Table seats will be assigned by us based on time of ticket purchase - the sooner you purchase tix, the better your seats will be!
*There are two performances*
Performance #1
Pre-Concert Reception: 5:30PM - 6:30PM
Performance: 6:30PM - 7:50PM
Performance #2
Pre-Concert Reception: 8:30PM - 9:30PM
Performance: 9:30PM - 10:50PM
Each performance includes a complimentary pre-show reception with food and drink. Ticketholders must be 21 years or older.
Each table purchase includes a bottle of sparkling wine by Bouchaine Vineyards.
Our wildly popular immersive, subversive, underground cabaret event Tiergarten will return for a special one-night-only presentation, in partnership with the acclaimed PROTOTYPE Festival!
Taking its name from the Tiergarten—“The Garden of Beasts”—a sprawling central park in Berlin around which the murderous leaders of the Third Reich rose to power, Master of Ceremonies Kim David Smith will lead us on a musical journey backwards in time, exploring historic moments of societal madness through music ranging from Handel and Verdi to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dean Martin to Max Richter, William Byrd to Brecht & Weill, with a panoply of performances that includes opera, classical, jazz, ballet, burlesque, and more.
Audience members will enter the event through an alleyway behind St. Paul's Carroll Street in Brooklyn, into a church assembly hall that's been transformed into a 1920s Weimar Speakeasy, where they can enjoy food, libations, and pre-show ambiance before the performance begins.Tiergarten is directed by Death of Classical founder and Artistic Director Andrew Ousley, with additional performers including singers Miguel Ángel Vásquez, Ariadne Greif, and Amara Granderson, burlesque artist Pearls Daily, dancers Liana Zhen-Ai and Dylan Contreras, and Foreshadow Puppetry.
ALL DRINKS AND FOOD ARE INCLUDED IN THE TICKET PRICE!
Each premium and standard table comes with a bottle of top-shelf sparkling wine from our amazing friends at Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa Valley, and we'll also have red and white from them, along with beers by Brooklyn Brewery and Captain Lawrence Brewing, zero-proof libations by Curious Elixirs, and non-alcoholic beer by Atmosphere Brewing. For nourishment, we'll have a thematically-appropriate selection of assorted meats by Brooklyn Cured, along with cheeses, breads, fruits, and vegetarian/vegan snacks courtesy of Baldor Foods – all curated by Everyday Fay.
THERE WILL BE A PRE-CONCERT HAPPY HOUR!
You should plan to arrive at 5:30 PM for the early show or 8:30 PM for the late show, in order to enjoy the full reception! You can get settled in your seats, grab some food and drink, enjoy some pre-show performances, and prepare yourself for the madness ahead...
BENCHES ARE GENERAL ADMISSION
So arrive on the early side to get the best seats! Tables are organized by section and by time of ticket purchase, we'll determine your location and lead you to your able when you arrive!
1920s ATTIRE IS STRONGLY, EXUBERANTLY ENCOURAGED!
You don't HAVE to bust out your finest vest or flapper dress, but the more that you can get into the mood, the more we'll all be transported...
An unforgettable evening of music, theater, food, and drink, as we reflect on the gathering clouds that enshrouded the crumbling Weimar Republic, and look ahead with increasing angst upon the fragile balance of the present moment.
What You Can Expect
Master of Ceremonies
Kim David Smith
The Company of Singers
Ariadne Greif
Amara Granderson
Miguel Ángel Vásquez
Shadow Puppetry
Foreshadow Puppetry
Burlesque
Pearls Daily
Dance & Choreography
Liana Zhen-ai
Dylan Contreras
Band
Mila Henry, Piano
Tracy Stark, Piano
David Silliman, Percussion
Will Holshouser, Accordion
Created, Written, and Directed by Andrew Ousley
Lighting Abigail Hoke-Brady
Costumes Everyday Fay
Production & Stage Management Shelby Marquardt
Described by BroadwayWorld as the "David Bowie of cabaret," "slyly subversive" by The Wall Street Journal, and labeled the "male Marlene Dietrich" by The New York Times, KIM DAVID SMITH is a Helpmann Award nominated singer and cabaret performer, known for his Weimar-era inspired works juxtaposing authentic musical material with stylistic takes on current popular tunes. His debut live album, “Kim David Smith Live at Joe’s Pub,” was released in July 2020 (for which he received a 2022 Bistro Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Recording”). His cabaret programmes, “Mostly Marlene, “A Wery Weimar Christmas,” “Morphium Kabarett” and “Kim Sings Kylie” have performed regularly in New York City at Café Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theatre, Club Cumming, and Pangea. In his native Australia, Smith has been presented at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the inaugural Sydney Cabaret Festival, The Festival of Voices, The Brisbane Cabaret Festival, The Ballarat Cabaret Festival, Chapel Off Chapel, the National Gallery of Victoria, and Smith’s cabaret birthplace, Melbourne’s Butterfly Club. 2009 saw Smith presented with the Bistro Award for Special Achievement (honored alongside Liza Minnelli and Charles Aznavour). He was also nominated for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, and 2022 Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) Awards in the Outstanding Male Vocalist category, and received the 2023 Singnasium Trailblazer award in recognition of his devotion to the Weimar Kabarett catalogue, and the art form of Cabaret in general. Smith is a recipient of the American Australian Association’s Dame Joan Sutherland Award for aspiring artists (2008), and is a member of the Kabarett Kollektif, a troupe of New York-based artists dedicated to preserving the European cabaret tradition. Mr. Smith studied at the Ballarat Arts Academy in Australia (BA, Music Theatre). Kim's "More Mostly Marlene" will be presented at Joe's Pub, Tuesday, February 6th, to be recorded and released as his second live album.
