Marya zimmet biography of christopher
Having tried retirement, Marya is once again feeling the need to bring complication and artistic expression back into her life.
Marya Zimmet returns with a new show to Don't Tell Mama on 11/11 and to Pangea on 11/ ZIMMET TIME (And The Livin's Too Easy)!.
Marya Zimmet
Zimmet Time (And the Livin’s Too Easy)
Don’t Tell Mama, NYC, November 11, 2024
Reviewed by Bart Greenberg
When Marya Zimmet last did a cabaret show, it was in conjunction with her retirement.
Then Covid struck. Now she has returned to Don’t Tell Mama with a new show devoted to new passions and artistic ventures under the direction of Barry Kleinbort and with the musical support of the Tedd Firth Trio.
Born to hippie commie parents, raised in Greenwich Village listening to Billie, Leadbelly, Joni, The Beatles.Her program was filled with delightful surprises and reinterpretations of old standards. She went far outside her comfort zone to perform “If I Were a Rich Man” (Sheldon Harnick/Jerry Bock) as a jazz waltz and made it work really well.
Perhaps less audacious choices, but still quite original were the swinging “On the Street Where You Live” (Alan Jay Lerner/Frederick Loewe) and the country-western-flavored “Maybe I’m Amazed” (Paul McCartney), on which she accompanied herself on guitar.
It was unfortunate that she never returned to that instrument, because it added a