Katrina Lenk, George Abud Lead 3PENNY OPERA
#2
Posted: 10/31/25 at 11:56am
Lenk's version of "Pirate Jenny" will be haunting and devastating, I fear.
Updated On: 10/31/25 at 11:56 AM
#3
Posted: 10/31/25 at 1:28pm
Oh wow, I am so here for it! Interesting that Barbara Walsh is playing Polly Peachum and that they have a separate actress for Young Polly, so I wonder how that split is going to work. Exciting that this also comes on the heels of a pretty high profile mayoral election too.
#4
Posted: 10/31/25 at 2:48pm
Who is directing? Walsh's husband?
Why such a short run? 10 days?
#5
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:12pm
This is the first major new production/adaptation since the show’s original materials went public domain, right?
#6
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:20pm
These are the credits they have listed:
adaptation and direction by George Abud
musical adaptation and orchestration by Jake Landau
choreography by Brianna Mercado
Starring Katrina Lenk as Pirate Jenny, Barbara Walsh as Polly Peachum, and George Abud as Macheath
With Paula Gaudier as Pam/Young Polly, Mahira Kakkar as Tiger Brown, and Aline Salloum as Mrs. Peachum
#7
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:27pm
Abud seems protective. starring, adapting, directing ...
10 days. something seems off.
#8
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:45pm
CoffeeBreak said: "
10 days. something seems off."
It's a small opera company in a small venue. Everything else they're offering this season is only running a couple of days.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#9
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:46pm
CoffeeBreak said: "Abud seems protective. starring, adapting, directing ...
10 days. something seems off."
It was commissioned by a small group, Off-Brand Opera -- nothing strange about it being a short run. And maybe because it's a short run they got such a stacked cast -- not everything has to have grand amibitions. More Abud is a good thing, he's a very talented artist.
#10
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:49pm
You're going to see a lot of "adapted by, orchestrations by" attached to this show over the next decade. The German original score and orchestrations are EXTREMELY idiosyncratic, since they were written for a specific troupe of musicians who doubled in very specific and unlikely ways. All the more conventional arrangements of the score for a conventional pit band, and almost every English translation of the script and lyrics, are still under copyright.
#11
Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:56pm
Nice to see Katrina back in action.
George honestly should’ve been nominated for a Tony for his Marinetti.
"Gitchie gitchie Betsy Aidem / Squibby Squibby Squibby June."
#12
Posted: 10/31/25 at 6:43pm
darquegk said: "This is the first major new production/adaptation since the show’s original materials went public domain, right?"
Barrie Kosky’s revival was just at BAM earlier this year. But that was previously done in Berlin in 2021, before it went PD.
#13
Posted: 10/31/25 at 9:10pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "Nice to see Katrina back in action.
Definitely! She will also perform as Elvira in High Spirits at Encores! in February. She's my favorite.
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