My little downtown "Go! Go! Gilgamesh!" goes all legit at this glamorous uptown night featuring a variety of new musicals. Some very special and talented friends are going to sing a few songs. I'll be all dressed up. It'll be magical.
Hi everyone! I am beyond excited to announce that this Saturday (April 14th) I will be playing my first full band show in roughly a million years. This is a gang of such incredible talent that it's downright embarrassing.
And it's the perfect excuse to spend some quality time at the heroic Sidewalk Cafe!
Here's how the night works out:
8:57- YOU arrive, trembling with anticipation
9 PM- The insanely gifted Casey Holford
10 PM- The tremendously grateful Phoebe Kreutz
11 PM- The ridiculously thrilling Sam Grossman
Midnight- YOU stagger back onto the street, emotionally drained but suddenly inspired.
So you can see that I am the meat in a fantastic sandwich. Plus, those guys are IN my band! Not to mention Christy Davis, Andrew Hoepfner and the lovely Matt Colbourn.
You won't want to miss a second.
Got kids? No? Well, grab a bag of candy and lure someone else's kids over to the Sidewalk Cafe this Sunday at 5 for a rare "child-friendly" Phoebe Kreutz show.
I'm not 100% sure what this will mean. I'm guessing me playing whichever of my songs have no curse words. (Or me forgetting that certain songs have curse words and then realizing they do mid-song and panicking and making up "non-curse-words that might be offensive in some other way" .) Should be fun!
My musical is getting its premier. Road trip!
A night of wonderment awaits you at the Sidewalk Cafe. I'll be singing songs at 10:15 but you'll want to catch the whole evening!
8:00 Mindtroll
https://mindtroll.bandcamp.com/
8:45 Dan Fishback
http://www.danfishback.com/
9:30 Leslie Graves
https://lesliegraves.bandcamp.com/
10:15 Phoebe Kreutz
https://phoebekreutz.bandcamp.com/
11:00 Lusterlit
https://lusterlit.bandcamp.com/
11:45 Nan + the One nite Stands
https://nanturner.bandcamp.com/
Me, Jeffrey Lewis, Deenah Vollmer, Susan Hwang and more will take the stage and sing songs we've written since the shit has gone down. Come on out!
2017 FRIGID Festival presents
A Ragged Man production of
Go! Go! Gilgamesh!
Yael Rizowy & Paris Ellsworth. Photo by Joshua Simpson
Written by Phoebe Kreutz
Directed by Jacob Brandt
February 15th - 28th as part of the 2017 FRIGID Festival
Feb 15 8:50pm, Feb 18 5pm, Feb 21 10:30pm, Feb 25 5pm, Feb 28 8:50pm
$18 at www.horseTRADE.info (on sale January 15)
The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003
The epic of the Gilgamesh is the first story ever written down by human beings and it is a doozy. Sex, power, violence, love, guilt, and death- it's all there. But now the classic tale is getting a lively, irreverent makeover in this high-spirited musical romp complete with cardboard sets, a self-orchestrated cast and toe-tapping joke folk hits!
With influences ranging from P.G. Wodehouse and Jonathan Richman to DMX, "Go! Go! Gilgamesh!" provides a clear way in to a sometimes-intimidating text. It’s tuneful. It’s irreverent. It’s got a magic bull, a sneaky prostitute, and a conga line. And all of this surrounds the genuine emotional core of our shared mortality. Yay!
The super sexy cast includes Paris Ellsworth, Susan Hwang, Phoebe Kreutz, Ezra Lowrey, Kim Onah, Michael Perrie Jr. and Yael Rizowy.
This is a lovely, private event in beautiful, scenic Jersey City! And anyone can attend! People will tell stories "Moth-style" and I'll sing songs that "complement" them. There are drinks and snacks and everyone has a swell time.
This time the stories are by NPR's Ophira Eisenberg & The New Yorker's Adam Wade and The Liar Show's Andy Christie.
(interested parties should email for details jerseybiscuit@gmail.com)
The show so nice, we're performing it twice! Seats are first come, first served.
The New York Society Library presents this joke-folk epic in a special production.
Both members and non-members of the Library are invited to reserve tickets here.
