Toshi Reagon, Gavin Creel, Barnaby Bright and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 2/1
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 21, 2015
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its nightly performances, running now through February 1, 2015. Details below!
ETHAN LIPTON & HIS ORCHESTRA: NO PLACE TO GO
Wednesday, January 21 at 6:30PM
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 9:30PM
Monthly 2015 - FURTHER DATES TBA
$20
Ethan Lipton returns to Joe's, his home base in New York, for a year-long residency. Each month, Lipton will bring a different show to the stage - no two will be the same. Lipton will kick off the residency on February 24 with an encore performance of his musical No Place to Go, which The Public presented as part of their 2012 season and has toured the world. No Place To Go was originally created as part of the Joe's Pub commissioning program New York Voices.
While some shows will center on various songs from Lipton's fourth studio album (2015), Lipton plans to take advantage of this rare opportunity to get a "bit loose and freaky." One gig will resurrect every song Lipton and his Orchestra has ever recorded, including early live albums. Lipton will also welcome special guests (to be announced) and perform new covers over the course of the year.
TOSHI REAGON'S 31ST ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CONCERTS FT. TOSHI REAGON AND BIGLOVELY
Wednesday-Saturday, January 21-24 at 9:00PM
Sunday, January 25 at 7:00PM
$25-30
Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely return for Toshi's 31st annual birthday celebration. Reagon's annual birthday shows have become staples of the New York performance ecosystem, marking the incredible artist's journey. Her amazing band, known as BIGLovely, includes some of New York's finest musicians: Judith Casselberry, Fred Cash, Stephanie McKay, Marcelle Davies Lashley, Adam Widoff and Robert Burke. This five-show engagement promises extra-special surprise guest appearances from her many friends and collaborators, plus gifts from Reagon for her fans.
Please note that the first performance, on January 21, benefits the Correctional Association of New York. The final performance, on January 25, will be The Sacred Music Show w/ Bernice Johnson Reagon.
Thursday, January 22 at 7:00PM
$16
Since arriving in NY four years ago trumpeter and vocalist Bria Skonberg has earned a Jazz Journalists' Association nomination for "Up and Coming Jazz Artist of The Year", a New York Bistro Award for "Outstanding Jazz Artist", topped the Hot House Jazz Magazine Fans' Decision for Jazz Artist, Trumpet, Female Vocalist and Best Group and was twice named a DOWNBEAT Rising Star. She is known for her spirited interpretation of classic jazz and is co-founder/producer of the New York Hot Jazz Festival.
Of her, the Wall Street Journal has said, "If Louis Armstrong and Doris Day could somehow be the same person, they'd be Bria Skonberg."
Friday, January 23 at 7:00PM
$18
Kasim Sulton has been an influential force in the New York music scene for over 30 years. He has toured and recorded with Meat Loaf, Todd Rundgren, Joan Jett, Hall and Oates, Cheap Trick, Richie Sambora, Mick Jagger, Celine Dion and Jon Bon Jovi. He has appeared on over 130 albums in addition to writing the Top 20 Hit "Set Me Free" released on Adventures In Utopia.
Throughout his career, Sultan never stopped writing his own songs releasing several two solo albums and playing gigs between dates with Meat Loaf and Rundgren. In 2010, he started work on his third solo album, appropriately entitled 3. Unlike his previous solo releases on which Kasim played all the instruments himself. 3 shares the talents of some of his favorite musicians, including all four members of Utopia, along with Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult), Greg Hawkes (The Cars), Mark Rivera (Billy Joel), and Andy Timmons. "I couldn't be more proud of a body of work than I am of this record."
Saturday, January 24 at 7:00PM
$25
The Left Banke is an American baroque pop band that formed in New York City in 1965. They are best remembered for their two US hit singles, "Walk Away Renée" and "Pretty Ballerina". The band often utilized what the music press referred to as "baroque" string arrangements, which led to their music being variously termed as "Bach-rock", "baroque rock", or "baroque 'n' roll". The band's vocal harmonies borrowed from contemporaries such as The Beatles, The Zombies, and other British Invasion groups. In 2004, Rolling Stone placed "Walk Away Renée" at #220 in its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The band on this night will feature original founding member/songwriter George Cameron and Ian Lloyd, a frequent collaborator of Michael Brown.
Sunday, January 25 at 9:30PM
$12
Having never had a Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, or even Sweet 16, for that matter, Ali Grieb is no stranger to sin. Growing up in South Jersey before moving to South Georgia with her Jewish mother from the Bronx, Ali has always had a knack for finding herself in...situations. She saw the light, though, and it was at the bottom of a big bottle of champagne! So bottoms up, people! Be a witness as she hilariously recounts all of the ridiculously awkward moments that have gotten her to this point! Her magnetic charm and big band sound are that which were thought to be lost with the golden age. Take a trip back to a simpler time when the music was good, the drinks were strong, and the bad choices you made were just a vague memory from last night's binge! We may all be sinners now, but it stops here! Let's raise a glass (or a few) to getting saved!
