Bridget Everett, Molly Ringwald, Benjamin Walker and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 2/8
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 27, 2015
Joe's Pub at the Public has announced its nightly performances from January 29 - February 8, 2015. Details below!
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.
Various days, January 29 - 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.
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.
Monday, February 2 at 7:30PM
$14
The Seoul Of Broadway, a benefit concert for EnoB, is the first concert of its kind to celebrate and showcase the work of Korean and Korean-American musical theater writers living and working in New York City. EnoB is a community based organization that operates in Korea and the US and reaches out to people who are disabled, hospitalized, or suffer from socio-economic disadvantages and enriches their lives by involving them in high quality edutainment events. Presented by the NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program Korean Alumni Association, THE SEOUL OF BROADWAY will feature songs by Cheeyoung Kim, Kiyun Kim, Minjoung Hwang and others, with performances by Q Lim, Daniel J Edwards, and more of New York's hottest musical theatre performers include Korean and Korean-American performers. Full list of participating writers and performers to be announced soon!
BENJAMIN WALKER: FIND THE FUNNY
Monday, February 2 at 9:30PM
$10
Benjamin Walker, the critically acclaimed stage star of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and the upcoming films In The Heart Of The Sea from Warner Brothers and Moon And The Sun from Paramount, presents and performs in his show Find The Funny, a show dedicated to providing performance opportunities to new and innovative comics, writers, musicians and performers. Find The Funny is a monthly show that began in a shoebox downtown and has moved from venue to venue as it expanded and matured. It is presented by BenRo Service and Inspire Entertainment.
Tuesday, February 3 at 7:00PM
$15
The Rails debut album 'Fair Warning' (Island Records) was voted best Folk Album of 2014 by the writers at Mojo. Formed in 2013, The Rails are James Walbourne (guitarist with the Pretenders and the Pogues) and Kami Thompson (daughter of Richard and Linda). Their music taps into a rich folk heritage and although reminiscent of the best early 70's Folk Rock has a modern twist all its own.
Thompson and Walbourne have reached deep into their rich musical histories to concoct the kind of sharp, true folk rock blend rarely heard since the Seventies. Produced with indie legend Edwyn Collins and featuring folk frontierswoman Eliza Carthy on fiddle, The Rails debut album Fair Warning is a little wonder, packed with traditional and original songs that stand outside of time yet resonate with contemporary urgency. Island Records revived their vintage Pink Label for the duo, home to John Martyn, Nick Drake and Fairport Convention.
MEAGHAN BURKE & THE RHYTHM METHOD
Wednesday, February 4 at 9:30PM
$16
Meaghan Burke and The Rhythm Method present a program mixing the nocturnal metamorphoses of György Ligeti's tour de force String Quartet No. 1 with the macabre melodies of Burke's own songs, presented here for the first time in arrangements for voice and string quartet. Burke's "impossibly beautiful but in no way forgiving" songs draw on everything and everyone from Nirvana to Cole Porter to Arnold Schoenberg while telling tales of borrowed identities, broken hearts, and bedbugs. The Rhythm Method is a fierce, fearless, string ensemble comprised of Marina Kifferstein and Lavinia Pavlish (violins), Anne Lanzilotti (viola) and Burke (cello). Members of the group have worked closely with iconic composers such as John Zorn, Helmut Lachenmann, Andrew Norman and more.
MIKE DAISEY: GREAT MEN OF GENIUS
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.
Friday, February 6 at 7PM
$20
In a world of the short and swift, of texts and Twitter, there's something of special value about a carefully composed letter. In homage to this most civilized of activities, Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire have brought bestselling Australian literary salon Women of Letters to New York as a monthly event.
A celebration of a diverse range of strong female talent, bringing together New York's best and brightest writers, entertainers and artists.
Guests for February 2015 are iconic actress, singer, dancer and author Molly Ringwald; prolific writer, blogger and critic of BrainPickings.org Maria Popova; acclaimed comedic storyteller and author Kambri Crews; esteemed photojournalist and New York Times bestselling author Deborah Copaken; award-winning pornographic actress, writer, director and model Stoya; and beloved comedian, actor, host and writer Sabrina Jalees.
BRIDGET BARKAN: DEAR STRANGER, I LOVE YOU
Saturday, February 7 at 7:00PM
$15 Adv / $20 Door
After admitting her love addiction in her show The Love Junkie and coming clean in Dirty Laundry, Bridget Barkan is shining her light on the community that has inspired her in this alt-cabaret variety show Dear Stranger, I Love You. It will be a night of stories, characters, original and cover songs, improvisation, poetry and an array of eclectic guests, who were once strangers but now friends. A musical journey from bad love to new love, the dance between free love or committed love, the fight for self love and the ultimate infinite universal love that can bring us all together. Through the recent struggles in our city and global community, there is no doubt, it is time for the season of loving.
Saturday, February 7 at 9:30PM
$20
Led by Greek-born singer, film scorer, and composer Magda Giannikou, Banda Magda's songs (sung in 5 different languages) hearken back to the golden age of Brazilian bossa, the best of cinematic arranging, and the lush chic of vintage French pop, all while drawing on the band's global background. The 14-piece ensemble will debut Magda's string arrangements from their upcoming album "Tigre" as well as mid-century classics and traditional music from Mexico, Greece, Brazil, Italy, France, Colombia and Argentina.
Live, Banda Magda bursts with humor and quirky sensibility, powered by unflagging energy. This group of close musical friends turn Giannikou's songs into engaging romps that have won them gigs at Carnegie Hall Musical Explorers Series, Webster Hall, Irving Plaza, The Kennedy Center, The Jefferson Center, Celebrate Brooklyn, Jazz al Parque, St. Moritz Festival Da Jazz, and the Chicago World Music Festival.
THE MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET
Sunday, February 8 at 7:00PM
$25
This balls-to-the-wall drag cabaret is hosted by Martha Graham Cracker, who is, perhaps, the world's tallest and hairiest drag queen. Backed by a four-piece live band, Martha Graham Cracker, hailed as "The Drag Queen King" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, performs new arrangements and mashups of songs by artists ranging from Prince and Crowded House to Motley Crue and Nina Simone, and a bit of everything in between.
Sunday, February 8 at 9:30PM
$14
Performance artist, interpreter of tight-jeans and neighborhood soul man, James Jackson, Jr. teams with long-time friend and hair-changing Diva-About-Town, LaDonna Burns (Rent Nat'l Tour, Seussical Nat'l Tour) as America's favorite lead singer-less back-up duo, The Black-Ups, in a musical, historical and sass-filled romp through the shortest and Blackest month of the year.
After stepping out from behind soul music sensation "Becky & The Whiteboys," The Black-Ups have embarked on their own musical journey, and released the sure-fire hit album Baby, You Can Shuck While I Jive. With the sexiest soul band in town, led by the multi-talented, ever-charming Elliot Roth, The Black-Ups: "Black History" takes your soul on a much-needed & long overdue journey.
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.
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