#the comedian harmonists

[thetisming]

Broadway has turned into something commercialised and all about money, rather than stages for stories to be shared. people only care about how much money shows make, but people never give new shows a try so amazing new shows that tell important stories and production and soundtrack and actors close. if there's not a big tv (specifically tv, people don't care about actual BROADWAY legends anymore) name for the media or it's not a revival people don't care. new musicals that tell historical stories that shouldn't be forgotten close after a few months, no matter how amazing the story or score or set or actors are. Broadway isn't about the heart anymore, it's about money and big names. it's barely even for theatre people.

Lempicka is closing and i am devastated for so many reasons. Harmony already closed earlier this year.

Tamara de Lempicka was a famous painter. she was married to a rich man, and originally painted their daughter or landscapes and things like that, but she eventually painted Rafaela -- her girlfriend. she painted her mainly naked and they loved each other. she was a bisexual painter, and more than that a brilliant painter, and she is being forgotten. she was part Jewish, too. she fled to Paris with her husband, which is where she met Rafaela.

there's a musical about her. it's closing on May 19th. it opened officially on Broadway on April 14th. both this year.

The Comedian Harmonists were a band. they were an internationally popular German band between 1928 and 1934. 3 of the 6 of them were Jewish. Nazi Germany started in 1933. you can probably piece together what happened, but i'll tell you anyway. they were separated and erased. they were not forgotten, they were erased. Nazis destroyed almost all of their recordings. the Harmonists never saw each other again. their names were Ari Leschnikoff, Harry Frommermann, Robert Biberti, Roman Cycowski, Erwin "Chopin" Bootz and Erich A. Collin.

there was a musical about them. it closed on February 4th, and opened officially on Broadway on November 13th (2023).

do not let Tamara or the Harmonists go forgotten. listen to Lempicka and Harmony. research the people. find bootlegs of the musicals if you can. learn about them. teach about them. please, don't let people forget about them.

this isn't about the musicals closing, these are about important people being forgotten and erased from history. please, don't let this happen.

#harmony #harmony a new musical #harmony broadway #the comedian harmonists #comedian harmonists #ari leschnikoff #harry frommermann #robert biberti #roman cycowski #erwin bootz #erich collin #eric peters #blake roman #sean bell #zal owen #danny cornfeld #steven telsey #chip zien #harmony musical #tamara de lempicka #rafaela #tadeusz lempicki #eden espinosa #amber iman #andrew samonsky #lempicka musical #lempicka broadway #lempicka #tony awards #musicals

[thephantomofanastasia]

#musical #harmony #harmony the musical #chip zien #julie benko #sierra boggess #musical theater kid #musical theater #comedian harmonists #the comedian harmonists #Bruce sussman #barry manilow #the archive comedian harmonists #black and white photos #black and white photography #black and white

[catboyrichardkarinsky]

hi Harmony fandom. fyi Lesh called Erich a pretty boy. like in real life. when asked to describe Erich Collin, that's what he said. that he's a pretty boy. do what you will with that information.

#harmony #harmony musical #harmony a new musical #the comedian harmonists

[edgarmoser]

comedian harmonists: international bekanntes berliner vokalensemble der jahre 1928 - 1935

the comedian harmonists - strauss: perpetuum mobile

1933

#Youtube #the comedian harmonists #perpetuum mobile

[notaseriousactor]

Oh we’re so back you guys.

#the audience knows better than the wing #harmony musical #broadway #chip zien #musicals #theatre #chip zien my beloved #tony awards #sierra boggess #julie benko #comedian harmonists

[memesandmusicalss]

hey chat

just wondering

#comedian harmonists #olive's ramblings

[twittercomfrnklin2001-blog]

Harmony

HARMONY by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman directed by Warren Carlyle: It seems distressingly timely in the current political climate to see a musical about the real-life vocal group The Comedian Harmonists, who were suppressed by the Nazis in the early 1930s because half of them were Jewish (and in this production, two are gay or bi) and they performed Jewish music. It’s not that we don’t need to repeat history’s lessons about bigotry until none exists. It’s that the reflection of the play’s action in the current world can leave one a little shell-shocked. Fortunately, the play and production are worth it. Narrated by the incomparable Chip Zien as “Rabbi” Josef Roman Cycowski, the last of the group to die, the production deals with a great deal of regret as Zien looks back on the mistakes he made in dealing with the growing Nazi threat and, by extension, the guilt of people who stand by and do nothing while evil takes over a country. Zien is both funny (he plays a variety of other characters the group encounters) and intensely moving. As his younger self, Danny Kornfeld deserves particular credit for developing a character that really does look as if he could grow up to become the older actor. And Julie Benko is quite powerful as Ruth Stern, the anti-Fascist agitator who marries one of the group’s non-Jewish members. The dialog has the occasional clinker and there are some simplistic lyrics, but Barry Manilow’s score is a surprise. There’s only one number — the Josephine Baker fantasy “We’re Goin’ Loco!” — that mirrors his pop hits. For the rest, he moves effortlessly through a variety of musical styles, including the operetta “Your Son Is Becoming a Singer, the musical joke “Hungarian Rhapsody #20” (which would be great for a men’s chorus) and the beautiful anthem “Stars in the Night.”

