The main character in the original German version of the song "Mack the Knife" is a murderer and rapist. The translation to English watered down some of the harsh realities of the original. Let ...

In This Show, Mack the Knife Is a Woman Starting with “The Threepenny Opera,” the Volksoper in Vienna is reconsidering a series of works and inviting audiences to join the discussion. Share ...

Mack the Knife becomes a hit and Hollywood beckons, where Sandra Dee (Kate Bosworth) awaits. The courtship becomes a full-blown production number of the title tune, with Darin and dancers popping ...

The new version of “Mack the Knife” is the introductory track on Pirate Jenny, a full-length tribute to the music of Kurt Weill that includes plenty of words by Bertold Brecht, too.

“The Threepenny Opera” is so named because that production was an adaptation of John Gay’s 18th century English ballad opera, “The Beggars’ Opera.” ...

The character of Tigger, however, had to wait two years, as he didn’t appear until The House at Pooh Corner’s publication in 1928. In Chapter 2, Pooh discovers the talking toy tiger outside ...

The version of Mickey Mouse seen in Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy enters the public domain alongside the play Peter Pan, the song “Mack the Knife,” and more.

In Hamburg, Germany, anyone can dial 4166 and hear hit records of the week. Most startling selection: Louis Armstrong playing and croaking a catchy 4/4 time ditty called Mack the Knife:Oh the shark ...

Tony-winner Jonathan Groff is set to star in a staged reading next month of a new musical about Bobby Darin, the 1950s-’60s-era singer who scored hits with “Mack the Knife,” “Dream Lover ...