Joe's Pub Announces Jeffrey Johnson as Edie Beale, Judy Gold & More

Joe's Pub at The Public Theater debuted in October 1998 and has quickly became one of New York City's most celebrated and in-demand showcase venues for live music and performance. With its genre-blind booking and vast diversity of interests, the stage at Joe's Pub gives voice to a world of varied and stellar artists.

MAY 2 - MAY 4

MAGIC IN THE PARK

Sundays, May 2, 16, & 23 at NOON
Magic in the Park is a magical journey and entertainment showcase that pays homage to the late Dr. Abraham B. Hurwitz, New York City's "Official Magician". Continuing in the tradition of his legendary "Peter Pan the Magic Man" shows, Magic in the Park features magic acts, mentalism, juggling, ventriloquism, puppetry, music, and much more.

The New York Times, in 1981, wrote that Hurwitz "entertained more than a million young people" at free performances in New York City's schools, parks, recreation centers and playgrounds.

Bring the family, your sense of history, and join this elite group of participants as Magic in the Park dazzles you for 70 minutes with the likes of Abe's grand-daughter, Emmy Award winner Mallory Lewis with Lamb Chop, The Magicomedian and "Dean of American Magicians" George Schindler, Funny Guy Robert Baxt, Ventriloquism extraordinaire Carla Rhodes, rising stars from the Society of Young Magicians and our amusing Emcee, "Cajun Cellist" Sean Grissom.

 

Featured Artists

Mallory Lewis (May 2 - Only NYC appearance)

George Schindler

Robert Baxt

Ryan Oakes

Carla Rhodes

Jen Slaw

Sean Grissom

Member of the Society of Young Magicians

Schedule and performers subject to change $20

 

JEFFREY JOHNSON: EDIE BEALE LIVE AT RENO SWEENEY
Presented in association with Ganymede Arts
Sunday, May 2 at 7:00 PM

"Brilliant" MetroWeekly
"Johnson's Little Edie is both Grand & Gratifying!" Washington CityPaper
"Johnson is Spot On" Washington Blade
"Fascinating" DCist.com

"Excellent and pure perfection. TRULY ASTONISHING!" AlBert Maysles
"Jeffrey Johnson's "Little Edie Beale" is FLAWLESS!" Sandra Bernhard
Jeffrey "has channeled Little Edie AS IF HE KNEW HER. This show is so close to being in the company of Little Edie. This one of a kind performance reunites me with my friend." Jerry Torre (the Marble Faun)
"Jeffrey Johnson skillfully, unsentimentally and yet with compassionate insight, explores a lost chapter of the ever fascinating Edie Beale saga." Charles Busch (Tony nominated playwright and star of Die, Mommie, Die! and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom)
"An unlikely source, Jeffrey Johnson, brought such a loving, moving portrayal of Edie Beale to our stage. Our audience left the show half expecting to step out into 1978." Joe's Pub

Little Edie Beale's infamous 1978 cabaret act re-staged! Written by Gerald Duval, Edie Beale's manager for the Reno Sweeney event, After the Garden brings back to life those 7 nights in 1978 that only a handful of people had the opportunity to see. Ganymede Arts, DC's Complete GLBT arts company is pleased to bring back to Joe's Pub its world premiere hit! $20

 

Judy Gold- JEWDY'S SHOW: MY LIFE AS A SITCOM!

Sunday, May 2 at 9:30 PM

The hilarious Judy Gold brings her larger-than-life comedy to Joe's Pub in a show with biting wit and playfully sardonic comedy. Judy takes the audience on a wild ride that is not to be missed. $18

 

THE BREITHAUPT BROTHERS SONGBOOK W/ SPECIAL GUESTS

Monday May 3 at 7:00 PM

"Seemingly from the golden age!" - All About Jazz
"In the world of fraternal songwriting teams, America may have had the Gershwins- George and Ira - but Canada's got the Breithaupts." - Richard Ouzounian, The Toronto Star
"Don Breithaupt's music and Jeff Breithaupt's lyrics are incredibly polished and sophisticated...the work here is cut from an older mold, with songs and characterizations more reminiscent of Porter and Hammerstein than Altar Boyz..." - nytheatre.com

"[Seeing Stars is] a lighthearted throwback to the golden age of tuners..." - Backstage

"One of the most interesting songwriting duos on the scene today." - The Toronto Star

