Friday, May 23 at 11PM ESTIt was a time when democratic ideals and artistic inspiration were one and the same. If gay rights and women's equality were worth singing about, the status quo and moral strictures were worth flouting. It was not long after the turn of the 20th century. Weimar Germany. The hard-won, short-lived peace between the First and Second World Wars, before Hitler's murderous rise made his Prussian predecessors look lax in comparison. It was a time when popular entertainment was live, every night, in cabarets. Bourgeois husbands and prim wives flocked to Berlin's smoky caverns of the night, where the booze, and the satire, flowed freely. Pointed lyrics. Red hot women. And anthems that resonate still. Tune in for a night of cabaret, featuring the incomparable Ute Lemper. http://www.utelemper.com/index_2.html
An interview with Ute by New York Magazine
Ute sings Youkali-Tango by Kurt Weil
