New York City, 1928. Master-thief Mac must join an FBI sting operation against a cadre of corrupt bankers. Music, murder, and mayhem ensue - at the speakeasy where criminals scheme and on Wall Street where financiers conspire. This trenchantly satirical play was first produced at the Stratford Festival in 2009, where director Jennifer Tarver described it as being loosely based on John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728) which was later immortalized in the...
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