Many years ago, Naseeruddin Shah had acted in an adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s raucous musical The Threepenny Opera. And while there have been numerous adaptations of the play, for Imaad, the play is not the same without the original music by Kurt Weill. Accessible and entertainingThe world of The Threepenny Opera revolves around beggars, prostitutes, thieves, corrupt policemen and gangsters. So we kept the original music, played with the jazz music and choreography and built a sort of parallel universe on stage,” he says. “I think it is more fun to use the stage for what it’s worth and use theatrical devices.

Source: dna November 11, 2017 00:56 UTC