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2007-08
In 2007 Helen signed with the German manager Michael Schöbel, who will represent her in all walks of her eclectic career. Helen promoted her cd Like A Woman touring across Germany in the following cities: Worpswede, Jena, Bünde, Leipzig, Ravensburg, Bernau, and Wolfhagen. She brought back her award winning A Walk on the Weill Side to the Bremer Theater in Bremen and to the Rex Theater in Wuppertal. She performed the one-woman show A Voice and A Piano in Oldenburg, Oberhausen, Frankfurt and Zurich. And then performed it for an extended stay in Berlin's famous cabaret/theater Bar Jeder Vernunft. Helen finished up the promotion for her cd with two recorded radio concerts in Berlin and Mannheim. Helen was seen this year at five prestigious galas: the Frankfurt Edit Filmmakers Award Gala; the IDC political gala in Berlin; the opening season at the Admiralspalast in Berlin; the opening of the Cann Studio in the Rock Music Museum; and the famous Goldene Kamera where she presented a life time achievement award to Alfred Biolek. Helen performed on television in Zimmer Frei, Musical Showstar and The Chart Show. In April of 2008 Helen began work on her new cd for Edel Music entitled Dream a little dream , produced by Till Brönner. She presented this new cd to the press at a showcase at the Edel Music showroom in Hamburg. At the well-known Esslingen Literature Day, Helen read stories aloud from the two children's books Helen Schneider's Tiergschichten für Kinder and Maximilian Schneck's wunderbarer Regentag ,.
2006-07
During this time, Helen formed a partnership with Ossy Hoppe of Wizard Promotions. She released a new cd on Edel Music entitled Like A Woman in April. She presented the cd to the press and public in Hamburg on May 8th at the Stage Club. The promotion tour for the cd brought her to Berlin, Hamburg, Mainz, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich, Baden-Baden, Stuttgart – for radio, television and press, including the SWR talk show. Together with her longtime friend and colleague, Linda Uruburu, she co-wrote two children's books, Helen Schneider's Tiergschichten für Kinder and Maximilian Schneck's wunderbarer Regentag , which were published by Baumhaus verlag. The books were presented at the prestigious Leipzig Book Fair. Helen performed in Stade and opened the new jazz club, BIX, in Stuttgart with the band M'Jobi. Not only did Mayk Azzato, the well known photographer, take the photos for her new cd but she was part of his photography exhibitiion and his new book entitled “Nobody is Perfect”. She performed at the Powerchild benefit gala in Frankfurt and was a presenter at the LEA Awards in Hamburg.
2005-06
The "DIVA - Deutscher Entertainment Preis" Hall of Fame Award was awarded to Helen Schneider in January 2006 for her outstanding career ion the entertainment business in Germany. She starred in the German premiere of Transformations Ver.0.1 , the new theater piece based on the poetry of the great American poet Anne Sexton, for the closing of the Pfalzbau Theater Festival in Ludwigshafen. Together with her band M'Jobi (Mini Schulz on the bass, Jo Ambros on the guitar and Obi Jenne on the drums), she performed their show Just Like A Woman in 2005 in Hessiche Lichtenau, Bebra, and Weilburg. A Voice and A Piano , continued touring in Germany with a two week run in Hamburg at the Schmidt's Theater and once more at the Schauspielhaus at the Bremer Theater in Bremen. Helen was invited to perform with the well-known Metropole Orchestra in Amsterdam for an evening of Kurt Weill music. And, she was once again, invited to perform at the prestigious Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau - this time performing with the Philharmonic Orchestra for an evening of Kurt Weill's "Seven Deadly Sins".2004-05
Helen Schneider began a new project in collaboration with Dennis Russell Davies, William Bolcum and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra featuring the music of the American composer Charles Ives, performing at the Mozartsaal in the Liederhalle in Stuttgart. Together with her band M'Jobi (Mini Schulz on the bass, Jo Ambros on the guitar and Obi Jenne on the drums), she performed their show Just Like A Woman in 2004 in Berlin, Wiehl, Weilburg, and in Herford for the opening of the new Frank Gehry museum MARTa. In 2005 they performed a concert and live broadcast for Radio Bremen. A Voice and A Piano , continued touring throughout Germany and Austria, adding the following cities: Baunatal ,Wuppertal, Gmunden, and at the Schauspielhaus at the Bremer Theater in Bremen. Helen and Bruce Coyle, performed highlights from the show for the Rosenball and the Balles des Weines, and for a gala for IBM. She starred opposite Helmut Bauman and Hardy Rudolz in a production of Henry Mancini's musical Victor Victoria at the Bremer Theater in Bremen under the direction of Helmut Baumann. Helen starred in a gala event – the Love for Music –with Ingve Gasoy Romdal in Herborn, Germany.
