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  • One of the revelations in Threepenny Memoir was how crippling Barât's stage fright is – a surprise when the Libertines are routinely voted as one of the best live bands.

    Carl Barât: The interview Alice Fisher 2010

  • This production, the seventh "Threepenny" staged on Broadway, perfectly captures the corruption and depravity of London's Soho.

    Shock Opera 2007

  • "Threepenny" hasn't had a major airing here in a few decades.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • But "Threepenny" was created by avant-garde mavericks who embedded caustic critiques of capitalism, militarism and imperialism throughout the show.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Yuba City's Michael R.J. Campbell stars in "Threepenny" as Macheath, whose underworld moniker "Mack the Knife" provides the show's best known song title.

    www.appeal-democrat.com - News : By Tom Nadeau/For the Appeal-Democrat 2010

  • But for music lovers, Weill is probably best known for numbers such as "Mack the Knife" from The Threepenny Opera and the pop standard "The September Song" from the rarely performed Knickerbocker Holiday, which The Collegiate Chorale is both performing and producing at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Jan. 25 and 26.

    Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Knickerbocker Holiday Fern Siegel 2011

  • But for music lovers, Weill is probably best known for numbers such as "Mack the Knife" from The Threepenny Opera and the pop standard "The September Song" from the rarely performed Knickerbocker Holiday, which The Collegiate Chorale is both performing and producing at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Jan. 25 and 26.

    Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Knickerbocker Holiday Fern Siegel 2011

  • Director Robert Wilson's production of "The Threepenny Opera" will have its U.S. premiere at BAM as part of its Next Wave Festival.

    The Short List 2011

  • I thought it was wonderful and after many years still have a tune in my head - for some reason I keep thinking of "The Threepenny Opera" and not the "Mutter Courage" song.

    Quick crossword No 12,709 2011

  • But for music lovers, Weill is probably best known for numbers such as "Mack the Knife" from The Threepenny Opera and the pop standard "The September Song" from the rarely performed Knickerbocker Holiday, which The Collegiate Chorale is both performing and producing at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Jan. 25 and 26.

    Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Knickerbocker Holiday Fern Siegel 2011

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