DAN HOYLE: EACH AND EVERY THING
Monday, January 26 at 7:00PM
$22
Dan Hoyle, the creator of the award-winning show Tings Dey Happen and The Real Americans, brings a new piece of journalistic theater about finding connection in our digital age. Fresh off his critically-acclaimed run of The Real Americans at Culture Project last spring, Hoyle returns to Joe's Pub with his brand new show Each and Every Thing. From the hard-scrabble corner boys of Chicago to the intellectual temple of Calcutta's famed Coffeehouse, from a Digital Detox retreat in remote Northern California to an intimate confession in Midtown Manhattan, Each and Every Thing brings a comic and riveting story to the stage.
MAKE SOME NOISE WITH GAVIN CREEL: A BENEFIT FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PROJECT
Monday, January 26 at 9:30PM
$30-200
Join Celia Keenan-Bolger, Caissie Levy and friends as they welcome Gavin Creel back to the U.S. after his award-winning stint in The Book of Mormon on London's West End. The group will perform songs Creel has either written or recorded in this one-night-only benefit for The Performing Arts Project.
MIKE DAISEY: GREAT MEN OF GENIUS
Tuesday, January 27 at 7:00PM
Thursday, February 5 at 7:00PM
$30
Mike Daisey presents a dazzling work: four "bio-logues" about megalomania and desire constructed from the interleaved life stories of four insane geniuses: P.T. Barnum (January 15), Bertolt Brecht (January 20), Nikola Tesla (January 27) and L. Ron Hubbard (February 5). Over four nights, Daisey explores the nature of genius and wrestles with the pride, insanity and chauvinism that bind these men together. By shining a light on these pivotal characters, Daisey reveals what the heights and depths of their gifts have to teach us about ourselves. Each evening is unique and can be viewed independently; yet, all four together form an epic oral accounting of triumph and folly told with Daisey's dark and hilarious intensity.
Various days, January 27 - February 20 at 9:30PM
$40 / $30 Members
Due to popular demand and its recent sold-out, extended run, Bridget Everett returns for a limited engagement of her hit show Rock Bottom, a chardonnay-soaked journey through the highs and lows of her life. Originally commissioned as part of the Joe's Pub 2013 New York Voices series, Rock Bottom opened to critical acclaim in September 2014, and ran through October 16. The ferociously talented Everett wrote Rock Bottom with Tony Award-winning songwriting duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and Matt Ray contributed music as well. Everett shares intensely personal moments next to wildly hilarious ones, baring her heart and much more to her audiences. The show features new original songs, plus favorites from Everett's monthly sold-out show with her band, the Tender Moments. New York Voices is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Wednesday, January 28 at 7:00PM
$15 Adv / $20 Door
Harlem's Caleb Hawley is an American soul singer, songwriter and performer. Like savvy throwback crooners Mayer Hawthorne and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Hawley channels early Stevie Wonder and other Motown sounds into a complete, magnetic package.
Nathan and Rebecca Bliss, the voices and the brains behind Barnaby Bright, are truly the modern day traveling troubadours, averaging roughly 150 shows and 40,000 miles traveled a year, gracing such notable venues as Lincoln Center and NPR's "Mountain Stage" in West Virginia, and sharing stages with the likes of the Lumineers and Norah Jones. After moving to Nashville in spring of 2014, they began work on their most recent full-length album with producer Cason Cooley (Ingrid Michaelson, Sixpence None the Richer, Matt Kearney), which is set to release early 2015.
Wednesday, January 28 at 9:30PM
$15 Adv / $20 Door
Singer/songwriter Nancy Danino has been the highlight of everything from film soundtracks to Scandinavian pop hits. As lead vocalist, she and techno artist Snooze recorded two albums and toured all over Europe together. She has provided vocals for independent films. In 2002, she collaborated with Sweden's KENT, producing a top 10 hit in Scandinavia. While there, she began her long collaboration with the Eclectic team, Anders Hansson and Johan Åberg (Christina Aguilera, Cher and more). Since her work with Snooze, Danino has worked with the most eminent electronic minds in France and Europe. She made the leap to NYC and wrote with amazing NYC-based songwriters like Jeff Cohen, Jeff Franzel and Cliff Goldmacher, as well as Tom Kimmel in Nashville. This prompted her departure from electronic music, resulting in a personal album (her latest) filled with intimate, powerful and timeless songs.
