[Dixielandjazz] Threepenny Opera.

[Don Robertson]

Yeah, I'm so "out of it", I didn't know until this discussion that Lotte 
Lenya was (is?) a real person.  I thought the name was just one of the 
characters in the play.

Don Robertson
Napa, CA

On 8/13/2010 11:13 AM, Harry Callaghan wrote:
> Mike:
>
> I have been rather satisfied with the MGM album issued in conjunction with
> the 1954 off-Bway revival.  I obtained it on LP a little later in the 50s..
>
> It was around the same time that Dick Hyman had his hit recording of
> "Moritat", the instrumental version of "Mack the Knife"
>
> We all know of course that Lotte Lenya was Jenny but you might be interested
> to know that a couple of the other cast membrs included Charlotte Rae (from
> the TV show "Facts of Life") as Polly Peachum and Bea Arthur ("Maude",
> "Golden Girls") as Lucy Brown.
>
> You know the names of those characters of course from the Bobby Darin&
> Louis Armstrong renditions of "Mack the Knife"
>
> I'm reasonably cerfain that you will be able to find a copy in CD format
> reasonably priced on either Amazon or Halfcom. by EBay if you're not opposed
> to shopping online
>
> Tides,
> HC.
>
>
>
> On 8/13/10, M J (Mike) Logsdon<mjl at ix.netcom.com>  wrote:
>    
>> Can someone recommend a good recording of this?  I've never heard it and
>> I'm getting damn tired of having to say that.
>>
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