2003-04
A Voice and A Piano, Helen's critically-acclaimed one -woman show, ended the touring year 2003 in a televised special on the cable station 3SAT. The show then continued touring throughout Germany, Austria and Switzerland into the year 2004, adding the following cities: Mainz, Unterschleisseim, Fischen, Chur, Rithenburg, Künzelsau, Bad Kissingen, Ingolstadt, Linz, Nürnberg, München, Ulm, Rüsselsheim and Klingenberg am Main. This year, Helen was not only asked to be a part of the prestigious Kurt Weill Festival Kuratorium, but was asked and accepted the position of "Chairwoman". She performed her well-known rendition of "Mack the Knife" on German television for the Deutscher Bücherpreis 2004 (German Book Prize). Helen had the privilege of joining the "Swing Legends - Max Greger, Paul Kuhn and Hugo Strasser and the SWR Big Band" in an evening of swing music. She was presented to the jazz audience at the "Jazz Open" in Stuttgart. The evening was such a big success that Helen went on to form her own trio who she performed with at the Kaiserslautern and Rottweill Jazz Festivals. The trio is made up of Mini Schulz on the bass, Jo Ambros on the guitar and Obi Jenne on the drums.
2002-03
Helen brought her critically-acclaimed production of the musical drama Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo to the famous Recklinghausen Summer Festival in Germany. She starred in the second production of Transformations Ver.0.1, the new theater piece based on the poetry of the great American poet Anne Sexton, in Linz, Austria. Performed her award winning one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side in Dessau, Germany for the Kurt Weill Festival: first at a gala in the famous Bauhaus and then as the feature presentation, closing the festival for the year. The show was recorded for national broadcast on Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (German radio). She then continued on to Town Hall in New York City for an exclusive evening of Kurt Weill Music. Helen traveled to Munich and Stuttgart to record a song for Eberhard Schoener to be used at the presentation for Stuttgart's bid for the next Olympics. And in April 2003, Helen began the first "leg" of her tour of A Voice and A Piano, visiting the following cities: Weisloch, Mainz, Ulm, Neu-Isenburg, Friedrichshafen, Berlin, Wolfhagen, Telfs-Buchen, Frankfurt-Höchst, Lübeck, Hamburg and Vellmar.
2001-02
Performed at the prestigious Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall in New York featuring the music from her most recent cd COOL HEAT, American blues songs with pianist Bob Kaye. Performed her one-woman show A Voice and A Piano to rave reviews at the Komödie im Bayerischen Hof in Munich, Germany, receiving the "Star of the WeeK" award by Die Abendzeitung. Starred in a new theater piece based on the poetry of the great American poet Anne Sexton entitled Transformations Ver.0.1 at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna, Austria. Donated her performance in the "Cinema for Peace" gala at the International Berlin Film Festival to benefit UNICEF. Once again guest-starred in the "Romanza" tour of Germany.
2000-01
For the third year in a row, sold-out all performances of her portrayal of Eva Peron in EVITA at the Bad Hersfeld Summer Festival. Starred in the European premiere of Robert Rodriguez' and Hilary Blecher's musical drama Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna, Austria. Recorded a CD of American blues songs called COOL HEAT featuring the music of Ellington, Arlen, Mercer, and Porter for Elysium Recordings. Performed her one-woman show A Voice and A Piano in a benefit for the German national nature preserve and at the open-air Tuttlingen Festival in the Black Forest. Donated her performance in the "Festival of Performing Arts" at the Warner Theater in Connecticut to benefit the Susan B. Anthony Project. Helen was guest star in the "Romanza" tour of Germany. Celebrating the anniversary of Kurt Weill in 2000 Helen performed in Dessau, Germany, the birthplace of Kurt Weill, in a special presentation for their annual Kurt Weill Festival. Premiered her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side in Austria at the international Gmunden Summer Festival and starred in a production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Mahagonny Songspiel and Seven Deadly Sins, portraying the roles of Anna I and Anna II, at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna, Austria. Performed in the first "virtual opera" live on the internet from Mantua, Italy and Cologne, Germany, singing songs from the recording SHORT OPERAS written for her by Eberhard Schoener. Recorded a CD of her show A VOICE AND A PIANO for Preiser Records.
