Joe's Pub Announces Upcoming Shows

APR 3 - APR 6 AT JOE'S PUB

FEATURING
JOSEPH KECKLER: EASTER MIDNIGHT MASS

Saturday, April 3 at MIDNIGHT

"Although this writer and performer can flip styles as though responding to a switch, take on myriad voices, and draw on an extensive musical repertoire, his vocal skills are just one aspect of this gifted storyteller..." -BACKSTAGE

MEL & EL: SHE'S MY BITCH CD RELEASE-A-PALOOZA

Sunday, April 4 at 7:00 PM

Real life best friends who have known each other since they were 12 years old Mel & El are a riotously funny duo who have quickly become an NYC cult phenomenon

Justin Bond

Sundays, March 21 & 28, April 4, 18 & 25 & May 9 at 9:30 PM

"Justin Bond is a trans-Atlantic cabaret messiah" - Time Out London

 

DAN FISHBACK & Max Vernon

Monday, April 5 at 7:00 PM

Performance artist & musician Dan Fishback readies his upcoming album release and is bound to unveil some new pieces

 

THE Molly Pope SHOW

Tuesday, April 6 at 9:30 PM

Boasting a whip-smart sense of humor, incredible timing & stage presence and incredibly strong voice, Molly Pope returns with The Molly Pope Show

 

 

March 4, 2010 - 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. Also, we've just added Kevin Ahart (4/5), Happy Ending Music and Reading Series (4/7), Klezmer Conservatory Band (4/12), Glitter On The Mattress: B-52s Burlesque! (4/24), Howard Fishman - Better Get Right CD Release (4/28), Wingspan Arts Benefit (5/10), Rachael Sage: Delancey Street CD Release (5/11), Clare and the Reasons (5/12), Carolyn Wonderland (5/16), Taylor Mac (5/21 & 22), Laurence Juber (5/30) & Sharron Matthews (6/5 & 6). Click any of the links to go to the show's page on JOESPUB.COM.

 

APRIL 3-6

JOSEPH KECKLER: EASTER MIDNIGHT MASS

Saturday, April 3 at MIDNIGHT

"Of particular interest to me is the opera singer spoken-word performance artist Joseph Keckler. He is the real deal and I can't recommend anyone more." -- BlackBook Magazine

"Divine!"-- Time Out New York

"Sensual, cathartic, overwrought and deeply philosophical, his psychotic twists and turns can bring his audience either to tears (from laughter) or to a numbed silence." -- New York Press

"Keckler's voice [has] extraordinary range, richness and malleability, as he sings from low baritone to glass-shattering falsetto." -- The Irish Times

"Although this writer and performer can flip styles as though responding to a switch, take on myriad voices, and draw on an extensive musical repertoire, his vocal skills are just one aspect of this gifted storyteller..."-- Backstage

 

In his solo debut at Joe's Pub, Joseph Keckler performs a special Easter Midnight Mass.

 

Accompanied by violinist Dan Bartfield and a band, he performs a theatrical set of original songs from his forthcoming EP and intersperses blues dirges, operatic arias, and unusual covers of Siouxsie Sioux, David Bowie, and others.

 

Joseph Keckler is a classically trained singer and performance artist. Nights of his work were recently presented at The New Museum and Ars Nova. $12 in advance, $15 at the door

 

MEL & EL: SHE'S MY BITCH CD RELEASE-A-PALOOZA

Sunday, April 4 at 7:00 PM

"The outrageous routines of Mel & El bring down the house!" - New York Times

 

After being chosen as the Best Advance in the World of Fag Hagdom by the Village Voice, Mel & El thought they had done all the celebrating that there ever was, but now that they've released a CD, the party is ON! What better way to spend your Easter/Passover than with a pair of funny femmes, described as a female Flight of the Conchords and a musical Laverne and Shirley? Prepare for the in-your-crotch comedy you've come to know and love, and gird your loins for a few crazy surprises. $15 in advance, $20 at the door

 

Justin Bond

Sundays, March 21 & 28, April 4, 18 & 25 & May 9 at 9:30 PM

"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. $20

 

DAN FISHBACK & Max Vernon

Monday, April 5 at 7:00 PM

"Playwright, producer, performance artist, and anti-folk poster boy Dan Fishback has crafted a solo debut that's smart, silly, and serious by turns. Sweet Chastity explores what it means to be a brainy exile in a brawny, beautiful gay guyville. Dan's eclectic arrangements, quirky delivery, communal recording spirit, and wicked way with words make him more Stephin Merritt than mopey Morrissey. And though he takes aim at the empty-headed pretty boy, lyrics like "I'd be a slut if I was hot / I'd be the kind of boy I hate" show Dan also is willing to tell on himself." - The Advocate

"This guy is as well rounded as artists get. His sound is a unique blend of unfiltered pop, 1940s jazz and harmonic brilliance that can only be defined as 'smart pop.' It is clear that playing the piano is second nature to Max -- like blinking or breathing -- which is something you rarely see from musicians anymore. Then again, he isn't part of the mass commercialism machine we have all grown to rely on." - New York Post

 

Performance artist Dan Fishback has been making plays and records in NYC since 2003. With his twee, anti-folk band Cheese On Bread, he has toured Europe and North America, and released albums in the United States and Japan. His third full-length solo album, "Mammal," will drop in late 2010.

21-year-old piano prodigy Max Vernon is a bitchy twist on the singer-songwriter tradition: a sarcastic Joni Mitchell, an aloof Regina Spektor, a deadpan Laura Nyro. After gaining national notoriety with a series of YouTube performances (over 125,000 views), his work has been praised in New York Magazine, the New York Post, W, Toronto Star, Paste, and 30+ music blogs. He released his most recent EP, "Manic Impression," at the 2009 CMJ Festival. $12

THE Molly Pope SHOW

Tuesday, April 6 at 9:30 PM
"Transports the audience back to the thriving Greenwich Village nightclub scene of yesteryear, where girl singers with big, robust voices and gumption to match took their first bold steps up the ladder to stardom. She's got the stuff, and there may be a ladder for her yet." -Adam Feldman, Time Out New York

Molly Pope debuted The Diva-lution of Molly Pope to rave reviews at Don't Tell Mama's last spring. Hailed for her powerful vocals and dynamic dramatic intensity, Molly's performances of such songs as Dietz & Schwartz' "By Myself" Johnny Mercer & Harold Arlen's "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" and even The Cardigans' "Love Fool" provoked widespread comparison to a young Barbra Streisand. Tonight at Joe's Pub Molly Pope performance an encore to her Joe's Pub performance: The Molly Pope Show! $15

 

 

TICKETS

Online at joespub.com,

Phone 212-967-7555,

In Person At the Public Theater Box Office (1 PM to 6 PM), or at the Joe's Pub Box Office from (6 PM to 10 PM) both located at 425 Lafayette Street, NYC

 

For table reservations please call 212-539-8778. Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.