"All I Want": Michael Arden Will Be "Blue" at Joe's Pub Oct. 28-30

By Andrew Gans
September 15, 2008

Michael Arden, most recently seen on the New York stage in the City Center Encores! production of Juno, will salute the work of Joni Mitchell in October at Joe's Pub.

Arden will perform Mitchell's "Blue" album in its entirety. The 11:30 PM concerts Oct. 28-30 will feature new arrangements penned by Todd Almond.

"Blue," which was released in June 1971, features such Mitchell tunes as "All I Want," "My Old Man," "Little Green," "Carey," "Blue," "California," "This Flight Tonight," "River," "A Case of You" and "The Last Time I Saw Richard."

Michael Arden was most recently on Broadway in the Bob Dylan-Twyla Tharp musical The Times They Are A-Changin'. His previous Broadway outing cast him as Tom Sawyer in the Roundabout Theatre Company's presentation of the Deaf West Theatre sign-language production of Big River. Other credits include Ace, Swimming in the Shallows, Bare, Harold & Maude and It's Only Life Off-Broadway. Arden also joined Barbra Streisand during her world concert tour.

Joe's Pub is located within the Public Theater at 425 Lafayette Street. Tickets, priced $20, are available by visiting www.joespub.com.