Vivian Beaumont Theatre, (5/1/1976 - 1/23/1977)

Category: Musical, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Setting: London. The time of Queen Victoria's Coronation. Re-arranged in Brecht's imagination.

Opening Night Production Credits 

Theatre Owned / Operated by Lincoln Center Theater

Produced by The New York Shakespeare Festival (Joseph Papp, Producer); Associate Producer: Bernard Gersten

Book by Bertolt Brecht; Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; Music by Kurt Weill; Musical Director: Stanley Silverman

Directed by Richard Foreman

Scenic Design by Douglas W. Schmidt; Costume Design by Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting Design by Pat Collins; Hair Design by J. Roy Helland; Sound Design by Roger Jay

NYSF General Manager: Robert Kamlot

NYSF Production Manager: Andrew Mihok; Production Stage Manager: D. W. Koehler; Stage Manager: Michael Chambers; Assistant Stage Mgr: Frank di Filia

NYSF General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; NYSF at Lincoln Center Press Representative: Faith Geer; NYSF Casting: Rosemarie Tichler; Poster Design by Paul Davis

C. K. Alexander	Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum head of a gang of beggars
Tony Azito	Samuel Peachum's assistant
Penelope Bodry	Whore
Roy Brocksmith	Ballad Singer
Blair Brown	Lucy Brown Brown's daughter
Pendleton Brown	Ensemble
Nancy Campbell	Whore
Rik Colitti Role was billed as "Ned" in this production	Ed Macheath's gang
Gretel Cummings	Whore
Brenda Currin	Whore
Ralph Drischell	Matt of the Mint Macheath's gang
William Duell	Crook-Finger Jack Macheath's gang
Ellen Greene	Jenny a whore
Max Gulack	Walt Dreary Macheath's gang
M. Patrick Hughes	Ensemble
Raul Julia	Macheath Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks
Caroline Kava	Polly Peachum daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum
Glenn Kezer	Smith a police constable
George McGrath	Ensemble
Rick Petrucelli	Ensemble
John Ridge	Ensemble
	A Constable
Craig Rupp	Ensemble
David Sabin	Tiger Brown Chief of London Police
Robert Schlee	Jimmy Macheath's gang
Armin Shimerman	Ensemble
Mimi Turque	Whore
Jack Eric Williams	Ensemble
	Messenger
Elizabeth Wilson	Mrs. Peachum
K. C. Wilson	Sawtooth Bob Macheath's gang
Ray Xifo	Ensemble
Ed Zang	Charles Filch a beggar

Swings: Frank di Filia, Liza Kirchner.

Standby: Keith Charles (Macheath).

Understudies: Tony Azito (Ballad Singer, Whore), Penelope Bodry (Lucy Brown, Polly Peachum), Pendleton Brown (Walt Dreary), Gretel Cummings (Mrs. Peachum), Ralph Drischell (Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum), Glenn Kezer (Tiger Brown), George McGrath (Sawtooth Bob), John Ridge (Matt of the Mint), Craig Rupp (Jimmy), Armin Shimerman (Charles Filch, Ed), Mimi Turque (Jenny), Jack Eric Williams (Ballad Singer), Ray Xifo (Crook-Finger Jack).