Oh, Those Beautiful Weimar Girls, written by Idiko Nemeth and Mark Altman and directed by Nemeth, with the sexiest choreography in town by Julie Atlas Muz and Peter Schmitz, terrific costumes by Javier Bone-Carbone, stylish lighting by Federico Restrepo, and a lively soundscape by Jon Gilbert Leavitt, is a visit to the depravity in Berlin from 1921 to '32 centered about the super-Bohemian dancer, Anita Berber. She depraved herself into an early grave, but had a great time along the way.
Anita liked to let her mink drop to the floor in public, and be naked, and the beautiful Sarah Lemp accomplishes this with style, standing still-- a classic historic nude statue. And she's an exciting (clothed) dancer. When Lemp is nude, she's dressed -- when she's clothed and dancing, she's naked. With the counterpoint of a fine singer, Kaylin Lee Clinton, it's an exciting evening, including a troupe of exuberant girl dancers in scanties, the seduction of a young virgin, simulated rough sex, a bit of S & M, a dance of death, a whole culture is recreated in a powerfully engaging evening.
Opened:
November 19, 2008
Ended:
December 21, 2008
Country:
USA
State:
New York
City:
New York
Company/Producers:
New Stage Theater Company
Theater Type:
off-Broadway
Theater:
CSV Cultural Center
Theater Address:
107 Suffolk Street
Phone:
212-868-4444
Website:
newstagetheatre.org
Running Time:
90 min
Genre:
Revue
Director:
Ildiko Nemeth
Choreographer:
Julie Atlas Muz & Peter Schmitz
Review:
Cast:
Javier Bone-Carbone, Kaylin Lee Clinton, Markus Hirnigel, Lisa Kathryn Hokans, Denice Kondik, Sarah Lemp, Florencia Minniti, Madeline James, John Rosania, Kat Ross, Jade Rothman, Christine Ann Ryndak, Jeanne Lauren Smith, Johannes Ernst Nowak, Peter Schmitz
Technical:
Set: Jason Strum; Cost: Javier Bone-Carbone; Masks: Federico Restrepo
Critic:
Richmond Shepard
Date Reviewed:
December 2008
