Welcome to NYC!
At APAP 2025, the Joshua Kane team will be at Booth 209. Be sure to stop by for our annual insider’s guide to NYC, scintillating conversation, and surprise treats.
Surprise! Joshua Kane Sings!
January 9 @ 7:50-8:10
Working Title: In My Own Lifetime — How I found my Jewish voice through the American Musical Theater
On Thursday night, January 9, from 7:50-8:10 pm we will be at the legendary club Don’t Tell Mama, as part of Ken Waldman’s “A Night of Words, Music, and More” showcase. There we will be debuting a cabaret act weaving personal stories with Broadway standards. Please send us your name in advance so that we can be sure and put you on the comp list (admission is $20 for the general public). There’s a $20 two-drink minimum, and it’s a cash-only establishment.
First generation Jews invented the American Musical Theater. While his siblings studied in Hebrew School, New York City actor Joshua Kane made the American Songbook his Torah and it illuminated his path to into adulthood, marriage, fatherhood, and his citizenship as a New Yorker. Drawing upon his deep connection to these works, Kane shares some of his favorite songs and stories with humor, pathos, and an open heart. Composers and lyricists will include Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Harold Rome, Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse, Sylvia Fine, and more! Join us for this special event, as we raise a glass and say L’Chaim (“To Life!”) together. This project has been a long time in the making and we are grateful to be working with Music Director Phil Hall.
Joshua Kane’s Stories to Fire the Imagination!
January 11 @ 6:00 – 6:20 p.m.
New York Hilton, Morgan Suite, 2nd floor
Back by Popular Demand. Colleagues have long asked to see the kind of stories Joshua used to tell when he was a Master Teaching Artist to the State of Connecticut, creating original works for major museums and arts centers. On January 11, he returns to his storyteller roots to share some of the stories that have long delighted children and families. This showcase was the surprise hit at the 2024 MAX Conference in Indy. Be sure to bring your inner child–not to mention your kids!
Tonight, Joshua returns to his roots as a storyteller and Master Teaching Artist. Tall Tales and Stories — Original and Ghostly — abound! Perfect for outreach, elementary, and family programming. Original works for major museums, arts centers and festivals, including New York’s 92nd Street Y (“A Force of Nature, Or How I Survived My Jewish-American Family”), the Jewish Museum (“The Streets are Paved with Gold”), The Peabody Museum at Yale (“The Great Bamboozler”). His “Stories of Ourselves” workshop was featured as a community outreach program for the Crown Heights History Project at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, sponsored by the NYTimes Foundation.
Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror
January 11 @ 8:50-9:10 p.m.
New York Hilton, Morgan Suite, 2nd floor
In Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror, dark tales and passions are illuminated by theatrical fire in Kane’s captivating and highly interactive performance of The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, The Raven and more! In Gothic at Midnight, his award-winning tribute to the Masters of the Macabre, Joshua Kane takes delighted audiences on a rollercoaster ride of spine-tingling thrills and laughter. In between tales, Kane banters with the audience with the charm and style of an old-time vaudevillian. audiences become active partners in creating the world of the play. (90 minutes, no intermission),
Innovative promotional opportunities (e.g., a blood drive) and eye-catching graphics make promoting this show a pleasure for presenters. As part of our promotional blitz, we provide study guides and Poe Trivia Contests for local radio stations.
A 50-minute version plus Q&A is also available for student matinees, which are often the foundation for Kane’s dynamic residencies.
“I have found it difficult over my twenty-plus years of presenting, to find opportunities that are both engaging and rewarding for junior high/middle school students, and this program did the trick. They were engaged both with the work and with you as a performer, and the blending of those two elements held the rapt attention of a challenging age-range of audience members. I would not hesitate to enthusiastically recommend this program.” —Joseph A. Ferlo, Grand Opera House, WI
Borders of the Mind — The Psychic Show for the Whole Family!
January 11 @ 9:10 – 9:40 p.m.
New York Hilton, Morgan Suite, 2nd floor
Can he read your mind? Discover your inner superhero in award-winning Mentalist Joshua Kane’s amazing interactive performance. Entire audiences experience simultaneous telepathy, witnessing dazzling feats of lie detection and what must be psychic phenomena. People of all ages leap to participate in the strange happenings at the Borders of the Mind..
“After working in the field of presenting for over 30 years, I thought I was beyond the experience of having my jaw drop at a performance. I was wrong… “Borders of the Mind” blew me away”. —Thomas Weidemann, Clemens Center
“We hosted Borders for two full houses in our UpStage cabaret setting. Joshua deftly worked the crowd, which cut across all age groups. His material was accessible, entertaining, and appropriately mystifying! Joshua expertly reimagined his show for the environment. Most importantly, his audience was a 50/50 mix of veteran attendees and first-timers. —Brian Jose, University of Florida PAC
“We assumed that Borders would be a quick sell, but we were surprised to see what a non-traditional audience was drawn to the show. Young couple, college students, factory workers and families, families, families. It was a sold-out eclectic draw… People left enthralled, enchanted and perhaps encouraged to come back to see our other offerings.” —Jim Nuttall, “”Nicolet College Theatre, Rhinelander, WI
Check out or fabulous radio spots, TV Commercials and Sizzle Reel for your social media and ask about our marketing campaign and companion workshop.
“In addition to the show, Joshua Kane presented a workshop entitled Magical Thinking: How We Think Ourselves Into Believing Almost Anything that was so interesting it actually made the students put down their electronic devices! Joshua Kane’s insights into human behavior and how an individual’s surroundings and upbringing affect their every nuance was eye-opening and informative for students and faculty of acting and psychology alike.” —Arlene Cisar-Shaw, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington, PA
The 2025 Edition of our Dining and Shopping Guide will be available at our booth!