Recent viewings:

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1998; Salzburg Festival)

This show features some great songs, including most notably the "Alabama Song" ("Show me the way to the next Whisky Bar....") and a very lyrical piece from the character Jenny that I cannot recall the title of. I like the way that Brecht & Weill turn their mythic, abstract reimagining of the American frontier into a parable of corruption and predatory consumerism. This production's portrayal of the the excesses that result from the latter are quite shocking and effective. Still, the third act seems to go on far too long after the death scene of a main character and devolves into rather simplistic socialist agitprop.

Worth seeing for the songs, the cynical humor, and the bitter criticism of the excesses of American consumerism, but don't expect the end of the third act to keep you awake if you watch it late at night.