The Threepenny Opera (2006)

Written by Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Scott Elliott
Cast: Alan Cumming, Jim Dale, Ana Gasteyer, Cyndi Lauper, Nellie McKay, Adam Alexi-Malle, Terry Burrell, Brian Butterick

Set in Victorian London, the play focuses on Macheath, an amoral antihero who leads a criminal gang, committing robbery, arson, rape and murder. Macheath ("Mackie," or "Mack the Knife") marries Polly Peachum. This displeases her father, who controls the beggars of London, and he endeavours to have Macheath hanged.

Theater

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre · Broadway

Closed

June 25, 2006