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At Spectrum, Donald Byrd Gives “Needless Talents” Human Faces

Michael van Baker — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:57:10 +0000

To bring this back down to earth, consider choreographer Donald Byrd's statement that, with The Theater of Needless Talents, he wanted to get into how particular humans keep finding ways to commit atrocities against humanity. Rather than totalizing Nazi power, buying into the Reich's myth, his work, iconoclastic as ever, breaks it into pieces.

Schoolyard’s Scrappy Cabaret Takes a Risk at Re-Bar

StefanDW — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:05:12 +0000

While the Broadway revival was easy on the eyes and ears, all the slickness was a little out of place for Weimar Berlin. The Schoolyard’s current production at Re-Bar overcomes that lack of historical continuity in a production born out of its environment. It’s a haute cuisine recipe, but with local, organic ingredients.

Tuesday is Modern Luv‘s Last Seattle Stand, Before New York Calls

Michael van Baker — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:11:25 +0000

Seattle soft-rock god Mark Siano is taking his cabaret-musical collaboration with not-so-soft-rock Opal Peachey, Modern Luv, on the road to New York City. To prepare for a smaller venue than Seattle's Triple Door, where, Siano tells me, they had five well-sold shows, they're holing up at the Rendezvous' Jewelbox Theater for a one-night-only, 21+ show on April 10 (tickets: $15 advance).

Say Hello to Teatro ZinZanni’s “Bonsoir Liliane!”

Jay Friedman — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:00:05 +0000

All aboard the Red Swan Express! Attending Bonsoir Liliane! is like buying a ticket to Teatro ZinZanni’s theatrical train, for an enchanting and entertaining journey to Moscow, Bombay, Paris, and beyond. The train is the vehicle for a night of circus acts, performance art, improv comedy, and play. Lots of play. Directed by 9-time Tony-Award-winning Tommy Tune, Bonsoir Liliane! is a tribute to Liliane Montevecchi, the legendary actress and dancer who herself won Tony Awards in his productions of Nine and Grand Hotel.

The Love Markets Give Weimar the Slip

Michael van Baker — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:35:31 +0000

Songs in the repertoire are by Kander & Ebb, Hanns Eisler, Kurt Weill, Friedrich Hollaender, Piaf, but also by Leonard Cohen, Janis Ian, and Angie Louise herself. If it takes a certain chutzpah to put your songs in the mix with Weill, Louise's efforts come off very well. Partly, this is context: Cabaret would normally bring you music (and concerns) of the day, and Louise's "Ballad of the Housing Bubble" is a terrific tune that feels very right, uniting eras in outrage over banksters and fleeced sheep.

Re-Imagined Cabaret For $5 at Belltown’s Barnstorm

Michael van Baker — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:54:01 +0000

A pop-up cabaret in an unused retail space in Belltown--across from the Bed, Bath & Beyond on Third Avenue--Barnstorm opened last night, leaving just two more nights (May 6 and 7) to experience it. Doors open at 6 p.m. and it closes at 2 a.m.--for $5 you can spend the whole evening there, taking in the work of the 20 artists who are involved. "From kabuki theatre to tango to sculpture to puppetry, Barnstorm is equal parts artist salon, speakeasy, cabaret and '60s happening," says the press release. Short performances are meant to welcome the casual drop-in: something will likely be going on, and if not, it will be starting in a few minutes.