In this episode, editor and writer Rob Weinert-Kendt discusses the work of the German-born American composer Kurt Weill from The Threepenny Opera to Lost in the Stars. We also talk about the song "In Dahomey" from Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern's 1927 musical Show Boat. You can write to scenetosong@gmail.com with a comment or question about an episode or about musical theater, or if you’d like to be a podcast guest. Follow on Instagram at @ScenetoSong, on X/Twitter at @SceneSong, and on Facebook at “Scene to Song with Shoshana Greenberg Podcast.” And be sure to sign up for the new monthly e-newsletter at scenetosong.substack.com. Contribute to the Patreon. The theme music is by Julia Meinwald. Music played in this episode: "Alabama Song" from Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" from The Threepenny Opera "Lied der Fennimore (I Am a Poor Relative)" from The Silverlake, A Winter's Tale "September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday "Green Up Time" from Love Life "Lonely House" from Street Scene "Hills of Ixopo" from Lost in the Stars "In Dahomey" from Show Boat