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Shakespeare, Shakespeare Everywhere,
By Elyse Sommer
Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad as Broadway's star-crossed lovers
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Antony & Cleopatra
Public Theater 420 Lafayette Street
New York premiere of Terell Alvin McCraney's edited and directed version of Shakespeare's play. Co-production of Public Theater, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Miamis GableStage. From 2/18/13; closing 3/23/14. McCraney has created a stripped down, radical new version of Shakespeare's gripping story of romance set against a world of imperial politics and power play and transports us to 18th century, sun-soaked Saint-Domingue on the eve of revolution. Cast features Jonathan Cake as Mark Antony and Joaquina Kalukango as Cleopatra; also Charise Castro-Smith (Octavia, Iras); Joaquina Kalukango (Cleopatra); Ian Lassiter (Agrippa, Thyreus); Chivas Michael (Mardian, Eros, Soothsayer); and Henry Stram (Lepidus, Proculeius).
Richard III and Twelfth Night
Shakespeares Globe Belasco Theatre 111 West 44th Street www.shakespearebroadway.com
From 10/15/13; opening 11/10/13; 16 weeks only. The repertory products will bedirected by Tim Carroll, designed by Jenny Tiramani and with music by Claire van Kampen. Mark Rylance stars as the suddenly love struck noblewoman Olivia in Twelfth Night and as the ruthless and conniving title monarch in Richard III; Stephen Fry makes his Broadway acting debut as Malvolio in Twelfth Night Samuel Barnett appears as Viola in Twelfth Night and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. Cast also includes Liam Brennan as Orsino in Twelfth Night; Clarence/Lord Mayor in Richard III); Paul Chahidi as Maria in Twelfth Night/ Hastings/Tyrrell in Richard III. John Paul Connolly as Antonio in Twelfth Night/ 1st Murderer/Cardinal/Ratcliff/Halberdier in Richard III; Peter Hamilton Dyer as Feste in Twelfth Night/ Brakenbury/Catesby in Richard III; Colin Hurley as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night/ King Edward IV/Stanley in Richard III) and Jethro Skinner (Fabian in Twelfth Night; 2nd Murderer/Messenger/Halberdier in Richard III. Other complete the 19-member cast. The Broadway productions will offer several rows of on-stage seating for close proximity to the exciting pre-show ritual of actors getting dressed on stage. The productions notable for their all-male casts and music, played live by seven musicians on traditional Elizabethan instruments in a gallery above the stage. Our Review
(Below) Giacomo Rocchini as Hamlet; (top left) Mauro F. Cardinali as Hamlet's hallucinations; (top right) Dario D'Ambrosi as the Mortician. (Photo by Anastasiya Khranovska).
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La MaMa E.T.C. (First Floor Theater), 74A East Fourth Street (212) 475-7710, www.lamama.org
World premiere by and with Dario D'Ambrosi, a radical innovator of the theater and founder of the movement called Teatro Patologico (Pathological Theater). Having staged revolutionary interpretations of Richard III in 1996 and Romeo and Juliet in 2009, he is now taking on this a new full-length work From 10/17/13 to 11/03/13. It will be performed entirely in English, with a script that includes selections of the Bard's soliloquies. The play is set in the graveyard and essentially presents the story from the viewpoint of the gravedigger, who is played by D'Ambrosi. The Prince is seen as a young, insecure, childish man who emerges from a grave where he has been buried in a pile of skulls, companions of his past. The script, purged of the political references focuses on his obsessions, phobias, Oedipal complexes and misogyny The cast also includes two bilingual Italian actors. The Prince of Denmark is played by Giacomo Rocchini. Hamlet's hallucinations, including the characters of his father, his mother, King Claudius and Ophelia, are played by Mauro F. Cardinali. Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:30 PM $18 general admission, $13 seniors and students. TDF accepted. Running Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes. Original music by Francesco Santalucia, lead vocals recorded by Salvo Disca, scenic design by Luisa Viglietti and costume design by Deniele Gelsi and Raffaela Toni. Lighting design is by Danilo Facco. Review
Hamlet (in repertory with George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan)
Bedlam Theatre Company at the Lynn Redgrave Theatre,(formerly 45 Bleecker Street Theatre)
William Shakespeares Hamlet and George Bernard Shaws Saint Joan, plaed in repertory by four actors and directed by Eric Tucker. Cast: Ted Lewis, Tom OKeefe, Andrus Nichols and Eric Tucker. From 2/07/14 to 4/07/14.Tickets range from $25-75. Premium tickets are available at $99. Performanes Tues to Sat at 7:30pm; Sat and Sunday at 2:30 pm; Sun at 7pm. theatrebedlam.org or cultureproject.org. our review .
Hamlet, see also A Piece of work.
