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HAPPY END Will Be Presented by Victorian Opera in March

Roaring with charisma, wit and a killer cast, Victorian Opera presents Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann’s anti-capitalist musical comedy, Happy End, from 23 – 26 March at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse. 
Gangsters And The Salvation Army Settle Scores In Victorian Opera's HAPPY END

Roaring with charisma, wit and a killer cast, Victorian Opera presents Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann's anti-capitalist musical comedy, Happy End, from 23 – 26 March at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse.
BWW Interview: Andrew Polec Talks Winning THE KURT WEILL FOUNDATION FOR MUSIC'S 23RD ANNUAL LOTTE LENYA COMPETITION and Performing in HAIR at The Old Globe

Andrew Polec talks about winning The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music's 23rd Annual Lotte Lenya Competition and what he loves about performing HAIR at The Old Globe through October 3rd.
Karen Mason, Alexandra Silber & More Set for Red Bull Theater's HAPPY END Concert Reading, 3/17

Today, Red Bull Theater announced the cast for their Staged Concert Reading of Happy End, the musical by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill, translated by Michael Feingold: Nancy Anderson, J. Bernard Calloway, Carson Elrod, Steven Eng, Tom Hewitt, Matthew Maher, Karen Mason, Martin Moran, Alexandra Silber, Price Waldman, Kristine Zbornik, Chip Zien, and more to be announced. Happy End will be directed by Leigh Silverman with music direction by James Cunningham and will take place Monday March 17th at 7:30pm at the Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street, between Bleecker and Hudson Streets.
BROADWAY RECALL: Protest Theatre

If the Occupy Wall Street movement had an official musical, it would likely be The Cradle Will Rock, Marc Blitzstein's allegorical tale of a union leader who leads a fight against a wealthy businessman who controls his town's police, press, church, elected officials and even some artists.
Happy End: Sinners and Saviors

Theatre 1010's smart new production of the classic Brecht/Weill musical overcomes technical difficulties to shine.
Happy End: Joy and Grief

The first English recording of the Brecht/Weill classic has made its debut on Ghostlight Records.
Ghostlight to Release Cast Album of A.C.T.'s Happy End

Ghostlight Records will release a cast recording of the American Conservatory Theatre's production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Happy End.
Photo Flash: Happy End Extends at ACT

'Happy End,' the hit Brecht/Weill Gangster Musical, has extended its run at San Francisco ACT, to close July 16.

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