1999-00
For the second year in a row, sold-out all performances of her portrayal of Eva Peron in EVITA at the Bad Hersfeld Summer Festival and once again starred in a sequel for the German television mini-series "Havelkaiser". Guest-starred in the popular German criminal series "Siska" and was a panelist on the German NDR Talk show. She shared the stage in Germany with conductor/arranger Don Sebesky in a tribute to Stephen Sondheim called Love is in the Air/Stephen Sondheim at 70, performed with the WDR Big Band and the Bonn Philharmonic Orchestra at the Philharmonic Halls in Bonn and Cologne. Helen wrote and starred in a show called A Voice and A Piano, a retrospective about her career and life on the road. The show premiered at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna, Austria, toured Germany, and premiered in America at the Bay Street Theatre in New York. She brought her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side back to New York to Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center for one evening and to the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville and the Bonham Theater in New York
1998-99
Starred in the Bad Hersfeld Summer Festival production of EVITA, selling out all performances in two weeks and receiving the "Great Hersfeld Prize for Artist of the Year 1999" by the German press for her portrayal of Eva Peron. Starred in a sequel for the German television mini-series "Havelkaiser". Headlined a benefit which earned one million deutsche marks for the survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and performed in a private gala for President and Mrs. Herzog of Germany for muscular dystrophy.
1997-98
Recorded an original opera, written for Ms. Schneider by Eberhard Schoener based on the short-story THE REVENGE by Isabel Allende. Performed at the Munich Summer Open-Air Festival, highlighting the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht and in a private gala for the Olympic Committee in Munich. Performed in a benefit in Connecticut with Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine and Gerald Schoenfeld, singing the music of Stephen Sondheim and in a benefit in Munich for the German Cancer Society. Sang for 700,000 people at the opening of Potsdamerplatz in the "former" East Berlin". Recorded a duet YOU DON'T BRING ME FLOWERS ANYMORE with Peter Hofmann for SONY Records and recorded the finale song HEY MR. GENTLEMAN for the international television series "Derrick", produced by Harold Faltermeyer and released as a single on BMG Records. Taught a Master Class in theater at the Stage School of Music, Dance and Drama in Hamburg, Germany. Finished a two year run of Sunset Boulevard in Wiesbaden, Germany.
1996-97
Starred in over 300 performances of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard in the starring role of Norma Desmond at the Rhein-Main-Theater in Wiesbaden, Germany. Received the award Best Musical Theater Artist of the Year by the readers of the European theater magazine Musicals.
1995-96
Opened Andrew Lloyd Webber's German production of Sunset Boulevard in the starring role of Norma Desmond. Recorded the soundtrack of the German version of SUNSET BOULEVARD for Polydor Records. Performed for 20 million viewers, along with guests Andrew Lloyd Webber and Michael Jackson, on the German national television show "Wetten, dass…?". Starred in a sequel to the German television mini-series "Havelkaiser". Warner Bros. Records released RIGHT AS THE RAIN comprised of the recordings from the sessions with Bob Brookmeyer, Tim Hagans and the WDR Big Band and released HELEN SCHNEIDER/SONGS OF KURT WEILL on the Tomato Label.
1994-95
Starred at the Dock Street Theatre in the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, SC in her one-woman show A Walk on the Weill Side. Closed the JVC Jazz Festival in New York City with the Count Basie Orchestra featuring Frank Foster's final performance with the band and broadcast live on WQEW New York. Starred in the Berlin Classic Open-Air concert at the Schauspeilhaus for 8,000 people; guest-starred on a new opera recording for Eberhard Schoener entitled SHORT OPERAS on BMG Records. Appeared in special guest performance on network televised German Film Prize (Germany's Oscar); performed in German television production "A Tribute to Count Basie" with Clark Terry; opened the show season at the Russian Tea Room in New York; performed in a benefit in New York for Playwrights Horizons; appeared on the German television hit cooking show "Alfredissimo!". Performed at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne with the WDR Big Band, music arranged and directed by Bob Brookmeyer and with trumpet soloist Tim Hagans. Starred in the reprise of Anything Goes (role of Reno Sweeney) at the Theater des Westens in Berlin and performed a one-woman theatre piece of the music of Stephen Sondheim and Kurt Weill at the Theater des Westens. Performed in swing shows in Wiesbaden and Berlin.
