This show, written by Berthold Brecht, ran for several weeks at the Classic Stage Company (CSC) in NYC. It was directed by Carey Perloff, music directed by Catherine and starred John Turturro, David Patrick Kelly, and Zach Grenier, with music by David Lang. The Resistible Rise chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster, and is a satirical allegory of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany prior to World War II.
Read the review of this production in the New York Times.