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An Evening of Cabaret April 15, 2009 Performance at the GHI, in cooperation with the In Series theater company 
Peter Jelavich providing historical context for the performance
The artists were joined on stage by Peter Jelavich, Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of the award-winning book Berlin Cabaret. Peter Jelavich began by offering general remarks on the development of cabaret culture in Germany. He then offered more focused commentaries on each of the works performed, providing audience members with both helpful background information and entertaining tidbits. An authority on modern German cultural history, Professor Jelavich is also the author of Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914, and Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture. The full production of Berliner Kabarett is being performed at the Source Theater on U St. It has received glowing reviews in the Washington Times and the DC Theater Scene, and the GHI audience was similarly enthusiastic. Kelly McCullough 
In Series artists Jim Scopeletis, Sally Martin, Tara McCredie, and Ashley Ivey performing at the GHI
Carla Hübner, artistic director of the In Series theater Company
Kelly McCullough introducing the evening's performers
Songs from Weimar Berlin: An Evening of Cabaret Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Performance at the GHI, in cooperation with the In Series theater company The German Historical Institute and the Cultural Department of the German Embassy have joined together with the In Series theater company to present a selection of songs from the company’s current production, Berliner Kabarett. The evening will feature well-known works by Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht, and Friedrich Holländer, among others. As part of the program, Peter Jelavich, Professor of History at the Johns Hopkins University and author of the award-winning book Berlin Cabaret, will put these songs into historical context by offering general remarks on cabaret culture in 1920s Berlin. An authority on modern German cultural history, Professor Jelavich is also the author of Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914, and Berlin Alexanderplatz: Radio, Film, and the Death of Weimar Culture.
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