Spring 1970: Attempts to stop an off-Broadway production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Anderson Theater directed by Carmen Capalbo. Lenya and Bertolt Brecht’s son Stefan are appalled by changes made to the score and script, but an arbitrator rules that they cannot prevent Capalbo from going ahead. After 69 … Continue reading 1970-1981: Passing the Torch