UTE
LEMPER RETURNS TO JOE'S PUB SONGBOOK SERIES SEPTEMBER 6th THROUGH
16th
GERMAN CABARET LEGEND
AND BROADWAY STAR KICKS OFF THE 2001-2002 SONGBOOK SERIES SEPTEMBER
6 THROUGH 16 AT 8:30 pm
The
Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, George C.
Wolfe, Producer, Fran Reiter, Executive Director, is pleased to announce
that Broadway star, recording artist, and German cabaret legend Ute
Lemper will kick off the 2001-2 season of the Songbook Series at JOE'S
PUB (425 Lafayette Street, NYC - Tele-Charge: 212-239-6200 - Box Office:
212-539-8778 - http://www.joespub.com/).
Performances are September 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th,
and 16th. All shows are at 8:30 pm. Ticket prices are $35 and can
be purchased at the Public Theater box office or via Tele-Charge.
Ute Lemper has been universally
praised for her work on the stage, in film, in concert, and as a recording
artist, receiving acclaim for her interpretations of Berlin Cabaret
Songs, the works of Kurt Weill and French chanson, and for her portrayals
on Broadway and in London's West End.
Ms. Lemper will be drawing
material for these Joe's Pub performances from her upcoming West End
show entitled "Naughty Baby." She'll mix jazz, blues, rock, and German
cabaret with her uniquely funky, sexy, and often political style,
while singing the music of Eisler, Brecht & Weill, Brel, and her own
original songs.
The Songbook Series at
Joe's Pub began in November 1998 when Audra McDonald opened the series
(and the room) with a concert of her debut recording "Way Back to
Paradise," which featured the work of the new generation of theater
songwriters, particularly Jason Robert Brown, Ricky Ian Gordon, Adam
Guettel and Michael John LaChiusa. The series continues to emphasize
both new songwriters and such neglected writers as Vernon Duke, Marc
Blitzstein and William Bolcom & Arnold Weinstein.ęSingers are drawn
from the worlds of Broadway, opera, the concert hall and cabaret.
Regular Songbook performers include Ute Lemper and Lea DeLaria.
The Songbook Series received
a 2001 BACK STAGE Bistro Award "for exploring, perpetuating and enhancing
the ever-expanding Great American Songbook."
Tickets to events at Joe's
Pub can be purchased at The Public Theater box office Tuesday-Saturday
from 1:00 pm to 7:30 pm; Sunday and Monday from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm
or via Tele-Charge.
Joe's Pub opens for dinner
at 6 pm each evening. To make reservations, call 212-539-8778.
Joe's Pub is sponsored,
in part, by Philip Morris Companies Inc.
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