Paderewski Cycle, Kyle Riabko, Bernard Purdie and More Coming Up This Fall at Joe's Pub
By: BWW
News Desk Nov. 01, 2017
Joe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly performances, running November 1-12, 2017. Scroll down for details!
HOUSE OF SPEAKEASY: SERIOUSLY ENTERTAINING
GUESTS: RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS, LEV GROSSMAN, DAVID KILCULLEN, JULIE SCELFO
Wednesday, November 1 at 7:00PM
$15 - $35
House of SpeakEasy opens the sixth season of Seriously Entertaining, a monthly literary series. Produced and hosted by its founders, award-winning historian Amanda Foreman and editor Lucas Wittmann, the series presents highly-acclaimed writers from across the arts riffing 15 minutes on each show's given theme. The thrill and intimacy of these live shows deepen the audience connection to each writer's work and life. November's theme is "Fear Itself" and features guests Rachel Eliza Griffiths (poet), Lev Grossman (novelist), David Kilcullen (nonfiction), and Julie Scelfo (journalist).
Wednesday, November 1 at 9:30PM
$10
Can Paderewski be the hero of a musical? How about five musicals? Ignacy Jan Paderewski - the sensational early 20th century virtuoso pianist and American celebrity, and independent Poland's first Prime Minister - is the subject of a new commission by The Adam Mickiewicz Institute of Warsaw. A contest for a musical concept has entered its final stage. Five artists from the East Coast and four from the West Coast are going head to head in a Paderewski Cycle 15-minute long "live pitches" held in New York and Los Angeles. November 1st is the New York edition and will feature five finalists: Lauren Dubowski and Emily Zemba; Rachel Jendrzejewski; Matthew Hardy; James Fluhr, Ellie Heyman and Zoe Sarnak; and Jeremy Kamps.
Kyle Riabko: Richard Rodgers REIMAGINED
Thursday, November 2 at 7:00PM; Friday & Saturday, November 3 & 4 at 9:30PM
$25
After bringing his groundbreaking arrangements of the Bacharach catalogue to Joe's Pub, Kyle Riabko returns for the debut of his Richard Rodgers Reimagined concert and album launch. Riabko was inspired to take on the Rodgers songbook after seeing a "fan letter" Rodgers had written to Bacharach.
With his band, Riabko will bring his unique pop/rock sensibility to the classics Rodgers wrote with lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II, performing them like never before. Riabko gives his take on "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'," "The Lady Is A Tramp," "My Favorite Things," "Where Or When," "Some Enchanted Evening," "I Have Dreamed," and "My Funny Valentine," among others. Riabko's Richard Rodgers Reimagined , now available on Ghostlight Records, was arranged, produced, and recorded by Riabko, who also handles all vocal and instrumental responsibilities on the album.
Thursday, November 2 at 9:30PM
$20
All people and all genres are welcome at The Thurber Theater. This musical variety show lead by Michael Thurber is becoming one of the most eclectic and entertaining shows in the city. The show features a broad array of genres and performers from diverse musical backgrounds. From rappers to classical violinists to Broadway vocalists to rock guitarists to jazz saxophonists to sitar players and everything in between, the audience will experience culture-crossing collaborations in a casual, entertaining format.
LMN03: B.A.N.G.S.: MADE IN AMERICA PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH DANCE NOW
Friday & Saturday, November 3 & 4 at 7:00PM
$20 Adv / $25 Door
Deborah Lohse, Cori Marquis and Donnell Oakley shape-shift in style and identity as they explore what they are-and aren't-qualified to do. Serious play and creative instincts rule as the trio obsesses over the ideas behind LMN03's B.A.N.G.S., a mnemonic acronym frequently used by French-language learners to remember which adjectives go in front of the noun: Beauty, Age, Number, Goodness, and Size. This performance is produced by DANCE NOW.
