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The colorful, exotic musical saga of Mack the Knife, Polly Peachum and the gritty underworld of Soho as seen through the eyes of two 20th century geniuses, The Threepenny Opera is a revolutionary musical theatre masterpiece, first performed in Berlin in 1928. Brecht’s brittle, sardonic tale creates a world of beggars, thieves and prostitutes, and Weill’s jazzy, inventive score captures the ironic tone of the lyrics. Derived from The Beggar’s Opera, written by John Gay in 1728, The Threepenny Opera creates a stunning, cabaret world that, eighty years after its premiere, remains an outrageous and cunning satire of society.

(contains some adult subject matter and language)