MusicalDrama OperettaRevivalOff-Broadway
Opening Date
Mar 10, 1954
Closing Date
May 30, 1954
Performances
96
MusicalDrama OperettaRevivalOff-Broadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Opening night credits for this production have not yet been finalized.
Theatres
Theatre de Lys
(Mar 10, 1954 - May 30, 1954)
Setting
19th-century London. Peachum's Beggar's Outfit Shop, a brothel in Wapping, Newgate Prison, a street, an empty stable.
Produced by Carmen Capalbo and Stanley Chase
Book by Bertolt Brecht; Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; Music by Kurt Weill; English adaptation of books and lyrics by Marc Blitzstein; Musical Director: Samuel Matlovsky; Music orchestrated by Kurt Weill
Directed by Carmen Capalbo
Scenic Design by William Pitkin; Costume Design by Bolasni
Conducted by Samuel Matlovsky
Beatrice Arthur
Lucy Brown (Brown's daughter)
Lotte Lenya
Jenny (a whore)
Leon Lishner
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum (head of a gang of beggars)
Scott Merrill
Macheath (Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks)
Gerald Price
Streetsinger
Charlotte Rae
Mrs. Peachum
Jo Sullivan
Polly Peachum (daughter of Jonathan and Mrs. Peachum)
George Tyne
Tiger Brown (Chief of London Police)
John Astin
Readymoney Matt (Macheath's gang)
Joseph Beruh
Crook-Finger Jack (Macheath's gang)
Paul Dooley
Walt Dreary (Macheath's gang)
William Duell
Charles Filch (a beggar)
Marcella Markham
Betty (a whore)
Marion Selee
Molly (a whore)
Bernard Bogin
Sawtooth Bob (Macheath's gang)
Miles Dickson
Second Constable
Donald Elson
Reverend Kimball
Gerrianne Raphael
Dolly (a whore)
Stan Schneider
First Constable
Rome Smith
Smith (a police constable)
Gloria Sokol
Coaxer (a whore)

Theatre de Lys (Mar 10, 1954 - May 30, 1954)

Cast

Mildred Cook
Mrs. Peachum
Martin Wolfson
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum (head of a gang of beggars)
music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Act 1
Sung By
Morning Anthem
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Instead-Of-Song
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum and Mrs. Peachum
The Bide-a-Wee in Soho
Polly Peachum
Wedding Song
The Gang
Army Song
Macheath, Tiger Brown and The Gang
Wedding Song (Reprise)
The Gang
Love Song
Polly Peachum and Macheath
Ballad of Dependency
Mrs. Peachum
The World is Mean
Polly Peachum, Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum and Mrs. Peachum
Act 2
Sung By
Polly's Song
Polly Peachum and Macheath
Ballad of Dependency (Reprise)
Mrs. Peachum
Pirate Jenny
Jenny
Tango-Ballad
Jenny and Macheath
Ballad of the Easy Life
Macheath
Barbara-Song
Lucy Brown
Jealousy Duet
Lucy Brown and Polly Peachum
How to Survive
Macheath, Mrs. Peachum and Ensemble
Act 3
Sung By
Useless Song
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum and Beggars
Solomon Song
Jenny
Call From the Grave
Macheath
Death Message
Macheath
The Mounted Messenger
Ensemble

Theatre World

Award

1954 Recipient
Scott Merrill
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