(Le) Poisson Rouge
Encyclopedia
Poisson Rouge (often referred to as LPR) is a music venue
and multimedia art cabaret
in New York City founded in 2008 by Justin Kantor and David Handler on the former site of The Village Gate
. The performance space was designed and engineered by John Storyk
/WSDG. It has become a notable venue for its focus on artistry, bring classical music into the club setting, and offering a variety of set ups so that a seated classical performance can be followed by a standing set by a rock band or a DJ.
Kantor and Handler, both graduates of Manhattan School of Music
, founded LPR with the stated desire of creating a venue that would foster the fusion of "popular and art cultures" in music, film, theater, dance, and fine art.
The venue is home to a myriad variety of genres focusing on classical, new music, indie rock, and jazz, but also playing host to readings, comedy, film, DJs, parties, theater,and burlesque
.
-Time Out New York
“The place isn’t merely cool, as the New York Times has dubbed it, the venue is a downright musical marvel.”
-Los Angeles Times
“Just when you thought all artistic integrity had been sucked out of NYC’s cookie-cutter nightlife, Greenwich Village gets a performance space fir for orchestras and punk rockers alike.”
- Shecky’s
"No surprise, really: Le Poisson Rouge, in both its chic veneer and its earnest disregard for genre boundaries, has embraced a style and ethos fostered by the Kronos Quartet for more than three decades. In any given week at the club you might hear classical post-Minimalism, beat-heavy electronica, evanescent chamber pop and clever world-music fusions."
– New York Times
Music venue
A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...
and multimedia art cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
in New York City founded in 2008 by Justin Kantor and David Handler on the former site of The Village Gate
The Village Gate
The Village Gate was a nightclub at the corner of Thompson and Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, New York.Art D'Lugoff opened the club in 1958, on the ground floor and basement of 158 Bleecker Street. The large 1896 Chicago School structure by architect Ernest Flagg was known at the time as...
. The performance space was designed and engineered by John Storyk
John Storyk
John Storyk, a registered architect and acoustician, is a founding partner of Walters-Storyk Design Group. He and the firm’s associates have provided design and construction supervision services for the professional audio and video recording community since the 1969 completion of Jimi Hendrix's...
/WSDG. It has become a notable venue for its focus on artistry, bring classical music into the club setting, and offering a variety of set ups so that a seated classical performance can be followed by a standing set by a rock band or a DJ.
Kantor and Handler, both graduates of Manhattan School of Music
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music is a major music conservatory located on the Upper West Side of New York City. The school offers degrees on the bachelors, masters, and doctoral levels in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition...
, founded LPR with the stated desire of creating a venue that would foster the fusion of "popular and art cultures" in music, film, theater, dance, and fine art.
The venue is home to a myriad variety of genres focusing on classical, new music, indie rock, and jazz, but also playing host to readings, comedy, film, DJs, parties, theater,and burlesque
Burlesque
Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects...
.
Awards
- Three years running a nominee for PaperPaper (magazine)Paper magazine is a New York City–based independent magazine covering and discovering cultural movements with a focus on fashion, design, pop-culture, nightlife, music, art and film. The magazine covers trends, new creative talent, urban American lifestyle as well as international lifestyles and...
Magazine’s best club in New York City - The Freedom Party at LPR won the 2010 Best Party in NYC from Paper Magazine
- Listed in Flavorpill’s Best Venues of the 21st Century
- 2009 Village Voice’s Best Rock Venue
- 2009 New York Magazine’s Best High Brow Venue
- 2010 Club Planet Venue of the Week
- 2011 Lonely PlanetLonely PlanetLonely Planet is the largest travel guide book and digital media publisher in the world. The company is owned by BBC Worldwide, which bought a 75% share from the founders Maureen and Tony Wheeler in 2007 and the final 25% in February 2011...
Best of NYC
Press
“A forward-thinking venue that seeks to showcase disparate musical styles under one roof…artistically planned eclecticism.”-Time Out New York
“The place isn’t merely cool, as the New York Times has dubbed it, the venue is a downright musical marvel.”
-Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
“Just when you thought all artistic integrity had been sucked out of NYC’s cookie-cutter nightlife, Greenwich Village gets a performance space fir for orchestras and punk rockers alike.”
- Shecky’s
Shecky's Media, Inc.
Shecky's Media, Inc. is an event promoter, city guide publisher and website.- History :Shecky's Girls' Night OutHoffman grew Shecky's into a multi-million dollar women-centric media company featuring his now-famous Girls' Night Out events currently held in 12 major cities across the country,...
"No surprise, really: Le Poisson Rouge, in both its chic veneer and its earnest disregard for genre boundaries, has embraced a style and ethos fostered by the Kronos Quartet for more than three decades. In any given week at the club you might hear classical post-Minimalism, beat-heavy electronica, evanescent chamber pop and clever world-music fusions."
– New York Times
External links
- (Le) Poisson Rouge official website