Daphne Rubin-Vega, Harlem Gospel Travelers and More Coming Up This Spring at Joe's Pub

Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, April 12-23, 2017. Scroll down for details or visit www.joespub.com for a complete list of shows!

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Lance Horne: NEW WORK, NEW WORK 3

Wednesday, April 12 at 7:00PM

$25

Lance Horne is thrilled to return for the third installment, New Work, New Work 3, of his yearlong residency. This new show will feature Horne's rock side, last seen at Joe's Pub with his band Lance Horne & the One Night Stands, which also performed at the closing night of CBGBs. This show born from his current collaboration with glam rock star Jake Shears of The Scissor Sisters. The show will feature guests Daphne Rubin-Vega, Amanda Palmer, Lilli Cooper and more.

LIFT EVERY VOICE PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH MUSICAL THEATRE FACTORY

Wednesday, April 12 at 9:30PM

$20 - 30

Musical Theatre Factory proudly presents Lift Every Voice to bring exciting musical theater writers of color from the margins to the center stage. The night will feature all new musical theater songs ranging from pop/rock to hip hop to jazz in a concert unlike any other. Featured writers include Troy Anthony, Michael R. Jackson, Suraki Jones and more. The evening is music directed by Darius Smith, directed by Tamilla Woodard and curated by Natasha Sinha and Jones of MTF's People of Color Roundtable, a one-of-a-kind experiment - part writers circle, part discussion forum and part low-key performance salon - where artists of all disciplines share their work with a group that is exclusively comprised of people of color.

THE LOSERS LOUNGE TRIBUTE TO George Michael

Thursday, April 13 at 7:00PM

Friday & Saturday, April 14 & 15 at 7:00PM & 9:30PM

$25

Joe McGinty and The Loser's Lounge play a very special tribute to celebrated singer-songwriter and late icon George Michael. The Losers are a NYC-based band that started out playing small clubs on the Lower East Side in 1993. Now in their 23rd year, the band performs every other month at Joe's Pub, plus shows at Lincoln Center, selling out regularly. Known for their incredible interpretations of classics, the Losers have grown into a unique performance experience that combines music, comedy and cabaret. They return with the irreverent antics and special guests that you can only find on their stage.

Karen Ludwig: WHERE WAS I?

Thursday, April 13 at 9:30PM

$20

Where Was I? tells the funny and poignant story of a lifetime spent in one of our most passionate and public professions. From playing Meryl Streep's lover in Woody Allen's Manhattan, to her heart-rending film portrayal of Ethel Rosenberg in Citizen Cohn, to her many memorable theater performances, Karen Ludwig has shared the New York stage and screen for over four decades with some of Broadway and Hollywood's biggest stars. Where Was I? is a moving and often hilarious journey of a dedicated artist in search of her identity. It is a vital and compelling story of a lifetime working in the arts. Where Was I? is part of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival.

SOUNDS OF KOLACHI

Sunday, April 16 at 7:00PM

$20

Like an Indian Ocean blast from the seaport megacity it calls home, Sounds of Kolachi, a new 10-piece super group of vocalists and instrumentalists from Karachi, Pakistan blurs raga and Western harmony, counterpoint and South Asian melodic lines, all without losing the groove. South Asian classical instruments like the sitar and bowed sarangi are on equal footing with electric guitar and rock rhythm section. Guiding the journey, composer, theorist, and singer Ahsan Bari spins outrageous, bluesy, modal riffs, boosted by a quartet of male and female voices.

SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: RADICAL DAYS

Sunday, April 16 at 9:30PM

$15 Adv / $20 Door

Billy Hough and Susan Goldberg return to Joe's Pub with a "guide to surviving" these impossible times, with special guests Jeremy Gustin (Albert Hammond Jr), Matt Hough (GarageDogs) and Lili Taylor. This one-time only show, built solely around Billy's original songs, includes hits from GarageDogs, the films of Oren Moverman and his and Sue Goldberg's classic album "Venice."

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca: INTIMO

April 17, 18, 20-23 & 25-27 at 7:00PM

April 20-22, 25 & 26 at 9:30PM

$35 - $45

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, whose vitality, energy and passion have won accolades around the world, returns for a special limited engagement filled with spectacular dancing, cathartic song, and virtuosic guitar. Noche Flamenca maintains the essence, purity and integrity of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms, creating powerful performances that radiate off the intimate Joe's Pub stage. This engagement called Intimo will be a series of intimate theatrical vignettes expanding the boundaries of traditional flamenco. Pieces will include new solos from principal dancer Barrio and Carlos Menchaca, a spectacular young dancer who recently joined the company, and a new duet with Marina Elana and hip-hop/crump dancer Robert Wilson.

