The Threepenny Opera

The Threepenny Opera is a German musical with music by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht.
The song "Mack the Knife" was performed on both The Muppet Show and Muppets Tonight.
==References==
* The July 10, 1984 edition of The Muppets comic strip establishes a feature in Playbill called "Little Known Facts About Broadway." Waldorf reads that Threepenny Opera was originally written by Brecht and [Marc] Blitzstein (who translated it into English) as the "One Penny Opera"... then Kurt Weill came along and threw his two cents in.
==Connections==
*F. Murray Abraham played Mr. Peachum in the 2014 off-Broadway production
*Edward Asner was a replacement as Bob the Saw and in 1956 took over as Peachum in the 1955 off-Broadway production
*John Astin played Readymoney Matt in the 1954 Broadway production and the 1955 off-Broadway version
*Jeff Blumenkrantz played Filch in the 1989 Broadway production
*Alan Cumming played Macheath in the 2006 Broadway production
*Cherry Davis was a replacement as Polly Peachum later in the 1955 off-Broadway production run
*Paul Dooley played Walt Dreary in the 1954 Broadway production
*Ellen Greene played Jenny in the 1976 Broadway production and 1977 off-Broadway run
*Raul Julia played Macheath in the 1976 Broadway production and the film Mack the Knife (1989)
*Ingvar Kjellson voiced Mr. Peachum in the 1966 marionette Broadway production
*Cyndi Lauper played Jenny in the 2006 Broadway production
*Jerry Orbach was a replacement as the streetsinger and subsequently Macheath later in the 1955 off-Broadway production run
*Charlotte Rae played Mrs. Peachum in the 1954 off-Broadway production
*Clive Revill played Money Matthew in Mack the Knife (1989 film)
*Meta Velander voiced Lucy Brown in the 1966 marionette Broadway production
*Julie Walters played Mrs. Peachum in Mack the Knife (1989 film)
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