The Beggar's Opera (1973)

Written by John Gay
Music by Johann Christoph Pepusch
Directed by Gene Lesser
Cast: Nita Angeletti, Gisela Caldwell, Leah Chandler, Joel Colodner, Peter Dvorsky, Benjamin Hendrickson, Cynthia Herman, Kevin Kline

Peachum, a fence and thief-catcher, justifies his actions. Mrs Peachum, overhearing her husband's blacklisting of unproductive thieves, protests regarding one of them: Bob Booty (the nickname of Robert Walpole). The Peachums discover that Polly, their daughter, has secretly married Macheath, the famous highwayman, who is Peachum's principal client.

Theater

Nederlander Theatre · Broadway

Closed

December 31, 1973