Download or read book Berlin Cabaret written by Peter JELAVICH and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into Ernst Wolzogen's Motley Theater, Max Reinhardt's Sound and Smoke, Rudolf Nelson's Chat noir, and Friedrich Hollaender's Tingel-Tangel. Enjoy Claire Waldoff's rendering of a lower-class Berliner, Kurt Tucholsky's satirical songs, and Walter Mehring's Dadaist experiments, as Peter Jelavich spotlights Berlin's cabarets from the day the curtain first went up, in 1901, until the Nazi regime brought it down. Fads and fashions, sexual mores and political ideologies--all were subject to satire and parody on the cabaret stage. This book follows the changing treatment of these themes, and the fate of cabaret itself, through the most turbulent decades of modern German history: the prosperous and optimistic Imperial age, the unstable yet culturally inventive Weimar era, and the repressive years of National Socialism. By situating cabaret within Berlin's rich landscape of popular culture and distinguishing it from vaudeville and variety theaters, spectacular revues, prurient nude dancing, and Communist agitprop, Jelavich revises the prevailing image of this form of entertainment. Neither highly politicized, like postwar German Kabarett, nor sleazy in the way that some American and European films suggest, Berlin cabaret occupied a middle ground that let it cast an ironic eye on the goings-on of Berliners and other Germans. However, it was just this satirical attitude toward serious themes, such as politics and racism, that blinded cabaret to the strength of the radical right-wing forces that ultimately destroyed it. Jelavich concludes with the Berlin cabaret artists' final performances--as prisoners in the concentration camps at Westerbork and Theresienstadt. This book gives us a sense of what the world looked like within the cabarets of Berlin and at the same time lets us see, from a historical distance, these lost performers enacting the political, sexual, and artistic issues that made their city one of the most dynamic in Europe.
Download or read book I Am a Camera written by John Van Druten and published by Dramatists Play Service Inc. This book was released on 1983 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Berlin between the two world wars the play explores the tensions leading to the rise of Hitler.
Download or read book Cabaret Berlin written by Lori Münz and published by Edel Germany GmbH. This book was released on 2005 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photographic rendezvous with Berlin of the 1920's. This collection of a book and 4 CDs contains authentic recordings and tone documents.
Download or read book Nolde in Berlin written by Emil Nolde and published by Dumont. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a stunning selection of Noldes paintings, watercolours and prints depicting the nightlife of Berlin in the early twentieth century.
Download or read book Goodbye to Berlin written by Christopher Isherwood and published by London : Hogarth Press. This book was released on 1939 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The German Cabaret Legacy in American Popular Music written by William Farina and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stylistic remnants of cabaret music from Weimar-era Germany are all around us. During the 20th century, its most prominent American exponents were the Germans Marlene Dietrich and Lotte Lenya, whose careers extended through the 1970s. Because of them (and others), the words and music of such artists as Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Friedrich Hollaender, and Marcellus Schiffer continue to be heard and exert widespread influence. Major songwriters touched by cabaret include Lennon & McCartney, Bacharach & David, Kander & Ebb, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, and Patti Smith, among many others. African-American artists, beginning with Louis Armstrong, have been sympathetic interpreters of cabaret music. Modern-day Las Vegas appears to be the fulfillment of a prophecy made in the late 1920s by Weill & Brecht in their Mahagonny stage works. And today, the German Kabarett tradition remains strong with such stars as Ute Lemper and Max Raabe packing international venues.
Download or read book Berlin The Wicked City Unveiling the Mythos in Weimar Berlin written by David Larkins and published by Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call of Cthulhu 7th edition Sourcebook and scenarios.
Download or read book Views of Berlin written by KIRCHHOFF and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Berlin written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you to the historic city of Berlin, to hikes outside the city, and to every museum in town, this updated guide is the ideal companion whether you're on a city break, beach vacation, or road trip. The locally based Rough Guides author team introduces the best places to stop and explore, and provides reliable insider tips on topics such as driving Berlin's roads, visiting the Berlin Wall's remains, and shopping for beer and sausage. You'll find special coverage of German history, art, architecture, and literature, and detailed information on the best markets and shopping for each area of the city. The Rough Guide to Berlin also unearths the best restaurants, nightlife, and places to stay, from backpacker hostels to beachfront villas and boutique hotels, and color-coded maps feature every sight and listing. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Berlin.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Berlin written by Christian Williams and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Berlin is the definitive guide to this extraordinary city with its fascinating historical sites, world-class museums, cutting edge galleries and architecture and pulsating nightlife. It will guide you through Germany's capital with reliable information and a clearly explained background on everything from the enduring Reichstag to eastern Berlin's cultural scene. Whether you're looking for great places to eat and drink or inspiring accommodation and the most exciting places to party, you'll find the solution. Accurate maps and comprehensive practical information help you get under the skin of this dynamic city, whilst stunning photography make The Rough Guide to Berlin your ultimate travelling companion. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Berlin. Now available in epub format.