Nellie McKay: THE BIG MOLINSKY - CONSIDERING Joan Rivers
Fridays, November 3, 10 & 17 at Midnight
$15
Nellie McKay is back to debut her latest musical biography on one of comedy's legendary female voices, Joan Rivers. McKay co-created and starred in the award-winning off-Broadway hit Old Hats and has written three previous acclaimed musical biographies. McKay has six full-length albums to date - music that has been heard on Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Weeds and Grey's Anatomy. She is also a recipient of PETA's Humanitarian Award in recognition of her dedication to animal rights. The New Yorker says McKay is "funny and touching, ceaselessly clever and scarily talented."
THE Pink Room: TWIN PEAKS BURLESQUE THE RETURN!
Saturday, November 4 at Midnight
$15 Adv / $20 Door
The Pink Room Burlesque returns for the first time since the filming of their Showtime-produced documentary, Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon. This time the Lynchian troupe aims to boils down an epic, 18-hour film into a 90 burlesque show. This show will appeal to both the haters and the lovers of David Lynch's stunning revival. Haven't finished The Return yet? That's okay - host Schaffer the Darklord will provide Cliff Notes while Francine "The Lucid Dream" and the rest of her cast will illustrate the highlights for you! The Pink Room Dreams will delight fans and our special guest star, Anna Copa Cabanna will pay tribute to some of our favorite moments in and out of the Roadhouse.
Sunday, November 5 at 1:30PM
$15
Described by The New York Times as "Dr. Seuss Meets 'Yellow Submarine,'" Grammy Award-nominated artist, Morgan Taylor will perform Gustafer Yellowgold, his one-of-a-kind, music and animation show. Fresh from his appearance at WILCO's Solid Sound festival, Taylor will play material from his new album Brighter Side alongside fan favorites. Taylor's funny and touching multimedia presentation about a little guy from the Sun who landed in the Minnesota woods is a truly all-ages experience.
VOICE OF A WOMAN, HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT FT. Lillias White
Sunday, November 5 at 6:30PM
Tickets Sold Through Voice of a Woman
The Voice Of A Woman (VOW) features the works of filmmakers, artists, communicators, creative disrupters, risk-takers and creative leaders from around the world. VOW's mission is to support and explore creativity and expression from a woman's point of view. Each year VOW Festival presents a bold and innovative program in London, New York and France, featuring the women globally.
A Brooklyn native, Lillias White has been on Broadway since her debut in 1981, and on TV where she won an Emmy for her recurring appearances on Sesame Street. She first appeared as a replacement for Joice Heth in the Coleman/Stewart musical comedy, Barnum, and later appeared as a replacement for Effie Melody White in the original production of Dreamgirls and Grizabella in Cats. White earned her first starring role on Broadway as Miss Jones in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. She later received a Tony for her portrayal of Sonja in C. Coleman and Ira Gasman's musical, The Life.
Sunday, November 5 at 9:30PM
$20
Las Migas is unique among Spanish music groups, a fascinating blend of Flamenco and Mediterranean styles that combines classic and contemporary rhythms, and melodies that range from powerful to passionate to playful. The four women of Las Migas come from Barcelona, Sevilla, Cordoba and Lerida. The two Andalusians are the guitarists: Marta Robles, the veteran, and Alicia Grillo, the most recent and youngest musician of the group. The two Catalans are Alba Carmona on vocals, and Roser Loscos on violin. They all came to the group with one common passion: Flamenco. You can hear it in the rhythms of the guitarists, the dancing violin lines, and the raw power of the vocals. Latin rhythms give the music a happy and upbeat sound and dance plays a prominent role in their unique fusion of sounds.
U.S.O.VER
FEAT. Viva DeConcini, Dirty Martini, Ellen Maddow, FUNKRUST BRASS BAND, KIM GAINER & MORE
Tuesday, November 7 at 7:00PM
$25
U.S.O.ver is agitprop cum variety show. In the style of the classic USO concerts, U.S.O.ver, a wild night of music, dancing, and schtick, satirically indicts our current reality with a gaudy, star-spangled carnival of excessive zeal, fear, and nationalism worthy of the new regime. The show is being presented in association with Nasty Women Unite Fest - a multi-day arts festival, bringing together artists of various disciplines and backgrounds, to foster a home for intersectional feminism.
