1920s
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The Threepenny Opera (1928)
Laurie Anderson has a song called “Difficult Listening Hour”. That phrase kept surfacing in my mind like a bad (three)penny while I was listening to this. This show dates from 1928 and was written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, lifting the plot from an 18th century English show called “The Beggar’s Opera”. It’s about Continue reading
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Good News (1927)
It’s a very special edition of Gil Hates Musicals today. At the request of Scott Ashton Swan of Applause! Musicals, I’m taking a look at this year’s Applause! season. So I should knock out a quick two-way introduction for GHM avids wondering whether I’ve taken the money, and for Applause! readers wondering why they should Continue reading
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