Martha Clarke's THREEPENNY OPERA at Atlantic Apr 2 2014, 12:26:44 PM
This poster is right. It has gotten better--Martha Clarke herself said so at the talkback after last Wednesday's performance. I have seen every Threepenny since the Raul Julia/Joseph Papp production in the 70s and grew up with the German recording of the original Berlin production (which my father saw). I really think this is the best version I have ever seen. It is so true to Brecht and Weill. The orchestrations are spot on. The cast is terrific (Mack the Knife seems a little too well-fed for h