BERLIN TO BROADWAY WITH KURT WEILL at WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY

Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill A Musical Voyage is a joyous and moving celebration of Kurt Weill, a cantor's son and one of the most extraordinary composers of the twentieth century. Weill's greatest theatre songs are presented in a fluid blend of music and story, spanning twenty eventful years, from Von Hindenburg and Hitler in Germany to Roosevelt and Truman in the U.S.

Greeted and ushered along by a charming Guide, audiences are invited to board the musical vessel that is Kurt Weill's rise to international acclaim. Setting sail in 1920s Berlin, Mr. Weill's cross-continental and international travels are described with immaculately crafted narration, surrounded by the composer's most noteworthy works. Selections from more than a dozen of Weill's pieces — including The Threepenny Opera, Knickerbocker Holiday and Lost in the Stars — are chronologically performed while Weill's partnerships — both musical and romantic — are dissected. An intoxicating retrospective, Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill perfectly fills Weill connoisseurs' cravings and sends those otherwise unfamiliar with his work, away from the theatre with an appreciation for the musical genius that is Kurt Weill.

Song list

Opening Medley
How To Survive (Part One)
Barbara Song
Useless Song
Jealousy Duet
Useless Song (Part Two)
Mack The Knife
How To Survive (Part Two)
March Ahead To The Fight
Don't Be Afraid
Bilbao Song
Surabaya Johnny
Don't Give Up The Ghost
Childhood's Bright Endeavor
Mandalay Song
Alabama Song
Deep In Alaska
Oh, Heavenly Salvation
As You Make Your Bed
Pirate Jenny
I Wait For A Ship
Sailor Tango
Finale Act One
Songs Of Peace And War
Hymn To Peace
Johnny's Song
How Can You Tell An American?
September Song
Girl Of The Moment
Saga Of Jenny
My Ship
Speak Low
That's Him
Progress
Progress (Reprise)
Ain't It Awful, The Heat?
Lonely House
Lullaby
Train To Johannesburg
Cry, The Beloved Country
Lost In The Stars
Love Song
Happy Ending

Authors

• Alan Jay Lerner
• Arnold Weinstein
• Bertolt Brecht
• Gene Lerner
• George Tabori
• Ira Gershwin
• Jacques Deval
• Kurt Weill
• Langston Hughes
• Marc Blitzstein
• Maxwell Anderson
• Michael Feingold
• Ogden Nash
• Paul Green