 BERLIN TO BROADWAY
WITH KURT WEILL
A Musical Voyage. (Music by Kurt Weill: Book by Gene Lerner: Lyrics
by Maxwell Anderson, Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Jacques Deval,
Michael Feingold, Ira Gershwin, Paul Green, Langston Hughes, Alan lay
Lerner, Ogden Nash, George Tabori and Arnold Weinstein)
Theatre de Lys Off-Broadway - October 1, 1972 (152 perfs)
Synopsis
A musical voyage of golden melody from the pen of Kurt
Weill. This colourful cavalcade of a revue artfully mixes cabaret and
commentary spanning a history of twenty extraordinary years from his
successes in Hitler's Germany to his triumphs in Truman's America. An
evening of sheer bliss from a master of the theatre.
The revue features songs from the following shows:
- The Threepenny Opera (Medley)
How to Survive
Barbara Song
Jealousy Duet
Useless Song (Reprise)
Mack the Knife (Moritat)
How To Survive (Reprise)
- Happy End (Medley)
March Ahead to the Fight
Don't Be Afraid
Bilbao Song
Surabaya Johnny
Childhood's Bright Endeavor
Mandalay Song
- The Rise and Fall Of the City Of Mahagonny (Medley)
Alabama Song
Deep in Alaska
Oh, Heavenly Salvation
As You Make Your Bed
- Pirate Jenny (The Threepenny Opera)
- I Wait For a Ship (Marie Galante)
- Sailor Tango (Happy End)
- Johnny Johnson - Medley
Songs of War and Peace
A Hymn to Peace
Listen to My Song (Johnny's Song)
- Knickerbocker Holiday (Medley)
How Can You Tell an American
September Song
- Lady In the Dark (Medley)
Girl of the Moment
Saga of Jenny
My Ship
- One Touch Of Venus (Medley)
Speak Low
That's Him
- Progress (Love Life)
- Street Scene (Medley)
Ain't It Awful the Heat?
Lonely House
- Lost in the Stars (Medley)
Trouble Man
Train to Johannesburg
Cry, the Beloved Country
Lost in the Stars
- Love Song Love Life)
- Moritat (Reprise) (Happy Ending)
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