Jasmine Cephas Jones, Reverend Billy and More Coming Up This Month at Joe's Pub
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 07, 2016
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances from November 9-20. Scroll down for details!
Toshi Reagon POST-ELECTION SHOW: TURNING THE CORNER. LOOKING ALL AROUND.
Wednesday, November 9 at 8:00PM
$35
Toshi Reagon is a singer, musician, composer, producer and curator, who has been described by Vibe magazine as "one helluva rock'n'roller-coaster ride" and by PopMatters.com as "A treasure waiting to be found, Reagon is a one-woman celebration of all that is dynamic, progressive and uplifting in American music." On November 6, Reagon began her Sacred Election Series with guests Catherine Russell, Josette Newsam Marchak, Jason Walker, Fred Cash, Booby Burke and Adam Widoff. At this performance, the series will culminate as Reagon addresses the future of America with special guests Alsarah, Carl Hancock Rux, Jacqueline Woodson, J.Bob Alotta. Chitra Ganesh and Simone Leigh.
Thursday, November 10 at 7:30PM
$20
Born in Mexico City and currently based out of New York City, Magos Herrera is a dazzling jazz singer-songwriter. Herrera is regarded as one of the most expressive, beautiful voices and most active vocalists in the contemporary Latin American jazz scene. She is best known for her eloquent vocal improvisation and her singular bold style. Herrera embraces elements of contemporary jazz with Latin American melodies and rhythms singing in Spanish, English, and Portuguese, in a style that elegantly blends and surpasses language boundaries. Throughout her career, Magos has garnered important awards and recognitions, including a Grammy short-list nomination in the Best Jazz Vocal Album category for her album Distancia (2009), and is the only female artist to have received the Berklee College of Music's Master of Latin Music Award.
Josh Sharp SINGS! LIVE!
Thursday, November 10 at 9:30PM
$15
Josh Sharp Sings! Live! is an hour of stories and stand-up all inside of one long D'Angelo song. The night will feature a full set from Josh, a few special guests and a sick band of str8 white men. Josh Sharp is a NYC-based comedian, who was included on Vulture's 2015 "Comics You Should Know", named a "Comic to Watch" by TimeOut NY, and featured in NY Comedy Festival's "Best of Sketch" in 2013-2015. He recently optioned his lewd and crude queer musical F--king Identical Twins to 20th Century Fox. You can see him in How S--t Works on IFC.com or in the upcoming Go90 series Thanksgiving with Amy Sedaris.
Friday, November 11 at 9:30PM
$25 Adv / $30 Door
Nicole Henry is an internationally acclaimed jazz/soul recording artist who possesses a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance. Her passion, soulfulness and heart-felt charisma have earned her three Top-10 U.S. Billboard and HMV Japan jazz albums as well as a Soul Train Award for "Best Traditional Jazz Performance." In this return to Joe's Pub, after sold-out engagements, Henry previews new material from her upcoming Nancy Wilson Project which will celebrate the vast repertoire of this classic living legend. She will revisit hallmarks like "Save Your Love for Me" and lesser known jewels like "Music That Makes Me Dance" and "The Real Me."
2SCOOPS: LADY BIZNESS iOS UPDATE
Saturday, November 12 at 7:30PM
$20
2Scoops, the legendary, chart-topping, entirely fictional 90's R&B girl group is back! Long after cassingles, beepers and neon colors have gone out of style, these two girls from around the way still cling tight to everything about the music and style of the early 90's. Holding the world record for the most breakups of any group in history they have recently Re-U-Nited at Joe's Pub. Don't Miss Dana and Deena for a night of phat beats, smooth moves and probably somebody getting their feelings hurt. 2Scoops is written and performed by Adam Enright and Aaron Fuksa.
JOJO ABOT, PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH SUMMERSTAGE
Saturday, November 12 at 9:30PM
$15
Creating across continents and dividing her time between Accra, Copenhagen and New York City, Jojo Abot's emergence onto the global music scene marks the genesis of an exciting new talent and sound. Presenting the best of multiple worlds, Abot's music is a cultural and musical sonic fusion, a perfect and growing melting pot - hypnotic, sultry, vulnerable and empowering. The Ghanaian singer-songwriter is poised to capture the ears of discerning listeners worldwide with her experimental blend of electronica, Afrobeat, jazz, neo-soul, house and reggae. For her first and forthcoming EP Fyfya Woto, Abot found inspiration in the music of Thandiswa Mazwai, Savage Rose, Seeed, Lucky Dube and Simphiwe Dana. The raw emotion at the heart of the four-track project, which centers on a woman's right to choose, comes from the generational ties that bind the women in her family together.
Sunday, November 13 at 7:00PM
$15
Butzi (aka Peter Kiesewalter) is the Grammy-nominated mastermind behind East Village Opera Company (EVOC) and the Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata's (BRO) song for song adaptation of The Sound of Music. This piece was an arranging tour-de-force of American music idioms and the first project of its kind to receive the blessing and support of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. Beyond his music director duties for singers Jane Siberry and Jackie Evancho, Kiesewalter is half of the electro duo LuxRd (with singer David Driver) and produces remixes and Elektrospank tracks from his Wildboar Production Studios in Brooklyn.
Tori Scott: SEEING DOUBLE
Sunday, November 13 at 9:30PM
$20
Tori Scott, belter and bad decision expert, returns with her new solo show, Seeing Double - a celebration of poor life choices mixed with a hint of lingering regret and too much tequila. Don't miss this "soul-baring singer and sharp comedian" (Huffington Post) as she takes you on a shameless journey of slurred autobiographical stories filled with songs by other people. Seeing Double is co-written by Scott and her longtime collaborator and enabler Adam Hetrick, directed by Seth Sklar-Heyn and musical direction by Jesse Kissel.
