The Threepenny Opera
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Dates:
September 30 - November 7
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Play with music after John Gay’s The Beggar's Opera, in Three Acts. Music by Kurt Weill German translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann; Adaptation and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht English translation by Robert MacDonald and Jeremy Sams
Directed by:
Terrence J. Nolen
Location:
40 N. 2nd St. Arden Theatre on the F. Otto Haas Stage
Ticket Prices:
$16 - $48 Who is the greater criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one?
Mack the Knife is on the prowl through London’s most virtuous whores and upstanding thieves in this raucous, outrageous, and salacious musical. Conspire with some of Philadelphia's favorite actors as they stab, scheme and steal their way into Brecht's saucy script and Weill's smoky score.
