Debut of Vienna to Weimar with KT Sullivan at Cafe Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie, NYC with Jed Distler on piano. Both ladies were dressed in gowns. An encore run occurred at the Sabarsky in March of the following with Karen donning her signature tux. Over the years this popular duo show received critical praise and awards and was [...]
With the vision to further the European cabaret arts, Karen brought together a number of European-born cabaret artists living in New York City in the spring of 2003 under the banner of Kabarett Kollektif. The group's debut performance occurred at the venerable Duplex Cabaret with musical direction by Doyle Newmyer and featured Germans Karen Kohler, Theo Bleckmann and Dirk [...]
Debut of The Moons of Venus: Romancing Marlene Dietrich at Danny's Skylight Room in New York City with pianist/arranger Uli Geissendoerfer. Karen honored the Dietrich the centenary with performances as follows (Uli Geissendoerfer, piano except where noted): December 5 and 6, 2001 ~ Marlene Dietrich: 100 Years ~ the Embassy Series at the German Embassy, Washington, DC. A review [...]
May 23, 2000. Karen gave her first lecture on the history of cabaret entitled, The Chronicle of Weimar Cabaret, at the Armstrong Music School of the Austin Lyric, Opera in Austin, TX. She has since conducted workshops and master classes on the history of cabaret, Kleinkunst, and the art of performance in conjunction with her concerts worldwide. Today she [...]
Karen makes her New York cabaret debut with Das Kabarett: European Cabaret and American Pop on April 6, 2000 at Don't Tell Mama accompanied by Tom Farrell on piano. Karen's first New York jazz performance occurred at the venerable salon series in Sugar Hill Harlem, Sundays at the Triple Nickel, hosted by Marjorie Eliot on March 18, 2001. The [...]
Jam and Spice: The Songs of Kurt Weill, Karen's first foray into the Kurt Weill Songbook debuted on July 13, 1999 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church with her own Orchester Simpl, a 10-member ensemble led by conductor and arranger Robert Renee Galvan. Karen performed tributes to Weill during the centenary of his birth as follows: November 9, 1999 [...]
March 25, 1995 marks the debut of Karen's first cabaret act, Das Kabarett: European Cabaret and American Pop, with Larry Greenawalt at Cafezino in Austin, TX. The duo performed together in the U.S. and abroad for 5 years. Karen's first album, a live recording of the act was released on October 24, 2000. Larry Greenawalt passed away suddenly in [...]