Monday, November 14 at 7:00PM
$30
Singer-songwriter, Rhonda Ross, is an international social-artist, exploring constructions of race, gender, sexuality and spirituality through her songs. Her music lives in the gap between jazz, funk and gospel while her lyrics take us on the never-ending quest for broader self-love and deeper spiritual connection, Rhonda uses her music to ask the question - "In the midst of all THIS, how can we still be free?"
Jasmine Cephas Jones: FOR THE RECORD...AN ODE TO MY INSPIRATION
Monday, November 14 at 9:30PM
Sunday, November 27 at 7:30PM
$20
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. Jasmine Cephas Jones went to Berklee College of Music for vocal performance and The Neighborhood Playhouse for Theater. Jasmine currently stars on Broadway in the smash hit, Hamilton. Jasmine will be seen in the upcoming feature, BLOOD SURF opposite James Franco and on the upcoming season of GIRLS (HBO).
Richard Barone: SORROWS & PROMISES - GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 1960s
Tuesday, November 15 at 7:00PM
$18
Richard Barone's new album "Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village In The 1960s" casts light on the songs that sprang from the singer-songwriters in and around Greenwich Village during that pivotal decade. While Top-40 hit songs were being churned out uptown in the Brill Building and at 1650 Broadway, the downtown writers were weaving folk, blues, R&B and rock into songs that five decades later still sound fresh and inventive. Richard's choices cover a broad range of writers, from Buddy Holly, who was living and demoing songs in his Greenwich Village apartment just before he died, to up-and-comers like Paul Simon, John Sebastian (of the Lovin' Spoonful) and Janis Ian; to artists who were redefining folk music for a new generation: Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tim Hardin, Fred Neil. Sorrows and Promises revisits and re-imagines these songs that were a vital contribution to the American Songbook, treating them like the modern standards they are.
Joe Gulla: THE BRONX QUEEN
Tuesday, November 15 at 9:30PM
$20
Playwright/actor Joe Gulla tackles the issue of growing up as a gay Italian boy... in the Bronx! Smart, fun, funny and poignant, The Bronx Queen reveals why some people are destined to be nervous (ship)wrecks while others cling to the greatest life preserver of all: Art! (Dramamine not included!) Gulla is the winner of the 2016 Downtown Urban Arts Festival "Audience Award" and Theatre Row's United Solo Awards for "Most Popular Show" and "Best Comedy Writing."
Jamie Leonhart: ESTUARY
Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00PM
$15
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 Jamie Leonhart's son was born. The singer navigates the changes in her artistic work, her relationship with her husband and the new insane world of everything "baby" with equal parts humor and heartache. Leonhart is unflinching in her candor as she sings about conflict, loneliness and the 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 the New York Voices commission. Joe's Pub New York Voices series presents new works from critically-acclaimed performers commissioned by Joe's Pub and supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Wednesday, November 16 at 9:30PM
$20
Gaucho is a masterful Bay Area band that 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
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."
Friday, November 18 at 7:30PM
$25
One voice is all it takes. The right vocalist 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 AND 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 Townshend writes songs and sings them. He plays guitar and piano too. You might call him a singer-songwriter, but he wouldn't because that word bums him out. Some guy's internet blog recently said you should "catch Rob before he's popular again," and another guy on YouTube said, "this shit is gay." 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 saxophone, embodies the rhythm and passes his magic on to his instruments. In addition to Jorge's more than 20 recordings as leader he has an endless list of collaborations with musicians such as the legendary flamenco singer Camaron de la Isla and jazz giant Chick Corea. The Madrid-based artist 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.
Virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, improviser Juanito Pascual has been called "one of the hottest flamenco guitarists in recent years" by National Public Radio, a major accolade which in this case is just the jumping off point for the Minneapolis native's musical style. His sound is a truly organic blend of a mastery of traditional and contemporary flamenco with influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead to MiLes Davis and J.S. Bach.
Hailed as "magnificent" (The New York Times), Nelida Tirado has worked as soloist in Carlota Santana's Flamenco Vivo, soloist/dance captain of Compania Maria Pages and Compania Antonio el Pipa, performed in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera, World Music Institute's Gypsy Caravan 1 with Noche Flamenca, and was the featured flamenco star in Riverdance on Broadway. Recent highlights include Amores Quebrados at the Repertorio Espanol, Dance Under the Influence, collaborated with Wynton Marsalis at Harvard University, and the 2016 premiere of her solo show Dime Quien Soy in Flamenco Festival NY.
REVEREND BILLY & THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR
Sunday, November 20 at 2:00PM
Sundays, November 27 and December 4, 11 & 18 at 2:00PM
$15
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members 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. Their Devils over the 15 years of their "church" have remained the same: Consumerism and Militarism. In this time of the Earth's crisis - the Stop Shopping Choir is especially mindful of the extractive imperatives of global capital. The Stop Shopping Choir is a diverse array of economic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds and has members from every continent except Antarctica, which we're working on. Among us are scientists, teachers, artists, therapists, welders, cyclists, builders, developers, hairdressers, dog walkers, actors, truck drivers, tech geeks, scholars and executives. The Choir has toured in Europe, Africa, South America and throughout North America.
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
THEME: ANGELLA LANSBURY
Sunday, November 20 at 9:30PM
$20
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 the midst of their eighth and final season running through 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 culminate on December 18 for the 8th Annual Holiday Spectacular.
Tickets can be purchased online at joespub.com, by calling 10AM-7:00PM daily at 212-967-7555, or by visiting 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. 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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