Die Dreigroschenoper is an opera where the singing—the quality thereof, I mean, not the fact of the songs—doesn’t matter in the least. What does matter is the flair with which the lines are delivered ...

The director brings great urgency and panache to this scathing critique of capitalism, with knockout performances in a bold and seductive show In a few years, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s ...

Kelly Kaduce as Polly Peachum sings the iconic “Pirate Jenny” in the Boston Lyric Opera’s production of Weill and Brecht’s "The Threepenny Opera." (Courtesy Liza Voll Photography) “The Threepenny ...

Dark-humor musicals can be a tough prospect for small, non-professional theater companies striving to retain a work’s intensity while communicating its humorous side, all while trying to line up ...

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Jim Dale won. 2006 Tony Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jim Dale was nominated but did not win.

Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s musical play “The Threepenny Opera” was famously mounted in 1945 Berlin just after the war. A contemporary account noted that the makeshift staging featured gaunt ...

The Threepenny Opera: Musical drama. Book and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht. Music by Kurt Weill. Directed by Susannah Martin. With Jeff Wood, Kelsey Venter, Dave Garrett, Bekka Fink, Beth Wilmurt et al.

What goes around comes around. Considering the spate of recent Brecht revivals in local theaters, the prevalent zeitgeist seems absolutely right for Brecht. Now the Odyssey’s production of “The ...

Starting with “The Threepenny Opera,” the Volksoper in Vienna is reconsidering a series of works and inviting audiences to join the discussion. By David Belcher “The Threepenny Opera” could be ...

Don’t expect bowler hats and dirty negligees in a new production at the Berliner Ensemble, the theater Bertolt Brecht founded. By A.J. Goldmann BERLIN — This winter, after live performances had made a ...