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Based on The Beggar's Opera by John Gay

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Awards and Nominations


2006 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play: Jim Dale won.

2006 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Jim Dale won.

2006 Tony Awards
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Jim Dale was nominated but did not win.

Production Team

Aszure Barton Choreographer
Scott Elliott Director
Paul Huntley Hair and Wig Designer
Jason Lyons Lighting Designer
Derek McLane Scenic Designer
Chantel Miller Make-Up Designer
Isaac Mizrahi Costume Designer
Kevin Stites Musical Director
Ken Travis Sound Designer

The Threepenny Opera FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Ballad of Mack the Knife
Mr. Peachum's Morning Hymn
Instead-of-Song
Wedding Song for Poor People
Pirate Jenny or Dreams of a Kitchen Maid
Cannon Song
Love Song
Barbara Song
The Uncertainty of Human Conditions
Polly's Farewell Song
The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
The Procurer's Ballad
The Ballad of Pleasant Living
Jealousy Duet
What Keeps Mankind Alive?
The Song About Inadequacy
Song of Soloman
Call from the Grave
Ballad in Which Macheath Asks Everyone for Forgiveness
The Riding Messenger
Fight About the Property
Poor Mrs. Peachum
Bide-a-Wee in Soho

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