by Broadway World News Desk
Feb. 28, 2018

Ute Lemper returns to Café Carlyle with an all-new show, Rendezvous With Marlene, February 27 – March 3. Rendezvous With Marlene is based on a 3-hour phone call and exchange between Marlene Dietrich and Ute in 1988. After receiving the French Molière Award for her performance in Cabaret in Paris, Ute had sent a postcard to Marlene, who had lived at 12 Avenue de Montaigne since 1979, essentially apologizing for all the media attention comparing her to Marlene Dietrich. Ute was just at the beginning of her career in theatre and music, whereas Marlene looked back on a long, fulfilled life of movies, music, incredible collaborations, love stories and stardom. Ute considers it a secret gift to have heard Marlene talk about her life, her work and style, her love for the poet Rilke, her complicated relationship with Germany, her sorrow and her fascinations…

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By Elizabeth Ahlfors for Cabaret Scenes
Café Carlyle, NYC, February 27, 2018

Dressed in tuxedo black, Ute Lemper returned to the Café Carlyle for a Rendezvous with Marlene. That’s Marlene Dietrich, of course, the exemplar of the world-weary Teutonic temptress that Lemper today personifies with her bold brooding voice and imposing demeanor. She commands the stage with grace and authority, performs the songs that Dietrich sang, and tells the stories that define the timeless film and cabaret star…

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From a conversation with T. Cole Rachel
The Creative Independent

Ute Lemper is a German singer and actress who has spent the past three decades working on stage, in films, and as a recording artist. She has recorded over 30 records and is known for her interpretations of artists such as Kurt Weill, Berthold Brecht, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Jacques Prevert, and Nino Rota. She is currently preparing a new one-woman show, Rendezvous with Marlene, which is based on a three-hour phone call between Marlene Dietrich and Ute that took place in Paris in 1988. Here, Lemper discusses the process behind putting together a new show, the comfort of creating and developing your own material, and the moral obligations involved with being an artist….

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