Don and Jeff Breithaupt, the composer and lyricist (respectively) that comprise the Breithaupt Brothers, bring their ever-evolving songbook back to Joe's Pub for another all-star revue, featuring a bumper crop of new songs and favorites, a sparkling house band, and a still-evolving line-up that -- so far -- includes Lea DeLaria, Kate Baldwin, Kevin Earley, Carolyn Leonhart, Graham Rowat, Jamie Leonhart, Rikki Rumball, and Shelley McPherson. For further line-up announcements, please check back here in coming days. Past performers of the Breithaupt Brothers' material include Tony Award-winners James Naughton and LaChanze, multiple Tony nominee Kelli O'Hara, Norm Lewis, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Catherine Russell, Denzal Sinclaire, Rebecca Martin, Adam Brazier, BETTY, Sarah Slean, Patricia O'Callaghan, and Grammy nominee Kate McGarry, among many others. Their songs have been featured on Showtime's The L Word and have been recorded by Brent Carver, Dione Taylor, Adi Braun, Rikki Rumball, Denzal Sinclaire, Joe Coughlin, and Lorraine Lawson. Don was honored with a 2009 Emmy Award for outstanding theme song for the Canadian television show 6teen (Cartoon Network). The Breithaupt Brothers wrote the songs for Seeing Stars, an original boxing musical, which was read in February 2009 as part of the York Theatre's Development Reading Series and enjoyed a sold-out run in October 2009 as one of 12 double blind-juried "Next Link" shows at the New York Musical Theater Festival. In January 2010, the Breithaupt Brothers debut recording, Toronto Sings the Breithaupt Brothers Songbook, was released. $25

 

Kevin Chamberlin AND FRIENDS PRESENTS: BROADWAY SINGS TV!

Monday, May 3 at 9:30 PM

Special guests Roger Bart, John Tartaglia, Susie Mosher and John Boswell, Paul Castree, Kevin Chamberlin, Seth Rudetsky, Morgan James, The Broadway Boys, Chris Fitzgerald, Jackie Hoffman, Mary Testa & Damien Bassman on Percussion

Join two time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin and Friends for "Broadway Sings TV". Tune in Monday Evening, May 3rd at 930pm at Joe's Pub as Kevin and some of the hottest Broadway performers sing your favorite TV Theme Songs like you've never heard them before. Take a nostalgic trip back in time -from the 1960's thru the 1990's - when Kevin and his surprise guests put a new spin on some old classics from your childhood. All procedes will go to Broadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS. $25

 

WES TAYLOR AND FRIENDS

Monday, May 3 at 11:30 PM

Pop tunes. Original tunes. Show tunes. Currently playing Lucas Beineke in Broadway's The Addams Family, after originating the role of Franz in the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of Rock of Ages (Theatre World Award/OCC nomination), Wesley Taylor is thrilled to sing in your face while you get drunk. Joining him are Mitch Jarvis (Rock of Ages, Fiddler...), Lauren Molina (Sweeney Todd, Rock of Ages), and Krysta Rodriguez (The Addams Family, In the Heights), with a surprise guest or two! Mary-Mitchell Campbell/piano, Damien Bass/drums, Christian Imboden/guitar. $20

 

CELIA MARA - Presented in association with the Austrian Cultural Forum

Tuesday, May 4 at 7:00 PM

Célia Mara, Dieter Stemmer, Patrick Zambonin, Harry Tanschek, and DJ Philta (electronics) arrive with their signature "Fresh Brazilian Bastardsound" in NYC for their US Debut.
"...this is the sound of Nu-Brazil by way of Vienna... Brash, confident and assured" - Songlines
"Delivered with a smile and backed by playful beats - This is one for the hostels and student halls of Europe and South America; Manu Chao meets Yerba Buena meets Carlinhos Brown meets... " - Fly Global Music, London
"One of the best new "Brazilian" records to come around this year is actually from Austria! Brazilian transplant Celia Mara builds a bridge between her homeland's lush tropical sounds and chilly Teutonic electronica..." - Globalrhythm
"The message is vive le métissage: respect each other, stop discrimination of whatever kind and to hell with borders." - Songlines

A production by globalista: no border in cooperation with MODIBA publishing with the friendly support of the Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC $15

 

Bridget Everett: WE'VE GOT TONIGHT

Tuesday, May 4 at 9:30 PM

"Bridget Everett is, without a doubt, the life of the party!" - NY Times - Charles Isherwood

"...astonishing, totally fearless " - Time Out NY Adam Feldman

"You can call it making love, you can call it having sex, but somebody is getting fucked tonight." - Bridget Everett

Bridget Everett hits the stage with a live band and a bottle of booze to sing all her favorite love songs and share the stories of the men that made her ... feel? From tender moments to prison sex, come get inside her. Special guests include Murray Hill and more! $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.

Photo credit: Jennifer Forchelli