This Monday, August 4th, the New Globe Theater presented VARIATIONS ON SHAKESPEARE: An Evening of Songs Inspired by the Bard. This concert highlighted songs from musicals based on the works of William Shakespeare with performances by some of Broadway's hottest stars.
The evening was hosted by Tony Award winner Mark Rylance, the first Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe in London who is currently treading the boards in the hilarious hit revival of Boeing-Boeing, with appearances and performances by Broadway and TV Star Tom Cavanagh (Some Americans Abroad, TV's Ed, Urinetown, Shenandoah), Anthony Rapp (Some Americans Abroad, original cast of RENT, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown), Emmy Award nominee George Wendt (Norm in TV's Cheers, Hairspray), Tony Award nominee Martha Plimpton (upcoming Pal Joey, Top Girls, Cymbeline, The Coast of Utopia), Tony Award winner Christian Hoff (Jersey Boys, upcoming Pal Joey), Tony Award nominee Alice Ripley (Side Show, Next to Normal), Barrett Foa (The Drunken City, Avenue Q, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Tony winner Denis O'Hare (Sweet Charity, Assassins, Take Me Out), Autumn Hurlburt (MTV Finalist "Legally Blonde: Search for the Next Elle Woods", Legally Blonde), Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, Cabaret, Jekyll and Hyde, and Miss America 1998), Darius de Haas (Rent, Marie Christine, Kiss of the Spiderwoman), Alexander Gemignani (Les Miz, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park With George), Garrett Long (South Pacific, The Spitfire Grill), and more The evening was directed by Igor Goldin with musical direction by David Andrews Rogers.
George Wendt, Anthony Rapp, Tom Cavenaugh, Alice Ripley, and Clarke Thorell
George Wendt, Anthony Rapp, Tom Cavenaugh, Alice Ripley, and Clarke Thorell
Anthony Rapp, Tom Cavenaugh, and Alice Ripley
Anthony Rapp, Tom Cavenaugh, and Alice Ripley
Robert Cuccioli and Denis O'Hare
Robert Cuccioli and Clarke Thorell
Robert Cuccioli and Clarke Thorell
Robert Cuccioli and Clarke Thorell
Garrett Long, Barrett Foa, and David Andrews Rogers
Barrett Foa and Clarke Thorell
Barrett Foa, Kate Shindle, and Clarke Thorell
Christian Hoff, Alexander Gemignani, and Martha Plimpton
Christian Hoff, Alexander Gemignani, and Martha Plimpton
Christian Hoff and Alice Ripley
Christian Hoff and Alice Ripley
Christian Hoff and Alice Ripley
Christian Hoff and Alice Ripley
Erik Keiser and Saea Michelle Valencia
Erik Keiser and Saea Michelle Valencia
Martha Plimpton and Christian Hoff
Denis O'Hare and Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton and Alexander Gemignani
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Clarke Thorell and Barrett Foa
George Wendt and Martha Plimpton
George Wendt and Martha Plimpton
Backstage at the New Globe Theater
Backstage at the New Globe Theater
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