Founded in 1993 by artistic director Martin Santangelo and his Bessie award-winning wife Soledad Barrio who was honored with a 2015 Dance Magazine award, Noche Flamenca is hailed for its authentic performances of one of the world's most complex and mysterious art forms.

DANIEL KAHN & THE PAINTED BIRD

Monday, April 17 at 9:30PM

$20

Detroit-born, Berlin-based singer/songwriter, polyglot poet, translator and activist Daniel Kahn concocts furious, tender, electrifying and revolutionary Alienation Klezmer. With The Painted Bird, he presents a variety of passionate songs inspired in part by the struggles of Jewish revolutionaries at the turn of the century, and in part by his own intense desire for a better world.

The Painted Bird has brought "Yiddish Punk Cabaret" to rock clubs, festivals and shtetls, from Berlin to Boston, Leningrad to Louisiana. The band has been referred to as "The Yiddish Pogues," and Kahn was once described as "someone between Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits - but yiddish." Fittingly, his Yiddish cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah - coincidentally released a few days before the passing of the great musician - has gone viral, with over 365,000 views.

Justin VivIan Bond SHOWS UP FOR RESURRECTIONS AND DEDUCTIONS:

JESUS CHRIST I NEED A BREAK

Tuesday, April 18 at 9:30PM

$30

In an attempt to practice radical empathy Mx Justin VivIan Bond is stepping out of their liberal champagne bubble and venturing on a cultural fact finding mission across America. Sticking with their credo, "Keep it Pretty, Keep, it Shallow, Keep it Moving," Mx Bond asks, "Why alienate when you can infiltrate?" Share thoughts, ideas and world views with this trans-genre phenomenon and as they explore what common links we can enjoy with the right social lubricants and musical interludes but they insist that you never forget, "Glamour is Resistance!"

BOB DIPIERO SONGWRITERS SERIES FT. LUKE LAIRD & Shane McAnally

Wednesday, April 19 at 7:00PM & 9:30PM

SOLD OUT!

Nashville Songwriters Series welcomes back Hall-of-Fame Songwriter Bob DiPiero with fellow multiple award-winning songwriters Luke Laird and Shane McAnally. Every show is an unscripted, unpredictable and unique opportunity to hear these master songwriters perform their songs that have been recorded by the likes of George Strait, Tim McGRaw, Luke Bryan, Little Big Town, Sam Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Thomas Rhett, Kacey Musgraves, BRandy Clark and many more!

THE HARLEM GOSPEL TRAVELERS HOSTED BY ELI "PAPERBOY" REED

Saturday, April 22 at 1:00PM

$15

Conceived jointly by recording artist Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the founder of Gospel For Teens, Vy Higgensen, The Harlem Gospel Travelers began in 2013 as an offshoot of that Harlem based music education program dedicated to the preservation and discussion of Gospel Quartet music. Once Reed realized the talent and dedication the young men in the program had, what started as a purely educational endeavor quickly blossomed into a full-fledged performing group. The Travelers began performing on the corner of 125th street and Fredrick Douglass Blvd and eventually joiNed Reed on stage at Lincoln Center Outdoors in the summer of 2016. The group generated such a buzz and the demand for more performances could not be denied. The Travelers will perform original material as well as classics of the genre by legendary groups like The Soul Stirrers and Swanee Quintet.

KENDALL THOMAS WITH THE EMMET COHEN GROUP: JAZZ ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Sunday, April 23 at 1:00PM

$20

Singer Kendall Thomas makes his Joe's Pub debut with pianist Emmet Cohen and the Emmet Cohen Quintet. Thomas's last New York appearance was a three-show stint at New York's historic Algonquin Hotel, in the late, legendary Oak Room. Thomas has been singing and playing keyboards since he was four years old. His vocal stylings reflect his roots in the African-American gospel and blues traditions he learned as a child, refracted through the jazz, classical, pop, rock, R & B, folk, cabaret and world music he has studied and performed for almost five decades. When he is not making music, Thomas can be found making ideas at New York's Columbia University, where he is the Nash Professor of Law.

THE MEETING* HOSTED BY Justin Sayre

Sunday, April 23 at 9:30PM

SOLD OUT!

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 years of audacious humor, trailblazing political discourse and button-pushing cultural exploration, the acclaimed comedy/variety show is in its eighth and final season. This performance will be dedicated to gay icon Patti LuPone and the season will culminate with two performances on May 14. Tracy Stark serves as the show's music director. Guests are to be announced.

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For tickets, go online at joespub.com, call 10AM-7:00PM daily at 212-967-7555, or visit 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. Celebrating his 10th anniversary season at The Public, 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 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 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; 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 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's work is also seen on tour throughout the U.S. and internationally and in collaborations and co-productions with regional and international theaters. The Public is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning acclaimed American musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and in spring 2017, Lynn Nottage's acclaimed new play Sweat. 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.