CLUB GELBE STERN
A play with music in one act
Written by Alexis Fishman and James Millar
featuring music by Friedrich Hollander, Mischa Spolianksy, Rudolph Nelson and more.
Set in Berlin, 1933, Club Gelbe Stern - a musical in one act - tells the story of Erika Stern, a fictional Jewish chanteuse living and performing in Berlin as the Nazis rise to power. Erika is provocative, sassy, feisty and above all determined to give a magnificent performance to her loyal audience. Using German, British and American cabaret music of the 1920’s and 30’s, Club Gelbe Stern is a cabaret within a play, offering audiences a glimpse into what it may have been like for Jewish performers in the final days of the Weimar Republic.
“Club Gelbe Stern” needs to be seen before it closes... and hopefully in a production somewhere soon thereafter.”
Theatre Reviews Unlimited
“Cabaret meets Hedwig and the Angry Inch with a dash of Lady Day.... Fishman wraps the crowd around her finger with her powerful, jazz-inflected voice and casual confidence.”
Theatre Mania
“a thought-provoking, intimate spectacle”
Stagebuddy
“The polished show feels as if it’s ready for an extended run...”
The BroadwayBlog
“Ms Fishman’s performance is subtly delicious...she has the audience in the palm of her hand...”
The BroadwayBlog
“Ms. Fishman’s interpretations of all the play’s songs is as mesmerizing as it is cathartic” -
Theatre Reviews Unlimited
“Alexis Fishman commands the stage with a seductive sensuality and fiercely independent outlook....
it is her fine interpretive skills and emotionally invested performance that you'll walk out remembering”
Nightlife Exchange
"Ms. Fishman, manages to convey the deep charisma crucial to pulling off her role as Berlin’s biggest cabaret star. She is laugh-out-loud funny..
The Show Sparkles... "
Jewcy - Tablet Magazine
Performance History
2024
Boca West Country Club, Florida
2023
Beth El, Norwalk, Connecticut
2019
JCC of Youngstown, Ohio
2017
Sydney Jewish Museum,
2016
The Emanuel School, Sydney
Moriah College, Sydney
Bridgewater JCC, New Jersey
2015
Congregation Kol Ami
Laurie Beechman Theatre
2014
JCC Manhattan
New York Musical Theatre Festival*
*Winner: Outstanding Individual Performance Award
2011
Reginald Theatre, Sydney
Melbourne Cabaret Festival
Adelaide Cabaret Festival
