It's All A Swindle at Don't Tell Mama

Returning to the repertoire of her beloved Weimar Republic, acclaimed dark kabarett chanteuse and composer Artemisia LeFay will premiere her brand new show "IT'S ALL A SWINDLE"("ALLES SCHWINDEL") at Don't Tell Mama on Tuesday, June 16th at 7pm. Joined by double bassist Clayton Thompson and pianist Renée Guerrero, the three will prove that not only did radical thinkers, folks of the fringe, and vaudevillians of 1920s and 1930s endure times of fascist political upheaval, but their words, songs, and stories have OUTLIVED them. Come and see just how people have used music as medicine in this increasingly parallel period of history, when everything was “all a swindle”.

Bertolt Brecht famously asked, “When there are dark times, will people still be singing?”
The likes of Claire Waldoff, Kurt Weill, Mischa Spoliansky, and Hans Eisler have certainly thought so, and Herr Brecht goes on to answer himself: “Yes, they will be singing— about the dark times.”

https://www.artemisialefay.com/