California Stage Presents THE THREE PENNY OPERA, 2/5-2/27

California Stage of Sacramento will be presenting the Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill musical,  The Threepenny Opera, begining February 5th.  This classic show tells the story of what happens when the banks get richer and the poor get poorer. The musical incorporates the tale of the doomed love affair of Mac Heath, London's reining thief, and Polly Peachum, the deceptively sweet daughter of a successful businessman who specializes in human misery and controls the city's beggars. Based loosely on John Gay's much earlier Beggars' Opera, it is filled with betrayals, schemes, revenge, reversals of fortune, and Weill's famously dissonant score.

 The cast is comprised of local musical theater regulars, including: Kelly Daniells, Michael RJ Campbell, Michael Sokol, Angelina Réaux, Gregory Jurado, James Rollans, Mark Fejta, Jabriel Shelton, Jeffrey Lloyd Heatherly, Jessica Goldman, Joelle Wirth, Senga Smith, Laura Lothian, Annie Coke, and Whitney-Claire Roeder. Director, Réaux, has won wide recognition for her performances of French and German Cabaret and "The American Songbook". She has collaborated with Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Charles Dutoit, John Mauceri, Kent Nagano, Marin, Alsop, and Ned Rorem; worked with Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Stephen Wadsworth, Tony Taccone, Tony Kushner, sung with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Boston Pops, and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia; and with the Santa Fe Opera, Washington Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera. Internationally acclaimed for both her performances and recordings of the works of Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein. The orchestra will be conducted by Christopher Cook, local director and conductor who recently produced and directed "Rocky Horror Picture Show "at The California Stage Theater.

  "Threepenny Opera" opens February 5 and plays through February 27, 2010 plays on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm, Tickets are $20 general; $15 students, seniors, and actors. For reservations or more information, contact California Stage at 916-451-5822 or Online Ticket sales on seeaplay.com California Stage Theater is fully accessible.