[DOC] [TLE] Mack the Knife - Wikipedia [PAR] "Mack the Knife" or "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", originally "Die Moritat von 
Mackie Messer", is a song composed by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for
... [DOC] [TLE] The Threepenny Opera - Wikipedia [PAR] The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) is a "play with music" by Bertolt 
Brecht, adapted from German dramatist Elisabeth Hauptmann's translation of 
John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, The Beggar's Opera, with music 
by ... Songs from The Threepenny Opera have been widely covered and become
... [DOC] [TLE] The Beggar's Opera - Wikipedia [PAR] Painting based on The Beggar's Opera, scene 5, William Hogarth, c. 1728, in the 
Tate Britain. The Beggar's Opera is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by 
John Gay with music ... Some of the songs were by opera composers like Handel, 
but only the most ..... The Threepenny Opera (1931); Mack the Knife (1989). [DOC] [TLE] Synopsis - Threepenny Opera [PAR] The show opens with a mock-Baroque overture, a nod to Threepenny's source, 
The Beggar's Opera, a brilliantly ... In a brief prologue following the overture, a 
shabby figure comes onstage with a barrel organ and launches into a song 
chronicling the crimes of the notorious bandit and womanizer Macheath, "Mack 
the Knife. [DOC] [TLE] Music - Threepenny Opera [PAR] Now that I've finished work on the Beggar's Opera, I think I've written a good ... 
the stage the question arises: how is music, particularly song, at all possible in ... 
Roma Bahn played Polly on opening night in Berlin. ... Ballad of Mack the Knife. [DOC] [TLE] "Mack the Knife" was - Threepenny Opera [PAR] Finally the conversation came around to the Beggar's Opera. ... played several 
songs for him, at which point he and his staff agreed that the music would ... As 
the crowning blow, the opening-night programs came back from the printer 
without... [DOC] [TLE] The Three Penny Opera, a CurtainUp Berkshire review [PAR] The opening musical salvo, "Mack the Knife", is one of the quintessential ... 
Fortunately the revival which opens the Williamstown Theatre's 2003 season ... 
Also in Act two, there's Karen Ziemba's "Barbara Song" riff on men like Mack the 
Knife and ... Based on English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein of John Gay's The 
Beggar's... [DOC] [TLE] Mack the Knife Meaning - Shmoop [PAR] Find out more about the meaning of Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin. ... The song, 
which became the opening number, was composed in less than 24 hours and ... 
by Brecht and Weill as a show "by and for beggars," revolutionized musical 
theater. ... In the early 1700s, the Beggar's Operawhich poked light fun at 
London's... [DOC] [TLE] Threepenny Opera  Broadway Musical  Original | IBDB [PAR] Threepenny Opera (Musical, Original) opened in New York City Apr 13, 1933 and 
... Opening Night Credits; Songs ... Brecht; Based on the "The Beggar's Opera" by 
John Gay; Music by Kurt Weill; ... Mack the Knife; head of a gang of crooks. [DOC] [TLE] Timeless Power of 'The Threepenny Opera' | The Juilliard School [PAR] Juilliard's versatile fourth-year actors will get to show off their musical talents this 
month ... The source for the work was John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), ... 
Polly, has married Macheath, a.k.a. the notorious bandit Mack the Knife, they 
hatch ... Jenny steps out of character to deliver the Pirate Jenny songa 
disruptive... [DOC] [TLE] Mackie Messer on Pinterest | Mack The Knife, The Threepenny ... [PAR] The character of Macheath in The Beggar's Opera was based on Sheppard. ..... 
with its opening musical hit song, "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer," or "The... [DOC] [TLE] Mack the Knife and Tiger Brown | The Threepenny Opera | Pinterest ... [PAR] Roger Daltrey and others perform the famous opening song in this

Question: Based on "The Beggar's Opera", this musical opens with the song "Mack the Knife"
Answer: The Threepenny Opera