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| Songs banned by the Nazis at London’s Gate Theater. | |
| Posted by: singleticket 07:39 pm EDT 05/26/18 | |
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| EFFIGIES OF WICKEDNESS at London’s Gate Theater is an evening composed of Weimar era songs banned by the Nazis. The show is the brainchild of the young British baritone Peter Brathwaite who is someone to watch. In fact, as good as the show is the standouts are the cast, who seem poised to become very well known. The composers of the songs might be familiar to some, Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and others completely unknown but all the songs were unfamiliar to me and eye opening. The evening opens and closes with a kind of march song that is an homage to queer people, “The Lavender Song” by Misha Spolianski. In between there are songs that range from escapist to harrowing. And even though after the end of many of these songs there is an uncomfortable silence as the audience rouses itself out of the feeling that this all feels too closely contemporary for comfort, the tone throughout is light, friendly and fun. Two of the cast have fine operatic voices while the other two including the magnetic Lucy McCormick and the aptly named Le Gateau Chocolat are more in the line of cabaret performers and brilliant ones at that. The entire evening is brilliantly conceived and executed and all the more so for having an anarchic, informal sense of fun about it. Highly recommend. It runs to June 9th. | |
| Link | Gate Theater |
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| re: Songs banned by the Nazis at London’s Gate Theater. | |
| Posted by: Snowysdad 08:48 pm EDT 05/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Songs banned by the Nazis at London’s Gate Theater. - singleticket 07:39 pm EDT 05/26/18 | |
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| Ute Lemper recording CD called Berlin Cabaret Songs, available in German and English versions. The Lavender Song ia on thia CD, perhaps there is additional overlap. | |
| Link | https://www.amazon.com/Ute-Lemper-Berlin-Cabaret-Songs/dp/B0000042FR/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1527381894&sr=8-6&keywords=ute+lemper+cd |
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| re: Songs banned by the Nazis at London’s Gate Theater. Entartete Musik | |
| Last Edit: bmc 09:20 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| Posted by: bmc 09:17 pm EDT 05/27/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Songs banned by the Nazis at London’s Gate Theater. - Snowysdad 08:48 pm EDT 05/26/18 | |
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| There's a web site , Decca Entartete Musik(degenerate Musik). I have one of their CDs , tho I hope to get more(The CD I have is"Schoenberg in Hollywood") Other titles, include Weill, Eisler, there's an Ute Lemper CD. I hope to investigate further | |
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