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A Buoyant Holiday Tradition Returns to Joe’s Pub

by Joe's Pub December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

Yemen Blues brings their sonic blend of Yemenite, West African, and Jazz back to Joe’s Pub in New York City this December, featuring opener Ahmed Alshaiba.

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Kludge, Curated by Laurie Anderson, Arrives at Joe’s Pub This October

by Joe's Pub September 30, 2021September 28, 2021

The lineup, which changes every evening, includes Anne Carson, Arto Lindsay, Lafcadio Cass, and Rubin Kodheli.

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Probing the Tensions Between the Universal and the Specific in Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls

Avatar photo by Erica Cardwell December 13, 2019December 13, 2019

Then and now, Shange’s work responds to an urgent fever pitch humming beneath the taut surface of pain and respectability. A dazzling revival at the Public Theater reminds us of its timelessness.

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What Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls Means in the Age of #MeToo

Avatar photo by Kim Hall November 25, 2019

If you are surprised or stunned by recent revelations concerning sexual assault and harassment, it is because you have been, like most of American culture, ignoring Black women. Shange’s choreopoem, now running as a revival at the Public Theater, reminds us to pay attention.

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Ain’t No Mo’ Is an “Electrifying Spiritual Portrait of Black Lives in America”

by The Public Theater April 8, 2019April 10, 2019

Jordan E. Cooper’s new satirical play, now showing at The Public Theater, asks Black communities, “if you could leave America for Africa, would you? And what if you had to leave all of your culture behind?”

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“Hear the Roar of Racism” in Suzan-Lori Parks’s White Noise at The Public Theater

by The Public Theater April 2, 2019

This fierce new play examines what happens when the unspoken and unspeakable come head to head. Now playing through May 5, 2019.

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Veterans of Both Sides of the Falklands War Put Together a Play

Avatar photo by Zachary Small January 14, 2019January 21, 2019

Performed by British and Argentinian veterans, Minefield excavates the unsettling violence and futility of the 1982 war.

Joan Marcus | Pictured: De’Adre Aziza and the company of EVE’S SONG.
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The Public Presents EVE’S SONG, a New Play About the Haunting of a Black Family in America

by The Public Theater November 8, 2018

Racial injustice, family dinners and the spirit world collide in this striking play filled with dark humor and boiling suspense.

Artwork credit: Carrie Mae Weems.
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Refrigerated Dreams: A Work in Progress by Nona Hendryx, Carrie Mae Weems, Francesca Harper, and Niegel Smith

by Joe's Pub October 12, 2018

An immersive, multimedia installation and concert that transforms Joe’s Pub into the dinner party of the season.

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The Gospel at Colonus Brings Greek Tragedy to Church

Avatar photo by Zachary Small September 14, 2018

Church parishioners gathered on Thursday evening, not to attend to the teachings of Jesus Christ, but to study the final chapter of the life of that ill-fated king of Thebes, Oedipus.

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The Public Theater Presents Jomama Jones in BLACK LIGHT

by The Public Theater February 27, 2018October 10, 2018

Daniel Alexander Jones returns to Joe’s Pub at The Public as Jomama Jones, his critically-acclaimed alter-ego, in BLACK LIGHT. This immersive performance piece removes the barrier between artist and audience through inquiry, story and song.

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Before the Trump-Inspired Julius Caesar, There Was Orson Welles’s Anti-Fascist Staging

by PJ Grisar June 15, 2017June 15, 2017

The current, controversial Shakespeare in the Park show owes a more than superficial debt to Welles’s landmark production.

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