#musicals #barry manilow #comedian harmonists #antisemitism #chip zien #julie benko

[schadenfreudich]

I decided to listen to the song that is basically the only song Wilhelm likes (because he's not interested in listening to any other song) so now we have to listen to this song on loop because we cannot tell him no, he'll get sad.

I do like the song, but I always feel like I'm going to start randomly going "hollari hollari hollarooo" if we keep listening to it.

#the song is 'mein kleiner grüner kaktus' by the comedian harmonists #a song i know from my childhood and was then very surprised that it was originally from 1934 #(also at the time banned in germany. both the song and the musicians) #-franz #about wilhelm

[howardhawkshollywoodannex]

The Comedian Harmonists (aka The Harmonists) premiered Dec 16, 1997 in Munich, Dec 17 in Berlin, Nov 22, 1998 in Argentina, and Feb 13, 1999 in Portland, it's USA premiere. It is an honorable mention to my best 1,001 movies.

#comedian harmonists #harmonists

[maquina-semiotica]

Comedian Harmonists, "Ein Freund, ein guter Freund - 1990 Digital Remaster"

#Comedian Harmonists #Spotify

[thephantomofanastasia]

#musical #harmony #harmony the musical #musical theater kid #musical theater #julie benko #sierra boggess #chip zien #comedian harmonists #The Comedian Harmonist Archive #Bruce Sussman #barry manilow #black and white photography #black and white #black and white photos

[catboyrichardkarinsky]

HARMONY PODCAST FIRST EPISODE IS OUT !!!

#harmony musical #harmony a new musical #harmony #the comedian harmonists #Spotify

[pestpruf]

#Rear View #film #German #Thirties #Ursula van Diemen #Comedian Harmonists

[notaseriousactor]

Did a speech in class about how Tony Awards don’t dictate how great a performer or show is🤭

(I yapped about Chip Zien in Harmony, Falsettos, and Into the Woods for eight minutes)

I kind of ate it up hate to brag

#harmony musical #broadway #musicals #chip zien #chip zien my beloved #falsettos #into the woods #tony awards #comedian harmonists

[memesandmusicalss]

MAKING COMEDIAN HARMONIST PLAYLISTS!!!!!

#im done procrastinating now #i also speedran a google sheets document #with every. single. one. of their songs #i am tired #anyways #comedian harmonists #olive's ramblings

[thetisming]

dash simulator

mutual 1: YES!! I love him so much!!!!

mutual 2: i have this au where blorbo 1 dies and blorbo 2 has to live without them but blorbo 1 is a ghost. this is how his ghost works *500 words of pure insanity over his own au*

mutual 3 that i only just became mutuals with: having a crush is so absolutely soul crushing and soul destroying and i'm going to die if this happens any longer

mutual 3: look at this hot guy i love him so much i need to have sex with him but in an asexual way like where the vibes are the same but it's not actual sex (not about the aforementioned crush)

mutual 4: i NEED to fuck this old white man

mutual 4 (reblog of old man post): please stop tagging this with David Tennant THAT IS A MIDDLE AGED MAN!!!! if you saw the old men i want to fuck you'd hurl

mutual 5: I LOVE WOMEN SO MUCH

mutual 6: hehe i am an olive do you get tje joke

mutual 1: I love my boyfriend so much :3

mutual 5: (10 million reblogs of my post about a musical he likes)

mutual 7: i kind of rushed this edit so it's not great but i hope you like it!! (the most beautiful edit you've ever seen in your life)

mutual 4: please dont forget about the comedian harmonists please

mutual 6: (8 reblogs of mutual 4's comedian harmonists post)

mutual 4: hot take but (says something about a sitcom from the 90s nobody on here has heard of)

mutual 5: please don't forget about Tamara de Lempicka please pleasenpleade

mutual 4: (60 reblogs of art of an obscure 90s sitcom)

mutual 4: (81 reblogs of a textpost that literally just says 'i love the main character of (obscure 90s sitcom) so much'. it's his own post)

[mutual 4 asked: i hit the post limit :(]

my own roleplay blog: I love my beautiful fiance so much 💙

mutual 8: has anyone here seen supernatural

mutual 8: (destialposting)

mutual 9: I LOVE MY GIRLFRIEND

mutual 9: my girlfriend is so lamenim better than her :/

mutual 3: having a crush is okay actually :)

mutual 3: AHHHHHH AGONYYYYY IM DYING I HATE HAVING A CRUSH

mutual 3: (silly post about obscure 90s sitcom)

mutual 10: (dead boy detectives)

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mutual 10 is not seen again for 3 days

#this is so obvious who everyone is btw