Reuben, Reuben is a two-act “urban folk opera” or “musical play” written by American composer Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964) in 1955. He is most noted for his off-Broadway adaptation of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht’s  The Threepenny Opera. Despite Blitzstein’s many works, his name is relatively unknown today nor his opera remembered.  The opera’s central story is based on the Faust legend {…}