A beguiling chanteuse with a voice of honey and barbed wire, Miss Knife oozes grit, glitz, and old-world glamour. Context is everything, so get closer to the production through our series of curated links, videos, and articles. After you've attended the show, let us know what you thought by posting in the comments below and on social media using #BAMNextWave.
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Article
Avignon Festival champions European theatre and political debate (Radio France Internationale)
"Theatre's appropriation of myth is its own way of talking about politics.” Olivier Py on the 2017 Avignon Festival.
Avignon Festival champions European theatre and political debate (Radio France Internationale)
"Theatre's appropriation of myth is its own way of talking about politics.” Olivier Py on the 2017 Avignon Festival.
Interview
After Dark: Meet Joey Arias, Drag Icon And Nightlife Legend (HuffPost)
Joey Arias sits down with HuffPost Gay Voices Associate Editor James Michael Nichols for a Q&A about nightlife, queer identity, and dancing in the windows of the old Fiorucci.
Interview
Ute Lemper: 'I'm happier to say I'm German, thanks to Angela Merkel - and Donald Trump' (The Telegraph)
After Dark: Meet Joey Arias, Drag Icon And Nightlife Legend (HuffPost)
Joey Arias sits down with HuffPost Gay Voices Associate Editor James Michael Nichols for a Q&A about nightlife, queer identity, and dancing in the windows of the old Fiorucci.
Interview
Ute Lemper: 'I'm happier to say I'm German, thanks to Angela Merkel - and Donald Trump' (The Telegraph)
New York-based German performer Ute Lemper opens up about home, politics, and re-recording the catalogue of “degenerate” music banned by the Nazis.
Watch & Listen
Video
Miss Knife chante Olivier Py (YouTube)
In top hat, fur coat, and full beat, Miss Knife gives it all she’s got.
Video
Excerpt of Angelique Kidjo singing "A Change is Gonna Come" at the Women March (YouTube)
The inimitable Angelique Kidjo lets the 2017 Women’s March know that “Change is Gonna Come.”
Video
Jo Lampert - Blue Valentines (YouTube)
Special guests and downtown luminary Jo Lampert gives a soulful adaptation of the Tom Waits classic.
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