CMA Songwriters, Lisa Kron, Dukes of Hazzard, It Gets Better and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 12/7

By: Nov. 25, 2014
Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe.




Existing user? Just click login.

Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its performances for the next two weeks, November 26 through December 7, 2014. Details below!


KALUP LINZY: PART OF CREATIVE CAPITAL'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Tuesday, November 25 & Wednesday November 26 at 9:30PM

$20

Celebrating the release of his forthcoming album Art Jobs and Lullabies (2015), Kalup Linzy will perform live, with a six-piece band, selections from the album, which is also the visual sequel to his 2013 release Romantic Loner (Linzy's Creative Capital-supported project, funded in 2008). The evening will also include music video interludes, skits and material from his previous albums Sweetberry Sonnet (2008), Sampled and LeftOva (2009), and Romantic Loner. The evening will also feature special guests.

DANNY HOCH & LISA KRON: PART OF CREATIVE CAPITAL'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Wednesday, November 26 at 7:30PM

$20

Danny Hoch and Lisa Kron share the bill on this night, with each writer presenting excerpts of new work. Hoch, a 2006 Creative Capital awardee, shares parts of TAKING OVER, his heartbreakingly funny and devastating tour-de-force look at gentrification in New York City. The New York Times describes it as "... pulsing, seamless studies of character clashing with context, of people learning to sink or swim in suddenly unfamiliar waters." Kron is a critically acclaimed playwright (Well, 2.5 Minute Ride, In The Wake, The Ver**zon Play, and Fun Home) and performer (The Foundry Theatre's Good Person of Szechuan, Richard Move's Martha @... The 1963 Interview). She received the Creative Capital award in 2000 for Well, which ran at the Public Theater in 2004 and was listed among the year's best plays by The New York Times. Kron is a proud founding member of the OBIE- and Bessie-Award-winning collaborative theater company The Five Lesbian Brothers.

JUMAANE SMITH

Friday, November 28 at 7:30PM

$18

Multi-faceted singer, entertainer and musician Jumaane Smith makes his highly anticipated Joe's Pub debut. While he is perhaps best known to the world as the lead trumpeter for Michael Bublé for the past decade, Smith comes to the Pub with the release of his critically acclaimed independent standards-filled debut album I Only Have Eyes For You. Smith's dynamic set will feature material from the recording in addition to new arrangements of classics by Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Joe Williams with Count Basie, Buble, adult contemporary hits like "You Are So Beautiful" and R&B tunes like "Just The Way You Are." The trumpeter's seven piece band incorporates elements of traditional Dixieland jazz, swing, blues, contemporary jazz, adult contemporary and soul.

PAM ANN: BAD AIR HOSTESS

Friday-Sunday, November 28-30 at 9:30PM

Thursday, December 4 & 18 at 11:30PM

Friday & Saturday, December 19 & 20 at 11:30PM

$30

Pam Ann's BAD AIR HOSTESS is a glamorous, heavy-drinking, drug-abusing, and fashion-obsessed international airhostess with more issues than Vogue. Pam Ann would rather flick the pages of fashion magazines in the galley, snort cocaine and scroll the Internet for 'love' than deal with her passengers. Pam Ann is destructive and reckless in her approach to life, always chasing the high but always left short of the runway. She says what other cabin crew would like to say and embraces terrorism! If you're easily offended or scared of flying this show is for you!

A TRIBUTE TO LORETTA LYNN WITH LENNY KAYE & TAMMY FAYE feat. THE LONESOME PRAIRIE DOGS

Saturday, November 29 at 7:30PM

$15

Music Row meets the Bowery as punk pioneer, noted author, musical archivist and all-around legend Lenny Kaye (The Patti Smith Group) and cabaret chanteuse/provocateuse Tammy Faye Starlite, along with the swinging rockabilly outfit, The Lonesome Prairie Dogs, perform the songs of Loretta Lynn with reverence, deference, and with...well, ok, maybe a touch of glittery camp. Call it country glam-punk, perhaps. Or whatever you want to call it. Down-home done downtown.

DODO ORCHESTRA

Saturday, November 29 at Midnight

$12 Adv/$15 Door

Dodo Orchestra is a unique retro-world-jazz ensemble that has enchanted audiences with their vivacious energy and a refined repertoire. This NYC-based miniature orchestra is composed of young and talented musicians of the new generation who are everything that is New York - sophistication, cosmopolitanism and the never-ending party. Inspired by beats and sounds from all over the world and moved by the timeless appeal of the bygone era, DODO embarks upon crossing times and places, performing with effortless originality gems of the French, German, Italian and Russian retro. With bold flair they fuse tango and samba, swing and chanson, balkanica and reggae, creating a delicious urban cocktail.

