Joe Allen is an American restaurant known as a Broadway meeting place for working actors, theater staff and fans – very much an industry institution.

[1][2] Joe Allen is known for having its wall lined with posters of Broadway flops such as Laughing Room Only, Moose Murders, and Dance of the Vampires.

[5][6] Since 2018 these acquired different ownerships [7] but retained the name and, in the case of the London branch, the theatrical atmosphere at a venue 100 metres from its original location.

In 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the London Joe Allen (under temporary closure due to the pandemic) launched a series of three online variety shows in order to raise funds both for the restaurant and the combined theatrical charities Acting For Others.

Entitled An Evening At Joe's, the hour long shows, viewable on the Joe Allen YouTube channel, featured songs and sketches from West End and Broadway stars including Derek Jacobi, Chita Rivera, Gary Wilmot, Claire Moore, Sally Ann Triplett and Harriet Thorpe.