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Carmen Capalbo | Theater director, 84

Carmen Capalbo, 84, a theater director and producer whose revival of The Threepenny Opera in the 1950s became one of the biggest hits in off-Broadway history and who directed the premiere of Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten on Broadway in 1957, died Sunday in Manhattan.

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Carmen Capalbo, 84, a theater director and producer whose revival of

The Threepenny Opera

in the 1950s became one of the biggest hits in off-Broadway history and who directed the premiere of Eugene O'Neill's

A Moon for the Misbegotten

on Broadway in 1957, died Sunday in Manhattan.

The cause was emphysema, his son, Marco, said.

Mr. Capalbo was born Nov. 1, 1925, in Harrisburg. As a high school student he produced, directed, and acted in The Children's Playhouse, a Sunday-morning show broadcast on Harrisburg station WKBO.

While serving in the Army during World War II, he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and earned a Bronze Star for bravery and a Purple Heart after being wounded in a mortar attack.

In addition to his son, he is survived by a sister and a daughter, Carla.

- N.Y. Times News Service

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