The Public Theater presented Kevin Kline as Romeo and Meryl Streep as Juliet in a one-night-only benefit reading of ROMEO AND JULIET last night on the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Check out BroadwayWorld.com's exclusive pictures of the curtain call below.
The cast also featured F. Murray Abraham (Friar Laurence); Christine Baranski (Nurse); John Cullum (Capulet); Raúl Esparza (Sampson, Apothecary, Watchman 1); David Harbour (Abraham, Capulet Servant, Paris’ Page); Bill Irwin (Montague); Jesse L. Martin (Gregory, Friar John, Watchman 2); Sandra Oh (Lady Montague); Phylicia Rashad (Lady Capulet); Jerry Stiller (Peter); Michael Stuhlbarg (Paris); Christopher Walken (Mercutio); Sharon Washington (Stage Directions); Sam Waterston (Benvolio); and Jeffrey Wright (Tybalt).
Conceived by Public Theater founder Joe Papp as a way to make great theater accessible to all, over the past five decades, more than five million people have enjoyed more than 150 free productions of Shakespeare and other classical works and musicals at the Delacorte.
Directed by Daniel Sullivan, this star-studded cast was joined on stage by live musicians playing original music by award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori.
www.shakespeareinthepark.org.
Photo Credit:
Walter McBride / Retna Ltd.
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Christine Baranski, Raul Esparza, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Harbour, Jesse L. Martin, Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Christine Baranski, Raul Esparza, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Harbour, Jesse L. Martin, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Joe Morton & David Pittu
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Jesse L. Martin & Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep
Raul Esparza, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Harbour, Jesse L. Martin, Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Joe Morton, David Pittu, F. Murray Abraham & Sandra Oh
Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
Meryl Streep & Kevin Kline
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