tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post1210213092253561884..comments2024-01-06T18:34:30.188-08:00Comments on I Witness: Lenya, Kurt, and BertIWitnessEdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-89898146027147032532011-08-04T19:45:15.440-07:002011-08-04T19:45:15.440-07:00Yea, let's collaborate. But I warn you, I'...Yea, let's collaborate. But I warn you, I'm not competitive, I'm lazy.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-7610647624821052032011-08-04T18:30:49.506-07:002011-08-04T18:30:49.506-07:00You mean I gotta compete with The Provizer now? Co...You mean I gotta compete with The Provizer now? Couldn't we maybe work a deal?IWitnessEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-75409800013313457392011-08-04T07:45:27.766-07:002011-08-04T07:45:27.766-07:00Hey, you got some culture out there, too. Weimar a...Hey, you got some culture out there, too. Weimar and Gangsta are most definitely connected. <br /><br />I was thinking about doing the same thing (B/W and jazz). Be interesting to see what we each came up with.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-43687807004484240342011-08-03T20:28:03.147-07:002011-08-03T20:28:03.147-07:00Your experiences with Mahagonny and Cabaret make m...Your experiences with Mahagonny and Cabaret make me closer to regretting a mostly West Coast life... opportunities not available and all that. My encounters with LK&B were all second and third hand save for a visit in the mid-Eighties to the East German theatre Brecht bossed around (St. Joan, Mother Courage, Chalk Circle, etc.) and his drab flat, enlivened only by beat-up copies of American noir novels. More to come when I get the nerve to discuss Weill's connection to Jazz...IWitnessEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312808828448124509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-58712697984438520132011-08-03T17:11:29.918-07:002011-08-03T17:11:29.918-07:00Oh yea-I saw Lotte in the 1960's Cabaret in NY...Oh yea-I saw Lotte in the 1960's Cabaret in NYC. Charismatic performance.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241063190450464888.post-60499085986068752072011-08-03T17:10:09.264-07:002011-08-03T17:10:09.264-07:00That's a lot of wax to part with, although it ...That's a lot of wax to part with, although it sounds like you managed without too much pain. CD backup is useful.<br /><br />Brecht/Weill were not only a good keystone combo, they were fair writers. I don't know the canon as well as you do, but some swath of it. Mahogonny gets my nod. It's incredibly ambitious and, I think, successful most of the time. I was psyched to see it at the Met and was disappointed they did it in English translation. I don't think translators get the raw meat feel of it-especially Blitstein. To translate "the bordello where we cohabitated" as "the two by four where we played house" is pretty unforgivable. If it was the censor's fault, then screw him.Steve Provizerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09757505876939504133noreply@blogger.com