Katrina Lenk, George Abud Lead 3PENNY OPERA

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/31/25 at 11:55am

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This sounds fascinating, to me, I'll definitely be there!

[MysteriousLady]

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

[chrishuyen]

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.

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 10/31/25 at 2:48pm

Who is directing?  Walsh's husband?

Why such a short run?  10 days?

[darquegk]

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? 

[chrishuyen]

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

[CoffeeBreak]

Posted: 10/31/25 at 3:27pm

Abud seems protective.  starring, adapting, directing ... 

10 days.  something seems off.

[Kad]

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. 

[TheatreMonkey]

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.

[darquegk]

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. 

[EDSOSLO858]

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. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

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.

[fosterfan2]

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.