The Threepenny Opera

Book and Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, Music by Kurt Weill

Musical Direction by Jacki Doxey

Directed by Jeri Augustine

Sept. 13 - Oct. 7, 2007

Brecht and Weill turned to John Gay's 18th-century "The Beggar's Opera" to fashion this savage, biting commentary on bourgeois capitalism and modern morality. Set in Victorian London, the bitter tale is told of the predatory outlaw known as Mack the Knife. He secretly marries the daughter of Soho's underworld boss, but is soon betrayed by his sinister in-laws and sent to prison. After being freed by the police chiefs daughter, he is again betrayed this time by a prostitute and sentenced to death. At the final hour he manages a reprieve from Queen Victoria herself, thus providing a menacing finale of ferocious irony.

By special arrangements with Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals

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