1993-94
Nominated by drama critics in New York for Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role of Frida Kahlo in Frida: the Story of Frida Kahlo performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Starred in "Havelkaiser", a German television mini-series. Performed at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne and at the State Theater in Aachen, Germany with the WDR Big Band, music arranged and directed by Bob Brookmeyer. Starred in the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes (role of Reno Sweeney) at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. Represented Germany at the International Theater Festival in Recklinghausen.
1992-93
Starring role in Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo, a musical drama about the wife of Deigo Rivera, the great Mexican painter/muralist; performances in Boston and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, as part of the "Next Wave Festival"; first produced by American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia.
1991-92
Performed Schneider Sings Sondheim for American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia and at the Cleveland Playhouse. Performed in concert with the Count Basie Orchestra. Debuted an Ellington jazz concert at Kaufman Hall at the 92nd Street Y in New York. Performed Schneider Sings the Music of Harold Arlen…A Woman's Prerogative, a one-woman show at Rainbow and Stars at Rockefeller Center in New York. Guest starred on ABC Good Morning America. Performed in Munich, Berlin and Montreaux, Switzerland (music of Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Weill and Cabaret excerpts). Return guest on ABC Good Morning in Stephen Sondheim tribute.
1990-91
Starred in a German television movie of the week Mauritius-Los; sang and co-wrote soundtrack for Mauritius-Los. International guest star at closing gala of Berlin Film Festival. Co-wrote and produced VAGABOND album. Starred in music-drama Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo at Plays and Players Theatre for the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia. VAGABOND promotion tour of Germany. Performed in a Cole Porter revue at Rainbow and Stars at Rockefeller Center in New York. Guest starred on CBS This Morning.
1989-90
Toured Germany with a one-woman musical theater piece consisting of the Sondheim and Weill shows. Performed Schneider Sings the Music of Kurt Weill for the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia.
1988-89
Performed a one-woman show Schneider Sings the Music of Kurt Weill at the Ballroom in New York. Starred in the Broadway production of Ghetto with Stephen McHattie and George Hearn at Circle in the Square Theater in New York. Recorded A WALK ON THE WEILL SIDE album for CBS Masterworks label. Performed at Donald Trump's gala opening of the world-wide Erte exhibition.
1987-88
Starred as Sally Bowles in a production of Cabaret with Hildegard Knef and Wolfgang Reichmann at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. Performed a one-woman musical theater piece Schneider Sings Sondheim at the Ballroom in New York. Guest starred on television in "All My Children" and the Robert Klein Show. Signed a record deal with SBK/EMI Records. Recorded BACK ON TRACK album in Germany. Awarded Outstanding Female Vocalist Award 1988 by Back Stage magazine in New York City for Schneider Sings Sondheim.
1986-87
Performed in Idiot's Delight directed by Peter Sellars starring JoBeth Williams and Stacy Keach at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Collaborated with Tina Landau and opened a one-woman show A Flapper's Folly at the Ballroom in New York and at the Cinegrill in the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. Co-starred in Side by Side by Sondheim with David Carroll and Rita Gardner at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Florida. Nominated for the Carbonelle Award.
1984-86
Devoted this time to study acting with Nancy Donahue in New York.
1983-84
Recorded BREAKOUT album with Nigel Grey at Surrey Sound Studios in London. Toured across Germany and recorded for Mirage/Atlantic Records (USA) a live album SMUGGLED OUT ALIVE produced by Jimmy Iovine (recorded at Palast de Republik). WEA released THE BEST OF HELEN SCHNEIDER album.
1982-83
Toured Germany with rock 'n roll band. First foreign artist invited to perform in East Germany at "Palast de Republik"; major concert in Budapest, Hungary for 15,000 people at the Sporthalle.
1981-82
Awarded Best Female Singer 1981 in Musikmarkt (German music trade magazine); shared the Goldene Europa Award as Artist of the Year with John Lennon; awarded Singer of the Year awards by four German magazines: Musik Express, Bravo, Pop Rocky and the German Rolling Stone. SCHNEIDER WITH THE KICK goes gold and is in the top 10 charts; single ROCK 'ROLL GYPSY (co-writer of lyrics) hits top 10 charts. First American to receive the International Artist of the Year Award 1982 by German Phono-Academy. Recorded and produced EXPOSED album. Starred in the film Eddie and the Cruisers with Tom Berenger, Ellen Barkin and Michael Pare for Lorimar Pictures.
1980-81
57-city tour across Germany with rock 'n roll star Udo Lindenberg and the Panik Orchestra. Recorded and produced SCHNEIDER WITH THE KICK album. Return rock 'n roll tour of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark.
