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3 Penny Opera (aka Threepenny Opera)

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, (11/5/1989 - 12/31/1989)
Preview:Oct 19, 1989 Total Previews:20
Opening:Nov 5, 1989   
Closing:Dec 31, 1989 Total Performances:65


Category: Musical, Drama, Revival, Broadway
Description: A musical in three acts
Setting: London. The nineteenth century.





by opening date



Produced by Jerome Hellman; Produced in association with Haruki Kadokawa and James M. Nederlander; Associate Producer: Margo Lion, Hiroshi Sugawara, Lloyd Phillips and Kiki Miyake

Written by Bertolt Brecht; Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; Music by Kurt Weill; Translated by Michael Feingold; Musical Director: Julius Rudel

Musical Staging by Peter Gennaro; Directed by John Dexter

Scenic Design by Jocelyn Herbert; Costume Design by Jocelyn Herbert; Lighting Design by Andy Phillips and Brian Nason; Hair Design by Phyllis Della; Sound Design by Peter Fitzgerald; Associate Scenic Design: Duke Durfee; Make-Up Design by Michael Laudati

General Manager: Joseph Harris and Peter T. Kulok; Company Manager: Kathleen Lowe

Production Stage Manager: Bob Borod; Stage Manager: Joe Cappelli and Artie Gaffin; Technical Supervisor: Jeremiah J. Harris Associates

Associate Conductor: Robert Fisher; Orchestra Contractor: Michael Feldman

Casting: Johnson-Liff & Zerman; General Press Representative: Shirley Herz Associates; Advertising: LeDonne & Wilner; Dialect Coach: Nadia Chigerovitch; Photographer: Nancy Ellison


Opening Night Cast

Georgia Brown Mrs. Peachum  
Alvin Epstein Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
head of a gang of beggars 
 
Maureen McGovern Polly Peachum
Mr. and Mrs. Peachum's daughter 
 
Sting Macheath
head of a gang of crooks 
 
Kim Criswell Lucy Brown
Tiger Brown's daughter 
 
Suzzanne Douglas Jenny Diver
a whore 
 
Larry Marshall Tiger Brown
Chief of London Police 
 
Josh Mostel Matt of the Mint
Macheath's gang 
 
Jeff Blumenkrantz Filch
a beggar 
 
Philip Carroll Ed
Macheath's gang 
 
 Ensemble  
Teresa De Zarn Vixen
Whore 
 
MacIntyre Dixon Policeman  
 Ensemble  
Ethyl Eichelberger A Ballad Singer  
Anne Kerry Ford Dolly
Whore 
 
Mitchell Greenberg Crook-Finger Jake
Macheath's gang 
 
Jan Horvath Betty
Whore 
 
Michael Piontek Policeman  
 Ensemble  
David Pursley Smith
a police constable 
 
Nancy Ringham Molly
Whore 
 
Tom Robbins Walter (called "Walt Dreary")
Macheath's gang 
 
Alex Santoriello Jimmy
Macheath's gang 
 
David Schechter Sawtooth Bob
Macheath's gang 
 
 Ensemble  
K. T. Sullivan Suky Tawdry
Whore 
 
Fiddle Viracola Old Whore  
Steven Major West Ensemble  

Understudies: Leslie Castay (Betty, Dolly, Molly, Suky Tawdry, Vixen), Teresa De Zarn (Lucy Brown), Jan Horvath (Jenny Diver), Robert Ousley (A Ballad Singer, Ed, Ensemble, Jimmy, Matt of the Mint, Policeman, Sawtooth Bob, Smith, Walter (called "Walt Dreary")), David Pursley (Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum), Nancy Ringham (Polly Peachum), Alex Santoriello (Macheath), Fiddle Viracola (Mrs. Peachum), Steven Major West (Tiger Brown).