REVEREND BILLY & THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR: MONSANTO IS THE DEVIL

Sundays, November 30-December 21 at 2:00PM

$15

What time is this? Time to party before the plague? Or is it more like the 20's between world wars? In 2014, stepping on stage in fire and drought, freak storms and extinction... Reverend Billy is feeling a strange joy in these first days of apocalypse. We need to rededicate ourselves to the politicizing of survival, pitting our freedom against the financiers of climate change. The singing-activists return to Joe's after last year's performances in Chase Bank lobbies, and New York jails and courts. In 2013, we were inspired by the extinction and resurrection of the Golden Toad. This year, the Honey Bee is the hero. The presence of the pesticides of "Big Ag" and the struggle by bees to survive, is inspiration for new songs, songs with lots of Bee-atitude, hard-working and sticky sweet.

FLORENT GHYS: TÉLÉVISION ALBUM RELEASE feat. FOCI + LOCI, JAMES MOORE & ANDIE SPRINGER

Sunday, November 30 at 7:00PM

$15 Adv/$20 Door

Florent Ghys is releasing a new album of multi-track double basses and videos called Télévision on the label Cantaloupe (Bang on a Can). Ghys will be joined by video game artists Chris Burke (aka Glomag) and Tamara Yadao with their very unique duo Foci + Loci, and also by James Moore and Andie Springer, who have been called "model new-music citizens" by The New York Times, for some powerful violin/guitar duos.

LAJUNE

Monday, December 1 at 7:30PM

$15 Adv/$20 Door

Imagine if Adele and Kanye West had a love child but Lauryn Hill and Coldplay raised her. That is the best way to describe LaJune's eclectic sound. The first female rapper to be inducted into BET's "106 & Park" Freestyle Rap Battles, LaJune's potential is truly exciting. A Poughkeepsie-native and recent Brooklynite, her ambitions of becoming a Rapper/Singer/Songwriter drove her to the big city. Now with other performances on VHI, the World Famous Apollo Theater and many other iconic NYC venues under her belt this unmatched powerhouse is without a doubt a star on the rising.

JAY BRANNAN

Monday, December 1 at 9:30PM

$20

A Texas-native turned New Yorker, Jay Brannan has been writing and performing his own sweet and sad folk songs, tempered with a healthy dose of humor, since 2006. He also appeared as an actor in John Cameron Mitchell's indie film sensation Shortbus, in which his song "Soda Shop" was the highest selling song on the film's soundtrack album. Brannan has released a string of albums, all of which topped the iTunes Singer/Songwriter & Billboard Heatseeker charts: goddamned, produced by Will Golden (Meiko, Michelle Branch); In Living Cover, a collection of originals and covers; and Rob Me Blind, produced by the legendary David Kahne (Regina Spektor, The Bangles, Paul McCartney, Kelly Clarkson, Lana Del Rey). His touring has taken him around the world, inspiring his 2013 EP release Around the World in 80 Jays, a collection of international cover songs spanning six different languages. Brannan is currently on tour, promoting his new album Always, Then, & Now.

MIGGUEL ANGGELO: BETWEEN DREAMS / ENTRE SUEÑOS

Tuesday, December 2 at 7:30pm

$20

Brooklyn-based, Venezuelan-born Migguel Anggelo, returns to Joe's pub with a brand new evening of theatrical music and poetic storytelling. A dynamic singer and dancer known for his electric stage performances, Anggelo cut his teeth in the worlds of musical theater and opera, bringing his larger-than-life emotions to this intimate performance. Backed by a group of virtuosic musicians, Anggelo imagines the passions and struggles of great visual artists as a metaphor for the real life struggle of new and old immigrants striving to be heard. Through his original songs, reinterpreted works by Latin American greats like Agustin Lara and Astor Piazzolla, as well as pop music, Anggelo shares a personal story that is as joyous and touching as it is unflinchingly honest. The artist's most recent project, the forthcoming album LA CASA AZUL, produced by Mau Quiros and mixed by Grammy winner Felipe Tichauer, will be launched in 2014.

TOM WOPAT & JOHN SCHNEIDER: HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Tuesday, December 2 at 9:30PM

$35

The Duke boys are back together, but this time with a big band and Christmas songs! Since the ending of Dukes of Hazzard the boys have spent some time building impressive resumes. Tom Wopat became a Broadway mainstay earning himself Tony nominations for "Annie Get Your Gun" and "A Catered Affair." Wopat proved to be a superior jazz singer releasing four outstanding albums, the latest being I've Got Your Number. Schneider also delved into a music career after the Dukes, but country music, topping the charts with a handful of tunes. He has also has been involved in film making and has been staying active in television with his most notable role playing Clark Kent's dad on "Smallville." They have teamed up to for a new Christmas album called Home for Christmas (October 2014).

