The Lotte Lenya CompetitionThe Lotte Lenya Competition recognizes talented singer/actors of all nationalities, ages 19-32, who are dramatically and musically convincing in repertoire ranging from contemporary Broadway scores to opera/operetta, including the works of Kurt Weill.
The Kurt Weill EditionThe Foundation is in the process of publishing Kurt Weill's musical legacy in newly-engraved full scores that uphold the highest scholarly and critical standards.
Grants Programs & Collaborative InitiativesThe Foundation's Grant Program gives financial support to individuals and not-for-profit organizations for projects related to Weill, Lenya, or Marc Blitzstein.
The Lotte Lenya Competition SongbookThrough the Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook Series, the Foundation awards and showcases new theater songs that have not been widely disseminated and that can serve Lenya Competition contestants seeking new pieces for their programs.
Fellowships, Artist Sponsorships, Mentorships, & PrizesThe Foundation administers a collection of programs designed to nurture the careers of emerging performers, conductors, and stage directors, along with prizes for important new scholarly work.
The Weill-Lenya Research CenterThe Weill-Lenya Research Center is the principal international repository for research materials related to Weill's and Lenya's lives and careers.
Volume 19, Number 2 LADY IN THE DARK SPECIAL ISSUE Note from the Editor 3 FEATURE ARTICLE Art Imitating Life Imitating Art BRUCE D. MCCLUNG 4 FEATURE REVIEWS Lady in the Dark in Philadelphia JON ALAN CONRAD 8 Lady in the Dark in Palermo STEPHEN HASTINGS 10 OBITUARY Remembering Scott Merrill 12 BOOK REVIEWS Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart by Stephen Bach JOSEPH KISSANE 13 Opernführer für Fortgeschrittene: Das 20. Jahrhundert by Ulrich Schreiber GUNTHER DIEHL 14 Kurt Weill: Briefe an die Familie (1914-1950), eds. Lys Symonette and Elmar Juchem CHRISTIAN KUHNT 15 Kurt Weill ou La conquête des masses by Pascal Huynh TAMARA LEVITZ 16 PERFORMANCE REVIEWS Four Walt Whitman Songs in Salzburg LARRY L. LASH 17 Die sieben Todsünden in Dessau ANDREAS HAUFF 18 Der Kuhhandel in Hagen HORST KOEGLER 19 Street Scene in Minneapolis MICHAEL ANTHONY 20 Street Scene in Chicago JOHN VON RHEIN 21 RECORDING REVIEWS Marie Galante / Davy Crockett (Joy Bogen, Orchestra of St. Luke’s; cond. Victor C. Symonette) on Koch-Schwann LARRY L. LASH 22 Life, Love and Laughter (Max Raabe, Palast-Orchester; cond. HK Gruber) on RCA Red Seal GEORGE J. FERENCZ 23 TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS 1a-8a Volume 19, Number 1 CENTENARY IN REVIEW From the Editor 3 FEATURE ARTICLE The Weill Party MICHAEL FEINGOLD 4 PERFORMANCE REVIEWS Die Dreigroschenoper in Rio de Janeiro CELSO LOUREIRO CHAVES 6 Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny in Hamburg HORST KOEGLER 7 Street Scene in Chautauqua HEIDI OWEN 9 BBC Proms Concerts in London PATRICK O’CONNOR 11 Report from Los Angeles ALAN RICH, ALAN CHAPMAN 12 Johnny Johnson in New York LARRY L. LASH 13 One Touch of Venus in London MICHAEL BAUMGARTNER 14 Berlin to Broadway in Sydney MICHAEL MORLEY 15 Berlin to Broadway in New York JOE FRAZZETTA 16 BOOK REVIEWS Kurt Weill und Maxwell Anderson by Elmar Juchem GUIDO HELDT 17 Untwisting the Serpent by Daniel Albright DAVID DREW 18 Die Musik der Neuen Sachlichkeit by Nils Grosch SUSANNE SCHAAL-GOTTHARDT 20 Walt Whitman, ed. Lawrence Kramer Symphonies of the New World by Jack Sullivan JOHN GRAZIANO 21 RECORDING REVIEW Sonata for Cello and Piano (Jan Vogler, Bruno Canino) on Berlin Classics WOLFGANG RATHERT 23 TOPICAL WEILL: NEWS AND EVENTS 1a-8a