Threepenny Opera

Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

Previews Began: October 19, 1989

Opening Night: November 5, 1989

Closing Night: December 31, 1989

Music: Kurt Weill

Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht

Book: Bertolt Brecht

Mack the Knife secretly marries, but is betrayed by his in-laws and sent to prison. After being freed, he is again betrayed – this time by a prostitute – and is sentenced to death, only to be saved at the last moment.

Musical Numbers

Act One

Ballad of Mack the Knife (Moritat)…………A Ballad Singer
Peachum’s Morning
Hymn……………………………….Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Why-Can’t-They Song……..Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum,
Mrs. Peachum
Wedding Song……………………………………………………..Gang
Pirate Jenny…………………………………………..Polly Peachum
Soldiers’ Song…………………………..Macheath, Tiger Brown
Wedding Song (Reprise)………………………………………Gang
Love Song…………………………….Macheath, Polly Peachum
Barbara-Song………………………………………..Polly Peachum
First 3 Penny Finale………………………………Polly Peachum,
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum,
Mrs. Peachum

Act Two

Melodrama/Polly’s Song……….Macheath, Polly Peachum
Ballad of the Prisoner of Sex…………………..Mrs. Peachum
Pimp’s Ballad (Tango)………………..Macheath, Jenny Diver
Ballad of Living in Style…………………………………Macheath
Jealousy Duet…………………….Lucy Brown, Polly Peachum
Second 3 Penny Finale………….Macheath, Mrs. Peachum,
Chorus

Act Three

Ballad of the Prisoner of Sex (Reprise)…….Mrs. Peachum
Song of Futility………………….Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Lucy’s Aria………………………………………………..Lucy Brown
Solomon Song…………………………………………….Jenny Diver
Call From the Grave……………………………………..Macheath
Epitaph………………………………………………………..Macheath
March to the Gallows……………………………………Orchestra
Third 3 Penny Finale……………………………………..Company