Cole Escola: HELP! I'M STUCK
Tuesday, November 7 at 9:30PM
SOLD OUT!
Too weird for pretty much anything else, the feral writer/performer and brains behind a slew of absurdly funny online videos (like his portrayal of a mom in an orange juice commercial), Cole Escola (Difficult People, Man Seeking Woman, Mozart in the Jungle), brings his unique voice to the stage, playing multiple characters in a series of comedic vignettes that operate on the fringes of coherence and social acceptability. The show is directed by Christian Coulson.
Wednesday, November 8 at 9:30PM
$20
Dessa is a rapper, a singer, and an essayist with the Doomtree collective-the ascendant Minneapolis hip-hop crew. She's landed on the Billboard Top 200 list as a solo artist (Parts of Speech) and as a Doomtree member (All Hands), and has made a career out of bucking traditional genre designations-rapping at Lollapalooza, arranging for full choir, and co-writing classical works for an orchestra. As a writer, she's contributed to MPR, the Star Tribune, literary journals, and has published two short collections of her own.
A passing conversation in a studio. Whispers among friends at a show. The notion of musicians working together on a project is often suggested yet seldom realized. Chicago's M O N A K R was born from such a notion in the grey of Winter 2014. It is a collaboration featuring Saam Hagshenas and Jonathan Marks of Hey Champ, two time Grammy-nominated vocalist Matthew Santos, and Dan Brunelle of Gemini Club.
FEAT. Molly Pope
Thursday, November 9 at 7:00PM
Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00PM
$30
Julian Fleisher returns with his band and supernova Molly Pope for an evening of songs turned to the frequency of light. Before the art of song was divided into narrow stylistic slices, before there was jazz or pop or rock, there was nightclub singing. Like Sammy Davis, Jr, Ethel Water and Mel Tormé before him, Fleisher mixes masterful interpretations of a wide range of popular songs with kick-ass showmanship and a generously endowed band that -- as The Washington Post put it -- "blew the roof off of Joe's Pub."
FT. Bridget Everett, JANELLE JAMES, PENIS, MAX SKAFF, Cole Escola & CYCLE
Thursday, November 9 at 9:30PM
$15
Champagne Jerry's Clubhouse is a brand new, semi-regular show hosted by Champagne Jerry and featuring a fabulous array of comedians, musicians, and people who just like champagne. Champagne Jerry has been called "New York's finest underground rapper," named one of the top 10 best performers in New York by Time Out, profiled in Rolling Stone, Brooklyn Vegan and Interview, among others, and been the musical guest on The Chris Gethard Show on Fusion TV. Champagne Jerry is a music and performance project of Neal Medlyn alongside collaborators Max Tannone, Adam Ad-Rock Horovitz and his onstage entourage of Tannone, Sophia Cleary, Farris Craddock and the Ghost of Champagne Past.
Vincent D'Onofrio & Dana Lyn: SLIM BONE HEAD VOLT
Friday, November 10 at 9:30PM
$20
To steal unapologetically from Steinbeck: Slim Bone Head Volt is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Slim Bone Head Volt is the gathered and scattered, tin and iron and rust and splintered wood, chipped pavement and weedy lots and junk heaps of an actor's brain and a musician's hands. Its inhabitant are, as The Man once said, "whores, pimps, gamblers and sons of bitches," by which he meant Vincent D'Onofrio. Had the man looked through another peephole he might have said, "Saints and angels and martyrs and holymen," and he would have meant Dana Lyn.
Bernard Purdie & DAVID HANEY: NEW YORK JAZZ STORIES
Sunday, November 11 at 7:00PM
$20
Jazz Stories combines the swinging exciting music of jazz legends with Bernard Purdie and company plus great stories retold by David Haney. Haney talked to artists and had them recount stories for Cadence Magazine: Sonny Rollins, The Bridge Story; John McLaughlin's story about recording with Miles Davis; Gunter Hampel remembers Thelonious Monk; Steve Swallow recalls his trip to Jamaica with Herbie Nichols; Dominic Duval on Charles Mingus; and of course Bernard Purdie breaks down the Purdie Shuffle. The evening will feature Purdie, Haney, Adam Lane, Steve Swell, Nora McCarthy and Kat Modiano.
