Marc Blitzstein. The cradle that rocked Broadway

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"Examination of the life, work and influence of Marc Blitzstein. With Aaron Copland, composer. Arvin Brown, director. John Houseman, producer-actor. Leonard Bernstein, composer. Actor-singers Howard Da Silva, Brenda Lewis, Jerry Jarrett, Joyce Ebert. Blitzstein's work includes "The Cradle Will Rock" (a 1937 Federal Theater Project project), "Regina" (based on Lillian Hellman's play "The Little Foxes"), and an adaptation of the Brecht-Weill musical play "The Threepenny Opera." Through all his work there runs a vivid social consciousness, often expressed in angry commentary on injustice and the irony of misery in a land of plenty. When he died (in an act of violence when he was only 58) he was working on an opera about Sacco and Vanzetti. Performance excerpts include portions from the above titles as well as from Blitzstein's contributions to "No For an Answer", and "Daarlin' Juno". 1976."