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Meow Meow is a postmodern cabaret “phenomenon … an international siren, a comedienne extraordinaire, and a creator of beautiful mayhem” (Broadway World). As part of Carnegie Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic festival, she presents a thought-provoking and wildly entertaining salute to the Republic’s notable “wild women”—both fictional and real—including vamps and “new women,” sirens and “poor girls,” Anita Berber, Lotte Lenya, Valeska Gert, Blandine Ebinger, Margo Lion, Claire Waldoff, Marlene Dietrich, and more. Like Meow Meow, these were women of many talents—composers, singers, dancers, poets, actors, sociopolitical influencers, and revolutionaries. In this cabaret-style program, Meow Meow channels the era’s urgent blend of art, entertainment, and winking social commentary.

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Meow Meow

Carnegie Hall

Post-post-modern diva Meow Meow has hypnotized, inspired, and terrified audiences globally with unique creations and sell-out seasons from New York’s Lincoln Center and Berlin’s Bar Jeder Vernunft to London’s West End and the Sydney Opera House. Named one of the Top Performers of the Year by The New Yorker, the crowd-surfing artist has been called “sensational” (The Times), a “diva of the highest order” (New York Post), “The Queen of Chanson” (Berliner Zeitung), and “a phenomenon” by the Australian press. Her award-winning works have been curated by David Bowie, Pina Bausch, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and numerous international arts festivals.

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Named one the Top Performers of the Year by The New Yorker, Meow Meow’s award-winning solo works have been curated by David Bowie, Pina Bausch, Mikhail Baryshnikov and numerous international arts festivals. Her new show is a wildly enjoyable tip-of-the-top-hat to the Weimar Republic’s notable “wild women” – both fictional and real – that channels the era’s urgent blend of art, entertainment and winking social commentary.

Lobero Theatre

It might not be too much to say that a Meow Meow cabaret performance is a life-changing event. Named one of the “Top Performers of the Year” by The New Yorker, the spectacular crowd-surfing tragi-comedienne has been called a “diva of the highest order” (New York Post), but one whose insecurities are always simmering just below the surface. Careening from French chanson to Radiohead, with brilliant dashes of Brecht and Weill in between, she’s a remarkable singer and physical comedian who hypnotizes, inspires—and terrorizes—audiences with ease. Hilarious and heartbreaking in equal measure, an evening with Meow Meow will have you holding on to your seats (as she might try to take them from you) and grabbing for handkerchiefs.

Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

The show may seem like it’s headed off the rails, but this international star always has control. From cabaret’s rich history to pop-culture hits, nothing is off limits for the one-of-a-kind, post-post-modern diva Meow Meow. For an unforgettably steamy evening, settle in with a drink and prepare to be hypnotized, inspired, and slightly terrified as “the chanteuse brilliantly embodies a new kind of performance art.” (The New Yorker).

Melissa Madden Gray

Actor, Dancer

Events

Mar 23, 2024

Meow Meow · Carnegie Hall

Mar 10, 2024

Meow Meow · La Jolla Music Society

Mar 7, 2024

Meow Meow · Lobero Theatre

Mar 31, 2023

Meow Meow · Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

Oct 26, 2022

Meow Meow · Public Theater

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