BAM (Venue Partner)
30 Lafayette Ave
718.636.4100
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Photos (left to right): Stephen Dillane, Juliet Rylance, Christian Camargo, Ron Cephas Jones, Thomas Sadoski; all photos courtesy of the artists
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Jan 12, 2010 – Mar 13, 2010
Daily
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$25-95
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“Sam Mendes' lush production of Shakespeare's As You Like It is a marvelous revelation that breathes new life into the play while highlighting the contradictions and absurdities that often punctuate the quest for love. The three-plus hours fly by thanks to Mendes' keen direction and a superb cast led by Juliet Rylance as Rosalind, a young girl whose banishment leads to awakening as she adopts a male alter-ego, plays matchmaker, and finds love herself. Her antics draw big laughs from the heart without obscuring the darker elements, a balance that is rarely perfected when staging this challenging work. Mark Bennett's folk-driven score is a welcome departure from the stuffy Elizabethan music of the time, while supporting the "turn on, tune in, drop out" vibe of this earthy production.”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
Part of the 2010 Spring Season and The Bridge Project
Produced by BAM, The Old Vic & Neal Street
Last spring, The Bridge Project launched its inaugural season at BAM with an outstanding ensemble of American and British actors in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale and Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard. Following its successful debut in New York, the critically-acclaimed company, led by Tony and Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes (Broadways’ Cabaret, and the films American Beauty and Revolutionary Road), embarked on a world tour, delighting audiences in cities including Singapore, Madrid, Auckland, Athens, and London. Year two of The Bridge Project promises another stellar transatlantic lineup that includes Christian Camargo (Broadway’s All My Sons, the film The Hurt Locker), Tony Award-winner Stephen Dillane, (Broadway’s The Real Thing, HBO’s John Adams), Obie Award-winner Ron Cephas Jones (Broadway’s Gem of the Ocean, Donmar’s Jesus Hopped the A-Train), Juliet Rylance (Theatre for a New Audience’s Othello), and Thomas Sadoski (Broadway’s reasons to be pretty and Reckless). In an intriguing pairing of two Shakespeare plays, Mendes and the company explore outcasts, power, and magical lands with their world premiering productions of the comedy As You Like It and The Tempest, considered to be Shakespeare’s last play.
