.
Jasmine Cephas Jones: FOR THE RECORD...AN ODE TO MY INSPIRATION
Sunday, November 27 at 7:30PM
SOLD OUT
This show is a compilation of all the music that has inspired Jasmine Cephas Jones to be the artist that she is today. From jazz licks to bass lines and drum kicks and forever melodies, these songs will always stay close to her heart. Jones is thrilled to share what goes on in her head and brings her joy on a daily basis. An alum of Berklee College of Music, she went to The Neighborhood Playhouse for theater. Jones currently stars on Broadway in the smash hit, Hamilton, and will be seen in the upcoming feature, BLOOD SURF opposite James Franco and on the upcoming season of GIRLS.
Sunday, November 27 at 9:30PM
Wednesday, December 7 at 9:30PM
$35
Broadway's Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley are The Skivvies, the musically thrilling, award-winning, undie-rock, comedy-pop duo who have become the toast of the New York cabaret club scene. Performing stripped-down versions of eclectic covers and wacky holiday mash-ups, The Skivvies literally strip down to their underwear to perform. Grab your spiked eggnog, hurry down the chimney, and settle in for an evening of laughter and holiday cheer in the most outrageous holiday concert of the season! November 27 will feature guests Nick Adams, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Morgan James, Alice Ripley, Dani Spieler, Taylor Trench and Kevin Zak.
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 Pubreceived 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. 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 over 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 productions to 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 and 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 is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning acclaimed American musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda.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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