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| Arooj Aftab - Photo by Daniel Hilsinger
Joe’s Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE’S PUB LIVE!, its free series of live-streamed and archived performances from their iconic stage in New York City. Designed to facilitate social connection during this time of physical distancing, Joe's Pub will share events with audiences worldwide each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8PM Eastern.
This week’s schedule of performances will feature a joyfully eclectic set from Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shazad Ismaily Trio on Thursday, May 7 at 8PM; a night of song celebrating a myriad of love’s forms with Martha Redbone on Friday, May 8 at 8PM; Cheeyang & Khiyon: EASTBOUND, a new bilingual musical, on Saturday, May 9 at 8PM.
Beyond this week, other confirmed shows include an evening of intimate and personal compositions by Samora Pinderhughes on Thursday, May 14 at 8PM; The Hot Sardines performing lively updates of jazz standards on Friday, May 15 at 8PM; an exploration on themes of human trafficking with Stephanie Chou’s Comfort Girls on Saturday, May 16 at 8PM; a powerful, original, and groundbreaking fusion of musical genres in Gian-Carla Tisera & Richard Padrón’s Dueto on Thur
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
AROOJ AFTAB, VIJAY IYER & SHAZAD ISMAILY TRIO Thursday, May 7 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
Arooj Aftab is a neo-sufi and minimalist composer/singer who gracefully experiments and bends the lines between ancient mystic poetry, South
Vijay Iyer is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, producer, electronic musician, and writer based in New York City. He is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. He became the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard University in early 2014.
Shahzad Ismaily is a multi-instrumentalist composer, studio owner, and film scorer. Ismaily has recorded and performed with an incredibly diverse assemblage of musicians, including Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and Jolie Holland, to name a few.
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on April 28, 2019.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
MARTHA REDBONE Friday, May 8 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
In a time when the world is filled with hatred, fear, and division, we want to remind ourselves of love, respect, peace and positivity, and healing. For Martha Redbone’s concert during Valentine’s week 2019, she offered a night of song celebrating love – self-love, fun love, funky love, love of humankind, love of the land, honoring the earth, ancestors, and our children’s children. There’s lots to celebrate! Congregate, and sing, with us!
Band line-up:
Aaron Whitby - keys, Musical Director Fred Cash - bass Marvin Sewell - guitar Rocky Bryant - drums Keith Anthony Fluitt - vocals and more
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on February 12, 2019.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
CHEEYANG & KHIYON: EASTBOUND Saturday, May 9 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
“I don’t want to just survive. I want to live.” Told through the soundscape of a contemporary score amalgamated with traditional Chinese folk music and Mandopop, EASTBOUND is a new bilingual musical about the unexpected meeting of two brothers from opposite sides of the world, their quests for survival, and the power of choice.
Performed by Zachary Noah Piser (Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked), Jessica Tyler Wright (Broadway: War Horse, Sweeney Todd, Company), Ya Han Chang, Xiaoqing Zhang, Zachary Infante (Off-Broadway: Alice by Heart; Regional: Kiss My Aztec) and Cheeyang Ng (Tour: Vocalosity).
Book & Music by Cheeyang Ng
Book & Lyrics by Khiyon Hursey Directed by Desdemona Chiang
Born and raised in Singapore, Cheeyang Ng is an award-winning singer-songwriter who has performed around the world, including Lincoln Center with Carole King and Carnegie Hall with a cappella group Vocalosity. They are the first Singaporean to headline a concert at Joe's Pub and Millennium Stage at Kennedy Center showcasing their original music, and their songs have been performed around New York, including The Duplex and Feinstein's/54 Below. They are a graduate of Berklee College of Music (BMus) and NYU (MFA). Musicals in development include EASTBOUND (Village Theatre Festival of New Musicals, NAMT Writers Grant, NYTB IMPACT Award) with Khiyon Hursey, ONLY US (Drama League Residency) and THE GOLDEN THRESHOLD (Live & In Color) with Eric Sorrels. Select credits include: 2019 ASCAP Foundation Lucille & Jack Yellen Award, 2019 Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project, 2019 Prospect Musical Theatre Lab, and 2018 Front and Center with Tom Kitt.
