Music Direction & Piano: Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman)
Special Guests: The Pixie Harlots, Cornelius Loy (theramin) & Narcissister
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Boldly flying in the face of the prognostications of the Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus and the revelations made to John, JOEY ARIAS ushers in the End of the World at Joe's Pub on Friday, December 21. Following high-profile concerts this year at Central Park SummerS...
Music Direction & Piano: Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman)
Special Guests: The Pixie Harlots, Cornelius Loy (theramin) & Narcissister
Tickets and Information:
http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6475
Boldly flying in the face of the prognostications of the Mayan Calendar, Nostradamus and the revelations made to John, JOEY ARIAS ushers in the End of the World at Joe's Pub on Friday, December 21. Following high-profile concerts this year at Central Park SummerStage and London's Southbank Centre (as part of the Antony-curated Meltdown Festival), Arias brings his bawdy humor and incomparable vocal stylings to the intimacy of Joe's Pub for an apocalyptic evening with the inimitable THOMAS BARTLETT(aka DOVEMAN) on piano.
Guest performers include the glamorously gender-bent PIXIE HARLOTS (Weimar New York); ethereal theramin player CORNELIUS LOY; and performance artist NARCISSISTER.
Presented in association with EARL DAX
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ABOUT JOEY ARIAS
A fixture of New York City's vibrant downtown performance scene for 30-plus years, Joey Arias is a bona fide NYC icon. Most recently appeared in a headlining solo concert at Central Park SummerStage and played Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the Antony-curated Meltodwn Festival. Arias lived and worked with legendary musician Klaus Nomi until Nomi’s death in 1983. However, he has long since stepped out of Nomi’s shadow to gain fame in his own right as a performance artist, cabaret singer and drag artist. From outrageous performances at seminal New York nightclubs Jackie 60 and Squeezebox to the now-legendary nights at Bar d'O where he held court with Raven-O and Sherry Vine, Arias has distinguished himself with scandalous wit, sleek style and an extraordinary voice... evocative of Lady Day yet uniquely his own.
It was no surprise when Arias was tapped by Cirque du Soleil to originate the role of the emcee in their Las Vegas spectacular Zumanity, for which he co-wrote 2 songs. After 6 years in that role, Arias returned to New York where he became star and co-creator of Arias With a Twist with master puppeteer Basil Twist. The show was a critical and commercial hit and extended repeatedly for a total of 8 months at HERE Arts Center. The show has been subsequently presented in Los Angeles, Washington DC and Paris and returned to New York for another critically acclaimed, encore 8-week run at Abrons Arts Center in Fall 2011. The "Arias With A Twist" docu-fantasy premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and had it's US premiere at the 2011 TriBeca Film Festival. In 2010 Arias returned to New York City with his first full-length concerts in over a decade. Joey Arias in Concert - featuring new jazz luminary Ben Allison and a band comprised of some of NYC's best musicians - played to sold-out houses for two weeks at Abrons Arts Center. Expanded versions of the show were subsequently performed at Town Hall and Central Park SummerStage.
Arias has performed worldwide at venues including Carnegie Hall, The Freedom Theatre in London and on a transatlantic world tour into the cabaret clubs of Paris, Tokyo, Moscow, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Canada and England. On film, he has appeared in Mondo New York, Big Top Pee Wee, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Wigstock - The Movie, Flawless and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Television credits include the infamous Saturday Night Live episode with David Bowie and Klaus Nomi, Ann Magnuson's Vandemonium (Cinemax), Elvira's MTV Halloween Special, HBOs Dragtime, HBO's Real Sex and Gayer Than Gay on VH1, along with numerous appearances on a wide variety of talk shows and programs. Additionally, Arias has produced several of his own recordings including Arias on Holiday, Strange Fruit, Jazzo Lozo, God Shave the Queen and live recordings of StarLust in Berlin, Arias with a Twist and Bar D'o in New York. In October of this year, Z Chromosome, a short film starring Arias and directed by Manfred (Thierry) Mugler opened the 18th Annual Festival Chéries-Chéris in Paris.
ABOUT THOMAS BARTLETT
26-year old Thomas Bartlett is one of New York’s most in-demand keyboard players, collaborating & touring with artists such as Glen Hansard (Once, Swell Season), The National, Martha Wainwright, Antony, David Byrne, Bebel Gilberto & Yoko Ono.