John Gay News

The following are SARTA's announcements and upcoming events.

Vanishing Point is a Scottish company who have stormed into London with a truly mesmerising new production called Interiors?. Imagine being witness to a dinner party where the participants are walled inside a clear plastic 'case' on all sides. You hear none of the spoken words as such, just their exchanges and the narrative told through innovative and visually inventive ways. Suddenly you are allowed as the audience to hear and see what's inside their heads as drama unfolds.

Columbia Stages presents THE THREEPENNY OPERA, a 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 Michael Feingold, and directed by Henning A. Hegland, running April 1st - 4th, 2009, at The Riverside Theatre, located in the historic Riverside Church at 91 Claremont Avenue between 120th and 122nd Streets.

Columbia Stages presents THE THREEPENNY OPERA, a 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 Michael Feingold, and directed by Henning A. Hegland, running April 1st - 4th, 2009, at The Riverside Theatre, located in the historic Riverside Church at 91 Claremont Avenue between 120th and 122nd Streets.

Filled with colorful criminals, biting social satire and a brilliant score, The Threepenny Opera opens International City Theatre's 2009 Season at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Jules Aaron directs Michael Feingold's translation of the trailblazing musical by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that became one of the most influential plays of the 20th Century. Darryl Archibald is musical director and Kay Cole choreographs the five-week run February 20 through March 22; low-priced previews begin February 17. First performed in 1928, Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera was a revolutionary musical theater masterpiece that mocked the bourgeois political movement of pre-Hitler Germany. Brecht's brittle, sardonic tale of beggars, thieves and prostitutes, adapted from the 1728 play The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, was a fierce social and political critique, and Weill's innovative score that fused American jazz with German cabaret captured the ironic tone of the lyrics. Part acid social criticism, part bittersweet romance, the now eighty-year old saga of 'Mack the Knife' and his entourage of criminals and whores has never lost its theatrical punch. 'It's a satire on capitalism and corruption told from the viewpoint of the 'little people',' notes Aaron. 'If there was ever time to revive this show, it's now. Michael [Feingold]'s translation is earthy, gritty and very funny. I think it's going to strike a chord with audiences.'

Filled with colorful criminals, biting social satire and a brilliant score, The Threepenny Opera opens International City Theatre's 2009 Season at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center. Jules Aaron directs Michael Feingold's translation of the trailblazing musical by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that became one of the most influential plays of the 20th Century. Darryl Archibald is musical director and Kay Cole choreographs the five-week run February 20 through March 22; low-priced previews begin February 17. First performed in 1928, Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera was a revolutionary musical theater masterpiece that mocked the bourgeois political movement of pre-Hitler Germany. Brecht's brittle, sardonic tale of beggars, thieves and prostitutes, adapted from the 1728 play The Beggar's Opera by John Gay, was a fierce social and political critique, and Weill's innovative score that fused American jazz with German cabaret captured the ironic tone of the lyrics. Part acid social criticism, part bittersweet romance, the now eighty-year old saga of 'Mack the Knife' and his entourage of criminals and whores has never lost its theatrical punch. 'It's a satire on capitalism and corruption told from the viewpoint of the 'little people',' notes Aaron. 'If there was ever time to revive this show, it's now. Michael [Feingold]'s translation is earthy, gritty and very funny. I think it's going to strike a chord with audiences.'

Roundabout Theatre Company's The Threepenny Opera begins its final week of performances tonight, Tuesday June 20th

Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming, currently starring in Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Threepenny Opera, will be featured on NBC's 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on Tuesday, June 20th

The Roundabout's new production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera might well have been the most shocking and innovative theatre event of the 1967-68 Broadway season

Tony Award-winner and current nominee, Jim Dale sat down with BroadwayWorld.com's Craig Brockman in this candid one-on-one interview backstage at The Threepenny Opera. Jim shares stories about his career which spans from comedian to accidental pop star to legendary stage, screen and Guinness Book of World Records performer. Click now to watch!

On May 11th, The Threepenny Opera's Alan Cumming will be featured on 'The Tony Danza Show'

The Threepenny Opera star Ana Gasteyer will be featured on 'The Martha Stewart Show' on May 5th

Variety reports that Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival The Threepenny Opera will extend for one week through June 25th.

The portrait of Threepenny Opera star Alan Cumming was unveiled at Tony's DiNapoli on May 2nd, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The Threepenny Opera star Alan Cumming will be featured on 'Downstage Center' beginning May 5th

The Threepenny Opera star Cyndi Lauper will be live in-studio on Fox News Channel's 'The Big Story with John Gibson' on Tuesday, May 2nd at 5:30-6:00PM

Catch scenes from Roundabout's 'The Threepenny Opera' starring Alan Cumming, Cyndi Lauper, Jim Dale right now on BroadwayWorld.com!

The Roundabout Theatre Company's star-studded revival of The Threepenny Opera opened at Studio 54 on April 20th

The Threepenny Opera star Cyndi Lauper will be featured on CBS 'Sunday Morning' on Sunday, April 23rd at 9:00-10:30AM. Tune in to hear Lauper discuss her Broadway debut in the Roundabout revival.

Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival The Threepenny Opera opens officially on Thursday, April 20th, 2006 as a part of their 40th Anniversary Season.