Lotte Lenya News

Violinist Richard Tognetti returns to Café Carlyle for a five-night residency from April 16 to 20, 2024. Tognetti, Principal Violin Satu Vänskä, violist Elizabeth Woolnough and cellist Eliza Sdraulig will perform music from JS Bach to Nick Drake, ito the Weimar Republic. We spoke with Tognetti and Vänskä about the show.

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish MC welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music has named the ten exceptional singing actors who will compete for a top prize of $25,000 in the final round of the twenty-sixth annual Lenya Competition, the internationally renowned theatrical singing contest.

This reviewer was completely overwhelmed by the tornado of talent that is Meow Meow. Their show MEOW MEOW, SEQUINS AND SATIRE, DIVAS AND DISRUPTORS: THE WILD WOMEN OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC on March 23, 2024 was hot and hysterical.

Discover the ten talented singers who have advanced to the final round of the 2024 Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition.

Carolyn Bacon returns to The Green Room 42 with her feminist solo show WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT WOMEN VOL. 2 on March 25. Learn how to purchase tickets.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present the return of internationally acclaimed soprano Lisa Vroman in “Ingénue... Ingé-not-so-new!” on Sunday, March 31 at 7:00 PM. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

An exceptionally fine group of musicians and singers.

The classic musical Carousel is set to ope at The Wick Theatre in Boca Raton. See performance dates and learn how to purchase tickets.

The cast and creative team has been revealed for Unknown Soldier at Arena Stage. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music has identified the twenty rising singer-actors who have advanced to the Lenya Competition's semifinal round.

The Green Room 42 will present Nayeli Abrego and Zack Krajnyak for the first time on March 16, 2024. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Brooklyn Art Song Society will present Circles VI: The February House, a program inspired by the Brooklyn-Heights-based artist commune that housed Benjamin Britten, Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya, and W.H. Auden. Learn how to purchase tickets.

PEAK Performances at Montclair State University is producing two opera-in-concert performances of Blind Injustice, composed by Montclair State University College of the Arts faculty member Scott Davenport Richards (A Star Across the Ocean, Charlie Crosses the Nation) with a libretto by David Cote (Three Way, The Scarlet Ibis).

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) has announced that Kevin Kelso (music) and Hillary Rollins (lyrics) are the winners of MAC's 2023 Dottie Burman Award songwriting competition, and that Sonya Hayden (music and lyrics) is the winner of MAC's 2023 John Wallowitch Award songwriting competition. The winners will share in the $500 award that comes with each of the two competitions.

Check out the trailer for Moment To Moment: The Making of The Violet Hour Studio Cast recording!

Performances of Jagged Little Pill at the Fabulous Fox run January 19-21. Show times are Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 1:00 p.m.

TIME TRAVELER was a fascinating look at the life of an extremely versatile artist.

On November 4 at 7:30PM, and November 5 at 3:00PM, Seaglass Theater Company will present Sondheim Tribute Revue at Gallery X in New Bedford. Get all the details here!

Andrew Polec, who is currently starring as Berger in the Two River production of Hair, will be performing a concert in NYC at Milliron Studios at 8pm on Monday October 9, 2023. Learn more about the upcoming performance and find out how to get tickets here!