The Mahagonny Songspiel

by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Elisabeth Hauptmann

*As of 9/10/2021 the performance venue and times for The Mahagonny Songspiel have changed. For the most up to date times and performance venue please click the Purchase Tickets link above.

This performance takes place outside. Masks recommended.
Estimate Run Time: 1 hour

Directed by Dennis Monn. Performed by New Orleans’ AllWays Lounge in Exile with Olivia Klein, aka LadyBabyMiss as Music Director and pianist.

“Schmutz! [Filth!]”
-Zeitschrift für Musik ['The Gestapo Music Magazine']

“Ugly and mean.”
-The Baden-Baden Morning Gazette, 1927

The Mahagonny Songspiel, written by Bertolt Brecht with music by Kurt Weill, was Hitler’s least favorite collection of songs. Enticing tangos, haunting love ballads, and sour choruses accompany a fable of innocence exploited by a morally bankrupt society. Nazi thugs blew whistles at the 1927 premiere. Communists in the audience blew whistles of their own. The Festival’s production, which will hand out whistles to the audience, is directed by New Orleans impresario Dennis Monn and features the puppetry of Harry Mayronne alongside live actors.