Saturday, November 11 at 9:30PM
$20
Adrift in a sea of $15 hipster cocktails and millennials staging selfies, surrounded by Wall Street bros, dirty nurse-themed bachelorette parties, and good old fashioned drunks, the piano man plays on. Until one day he doesn't. Combining selections from his latest album, Fancy Words For Failure, and lord knows what else, native New Yorker and songwriter Julian Velard wades through the musical humiliation of live karaoke and beyond. Velard is currently a member of the Joe's Pub Working Group for 2017. His musical stylings and comedic timing have made him a regular on The Howard Stern Show and NPR's Ask Me Another. Pianoman is directed by Ellie Heyman.
Saturday, November 11 at Midnight
Friday & Saturday, December 1 & 2 at Midnight
$30
Iconic, internationally known, First Class Air Bitch Pam Ann has owned the skies and violated international airspace for 20 years. With her new show Miss Worldwide, Pam Ann raises a first class glass to celebrate that milestone plus 15 years of performing at Joe's Pub. Pam Ann has evolved since first jetting out of her hometown of Melbourne decades ago. The alter-ego of Australian comedian-writer-producer Caroline Reid, Pam Ann has developed cult-status around the world with her masterful portrayal of a brash hot mess of an International hostie. As the airports got bigger, so did her ego... and her mouth filthier.
Sunday, November 12 at 12:30PM
$20
Since they first got together in 1982, in a tiny village near Angiers, France, Lo'Jo have been one of the most eclectic, eccentric and mesmerizing musical collectives that Europe has ever produced. Like their British contemporaries, The Mekons, Lo'Jo are globetrotting legends and musical shapeshifters who've gone through many incarnations, and they've incorporated theater and visual art into their music since the beginning. Their newest release [Fonetiq Flowers] reminds us that life is in a constant flux. We forget that life is often only a succession of rebirths, and in this record release, LO'JO has been born anew.
Sunday, November 12 at 7:00PM
$15
Lesley Kernochan is on a world tour offering her debut Americana album A Calm Sun. Receiving high praise from the likes of Rolling Stone Germany, No Depression and The Bluegrass Situation, Kernochan "casts herself in a place delicately between the soundscape of Kacey Musgraves and Norah Jones - studied and soft-spoken, yet rollicking." (PopMatters) In her live shows, Kernochan is also prone to sudden bursts of comedy, bawdy pop, and jazzy mouth trumpet.
Bridget Everett & THE TENDER MOMENTS
Sunday, November 12 at 9:30PM
Tuesday & Wednesday, November 28 & 29 at 9:30PM
Monday-Wednesday, December 4-6 at 9:30PM
$35
New York's downtown darling Bridget Everett returns to the Joe's Pub stage with her band, The Tender Moments, and a bottle of chardonnay 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.
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 is theater of, by, and for the people. Artist-driven, radically inclusive, and fundamentally democratic, The Public continues the work of its visionary founder Joe Papp as a civic institution engaging, both on-stage and off, with some of the most important ideas and social issues of today. Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation's first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public's wide breadth of programming includes an annual season of new work at its landmark home at Astor Place, Free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, The Mobile Unit touring throughout New York City's five boroughs, Public Forum, Under the Radar, Public Studio, Public Works, Public Shakespeare Initiative, and Joe's Pub. Since premiering HAIR in 1967, The Public continues to create the canon of American Theater and is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and John Leguizamo's Latin History for Morons. Their programs and productions can also be seen regionally across the country and around the world. The Public has received 59 Tony Awards, 169 Obie Awards, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 Outer Critic Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Desk Awards, and 6 Pulitzer Prizes.
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