Plimpton, Foa and More Added To New Globe Benefit Lineup

Tony Award nominee Martha Plimpton (upcoming Pal Joey, Top Girls, Cymbeline), Tony Award winner Denis O'Hare, Darius de Haas (Rent, Marie Christine), Barrett Foa (The Drunken City, Avenue Q, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Alexander Gemignani (Sunday in the Park with George, Les Miz, Sweeney Todd, Assasins), and Garrett Long (South Pacific, The Spitfire Grill) will be joining the previously announced:

-Tony Award winner Mark Rylance (Host) (Boeing-Boeing)
-Tony Award winner Christian Hoff (upcoming Pal Joey, Jersey Boys)
-Tom Cavanagh (TV's Ed, Some Americans Abroad, Urinetown)
-Anthony Rapp (Some Americans Abroad, Rent, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown)
-Tony Award nominee Alice Ripley (Next to Normal, Side Show)
-Michael Arden (The Times They Are A-Changin', bare)

On Monday, August 4th, at 8:00pm at the New World Stages the New Globe Theater will be presenting VARIATIONS ON SHAKESPEARE: An Evening of Songs Inspired by the Bard. This benefit concert will highlight songs from musicals based on the works of William Shakespeare with performances by some of Broadway's hottest stars!

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 came about from Cole Porter's inspiration 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 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.

Tickets range in price from $50 - $150 and can be purchased by visiting the New Globe  Theater website at www.newglobe.org or by
calling OvationTix at (212) 352-3101.

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