Billy Porter: The Standard

Show Description

Billy Porter returns to Joe's Pub with an exploration of The Contemporary American Standard. With songs made famous by Stevie Wonder, Anita Baker, Donnie Hathaway,Oleta Adams, John Legend, Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, India.Arie and others - Mr. Porter illuminates a new generation of "song" that stands the test of time.

With Ghetto Superstar: The Man That I Am, his one person “roof raising musical autobiography” (as the New York Times described it), Billy Porter brought all of his extraordinary talents together for an unprecedented 6 week run in 2005 at  Joe's Pub as part of The Public Theater's season.  Newsday called the show, “a knockout!” 

This show is part of Joe’s Pub’s 10th Anniversary Celebration