MUSIC
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019
9:30 PM

Karen Levitt: On Hollywood and Weimar
Feinstein's/54 Below
254 West 54th Street, Midtown, Manhattan

$25-$60 advance; $31-$66 door
https://54below.com/events/on-hollywood-and-weimar-karyn-levitt/

Karen Levitt, who's not only a very good singer but also a leading performing expert on Weimar culture, brings back her cabaret exploration of the enormous influence early-20th-Century European emigrée composers (gee, wonder why they left?) had on Golden Age Hollywood music. This is great stuff. Levitt also brings back accompanist Jed Distler on piano, an excellent player who's also a valuable critic.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: As usual at places like this, I'd advise you to drink your $25 minimum and go elsewhere for food. Like, for example, Your Compiler's (and Philip Roth's) beloved Russian Samovar, where the Russian food is actually good. (Try to leave room for at least one glass of the supernal infused vodka, though.) (I favor the dill myself.)