Jim Dale Joins Cast of Roundabout's The Threepenny Opera at Studio 54

Jim Dale will appear alongside previously announced leads Alan Cumming, Edie Falco and Nellie McKay in the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company revival of The Threepenny Opera. The production, directed by Scott Elliott, is scheduled to begin performances at Studio 54 on March 24

Dale, who began his career as a professional comedian, earned Tony and Drama Desk Awards for creating the title role in Barnum. He also earned Tony nominations for his work in Scapino, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and Candide and another Drama Desk Award for his performance in Travels With My Aunt. In recent years, Dale's voice has become well known for his audio recordings of the Harry Potter series of books, for which Dale does all of the characters. He received a 2001 Grammy Award for Best Children's Audio Recording for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He last appeared on the New York stage as Scrooge in the final season of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden. Dale will play Mr. Peachum in The Threepenny Opera.

Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's most popular collaboration, The Threepenny Opera is based on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera. The show centers on Macheath Cumming, a vicious character. In the tuner, Macheath, or Mack the Knife as he is known, he marries the impressionable an innocent Polly Peachum McKay, much to the displeasure of her father, Jonathan Peachum. Through his whole marriage, and a series of arrests, he keeps a strong relationship with his mistress, Pirate Jenny Falco.

The Roundabout has commissioned Wallace Shawn to translate and adapt the original German book and lyrics for the production. The mounting is scheduled to officially open on April 20.