CMA SONGWRITER SERIES ft, BRETT JAMES, CRAIG WISEMAN, RADNEY FOSTER, HOSTED BY BOB DIPIERO

Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 and 4 at 6:30PM & 9:00PM

$35

Joe's Pub and the Country Music Association (CMA) continue their wildly popular and successful CMA Songwriter Series with some of Nashville's finest songwriters. Bob DiPiero will return as host. The Series is proudly sponsored by American Airlines, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.

FEMINIST PRESS'S HOLIDAY RINGER STARRING MARILYN MAYE

Friday, December 5 at 7:30

VIP Reception 6:00PM-7:00PM

$50-$250

Feminist Press celebrates the holidays with a special performance by cabaret legend Marilyn Maye. Founded in 1970, The Feminist Press promotes voices on the margins of dominant culture and publishes feminist works from around the world. They believe that books have the power to shift culture, and create a society free of violence, sexism, homophobia, racism, cis-supremacy, classism, sizeism, ableism and other forms of dehumanization. Their books and programs engage, educate and entertain.

THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH SHOW with CATIE LAZARUS

Friday, December 5 at 9:30PM

$20

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. The New York Times has called Employee of the Month "beloved" and The New Yorker calls, "her line of inquiry is decidedly unorthodox." Lazarus creates an atmosphere where phenomenal folks, be it Rachel Maddow, Gloria Steinem, or Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, reflect honestly about their career paths. Her insight, humor and genuine curiousity are palpable, which is why Gothamist named Lazarus "One of New York's Finest Live Talk Show Hosts." Audiences come back again and again because Employee of the Month is such a provocative, cathartic, and fun experience. Her December guests include Orange is the New Black's Taylor Schilling, Frank Bruni (The New York Times) and guests TBA.

BILL KIRCHEN'S HONKY TONK HOLIDAY SHOW
Saturday, December 6 at 7:30PM

$22

Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step onto any stage and play those trademark licks that drove his seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten. Kirchen elicits instant recognition for a career that has spanned over 40 years and includes guitar work with Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello and many more. Named "A Titan of the Telecaster" by Guitar Player Magazine, he celebrates an American musical tradition where rock 'n' roll and country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, Western swing from Texas and California honky-tonk.

NEVER SLEEP ALONE

Saturday, December 6 at 9:30PM

Sunday, January 17, 2015 at 9:30PM

$25 Singles / $35 Voyeurs

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.

BRIDGETT BARKAN IN DIRTY LAUNDRY WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ ANA MATRONIC

$15 Adv / $20 Door

Saturday, December 6 at 11:30PM

Bridget Barkan is a native New Yorker who's been working since birth, literally. From child actress in commercials and on Sesame Street, to appearing in films like HBO's Everyday People, co-starring with Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sherrybaby, in Brian De Palma's Redacted, most recently alongside Phillip Seymour Hoffman in God's Pocket, plus a guest role on Steven Soderbergh's show The Knick and a recurring role as the one-legged hooker on Law & Order: SVU. Barkan has also appeared in various Manhattan Theatre Club productions, 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 in addition to recording with legendary house DJ and producer Todd Terry, releasing her own album Dear Stranger.

A BETTER HOLIDAY: A CONCERT TO BENEFIT THE IT GETS BETTER PROJECT

Sunday, December 7 at 7:00PM

$50-125

A Better Holiday: A Concert to Benefit the It Gets Better Project will celebrate the holiday season with songs of hope. Proceeds from the performance will benefit the It Gets Better Project, an organization created by Dan Savage and Terry Miller in September 2010 in response to the number of LGBT youth who took their lives after being bullied in school.

THE MEETING* HOSTED BY JUSTIN SAYRE

Sundays, November 16 & December 7 at 9:30PM

$20

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedy/variety show, continues its landmark 6th season at Joe's. The Meeting* has been called "delicious and delightfully droll" by The New York Post, and "hilarious and sardonic" by The Village Voice. A recent story for Slate.com called the evening "so deliciously icy that it left me shivering with fear and delight." The Fall 2014 season included a tribute to Broadway and Hollywood star Julie Andrews (October 19) and one to Warhol Superstar Candy Darling (November 16). Sayre hosts the 6th annual Holiday Spectacular with many special guests to be announced. Tracy Stark serves as the show's Music Director.

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.



Videos