Beware Of Young Girls

Kate Dimbleby

59E59 St Theatre, NYC

Kate Dimbleby’s musical look at the life of Dory Previn. Written by Amy Rosenthal.

Acclaimed jazz singer Kate Dimbleby, accompanied by Naadia Sheriff on piano, re-visits the songs, witticisms, and sorrows of 70s icon Dory Previn. Hits such as Lady with the Braid, the most potent of revenge songs, Beware of Young Girls, about the elfin Mia Farrow, combine with uproarious gospel numbers like Did Jesus have a Baby Sister? in this world premiere cabaret show, created especially for the Matcham Room. Written in collaboration with playwright Amy Rosenthal (On the Rocks) and directed by Cal McCrystal, this is a loving look at Dory’s life, and the music that marked it, from a traumatic childhood, via Hollywood scandal and mental breakdown, to finding her voice with uncompromising tales of love and loneliness. Dory used music to write herself sane; with heart, soul, and a liberal sprinkling of Mae West wit, her songs still do the same for us.

PRESS

'Most of the songs performed by Kate Dimbleby in her sympathetic tribute show, “Beware of Young Girls: Kate Dimbleby Sings the Dory Previn Story” at 59E59, are closer in spirit to traditional music-hall fare than to the dreamy, folk-pop lullabies of the period.'
New York Times

'If you know Previn's work, you'll be pleased to experience it in such good hands. If you don't, you have a revelation waiting for you']

YEAR
2014