Download or read book The Making of Cabaret written by Keith Garebian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and compelling production history of the original Broadway version of Cabaret, this book is a meticulous record of how a great musical came into being. Encompassing everything from literary sources to music and lyrics, design and production process, it is the ultimate reference for theatre specialists and general readers alike.
Download or read book The Berlin Cabaret The Neue Frau 1918 1933 written by Charlotte Luise Fechner and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bachelor Thesis from the year 2001 in the subject Theater Studies, Dance, grade: A, University of North London, 34 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The 'Golden Twenties': it was a time of great diversity and confusions, changes and excitements, fears and joys, both in public life and in private. And eventually, a time when womankind redefined herself. The Neue Frau was born. This work examines the Myth of the Neue Frau in relationship with the metropolis Berlin and its Cabaret scene during the time of the Weimar Republic. "Berlin is a girl in a pullover, not much powder on her face, H lderlin in her pocket, thighs like those of Atlanta, an undigested education, a heart which is almost too ready to sympathise, and a breadth of view which charmes one's repressions . One walks with her among the lights and the shadows. And after an hour or so one is hand in hand...Berlin stimulates like arsenic, and then when one's nerves are all ajingle she comes with her hot milk of human kindness; and in the end, for an hour and a half, one is able, gratefully to go to sleep." Harold Nicolson, journalist, about Berlin during the 1920s
Download or read book Cabaret written by Stephen Tropiano and published by Limelight Editions. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Limelight). In 1973, Cabaret walked away with eight Academy Awards, including gold statues for director Bob Fosse and for its stars, Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey. Based on the long-running Broadway musical, with a memorable score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, Cabaret is a landmark film that broke new cinematic ground by revolutionizing the Hollywood musical through its treatment of adult themes and art house sensibility. With an introduction by Joel Grey, the book chronicles the history of Cabaret, from Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories to the stage and film versions of John van Druten's play I Am a Camera, through the adaptation of the hit Broadway musical for the big screen. Readers will get an insider's look into the making of the film, the creative talent in front of the camera and behind the scenes, and why this divinely decadent musical continues to captivate audiences.
Download or read book Gay Berlin written by Robert Beachy and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of Randy Shilts Award In the half century before the Nazis rose to power, Berlin became the undisputed gay capital of the world. Activists and medical professionals made it a city of firsts—the first gay journal, the first homosexual rights organization, the first Institute for Sexual Science, the first sex reassignment surgeries—exploring and educating themselves and the rest of the world about new ways of understanding the human condition. In this fascinating examination of how the uninhibited urban culture of Berlin helped create our categories of sexual orientation and gender identity, Robert Beachy guides readers through the past events and developments that continue to shape and influence our thinking about sex and gender to this day.
Download or read book Berlin Witness written by G. Jonathan Greenwald and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative and personal, Berlin Witness is likely to be the definitive American description of the first phase of the German Revolution until the government opens its archives in the next century and will be a valuable resource for anyone wishing to understand the background of the new Germany
Download or read book Cabaret written by Joe Masteroff and published by Newmarket Press. This book was released on 1999-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four 1998 Tony Awards given to the Roundabout Theatre's production of Cabaret add to the eight Tonys the musical won in 1966 and the eight Oscars the film version garnered in 1972. Surely one of the most acclaimed and beloved plays of all time, this modern classic is honored for the first time in a lavishly illustrated book. Here is the complete musical book by Joe Masteroff and all the words of the songs written by John Kander and Fred Ebb. It is illustrated with more than 100 photographs and drawings (including 74 in full color) of the original cast of the Roundabout 's smash Broadway production by Joan Marcus, never-before- published backstage photographs by Rivka Katvan, and archival photos of past productions. The accompanying text explores the evolution of the play in all its incarnations, from the 1930 stories of Christopher Isherwood to two films and three stage adaptations. Here are all the fantastic artists who have brought this play to life: Julie Harris (the original Sally Bowles), Joel Grey, Liza Minnelli, Natasha Richardson, Alan Cumming, Ron Rifkin, and directors Hal Prince, Bob Fosse, Sam Mendes, and Rob Marshall. Also featured are original drawings by costume designer William Ivey Long and set designer Robert Brill. For theatre lovers and film fans, for those who've seen the play and those who haven't, this book is an exclusive insider's glimpse into a stage and film phenomenon, one of the most astonishing artistic achievements of our time.
Download or read book Cabarets in Berlin 1901 1944 written by Peter Jelavich and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