Hamlet
Frog and Peach Theatre Company at West End Theater, 263 West 86th Street (212) 868-4444
Hamlet was Danish and Lynnea Benson, who is of Swedish descent, stages the play as a face-off between Scandinavian cultures. Bloodthirsty old Scandinavia confronts sleek, modern Scandinavia in a paranoid thriller. The costuming will be a mix of the Victorian and the primitive, to accentuate the conflict of cultures. It's a paranoid detective trhiller unfolding in an elegant palace of the damned," where unfolds a beautifully dressed , paranoid detective thriller.Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will be re-imagined as women. From 10/17/13; opening 10/19/13; closing 11/10/13. Running Time 2 hours and 15 minutes. Fri, and Sat at 7:30 PM, Sun at 3:00 PM. This 19-year-old company was initially a free theater but tickets are still affordable for all at $18 General Admission, $12 seniors and students.
Julius Caesar
St. Anns Warehouse, 29 Jay Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn; (718) 254-8779 or (866) 811-4111; stannswarehouse.org
The Donmar production in which Harriet Walter plays Caesar bring another distinguished London production to Brooklyn. For an idea of what to expect, here's a link to our New York and London Review London critic's review . This American premiere begins 10/03/13; closes 11/09/13 and runs 2 hours and 5 minutes without an intermission
King Lear
Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music (718) 636-4100; bam.org
Frank Langella is sure to draw a crowd in this presentation of the Chichester Festival Theater production, directed by Angus Jackson. From 1/07/13; closing 2/09/14
King Lear
Theater for a New Audience, 262 Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn; (212) 229-2819 Ext. 10 or (866) 811-4111; tfana.org
Yes, 2 Lears in Brooklyn, this one with Michael Pennington and directed by Arin Arbus. From 3/14/14; closing 5/04/1r. See A Midsummer Night's Dream for this established company's first production in its new home.
Macbeth
Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65th Street v
Jack O'Brien directs a starry cast headed by Ethan Hawke in the title role and Anne-Marie Duff as his power hungry spouse; also Richard Easton, Bianca Amato, Malcolm Gets,John Glover,Brian d'Arcy James,Byron Jennings, Jonny Orsini,Daniel Sunjata,Shirine Babb,John Patrick Doherty, Austin Durant,Francesca Faridany,Stephanie Fiege,Ben Horner, Ruy Iskandar,Aaron Krohn, Jeremiah Maestas, Christopher McHale, Sam Poon,Triney Sandoval, Nathan Stark, Patrick Vaill,Tyler Lansing Weaks, Derek Wilson. Scott Pask (Scenic Design), Catherine Zuber (Costume Design),Japhy Weideman (Lighting Design), Mark Bennett (Original Music and Sound Design), Jeff Sugg (Projections). From 10/24/13; opening 11/21/13; closing 1/12/13. Tuesday - Saturday @8pm Wednesday and Saturday @2pm, Sunday @3pm. Running Time: TBA The public, never seems to tire of watching another actor portray the king sho sells his soul for a crown and its power.
Macbeth
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, at 67th Street; (212) 998-4941 or (212) 616-3930;armoryonpark.org
Comes June and another star powered production of the Scottish play will make Shakespeare buffs rushing for tickets. It's a reprise of a successful run at the Manchester International Festival in England, reconceived for the huge Armory space. Alex Kingston will also be on board to reprise his Lady Macbeth. Christopher Oram will do the Armory's set and costume designs and Neil Austin the lighting design. More details TBA
The Midsummer. . .production launches the company's handsome new home in Brooklyn
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Theatre for a New Audience Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn www.tfana.org.
Inaugural production at the company's newly named new home. Shakespeare's classis is directed by Julie Taymor with original music composed by Elliot Goldenthall. From 10/19/13; opening 11/02/13; closing 1/12/14. A cast of 36 will be lead by Tina Benko as Titania, Max Casella as Bottom, David Harewood as Oberon and Kathryn Hunter as Puck. Other cast members: Zach Appelman, Brendan Averett, Roger Clark, Lilly Englert, Joe Grifasi, Jake Horowitz, Zachary Infante, Robert Langdon Lloyd, Mandi Masden, Jacob Ming-Trent, Okwui Okpokwasili, and William Youmans. Previews begin previews October 19, for an opening November 2. Sets are by Es Devlin, costumes are by Constance Hoffman, lights by Don Holder and sound by Matt Tierney. Brian Brooks is choreographing the dances and Sven Ortel is designing the projections. Jonathan Mastro is the music director. Tuesday through Sunday evenings at 7:30pm with regular matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2:00pm. Additional matinee performances are Tuesday, December 24 at 2:00pm; Wednesdays November 27 and January 1 at 2:00pm. Additional Evening Performances are Monday, December 23 at 7:30pm. Next up will be King Lear directed by Arin Arbus and featuring Michael Pennington. The third show of the season leaves Shakespeare for The Killer by Eugéne Ionesco, directed by Darko Tresnjak with a new translation by Michael Feingold and featuring Michael Shannon. Our Review
A Piece Of Work: A Machine-made Hamlet
Fishman Space, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 321 Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn; (718) 636-4100 bam.org
This Hamlet features Scott Shepherd and Joan MacIntosh and a chorus of synthesized voices channeling a text, refashioned in the automated image of our digital times. It's s directed by Annie Dorsen. From 12/18, 13 to 12/21/13. Hamlet ponders "to sleep, to dream" for a very short run. Based on a sophisticated algorithm that generates a new version of the play.
