Marlene Dietrich News

The original “Dainty June” in the 1959 Broadway production of Gypsy is presenting a cabaret program of classic French compositions in her new show, MON HISTOIRE EN CHANSONS FRANCAISES.

Carleton Upham Carpenter, Jr. (95) an American film, television and stage actor, songwriter, and novelist died Monday, January 31, 2022 in Warwick, NY.  He had been in declining health for some years.

Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf, both cabaret divas of their own accord, were close friends throughout the years of their careers. But were they more than that?

It was the event of the year and people missed it at their peril. The ones who didn't miss it will be talking about it for the rest of their lives.

Myriam Phiro revisits her celebrated jazz tribute to Edith Piaf

Back in Business marks Haley’s return to the stage at Feinstein’s/54 Below as a joyous triumph of life, love, and the pursuit of dreams. Haley is putting her signature style on classics from Broadway and the Great American Songbook including hits from Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered to Up On the Roof to Before the Parade Passes By.

The wonderful, magical part of MOSTLY MARLENE is that Kim David Smith plays none of it for camp. He winks at the audience, to be sure, but the evening is an honest and loving tribute to Marlene, the world she inhabited, and the fans who adored her. He captures her signature style: the languid delivery, the fluid gestures, the almost predatory sexuality, and those breathtaking moments when she became so still and internal it was a little spooky. None of it feels natural, and that’s precisely the point. Marlene Dietrich always let the audience in on the fact that they weren’t watching reality, they were watching an inspired creation. Kim David Smith is inspired, indeed.

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Starting this Saturday 4 September, Drag Race UK alumni Joe Black will be bringing some much-needed H&M (humour and music) to clubs around the UK as part of his eagerly awaited Decopunk tour.

The title “Sound Of Music” is derived from the Pythagorean theory of musica universalis or the “music of the spheres” wherein Pythagoreas states that if objects in motion create sound then the planets forever in motion must forever produce sound.

A very pro-European record, Bright Magic is ultimately not just about one city, but all centers of human interaction and community which allow the free exchange and cross-pollination of ideas. 

What is Club Cumming without a little Kim David Smith, Weimar and Dietrich?

Hill Country Community Theatre has announced its 2021-22 season featuring the musical comedy “Nunsense A-Men!,” a holiday comedy “A Doublewide, Texas Christmas,” an evening of sketches from “The Carol Burnett Show,” the new comedy “Breakfast Club,” and the musical “Destry Rides Again.” 

Ms. Luther, who appeared in Evita at Theatre By The Sea in 2008, returns with a brand new solo concert. Ms. Robbins & Ms. Swindal, (who appeared in Theatre By The Sea productions of Mary Poppins and Spamalot), will be presenting their latest show We Just Move On! - The Songs of Kander and Ebb.

There are young people in the cabaret rooms of New York City because of the young talent and ever-changing material to be found in those rooms. The future of cabaret looks bright, indeed.

Seeing Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen on stage is a good lesson in star power. It feels like she doesn't have to try - she just does, and she does it magnificently. Commanding the audience’s attention, never losing it during those ninety minutes of splendor.

He had the audience in the palm of his hand.

Robyn Archer's performance seemed over all too soon

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.

This June, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) celebrates the life and work of Serge Gainsbourg with a virtual talk with Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg and a special musical presentation by Comédie-Française.