CABARET AT CAFÉ SABARSKY
In support of New York City’s effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Spring 2020 Cabaret series has been suspended. If you purchased tickets for the Spring 2020 Cabaret series, a member of our staff will contact you for a refund in the coming month.
Cabaret at Café Sabarsky, an ongoing tradition at the Neue Galerie, is a union of modern Austrian cuisine with classic European music and performance. The spirit of each evening harkens back to the early 20th century, experienced within the period-inspired Café Sabarsky. The room is exquisitely appointed with Wiener Werkstätte designs, including lighting fixtures by Josef Hoffmann, furniture by Adolf Loos, and a magnificent Bösendorfer grand piano. The program is dedicated to performances that celebrate the modern era in the style of Austrian and German Cabaret, and the genre’s commitment to questioning social mores through humor, storytelling, and wit.
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SPRING 2020 CABARET SEASON
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BARBARA FASANO
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MARTIN BAKARIRecognized by the Kurt Weill Foundation for his interpretations of Weimar-era classics, Martin Bakari brings fresh, dynamic performances of celebrated vocal pieces from Berlin to New York and beyond. For Bakari’s Café Sabarsky debut, audiences will enjoy his “golden tenor,” and “vocally charismatic” performance, as aptly described by Opera News.
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AMY BURTON AND JOHN MUSTOWith songs spanning from Paris to Berlin and then back to New York, celebrated husband-and-wife duo Amy Burton and John Musto return to Café Sabarsky for an elegant evening of music. Burton’s Soprano voice “could make you weep” (Washington Post), while Musto, “an extraordinarily gifted pianist” (The New Yorker), sets the tone for a virtuosic journey in song. |
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MARK NADLERInternationally acclaimed entertainer Mark Nadler brings his award-winning theatrical cabaret “I’m a Stranger Here Myself” to Café Sabarsky. Accompanied by William Schimmel on accordion and Christine Kwak on violin, Nadler deftly takes the audience on “a journey that is both broadly historical and profoundly personal” (The New York Times). Audiences will relish this thoughtful exploration of Weimar Republic refugees, including Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya and Friedrich Hollaender. Expect all of Nadler’s signature panache in a spectacle that is uncompromisingly “perceptive” and “artful” (Time Out New York). THURSDAY, APRIL 16
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UTE LEMPER WITH VANA GIERIGWhen Ute Lemper takes the stage, we are instantly transported to the fleeting moment of wild experimentation that bloomed in pre-war progressive Germany. A two-time Grammy nominee, Lemper has been universally praised for her renditions of Berlin cabaret songs, the works of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, and the chansons of Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel. In her highly anticipated return to Café Sabarsky, these much-loved numbers will receive the passionate acerbic interpretation that is this star’s signature style. THURSDAY, APRIL 23| |
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THEO BLECKMANN
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REBECCA COMERFORD
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