Who has been cast for Shakespeare in the Parks Twelfth Night in Central Park?”
The Public Theater has announced the complete cast for Twelfth Night, its first Shakespeare in the Park production, which starts previews June 10 at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Joining the cast of Shakespeare’s shipwrecked romance are Charles Borland, Andrew Crowe, Steve Curtis, Christopher Layer, Robin LeMon and Julie Sharbutt. The Daniel Sullivan-directed production is headlined by recent Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) as the cross-dressing Viola; Stark Sands (Journey’s End) plays her lost twin brother Sebastian; 2009 Tony nominee Raúl Esparza (Speed-the-Plow) is the lovesick Duke Orsino (“If music be the food of love, play on…”); four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald is Olivia, the object of Orsino’s affection. Comic relief is provided by Tony winner Julie White (The Little Dog Laughed) as brassy maid Maria, David Pittu as Feste the fool, Jay O. Sanders as Sir Toby Belch, Hamish Linklater as Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Michael Cumpsty as the pompous, put
Shakespeare in [Central] Park has Hathaway among ‘Twelfth Night’ cast posted by emaupin on Apr 15, 2009 6:02:50 PM Discuss This: Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) | Linking Blogs | Add to del.icio.us | Digg it OK, here are reasons to see Twelfth Night in Central Park this summer — and, on my list, Anne Hathaway isn’t chief among them. I’m talking Raul Esparza as Orsino and Audra McDonald as Olivia. (This is the woman whom my brother declared he wanted to marry after seeing her in 110 in the Shade. He’s already married, as is she, so it came to naught.) The Public Theater will present Twelfth Night up there June 10-July 12. Hathaway is playing Viola. Here’s the whole story: The Public Theater announces initial casting for Shakespeare in the Park ‘Twelfth Night’ Michael Cumpsty, Raúl Esparza, Hamish Linklater, Audra McDonald, David Pittu, Jay O. Sanders join Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway in Daniel Sullivan’s production The Public Theater (Artistic Director Oskar Eustis; Executive Direc
