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.
The works of
William Shakespeare have always served as a true inspiration for many playwrights and composers over the years, with some of the most famous musical theatre pieces inspired by the Bard's plays. Kiss Me, Kate inspired
Cole Porter to transform the classic Taming of the Shrew, and gave us such great songs as "Too Darn Hot" and "So In Love." The Comedy of Errors was the play that inspired Rodgers and Hart to pen the hit musical The Boys From Syracuse and the most famous musical of them all,
West Side Story, is a beautiful musical re-telling of Romeo And Juliet set in 1950's New York City.
Photos by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
Variations On Shakespeare
David Andrews Rogers
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Robert Cuccioli
Robert Cuccioli
Robert Cuccioli
Robert Cuccioli and Clarke Thorell
Robert Cuccioli and Clarke Thorell
Mamie Parris and Barrett Foa
Mamie Parris and Barrett Foa
Mamie Parris and Barrett Foa
Mamie Parris and Barrett Foa
Mamie Parris and Barrett Foa
Darius de Haas
Darius de Haas
Darius de Haas
Autumn Hulrburt and Darius de Haas
Autumn Hurlburt and Darius de Haas
Alexander Gemignani
Alexander Gemignani
Alexander Gemignani
Autumn Hurlburt
Autumn Hurlburt
Garrett Long and Barrett Foa
Garrett Long and Barrett Foa
Garrett Long
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa
Barrett Foa
Mamie Parris
Christian Hoff
Christian Hoff
Christian Hoff
Christian Hoff
Erik Keiser and Sara Michelle Valencia
Erik Keiser and Sara Michelle Valencia
Erik Keiser and Sara Michelle Valencia
Erik Keiser and Sara Michelle Valencia
Kenita Miller
Kenita Miller
Kenita Miller
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare
Denis O'Hare
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Martha Plimpton
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Anthony Rapp and Tom Cavenaugh
Anthony Rapp
Anthony Rapp
Kate Shindle and Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley
Alice Ripley
Kate Shindle and Autumn Hurlbert
Kate Shindle and Autumn Hurlbert
George Wendt
George Wendt
George Wendt
George Wendt
George Wendt and Clarke Thorell
George Wendt and Clarke Thorell
George Wendt and Clarke Thorell
Garrett Long and Clarke Thorell
Garrett Long and Clarke Thorell
Garrett Long and Clarke Thorell
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Mark Rylance
Kate Shindle
Kate Shindle
Kate Shindle
Kate Shindle
