Love Life, the only collaboration between Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner, depicts a love story that takes place over 200 years of American history, through the eyes of a couple who never ages. This ...
On his first two albums under his own name, London-based alto saxophonist Sam Braysher focused on the Great American Songbook. On this, his third album, he takes a sideways look at mid-twentieth ...
Here’s the good news, if a bit late: Back in 1948, Kurt Weill and Alan Jay Lerner wrote a truly great score for “Love Life,” the only musical they made together. If you haven’t heard of “Love Life,” ...
A captivating storyteller and historian, Ute Lemper returned to 54 Below last Thursday, January 23, for a mesmerizing journey through the life and music of Kurt Weill. The evening highlighted Weill’s ...
DETAILS What: "Kurt Weill, Thomas Bagwell & Diane McNaron." With accordionist Alla Melnyk Mulvehill. Presented by Artburst. When: Next Sunday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: Row seating, $8, $4 seniors and ...
In celebration of two major milestones - the 125th anniversary of Kurt Weill's birth and the 75th year since his passing - Orchestra Miami will present From Berlin to Broadway […] The post Orchestra ...
In his liner notes to this album, philosopher/novelist Umberto Eco talks about Gianluigi Trovesi and Gianni Coscia revisiting Kurt Weill "in a musical drowse dominated by an almost oneiric principle ...
The German-born cabaret performer’s latest album celebrates the 125th anniversary of Kurt Weill’s birth, yoking classics to the language of today’s music. By Elysa Gardner “Welcome to Weimar — to the ...