—The New York Times
The Threepenny Opera
BAM and St. Ann's Warehouse
Present
The Threepenny Opera
Berliner Ensemble
Based on John Gay’sBeggar’s Opera
Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht and Music by Kurt Weill
in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann
Music Direction by Adam Benzwi
Directed by Barrie Kosky
- Part of
- Winter/Spring 2025
Murderous antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) slashes through Victorian London inThe Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht’s scandalous satire that electrified Weimar-era German audiences 400 times in just two years after its 1928 debut.
A century later, Brecht’s razor-sharp critique of unbridled capitalism still cuts deep—an eerily prophetic vision of a well-fed society teetering on the brink, propelled by Kurt Weill’s infectious, jazz-infused score.
Barrie Kosky’s Berliner Ensemble production issly and perversely sexy, embracing seediness and cynicism with glitzy disillusion and more than a hint of danger. A master showman, Kosky manages to beguile us through the familiar rise and fall of Brecht’s sociopathic leading man, adding a knowing creepiness to his unrepentant antics.
As Mack the Knife’s indelible melody lingers, this sleek, elemental staging amplifies the play’s knife-edge allure, proving its savage indictment of greed remains as urgent and seductive as ever.
This production is recommended for audiences age 13 and older.
—The New York Times
ONSALE DATES
Wed, Nov 20 at 1pm
BAM Members and Patrons
Tue, Dec 10 at 1pm
General Public
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Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Leadership support for
BAM Access Programs provided by
the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for
BAM programming provided by:
Leadership support for
Winter/Spring 2025 provided by:
Leadership support for
The Threepenny Opera is provided by
brigittenyc and an Anonymous Donor
Leadership support for
theater at BAM provided by
The SHS Foundation and
The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Leadership support for
BAM’s strategic initiatives provided by:
Support for
The Threepenny Opera is provided by
Aashish & Dinyar Devitre
Support for
theater at BAM provided by
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Additional support for
opera and theater at
BAM provided by
The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust
Additional support for
theater at BAM provided by
David L. Klein, Jr. Foundation and
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
