Theatergoers who’ve not acquired a taste for Brecht’s brand of early 20th-century avant-garde or Weill’s dirge-like melodies may find its three-hour running time a bit of a long haul, however those with a fondness for Threepenny (and they are, I am told, legion) will find themselves in Brecht/Weill heaven.Ĭomposer Weill and book writer/lyricist Brecht’s 1928 adaptation of John Gay’s 18th Century The Beggar’s Opera is one of the earliest examples of modern musical comedy, its 1956 off-Broadway production running a then unheard of (for an off-Broadway show) 2,707 performances and spawning one of the biggest pop hits of the 1950s, Bobby Darin’s “Mack The Knife.” A Noise Within kicks off its Spring 2015 season with a sensationally performed and designed revival of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera.
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