WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — On Saturday, May 9 at 3 pm, the Clark Art Institute and The Glimmerglass Festival present a live performance of the touring production of "Happy End," a musical satire by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, and Elisabeth Hauptmann. 

 

The production takes place in the Clark's Manton Research Center auditorium.

 

According to a press release: 

 

Banned after only two performances at its 1929 Berlin premiere, Happy End remains one of Weill and Brecht's most theatrical and incisive collaborations. Set in a smoky Chicago speakeasy where gangsters negotiate power, and Salvation Army missionaries seek redemption, the work explores the intersection of faith, commerce, and morality.

 

This new touring production of Happy End is presented as part of a historic new collaborative partnership between The Glimmerglass Festival, Opera Saratoga, Finger Lakes Opera, and Seagle Festival in a shared effort to expand access to opera across the region. Music is directed by Rob Ainsley, Artistic and General Director of The Glimmerglass Festival, and features Ana Karneža, a Juilliard drama graduate who won the Kurt Weill Foundation's Lotte Lenya Competition in 2024.

 

Tickets start at $40. Accessible seats available. Call 413 458 0570 with any questions. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit events.clarkart.edu.