Bertolt Brecht News

On March 24th, the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Threepenny Opera will play its first preview performance

The highly anticipated Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's hard-edged classic The Threepenny Opera will run at Studio 54 from March 24th through June 11th.

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming revival of The Threepenny Opera, with Christopher Innvar, Brooke Sunny Moriber and Maureen Moore among those who will join the cast

In February of 2007, a new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, starring Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald and directed by John Doyle, will open

On January 6th, Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming will appear on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien'

On December 31st, Nellie McKay, one of the stars of the upcoming The Threepenny Opera, will perform at Ars Nova

Drums in the Night, an overlooked play by Bertolt Brecht, will be performed off-off-Broadway from January 19th through 28th

Edie Falco has withdrawn from the Roundabout Theatre Company's upcoming production of The Threepenny Opera

The New York Times reports that Ana Gasteyer has joined the cast of Roundabout's 'Threepenny Opera' for which previews will beging on March 24th.

Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald will star in the L.A. Opera's production of Weill and Brecht's The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in 2007

The New York Times reports that Dale will return to Broadway after an absence of nine years to star as Mr. Peachum in the Roundabout production.

The Ali Forney Center - New York's primary emergency housing resource for homeless LGBT youth - is proud to present the legendary and internationally renowned Emmy and Tony Award-winning star of television, film and stage, Bea Arthur, in a one-night-only benefit performance of her Tony nominated show.

Creative Mechanics' production of Brecht's political thriller Edward II will run off-off-Broadway from September 8th through 25th

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has announced their 2005 season, as well as a number of special events and programs

A Mother, A Daughter and A Gun to play Dodger Stages in October, following run in Nyack, NY.

Jamie Carmichael's play Pilgrims will have its world premiere at the Medicine Show Theatre when it opens on July 14th

Why and how we love, what happens when the political becomes the personal and 'to be or not to be,' are just some of the themes explored in Heiner Mueller's stark, two-character drama HAMLETmachine, the inaugural production of the Blue Rose Theater Company, playing for six performance May 12 - 15 at The John Houseman Theater, 450 West 42nd Street.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey announced that single tickets to its 2005 Main Stage and Outdoor Stage season will go on sale Friday, April 22 - the eve of the Bard's 441st birthday.

HERE LIES JENNY, starring Bebe Neuwirth will play San Francisco's Post Street Theatre with previews beginning May 1.