Kurt Weill

PHOTOS: Mark Twain Classic Reinterpreted

Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: Illustration, Literature, Exhibition, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Tim Rollins, K.O.S., Kurt Weill, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Painting, Mark Twain, New York, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Arts News

Tim Rollins and K.O.S portray a visual investigation of three important pieces of classic literature by bringing forward their contemporary message. F...

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Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lincoln Center, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, Ute Lemper, Music, Kurt Weill, Entertainment, Cabaret, New York, Arts News
Fern Siegel

If Kurt Weill were alive, he'd worship Ute Lemper. The songs of pre-war German composers, especially Weill, forged her musical identity -- and the se...

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Stage Door: Knickerbocker Holiday

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Culture, Entertainment, Collegiate Chorale, Musical Theater, Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson, Victor Garber, Kelli O'Hara, Music, NY Around Town, New York News
Fern Siegel

Kurt Weill could mix European-style music with Broadway razzle-dazzle. But for music lovers, Weill is probably best known for numbers such as "The September Song," being performed this January.

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Dog Ears Music: Born In March Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mississippi John Hurt, mp3s, Edie Brickell (& New Bohemians), Kurt Weill, Chaka Khan (Rufus), Phil Ramone, Béla Bartók (& June De Toth), Elton John, Danielle Evin, Music, Lykke Li, Dog Ears, Lou Reed, Video, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by Elton John, Mississippi John Hurt, Lou Reed, Lykke Li, and others.

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The Scottsboro Boys: New Kander-Ebb Musical, Old Kander-Ebb Formula

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Skin of Our Teeth, Samuel Liebowitz, Brandon Victor Dixon, Jason Robert Brown, Chicago, Kurt Weill, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Sharon Washington, The Visit, Manuel Puig, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Leo Frank, Jerome Kern, Hal Prince, Parade, Musical Comedy, John Cullum, Cabaret, Oscar Hammerstein II, Stephen Foster, Thornton Wilder, Susan Stroman, Fred Ebb, Berlin Stories, Edna Ferber, David Thompson, Show Boat, John Kander, The Scottsboro Boys, Bertolt Brecht, Vineyard Theatre, Christopher Isherwood, Colman Domingo, Forrest McClendon, New York News
David Finkle

Time was, audiences went to musicals--more often called musical comedies then--to see famous entertainers sing great songs written by first-rate lyric...

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Stage Door: Ute Lemper's Last Tango in Berlin

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cabaret, Ute Lemper, Entertainment, Joe's Pub, Music, Singers, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, New York News
Fern Siegel

It's the voice -- a sexy contralto that can bring you to tears in a single note. If you've heard chanteuse Ute Lemper, you cannot forget her.

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