1980
Signed record deal with WEA Germany. Recorded CRAZY LADY (first rock 'n roll album). Performed at the Lone Star Café and the Ritz in New York and at The Bijou in Philadelphia with Richard Belzer.
1978-79
Starred (singer/actress) in television special "Ein Mädchen Aus New York" which later became West Germany's entry in the Montreaux Film Festival. Performed at the Latin Casino with Don Rickles. "Ein Mädchen Aus New York" soundtrack released as HELEN SCHNEIDER LIVE IN HAMBURG album. Taped Showtime television special "Helen Schneider and Steve Landesburg Live at the Roxy". First major tour of Germany.
1977-78
Debuted at the Exit Inn in Nashville. Return engagements in Boston and San Francisco. Guest starred on "Tune in with Lucie Arnaz". Headlined at New York's Bottom Line. Return guest star on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Participated in NBC's First Annual Rock 'N Roll Olympics with Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart, among others. International debut tour in Paris, Holland, London, Montreal and throughout Germany. Return engagement at Westbury Music Fair with Don Rickles in New York. Debuted in New Orleans at the Blue Room in the Fairmont Hotel. Sang National Anthem at Madison Square Garden for the New York Rangers. Opening act for Bill Cosby, David Steinberg, Robert Klein and David Brenner on tour.
1977
Debuted in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace with Flip Wilson and Shields and Yarnell; performed at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas with Flip Wilson and Roger Miller; return engagement at Caesar's Palace co-starring with Flip Wilson. Performed at Westury Music Fair in New York with Leo Sayer and at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles with Paul Williams. Guest starred on The Tonight Show with John Davidson, The Merv Griffin Show, The Jim Nabors Show, and The Dinah Shore Show. Debuted in Los Angeles at Studio One and in San Francisco at The City. Recorded second album LET IT BE NOW produced by Tony Camillo.
1976
Debuted in New York at Trude Heller's. Opening act for Don Imus at Jimmy's 52nd Street in New York. Signed by Windsong/RCA Records, Management Three and the William Morris Agency. Recorded first album SO CLOSE produced by Ron Dante.
1971-76
Performed with a blues band in clubs throughout New England. Opened shows for John Hammond, Jr. and Al Kooper at Stonehenge, for Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Tracy Nelson at Sandy's Jazz Revival and for Willi Dixon at Kenny's Castaways in New York.
1965-1970
Studied classical piano with Roberta Berlin in New York. Soloist in youth choir which performed Lelio from Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique conducted by Joseph Eger with the New York Symphony and narrated by Burgess Meredith at Carnegie Hall. Performed on the television show Kraft Music Hall with Alan King. Starred in high school production of New Moon. Performed with Burl Ives at the Press Room in Washington DC for the first environmental press conference.
Born in Brooklyn to Dvora Schneider and Abraham Schneider (chemical engineer and mayor of Pomona, New York). Moved to Pompton Lakes, New Jersey and then to Pomona, New York. Graduated from Ramapo High School in Pomona, New York.
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..... A WALK ON THE WEILL SIDE She's a major talent, with astonishing vocal range,
a full palette of emotional color and superior acting technique. Joy,
despair, triumph, loss, love and pain - the big emotions are given
memorable musical expression in this act by a singer who deserves
and will surely get a wider public. ..... FRIDA ..... SEVEN DEADLY SINS ..... EVITA The name 'Schneider' drew the public magically
to the festival, selling out all performances long before the premiere.
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..... SUNSET BOULEVARD There is no doubt: the German version of the musically
as well as optically lavish stage entertainment has its own female
star of paramount qualities in acting and singing. Helen Schneider
is brilliant in the role of the aged Hollywood star, Norma Desmond. ..... A VOICE AND A PIANO ...Her voice is effective, her subtle modulation
of phrases is dedicated to emotion...you'll always find a wink, a
touch of sentiment and she'll always come at you at a full charge... ..... miscellaneous
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A Walk
On The Weill Side
the music of Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondeim
Helen Schneider
vocals
(sung in English, German and French)
Bruce W.
