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Photos by Evan Kafka(left to right): Stephen Dillane, Thomas Sadoski, Michelle Beck, Ron Cephas Jones, Juliet Rylance, Christian Camargo, Alvin Epstein
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Feb 14, 2010 – Mar 13, 2010
Daily
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$25-95
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“The Tempest is both an amorphous fantastical tale, and Shakespeare's farewell to the theatre. Sam Mendes embraces both aspects in his well-crafted production at BAM. He transforms the Harvey Theater into Prospero's Island by submerging a large part of the stage in shallow water — most of the cast sits on chairs waiting to play their roles — and another part in sand. Stephen Dillane is commanding as the exiled King and brings a thoughtfulness to the role that highlights similarities between the magically gifted character and the man who created the world for him. ”
Chris Kompanek, Flavorpill
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Approx. 150min with intermission.
Part of the 2010 Spring Season and The Bridge Project
Produced by BAM, The Old Vic & Neal Street
Bank of America presents
THE TEMPEST
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sam Mendes
“Sam Mendes is one of the foremost theatre directors in the world...” —The Telegraph (UK)
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.
Photos by Evan Kafka(left to right): Stephen Dillane, Thomas Sadoski, Michelle Beck, Ron Cephas Jones, Juliet Rylance, Christian Camargo, Alvin Epstein
