Threepenny Opera
Operetta - Revival
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Data not verified
- First Preview: October 19, 1989
- Opening Date: November 5, 1989
- Closing Date: December 31, 1989
- Previews: 20
- Performances: 65
Music: Kurt Weill
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht
Book: Bertolt Brecht
Synopsis
The outlaw Macheath is repeatedly betrayed and sent to prison, only to receive a last-minute reprieve from Queen Victoria, in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's darkly satirical adaptation of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
Opening Night Cast
| Georgia Brown | Mrs. Peachum | |
 |
Alvin Epstein | Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum |
 |
Maureen McGovern | Polly Peachum |
 |
Sting | Macheath |
| Kim Criswell | Lucy Brown | |
| Suzzanne Douglas | Jenny Diver | |
 |
Larry Marshall | Tiger Brown |
| Josh Mostel | Matt of the Mint |
Opening Night Production Credits
 |
Bertolt Brecht | Writer |
| Michael Feingold | Translator | |
 |
Kurt Weill | Music |
|
Bertolt Brecht | Lyrics |
| John Dexter | Director | |
| Peter Gennaro | Musical Staging |
Awards
Grosses
| Week Ending | Week # | This Week Gross Potential Gross | Diff $ | Avg Ticket Top Ticket | Seats Sold Seats in Theatre | Perfs (Prev) | % Cap This Week | Diff % Cap |
| Dec. 31, 1989 | 31 | $501,011 - |
$185,183 | $45.39 - |
11038 1452 |
8 0 |
95.02% | 35.13% |
| Dec. 24, 1989 | 30 | $315,828 - |
-$56,239 | $45.40 - |
6957 1452 |
8 0 |
59.89% | -9.81% |
| Dec. 17, 1989 | 29 | $372,067 - |
-$39,764 | $45.96 - |
8096 1452 |
8 0 |
69.70% | -7.85% |
| Dec. 10, 1989 | 28 | $411,831 - |
- | $45.72 - |
9008 1452 |
8 0 |
77.55% | - |
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Totals |
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| Last 4 Weeks |
$1,600,737 - |
$45.62 | 35099 46464 |
32 0 |
75.54 % | |||
| Cumulative |
$4,721,700 - |
$45.56 $0.00 |
103647 123420 |
65 20 |
83.98 % | |||
