Art students take on unconventional opera

Downtown, in the vault of a converted bank building, UCLA music and theater students will be performing the uncensored version of Brecht and Weill’s 1928 “Die Dreigroschenoper,” translated as “3pennyopera.” In a 1950s revival, the words to the most popular song from the show, “Mack the Knife,” were changed for the cast recording, toning down […]