Kim David Smith
A Wery Weimar Christmas
Presented by Club Cumming Productions
Club Cumming, New York City
For those eager for some alternative Christmas fare, tune into a reprise of Kim David Smith’s 2019 A Wery Weimar Christmas streaming on December 30. Smith’s show humorously appeals to those “too poor for presents, too grownup for Santa Claus, and too Atheist for Jesus.” Renowned for his interpretations of the Weimar sound, Smith has been called the male Marlene Dietrich by The New York Times and the David Bowie of Cabaret (Wall Street Journal). Mirroring the doom, gloom, and decadence of 1920’s Berlin, A Wery Weimar Christmas easily draws reference to the dystopian last gasps of the Trump days.
Mixing artists like Kurt Weill, Friedrich Hollaender, and Hugh Martin with Kylie Minogue and Madonna, Smith presents his mashups as uniquely androgynous, Aussie-accented dramatic vignettes. Opening with “Pirate Jenny” (Kurt Weil/Bertolt Brecht) from Threepenny Opera, Smith sets the stage for the proceedings, segueing into the original tune “A Wery Merry Weimar Christmas” (Kim David Smith/Tracy Stark). Smith plumbs various sources for his shows and mines a gem, William Bolcom and Arnold Weinstein’s “Song of Black Max (As Told by the de Kooning Boys)” and Terry Gilkyson’s “Look Me Over Closely.
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” first recorded by Dietrich in 1953.
Smith has a clear, beautiful tenor and imbues each number with an impish, oft dark charm that delves into the emotional intentions of the lyric. He’s over-generous with three guest numbers from Boy Radio (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells’ “The Christmas Song”), Alexis Michelle (Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers’ “My Favorite Things”/”Edelweiss,” and Natalie Joy Johnson’s cover of Richard Carpenter and Frank Pooler’s ”Merry Christmas, Darling.” Tracy Stark acts as musical director/pianist and backup vocalist. Wonderfully filmed with faux audience applause by Evan Quinn with technical direction by Matt Berman, Smith’s show adds to the burgeoning collection of streaming live performances that illustrate the endurance of cabaret in this pandemic scenario.
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Kim David Smith is definitely a unique entertainer with talent to spare. Sharing his love of the slyly subversive catalog of Weimer Germany with a modern twist is a joy indeed and will make your yuletide gayer for sure.
Streaming via Stellar on 12/30 at 8pm EST.
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Tickets are $10
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