Khiyon Hursey is a writer and composer based in Los Angeles and New York. A 2014 graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in Songwriting, he recently finished a stint as a staff writer for Netflix’s romantic musical drama, “Soundtrack”. He is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation’s Irving Burgie Scholarship, Bart Howard Songwriting Scholarship, a 2016 NAMT Writers Grant, a 2016 – 2017 Dramatists Guild Musical Theater Fellow, 2017 Space on Ryder Farm Residency, 2018 Johnny Mercer Songwriter’s Project residency, 2019 ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop with Stephen Schwartz, and the 2019 Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat.
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on January 18, 2020.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
SAMORA PINDERHUGHES Thursday, May 14 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
Samora Pinderhughes is a singer/pianist/activist/
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on July 12, 2018.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE HOT SARDINES Friday, May 15 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
Over the last few years, The Hot Sardines have emerged from the Brooklyn neo-speakeasies where they got their start to make a global name for themselves playing hot jazz as it was in the era when live music was king, bridging generations and captivating 21st-century audiences. The group, led by frontwoman Elizabeth Bougerol
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on April 26, 2019.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
STEPHANIE CHOU: COMFORT GIRL Saturday, May 16 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
Comfort Girl is an exploration – in song and story – of the lives of Chinese “comfort women,” a cruel euphemism for the women who were abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during WWII. There were over 200,000 of these young women, most of whom were from China or Korea. Lured by false promises of work or kidnapped – shipped far away from their families – they were kept in terrible conditions. Many died or were killed during the war. The few who survived stayed silent about their horrifying ordeal, because it was seen as shameful, and even considered treason. Comfort Girl is a tribute to these young women and their courage, not only during the War but also afterward – when they returned home to families who didn't always welcome them back with open arms. Their story is still relevant, as survivors continue to fight for justice, and human trafficking remains a major global issue. The music is inspired by true stories survivors have told.
Stephanie Chou - voice, alto saxophone
Orville Mendoza - voice Andy Lin - erhu, viola, violin Kelly Lin - piano Kenny Wollesen - drums, percussion Peregrine Heard - narration
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on March 29, 2019.
JOE'S PUB LIVE! FROM THE ARCHIVES
GIAN-CARLA TISER & RICHARD PADRÓN: DUETO Thursday, May 21 at 8:00PM Access to this stream will be FREE and available to all on YouTube
As a Bolivian-American artist trained in the opera and theater worlds, Gian-Carla Tisera’s subversive musical prowess is the result of two worlds colliding to create a powerful, original, and groundbreaking fusion of musical genres. She was raised in Cochabamba, Bolivia and later moved to the United States, where she completed her Master’s Degree at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Since 2008, she has lived in the city of New York, where she found herself reunited with the folk music of her homeland, and where she discovered the liberating force of jazz. She had toured with the Bolivian Baroque Project, which showcased her voice on the world's greatest concert halls – including London's Wigmore Hall, Berlin's Konzerthaus, Vienna's Mozarteum, Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Switzerland's KKL, Singapore's Esplanade Concert Hall, and many others. But when she moved to New York, she began to collaborate with visual artists and to submerge herself in the city’s famous jam sessions to explore improvisation and to expand her ideas on musical fusion. In this way, she discovered her own musical and vocal artistry in the realms of jazz and world music.
Richard Padrón is an accomplished composer and guitarist known for his versatility, virtuosity, and ability to blend in with almost any ensemble across a wide variety of genres. He has strong Cuban roots that color his compositions while still retaining his own identity as a composer. His music has been described as deceptively simple and easy on the ear, yet pulls you in with its complex harmonies.
Recorded live at Joe's Pub on August 8, 2019.
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Joe’s Pub, a program of The Public Theater, continues JOE’S PUB LIVE!, its free series
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