Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007 · Movie · 2h 13m
- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzle-dazzle mecca for lust, liberty, and the pursuit of pleasure. Cash is king, poverty is punishable by death, and anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Director John Doyle melds his Tony Award winning talent with the lyrics of influential playwright Bertolt Brecht and an incomparable score by Kurt Weill. The brilliant cast is led by superstars Audra McDonald, as the tart-with-a-heart `Jenny' and Patti LuPone, who portrays the town's feisty madam. Audra McDonald · Patti LuPone · Anthony Dean Griffey Robert Wörle · John Easterlin · Mel Ulrich Directed for Stage by John Doyle Chorus and Orchestra of the Los Angeles Opera James Conlon, conductor
- John DoyleDirector
- Patti LuPoneLeocadia Begbick
- Audra McDonaldJenny Smith
- Anthony Dean GriffeyJimmy McIntyre
- Robert WörleFatty The Bookkeeper
- Donnie Ray AlbertTrinity Moses
- John EasterlinJack O'Brien
- Mel UlrichBook Account Bill
- Natasha FloresMaidens of Mahagonny
- Priti GandhiMaidens of Mahagonny
- Rena HarmsMaidens of Mahagonny
- Catherine IrelandMaidens of Mahagonny
- Sharmay MusacchioMaidens of Mahagonny