Thursday, January 29 at 7:00PM
$20
Striking Matches, Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis, met when a professor at Belmont University paired them at random to play for a classroom full of guitar majors. They've been writing and performing ever since. Their influences range from Jerry Reed to the Beatles, John Mayer to Patsy Cline, and back again. Striking Matches' debut self-titled EP was produced by Luke Wooten (Dierks Bentley, Dustin Lynch) and was named among iTunes "Best of 2012," enabling the duo to score features with NPR and The Wall Street Journal. In December 2012, Striking Matches debuted at the Grand Ole Opry, where they have subsequently played 40 times. The duo has had eight songs featured on ABC's hit show "Nashville." They became the first artist signed to the newly launched I.R.S. Records Nashville with their debut full-length effort produced by T-Bone Burnett to be released in Early 2015.
ALEXANDER BLAQQSTAR: THE HUMAN CONDITION CD RELEASE
Friday, January 30 at 7:00PM
$20
Coming hot off the success of his debut concert back in September, Alexander BlaqqStar returns with his CD Release show Alexander has created a unique blend of music; part R&B, part hip-hop, throw in some gospel, and it's all electric. Alexander challenges us with The Human Condition to embrace our commonalities through songs of love, lust, sexuality, reflection, and redemption. Backed up by some of finest & critically acclaimed musicians that NYC has to offer, get ready to feel human again.
Saturday, January 31 at 7:30PM
$35
Akiko Yano is back with her long time New York friends, virtuoso-musicians Will Lee (bass, vocals) and Chris Parker (drums), in response to the wild demand from fans who saw her last show at Joe's in 2014. Jon Pareles of The New York Times has said, "Akiko Yano is a world class songwriter with a clear, gentle, wide-ranging voice. She is also an accomplished, endearing performer who might be a Japanese Carole King, Joni Mitchell or Meredith Monk."
ADAM ENRIGHT: GOOD BITCH GOES DOWN
Saturday, January 31 at 9:30PM
$20
You follow all the rules. You swallow all the baloney and still you find yourself left behind. You're heartbroken. You're taking a pounding from life without even the consideration of a reach around. Sound familiar? You're a bitch. You're a good bitch, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.
Part self-help seminar, part autobiographical exorcism, full rock concert, Adam Enright's Good Bitch Goes Down will show you how one man went from heartbroken to heartbreaker in 60 song-filled minutes. Enright was last seen at Joe's in Progressive Theatre Workshop's God Hates This Show starring Erin Markey. He is one half of 2Scoops, the legendary, recently reunited, entirely fictional 90's R&B girl group, created and performed with writing and performing partner Aaron Fuksa.
THE PINK ROOM: DAVID LYNCH BURLESQUE PRESENTS THE 4TH ANNUAL MISS TWIN PEAKS PAGEANT
Saturday, January 31 at 11:30PM
$18
The Pink Room Burlesque is a tribute to and satire of the works of auteur, David Lynch. Since the anniversary of Laura Palmer's TV death in February of 2011, Francine "The Lucid Dream" and The Pink Room cast have covered everything from Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart, Dune, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead and more. The Pink Room: David Lynch Burlesque's Miss Twin Peaks Pageant is their biggest show of the year in this little town where a yellow light still means slow down, not speed up. The Miss Twin Peaks title is the most coveted honor in David Lynch Burlesque and the competition is steep this year. This special Saturday night show is also a celebration of the January birthdays of both Lynch and Francine!
Sunday, February 1 at 7:30PM
$18
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate blend hip-hop, spoken word, funk, and soulful, accessible rock with Afrobeat, reggae and irresistible African grooves. The collaboration between Driscoll, a rapper, beatboxer and singer-songwriter from Syracuse, and Kouyate, an electrifying African kora sensation from Guinea, pushes genre boundaries and earns raves across the globe. The well-worn and often overblown expression "music is a common language" has never been more apropos in the case of Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate. UK-based Driscoll speaks no French and Kouyate speaks little English. Their collaboration was born of the Nuit Metis (Mixed Night) festival in Marseille, France in 2010, when they were given a week to produce a concert - music was the only way they could communicate.
MARIANA SADOVSKA AND CHRISTIAN THOMÉ
Sunday, February 1 at 9:30PM
$14
Singer, actress and composer Mariana Sadovska, known as "Ukrainian Bjork," crosses all borders: archaic midsummer night invocations, wedding songs and migrant chants from remote Ukrainian villages get a singular turn and transmute into contemporary sound that spans from folk to avant-garde. Creating innovative compositions and arrangements in dialogue with ancient traditions, Sadovska approaches each piece with a fresh and uniquely personal vision. With a voice of impressive power and range her stage presence is a tour de force that oscillates between fragility and defiance.
For this tour, she has teamed up with German percussionist and electronica specialist Christian Thomé, creating an ever-changing collage of ancient Ukrainian folk songs and contemporary electro-acoustic sounds. Their assortment of instruments, from harmonium to a Jew's harp to laptop, is woven together by Sadovzka's powerful voice, in a program suspended between the here and there, glued together by ancient roots, driven over unknown territory, travelling through curious bodies of sound.
For tickets, go online to 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.
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