1.

Musical: Threepenny Opera

2. Composer: Kurt Weill
Original German Librettist: Bertoit Brecht
Adapted to English: Gifford Cochran, Jerrold Krimsky
Director: Francesco Von Mendelssohn
3. Other Works: The Eternal Road, Knickerbocker Holiday, Lady In
The Dark, One Touch of Venus, Street Scene, Love Life, Lost In
The Stars, Happy End, Lovemusik
4. Source of the Story: based off of Die Dreigroschenoper and The
Beggars Opera
5. When and Where it Opened: it opened on April 13, 1933 at the
Empire Theatre
6. Appropriate Roles:
Polly Peachum Steffi Duna, Jo Sullivan, Elika Linden,
Caroline Kava, Maureen McGovern, Nellie McKay
Lucy Brown Josephine Huston, Beatrice Arthur,
Lydia de Lind van Winingaarden, Blair Brown, Kim
Criswell, Brian Charles Rooney
Jenny Marjorie Dille, Lotte Lenya, Elika Linden, Ellen
Greene, Suzanne Douglas, Cyndi Lauper
7. Songs for the Repertoire: Pirate Jenny, The Ballad of Mack The
Knife, Barbara Song, Solomon Song
8. I love a dark musical and even better a dark operetta. I honestly
believe I love listening to Kurt Weill more than I love singing it.
His music is so complex and almost un-hummable but that just
makes me want to listen more. His songs are filled with the
desperation of the villainous, depraved and misunderstood. I love
operettas because you can get virtually the entire story from just
listening to the music and everything flows together so
beautifully.
9. Song Recommendations:
Mikey The Ballad of Mack The Knife
Pirate Jenny - Heather