The Threepenny Opera [Montreal, 2001]

The Threepenny Opera [Montreal, 2001]

theatre production / spectacle de théâtre|musical theatre production / spectacle de théâtre musical

Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre | Saidye Bronfman Centre

Saidye Bronfman Centre Theatre, 5170 Côte-Ste-Catherine, Montréal, Québec

2001-06-06 to 2001-06-28 [performances]

Gay, John; author/auteur. | Hauptmann, Elisabeth; author/auteur.

Wex, Michael; transl./traduct.

Weill, Kurt; compos.

Wasserman, Bryna; dir./metteur en scène

Bern, Alex; dir. music.

Bern, Alan; act. (role: Blind Accordion Player) | Elfassy, Gabrielle; act. (role: orphan) | Gonshor, Aron; act. (role: Tiger Brown) | Herman, Rena; act. (role: Lucy Brown) | Kunin, Elan; act. (role: Macheath) | Maes, Gabrielle; act. (role: Mrs. Peachum) | Phaneuf, Emilie; act. (role: Polly Peachum) | Rea, Kalie; act. (role: Jenny) | Stein, Sam; act. (role: Mr. Peachum)

lang.: Yiddish|lang.: English / anglais|lang.: French / français

Brecht work(s)/oeuvre(s): Die Dreigroschenoper

The first Threepenny Opera production done in Yiddish, with English and French subtitles.

Donnelly, Pat. "Broadway Treatment for Preachy Classic." The Gazette, Jun 14, 2001, pp. D9.
Hays, Matthew. “Mack the Knife Shreds Language Barriers.” Globe and Mail, 27 June 2001, www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/mack-the-knife-shreds-language-barriers/article4149957/.
Hustak, Alan. "New Take on Threepenny Opera: Saidye Bronfman Takes the Original Text of the Brecht-Weill Musical for a Spin - in Yiddish."The Gazette, Jun 03, 2001, p. A11.

Catalog.: Annika Sauer, University of Ottawa