Famed performance space Joe's Pub has announced a revised upcoming line up of event in November and early December. Performers include Lauren Abrose, Coleman Domingo, Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen, Hair's Caissie Levy, and more. Kelly Joe Phelps who was previously scheduled to perform on 11/14, has pulled out and has been replaced PT Walkley.
The November/Early December Calendar Includes:
CABARET CENTRAL: NEW SONGS NOW
Friday, November 6 at 11:30 PM
An evening that points the way towards the music theatre of the future, featuring material from the acclaimed TSOA Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program as well as from other emerging composers and lyricists from New York and around the world. Encounter dazzling new composers and writers in music theatre work we can guarantee you have not experienced before! $6
CAPATHIA JENKINS & LOUIS ROSEN - THE ACHE OF POSSIBILITY
November 8, 14, 21 and 22 at 7:00 PM
The team of outstanding jazz/pop and Broadway vocalist CAPATHIA JENKINS and award-winning songwriter/guitarist and arranger LOUIS ROSEN returns to the Pub to celebrate the release of their third CD, THE ACHE OF POSSIBILITY (Di-Tone). The new album includes twelve new songs, eight with music and lyrics by Louis, and four with words by their favorite collaborator, the renowned poet Nikki Giovanni. These are songs of love and politics and choices; songs that capture the mood and spirit of this moment-THE ACHE OF POSSIBILITY.
Louis (on guitar) will lead their acclaimed band, which includes Rob Moose on electric guitar and violin; Andrew Sterman, flute, saxophone and clarinet; Richie Vitale on Trumpet and Fluegelhorn; Mark Sherman, vibraphone and percussion; Dave Phillips, bass; Gary Seligson on drums, and Aisha de Haas, background vocals.
The concerts will also feature songs from Capathia and Louis' first two albums, ONE OUNCE OF TRUTH: The Nikki Giovanni Songs (PS Classics, 2008) and SOUTH SIDE STORIES (RoseCap, 2006). $20
NYU Tisch Presents:
COYOTE, AND UNCLE DALE'S SACK OF STONES
Sunday, November 15 at Noon
Overworked and dispassionate, Coyote leaves the big city to find himself. Hungry and lost he meets (and nearly eats) an unfortunate child and a sack of stones at the edge of a great northern woods. The drama that unfolds reveals the jokes, stories and secrets hidden on the long road back to Uncle Dale's house. The lucky but ignorant Coyote doesn't know who he belongs to or where he comes from, and is re-shaped by the child and their encounters on the road with many entities, including contested representations of Native histories. Fumbling with his own body, hungers, prejudices and errant cleverness, this devised physical theater piece for young people performs Coyote's complex becoming through the weaving together of true stories, trickster tales from select nations and contemporary native social issues. Directed by Karmenlara Ely and advised by Muriel Miguel of Spiderwoman Theater. $6 for students (ID must be shown if buying at the door) / $10 regular price
LAUREN AMBROSE
Sunday, November 15 at 9:30
Ambrose recently starred as Queen Marie in the Broadway revival of Eugene Ionesco's tragicomedy, "Exit the King." Ambrose was seen in the metaphysical drama "Cold Souls." This October, Ambrose lends her voice in the role of KW in the Warner Brothers live action adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are" along with Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker and James Gandolfini. Directed by Spike Jonze, the film will be released on October 16th. Ambrose recently completed production on "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits," opposite Natalie Portman. Written and directed by Don Roos ("The Opposite of Sex"), the film follows aspiring lawyer, Emilia Greenleaf (Portman) through her difficult relationship with her stepson. Ambrose's other film credits include: "A Dog Year," "Starting Out in the Evening," "Diggers," "Can't Hardly Wait." "Swimming," and "Psycho Beach Party."
Ambrose is most known for her work on the HBO series "Six Feet Under" as Claire Fisher. In April 2006, Ambrose made her Broadway debut, appearing in the Tony award-winning production of Clifford Odets' "Awake and Sing!" In 2004, Ambrose made her stage debut at the National Theatre in London in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Buried Child," directed by Matthew Warchus. Ambrose currently resides in New York City. $15
THE MUSICAL THEATER INITIATIVE PRESENTS:
Sneak previews of Like Water for Chocolate, A Thousand Words Come to Mind, and Kansas City Choirboy
Monday, November 16 at 7:00 PM
The Music Theater Initiative continues its Songwriter Showcase, with a sneak preview of our musical adaptation of "LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE", by Quiara Alegria Hudes, Paul Cohen and Joe's Pub favorite Lila Downs. The evening will also present A THOUSAND WORDS COME TO MIND by Scott D. Richards and Michele Lowe, performed by Barbara Walsh, and excerpts from KANSAS CITY CHOIRBOY by Todd Almond. Join MTI Director Ted Sperling for a glimpse at the future of new music theater.