Richard III and Twelfth Night
Shakespeares Globe Belasco Theatre 111 West 44th Street www.shakespearebroadway.com
From 10/15/13; opening 11/10/13; 16 weeks only. The repertory products will bedirected by Tim Carroll, designed by Jenny Tiramani and with music by Claire van Kampen. Mark Rylance stars as the suddenly love struck noblewoman Olivia in Twelfth Night and as the ruthless and conniving title monarch in Richard III; Stephen Fry makes his Broadway acting debut as Malvolio in Twelfth Night Samuel Barnett appears as Viola in Twelfth Night and Queen Elizabeth in Richard III. Cast also includes Liam Brennan as Orsino in Twelfth Night; Clarence/Lord Mayor in Richard III); Paul Chahidi as Maria in Twelfth Night/ Hastings/Tyrrell in Richard III. John Paul Connolly as Antonio in Twelfth Night/ 1st Murderer/Cardinal/Ratcliff/Halberdier in Richard III; Peter Hamilton Dyer as Feste in Twelfth Night/ Brakenbury/Catesby in Richard III; Colin Hurley as Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night/ King Edward IV/Stanley in Richard III) and Jethro Skinner (Fabian in Twelfth Night; 2nd Murderer/Messenger/Halberdier in Richard III. Other complete the 19-member cast. The Broadway productions will offer several rows of on-stage seatingc forclose proximity to the exciting pre-show ritual of actors getting dressed on stage. The productions notable for their all-male casts and music, played live by seven musicians on traditional Elizabethan instruments in a gallery above the stage.our review .
Richard III
National Theater of China production at N.Y.U. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 La Guardia Place, at Washington Square South, Greenwich Village; (212) 352-3101 skirball.boxoffice@nyu.edu
Another here and practically gone tomorrow production from another country this one from the National Theatre of China, 3/26/14 to 3/30/14. It's their first visit to the United States
Romeo and Juliet
Richard Rodgers Theatre 226 West 46th Street
Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's classic star-crossed lovers story directed by David Leveux. From 8/24/13; opening 9/19/13. Cast: international film star Orlando Bloom and two-time Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad as the titular lovers; also Jayne Houdyshell as the Nurse, Chuck Cooper as Lord Capulet, Christian Camargo as Mercutio, Roslyn Ruff as Lady Capulet, Conrad Kemp as Benvolio, Justin Guarini as Paris, Corey Hawkins as Tybalt and Geoffrey Owens as Prince Escalus. Completing the company are Donte Bonner, Joe Carroll, Don Guillory, Sheria Irving, Maurice Jones, Eric Loscheider, Spencer Plachy, Michael Rudko, Tracy Sallows, Thomas Schall, Carolyn Michelle Smith and Nance Williamson. Scenic designer Jesse Poleshuck, costume designer Fabio Toblini, lighting designer David Weiner, sound designer David Van Tieghem and hair designer David Brian Brown. Though much produced, this is the play's first time in 36 years on Broadway. This version retains Shakespeares original language but has a modern setting in which members of the Montague family are white, and the Capulet family membeers are black. Running Time: Approximately 2 hours and 25 minutes. our review which is among the kindest of the overall so-so reception this production has received
Romeo and Juliet
Classic Stage 136 East 13th Street, www.classicstage.org.
Shakespeare's classic with Julian Cihi cast as Romeo, Elizabeth Olsen as Juliet, Daniel Davis as Friar Laurence, T.R. Knight as Mercutio, Daphne Rubin-Vega as the Nurse. McKinley Belcher III (Benvolio), Stan Demidoff (Paris/Sampson), Harry Ford (Gregory, Friar John, Watchman), David Garrison (Capulet), Anthony Michael Martinez (Prince), Kathryn Meisle (Lady Capulet), Dion Mucciacito (Tybalt) and John Rothman (Montague/Apothecary). From 9/27/13; opening 10/16; closing 11/03/13--extended to 11/10/13 before opening. Tea Alagic directs. Our Review
Twelfth Night, See Richard IIIs Shakespeare's Globe productions in repertory at Belasco Theatre 111 W. 44th Street Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Pig Iron Theater Company production at the Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, Lower East Side, (212) 352-3101 abronsartscenter.org
The company applies its highly physical performance style to this New York Premiere starring Birgit Huppuch and James Sugg, and directed by Dan Rothenberg. From 2/04/14 to 2/23/14. More detals TBA
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