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Stung by the Acting Bug: Sting, the rock singer, says he’s glad he decided to play the role of Macheath in “The 3 Penny Opera” on Broadway. “If I listened to the critics, I’d be off in a little room somewhere, cowering in a corner,” Sting said in an interview with GQ magazine. “I’ve been rewarded in the past for singing in my own way, singing in my own words, dancing and behaving as I am,” he explained. “The people who are running this show aren’t interested in the least in how I do that. Now, perverse as this sounds, I’m actually enjoying it,” he said. “It’s a discipline, wearing a straitjacket for a while, and it’s a discipline I will learn from.”