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DOROTHY LANE
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Dorothy Lane's plays including theatres, agent, synopses, cast sizes, production and published dates
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Happy EndHappy End
Written on the heels of the phenomenally successful Threepenny Opera, Happy end again takes to task the disparity between the 'Haves' versus the 'Have-nots.' In the underworld of Chicago, 1919, a Salvation army Lieutenant, Lillian Holiday, aka Hallelujah Lil, tries to reform a gangster, Bill Cracker, whose mob is led by the mysterious Lady in Grey (also known as 'the Fly'). During the course of the salvation, they fall in love, a robbery gets bungled, murder is attempted, there's a surprise reuniting and a 'happy' ending. along the way we are treated to some of Weill's best songs, including 'the Bilbao Song,' 'the Sailor's Tango,' 'song of the Big Shot,' 'the Mandalay Song,' and 'surabaya Johnny.'" nytheatre.com contributor David Fuller (the Singapore Mikado) directs a cast headed by Joey Piscopo (Billboard, Joe Piscopo's Son) and Lorinda Lisitza.
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Notes:
Original Playwright - Bertolt Brecht. book by Dorothy Lane; music by Kurt Weill; lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; Adapted by Michael Feingold
1st Produced:
Whitbread Flowers Warehouse, Stratford-Upon-Avon
04 Dec 1985
Organisations:
RSC
1st Published:
Methuen 1983
Music:
Studio recording Ghostlight 2007
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Genre:
Musical
Parts:
Male: 10 Female: 4 Other: -
Further Reference:
RSC ref HaQ198512
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