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It's All A Swindle at Don't Tell Mama
Dates: 6/16/2026
📍 Theatre: Don't Tell Mama
343 West 46th Street
New York City, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 757-0788
Tickets: $20 plus 2-drink minimum
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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.”
News About It's All A Swindle at Don't Tell Mama
BWW Review: Artemesia Le Fay Brings us a Visitation From GHOSTS OF WEIMAR PAST
June 08, 2021 Not all Lady Artemisia's selections are in their mother tongue, but enough of them are to give you a true sense of period, intention, and Weimar tone. And the performances... Oh, my DARLINGS! The performances of each song, evoking each shadow, each sharp angle of the period, reaching through the room as the young lady morphs her vocal production and intonations to fit each dramatic journey the audience must take with her.About the Theatre
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