Tony® Award-winning stage and screen actress Betty Buckley returns to Joe’s Pub for six performances, on Thursday, May 15, Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, all at 7 PM and 9:30 PM. This engagement reunites her with longtime collaborator, GRAMMY®-nominated pianist and Music Director Christian Jacob, with Tony Marino – bass, Keita Ogawa – drums and Jordan Peters – guitar.
Hailed as the “Voice of Broadway,” Buckley, a master storyteller, is a deservedly legendary, multi-award winning actress-singer whose career spans theater, film, television and concert halls around the world. She is a 2012 Theatre Hall of Fame inductee and the 2017 recipient of the Julie Harris Award from The Actor’s Fund for Artistic Achievement and a recipient of The Lifetime Achievement Award from The American Songbook Association in 2023. She won a Tony Award for her performance as Grizabella, the Glamour Cat, in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats and received her second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a musical for her performance as Hesione in Triumph of Love. She received an Olivier Award nomination for her critically acclaimed interpretation of Norma Desmond in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, which she repeated to more rave reviews on Broadway. Her other Broadway credits include 1776, Pippin, Song and Dance, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Carrie.
In 2022, she released the compilation recording Betty Buckley Sings Stephen Sondheim as a tribute to the late composer. The recording comprises 24 songs Buckley has recorded of Sondheim’s music over the span of her career. She has recorded 18 albums, including Ghostlight, produced by T Bone Burnett released in 2014, Story Songs in 2017 and Hope in 2018. She received a GRAMMY nomination for Stars and the Moon, Betty Buckley Live at the Donmar. She received her second GRAMMY nomination for the audio book The Diaries of Adam and Eve.
Tickets are $85 for 7 PM performances / $65 for 9:30 PM performances (inclusive of advance phone/web service fee; door price). There is a 2 drink or 1 food item minimum, per person. Reserve here.
Joe’s Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place), New York, NY