Coyle
piano, original musical direction and arrangements
Act I
Schneider Sings Sondheim
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| Move On | Sunday in the Park with George | |
| Everybody Says Don't… | Anyone Can Whistle | |
| Another Hundred People | Company | |
| Now You Know | Merrily We Roll Along | |
| There Won't Be Trumpets | Anyone Can Whistle | |
| Broadway Baby | Follies | |
| Uptown, Downtown | Follies | |
| Can That Boy Fox-Trot | Follies | |
| Not While I'm Around | Sweeny Todd | |
| Old Friends | Merrily We Roll Along | |
| What More Do I Need? | Saturday Night | |
| Getting Married Today | Company | |
| Send In The Clowns | A Little Night Music | |
| Losing My Mind | Follies | |
| Somewhere | West
Side Story (music by Leonard Bernstein) |
Act II
Schneider Sings Weill
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| Mack The Knife | Three Penny Opera...Bertolt Brecht | ||
| Barbara's Song | Three Penny Opera...Bertolt Brecht | ||
| Pirate Jenny | Three Penny Opera...Bertolt Brecht | ||
| Surabaya Johnny | Happy End...Bertolt Brecht | ||
| I Wait For A Ship | Marie Galante...Jacques Deval | ||
| My Ship | Lady In The Dark...Ira Gershwin | ||
| How Can You Tell An American | Knickerbocker Holiday...Maxwell Anderson | ||
| Progress | Love Life...Alan Jay Lerner | ||
| I'm A Stranger Here Myself | One Touch of Venus...Ogden Nash | ||
| Mon Ami My Friend | Johnny Johnson...Paul Green | ||
| September Song | Knickerbocker Holiday...Maxwell Anderson | ||
| It Never Was You | Knickerbocker Holiday...Maxwell Anderson | ||
| What Good Would The Moon Be | Street Scene...Langston Hughes |
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A VOICE AND A PIANO
From Blues to Broadway
What makes a diva? - …run away with a blues band at 17; star in Las Vegas; become a rock star; study acting and become a major player in the world of musical theatre? Not possible? In this quirky, eclectic theatrical concert, Helen Schneider tells some tales, shows some insight, and sings songs from her unusual life. Her comfort in both German and English gives Helen an opportunity to perform this show in either language.
"…Um… you know I can never remember my opening nights. Stage fright?… Nah… Some people jump off cliffs - I sing…
I opened for so many of those blues guys from Chicago. I told my best friend when I was fifteen my goal in life was to be poor and black - the first was easy - the second, well… I developed a southern accent.
…Sunny morning in Vermont… three thousand Harley Davidsons, Hell's Angels, rolled into town … and the cops rolled out. … "We want the girl - out at the camp - tomorrow night…" Not exactly what I had in mind when I pictured a command performance, you know what I mean?… "We guarantee her safety"… yeah, right… that night… we moved.
Have you ever been to Las Vegas?… no windows… you're supposed to lose track of the time of day… I lost track of my life…"
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Directed by Hans Gratzer Translated to German by Helmut Baumann Music arranged by Bruce W. Coyle Lighting design by Lukas Kaltenbäck |
Act I
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| Anyone Can Whistle | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Hoochie Coochie Man | Willie Dixon | |
| Rock Me And Caress Me | Jimmy Reed | |
| Just Like a Woman | Bob Dylan | |
| Broadway Baby | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Röslein Stehn | Johann Wolfgang Goethe | |
| Move On | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Everybody Says Don't | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Rock 'n' Roll Gypsy | Rose Tatoo | |
| Another Hundred People | Stephen Sondheim | |
| I Need A Little Sugar | Williams, C. Smith, T. Bryman | |
| Against The Tide | Enid Levine, Helen Schneider | |
| I Was So Young, You Were So Beautiful | George Gershwin, Irving Caesar, Alfred Bryan | |
| Come Rain Or Come Shine | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer |
Act II
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| Cabaret | John Kander, Fred Ebb | ||
| Mack The Knife | Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht | ||
| Surabaya Johnny | Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht | ||
| With One Look | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Crhistopher Hampton | ||
| High, Flying Adored | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice | ||
| Don't Cry For Me, Argentina | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice |
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Starring Helen Schneider
Poetry from Anne Sexton
Directed by Gerhard Naujoks
In a psychedelic trip Helen Schneider wanders through the fairy-tale world of the Brothers Grimm. She drops herself into the futuristic classic seat of the sixties, the hanging plexiglass bubble, and then, begins one and one half hours of the outstanding text of the American lyric poet Anne Sexton, refined with videos and projections and music
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| Possessed Witch | |
| The Gold Key | |
| Snow White | |
| Rapunzel | |
| Red Riding Hood | |
| Rumpelstilskin | |
| The Frog Prince | |
| Sleeping Beauty | |
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