Sting and Styler Play the Schumanns in March 27 Benefit; Pryce Narrates

Rock star Sting, his actress wife Trudie Styler and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels star Jonathan Pryce will headline Twin Spirits--a benefit reading for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS--on March 27th. It will be held at the New Victory Theatre.

Sting and Styler will respectively play classical composer Robert Schumann and his wife Clara (also a noted composer) in the reading of the John Carid play. Pryce, who won Tony Awards for his performance in Miss Saigon and Comedians, will narrate the reading, which will also be directed by Caird.

The evening will also feature violinist Joshua Bell, as well as cellist Alisa Weilerstein, pianists Jeremy Denk and Natasha Paremski, soprano Barbara Bonney, and baritone Thomas Meglioranza. It will feature the "words, music, and shared passions of the extraordinary composers and lovers Robert and Clara Schumann," according to notes on the BC/EFA website.

Sting and Styler previously played the Schumanns in a fundraiser for the Royal Opera House in London in 1999.

For more information, visit www.broadwaycares.org.