Andrew Ousley is a director, producer, impresario and entrepreneur who is committed to creating a better story around Classical Music. His work has been hailed as "transcendent" (Billboard), "emotionally-charged" (Forbes), and "numinous and genre-bending" (The New Yorker), while media have described Ousley himself as everything from a "bleakly-winking impresario" (The New York Times), to an "evil genius" (Concerto Net), to "crazy-ass and cockeyed, as all great visionaries must be" (The Observer). He was awarded the prestigious Classical:Next "Innovation" Award in 2022, was selected as one of Musical America's Top 30 Professionals of the year, and was awarded an American Prize for Marketing. Andrew has been profiled by The New York Times, CBS Sunday Morning, Forbes, New York 1 News, Fox 5 News, The Week, Creator Magazine, and more. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their glorious cat Gizmo. In his non-existent free time, he also runs Burger Club, and his photographs have been published in the Associated Press, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer and more. He was also once featured in a Pepsi ad campaign...
Amara Granderson (she/her) is an actor, teacher, singer, and writer, with proficiency in heightened text, content creation, and long-form improv. Granderson has offered her talents to the likes of Roundabout Theatre Company, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Intiman Theatre, The Old Globe Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Philharmonic/Carnegie Hall, World Choir Games. She has collaborated with artists such as Steve H. Broadnax III, Jeffrey Seller, Bill Sherman, Andy Blankenbuhler, and most recently, Chloe Zhao. As a storyteller of the post-pandemic renaissance, she is most inspired by the art that comes out of discomfort and isolation.
Ariadne Greif, praised for her "luminous, expressive voice" (NYTimes), her "elastic and round high notes" (classiqueinfo), and her "mesmerizing stage presence" (East Anglian Daily Times), began her opera career as a ‘boy’ soprano in the Los Angeles area and at the LA Opera, eventually making an adult debut singing Lutoslawski’s Chantefleurs et Chantefables with the American Symphony Orchestra. She starred in roles ranging from Therese/Tirésias in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, singing a “thoroughly commanding and effortless” run at the Aldeburgh Festival, a "sassy" Adina in The Elixir of Love with the Orlando Philharmonic, to Sappho in Atthis by Georg Friedrich Haas, for which the New York Times noted her “searing top notes,” and “dusky depths,” calling it “a solo high-wire act for Ms. Greif,” “a vehicle for Ms. Greif’s raw, no-holds-barred performance,” “one of the most searingly painful and revealing operatic performances in recent times.”
Afro-latino crossover baritone is thrilled to join Tiergarten . He was last seen in Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Mitzi E. Newhouse at Lincoln Center Theater in association with the Metropolitan Opera as well as playing Leonce in A Bayou Legend at Opera Vermont. His versatility finds him in theaters, concert halls, cabarets, and parties sing various genres of music. Favorite Productions include the world premiere of Stonewall the Opera at Jazz at Lincoln Center with New York City Opera, Watch Night at the Perelman PAC, the grammy nominated production of X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X with BMOP/ Odyssey Opera, and the titular characters in Sweeney Todd and Don Giovanni. To see what’s next follow @mv0803MiguelAngelVasquez.com
Richard Hartley: Time Warp (from Rocky Horror Picture Show) - Kim David Smith & The Company
Mischa Spoliansky: I'm a Vamp - Kim David Smith
Kurt Weill: Pirate Jenny - Kim David Smith & Foreshadow Puppetry
Friedrich Holländer: Ruins of Berlin - Kim David Smith
Kurt Weill: Alabama Song - Kim David Smith
John Dickinson: The Liberty Song - Miguel Ángel Vásquez
Abel Meeropol: Strange Fruit - Amara Granderson
William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices (piano arr.) Agnus Dei - Piano Solo
Cy Coleman/Frank Sinatra: Witchcraft - Kim David Smith
Giuseppe Verdi: Azucena’s Song from Il Trovatore - Ariadne Greif & Liana Zhen-ai
Kurt Weill: The Death of Caesar - Kim David Smith
George Frideric Handel: Piangerò la sorte mia - Ariadne Greif
Renato Rascel: Arrivederce Roma - Miguel Ángel Vásquez
Eden Ahbez: Nature Boy - Kim David Smith & Pearls Daily
Spiritual: Were You There? - Amara Granderson
Max Richter: This Bitter Earth/On the Nature of Daylight - Liana Zhen-ai & Dylan Contreras
Kurt Weill: Lost in the Stars - Kim David Smith
George Gershwin: Love is Here to Stay - Kim David Smith & The Company