{"title": "Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Elisabeth Hauptmann's \"Happy End\"", "start": "2026-11-12T19:30:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Merkin Concert Hall", "address": "West 67th Street 129, 10023 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/musical"], "description": "Merkin Concert Hall hosts the NYC premiere of a new English version of the 1929 musical satire \"Happy End\". The piece by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann, a follow-up to The Threepenny Opera, is set in a smoky speakeasy where religion and capitalism collide. Directed by Mary Birnbaum, with a new English adaptation by Kelley Rourke, music direction by Rob Ainsley, singer Ana Karneža and jazz instrumentalists from the Manhattan School of Music. 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Directed by Steven Pasquale in his directing debut, with original music by Yeller Tooth and choreography by Susan Misner, it transforms the theater into a Depression-era union hall where exploited New York taxi drivers must decide whether to strike while waiting for their leader. 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Siegel, who has produced over 700 concert events worldwide, curates the program with a focus on his favorite musical theater songs, though not limited to Broadway. The show, produced, directed, written and hosted by Siegel with musical director Ross Patterson, raises money for the 2027 Broadway by the Seasons concerts. The cast includes Carole J. 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Coen and lyrics by Pirnot and Coen, and directed by Sarah Benson. It tells of a woman in her mid-thirties wrestling with one of life's most important decisions, its plainspoken contemporary language sung in the stylings of classical choral music. The formally-daring, auto-fictional play runs 70 minutes with no intermission.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/i-became-we-51137/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5b19f6d31da5c025c1c65b68fc66de37857794e4b3061f5e4ff6ce08482ed98-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jeff Harnar – I KNOW THINGS NOW: My Life in Sondheim’s Words", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Birdland Jazz Club", "address": "West 44th Street 315, New York", "price": "$35.46 - $45.76", "price_from": "35.46", "price_to": "45.76", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/singing", "stage/musical"], "description": "Jeff Harnar brings his award-winning show 'I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim's Words' to the Birdland Jazz Club. Drawing on the words and music of Stephen Sondheim, Harnar creates a personal self-portrait of the emotional landscape of an openly gay New Yorker, singing songs from shows like Follies, Into the Woods, Company and Passion. He is joined by music director Jon Weber on piano, Steve Doyle on bass and Ray Marchica on drums, in a show directed by Sondra Lee and dedicated to her memory. The performance received Stephen Sondheim's personal endorsement and was recorded as a MAC Award-winning album.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/jeff-harnar-i-know-things-now-my-life-in-sondheims-words-83411/", "official_url": "https://www.birdlandjazz.com/tm-event/jeff-harnar-i-know-things-now-my-life-in-sondheims-words/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4774d66b9e794033a4d5612d86b694aee0c951de413df724afc690702854a83e-1200.webp"}]}