Kurt Weill "THREEPENNY OPERA" Jerry Orbach / Ed Asner / Dolly Haas 1956 Playbill

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I'm currently listing a large number of playbills representing some of the most memorable Broadway performances of the 1950's and 1960's ....... This is a beautiful playbill from the Original Off-Broadway production of the BERTOLT BRECHT and KURT WEILL classic "THE THREEPENNY OPERA" which played the Theater de Lys in New York City. (The production opened March 10th, 1954 and ran for 2705 performances.) ..... The musical starred
JAMES MITCHELL as "Mack the Knife", DOLLY HAAS as "Jenny" and JERRY ORBACH (in his New York stage debut) as the "Streetsinger" and included JANE CONNELL, JEAN ARNOLD, EDWARD ASNER, PAULA STEWART, ANGUS CAIRNS, JOSEPH ELIC, WILLIAM DUELL, MITCHELL LEAR, PIERRE EPSTEIN, MAURICE SHROG, MARION SELEE, FRANK PERRY, ALFRED RUSSELL, BEA BARRETT, LEN ROSS, JOANNE SPILLER, AL LETTIER and JULIE COUSINS ..... CREDITS: Music by KURT WEILL ("Johnny Johnson", "Knickerbocker Holiday", "Lady in the Dark", "One Touch of Venus", "Lost in the Stars", "Street Scene", "Love Life", "Threepenny Opera"); Book and Lyrics by BERTOLT BRECHT; English adaptation of Book and Lyrics by MARC BLITZSTEIN; Original Orchestrations by KURT WEILL; Sets designed and Costumes supervised by WILLIAM PITKIN; Choreographed by DAVID TOGURI; Directed by CARMEN CAPALBO; Produced by CARMEN CAPALBO and STANLEY CHASE in association with LUCILLE LORTEL ..... DETAILS: The twenty page playbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the leading actors and members of the creative team, but no cast photos. Includes a full page rendering of one of the set designs by WILLIAM PITKIN (last scanned image) as well as a full page ad for the Original Cast album of "THE THREEPENNY OPERA" on M-G-M Records (fourth scanned image) ..... CONDITION: With the exception of a vertical crease, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.