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The Counterfeit Opera: A Beggar’s Opera for a Grifter’s City

Opening Date: May 29, 2025
Closing Date: Jun 15, 2025
The Counterfeit Opera: A Beggar’s Opera for a Grifter’s City

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Playing @
Little Island
Pier 55 in Hudson River Park, New York, NY 10014
A new take on the legendary satire The Beggar's Opera that has criticized corruption and picked on politicians for centuries.

The Counterfeit Opera: A Beggar’s Opera for a Grifter's City sets the antihero robber Macheath in the streets of 1850s Manhattan, where grifting gangs and working women find themselves too poor to win, but too smart to fail.

With book and lyrics by Kate Tarker, original music by Dan Schlosberg, direction by Dustin Wills—and tickets for $25—this new people’s opera makes for a rip-roaring, watch-your-pockets evening—trading in charm, mystery and steamy romance, until the closing bell.
OutdoorOpera

Performance Schedule

TUESDAY-SUNDAY @ 8:30 PM


Cast
  • Chris Bannow
  • Damon Daunno
  • Ann Harada
  • Daniel Liu
  • Rob Kellog
  • Katerina McCrimmon
  • Lauren Patten

Music
  • Dan Schlosberg

Lyrics
  • Kate Tarker

Book
  • Kate Tarker

Director
  • Dustin Wills

Choreography
  • Rosie Herrera

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Full-price tickets:

$25.00 - $25.00

Accessibility

  • Assisted Listening System

    Assistive listening devices are available for performances in The Amph and The Glade. Please see a member of our park staff if you would like to borrow one.
  • Entrance

    There are pedestrian crosswalks across the West Side Highway at 14th Street and 13th Street. Visitors may enter Little Island from the South Bridge near 13th Street or the North Bridge near 14th Street.
  • Restroom

    Little Island has an ADA accessible all-gender restroom available for use.
  • Water Fountain

    A water bottle refill station is location just outside the restrooms and there are water fountains location by the south bridge and in The Play Ground.
  • Wheelchair Info

    Little Island is ADA compliant and all areas are accessible using our pathways. For events in The Amph, we have eight wheelchair and scooter-accessible locations available where patrons can remain in their wheelchairs. These locations are available at both the stage level and at the top of the theater. Please reserve this accommodation when you purchase your performance ticket. Wheelchair locations at the top of the theater are also available an

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