In Concert with Amy Winehouse

Presented by Joe’s Pub

#NYC Premiere, #NYC-Based Artist, #70 Minutes or Less, #In Song

It’s 2007 and a 23-year-old Amy Winehouse takes the stage at Joe’s Pub for her first concert in the United States. Winehouse’s second album, Back to Black, was released just a few months earlier in the UK. She’s not yet a mega-celebrity, but the American press is already circling, banking on her downfall. Amy played her 13-song set twice on that January night for a packed audience, backed by famed soul band The Dap-Kings. She died just four years later at age 27 and her photo now hangs on the wall of the club. Two decades later, comedian Morgan Bassichis—the first gay person to ever do a tribute show for a woman singer—returns to the Pub for a close encounter with Amy Winehouse’s legendary debut.

Morgan’s recent Obie-award winning show, Can I Be Frank?, introduced audiences to the little-known groundbreaking queer comedian Frank Maya, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1995. Now, directed again by collaborator Sam Pinkleton (The Rocky Horror Show, Oh, Mary!) and accompanied by a powerhouse ensemble led by beloved musical director Matt Ray, Bassichis turns to icon Amy Winehouse’s world-changing performance two decades ago. What happened that fateful night? And who better than slightly above-average singer Morgan Bassichis to find out?

“Fiercely hilarious”
– The New Yorker