Bridge Project’s As You Like It Moves Official Opening to January 26

The Bridge Project production of As You Like It, will now open at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tuesday, January 26, instead of Sunday, January 24. Previews for the show, to be directed by Sam Mendes, begin on January 12.

The show will soon run in repertory with Mendes’ production of
a href=”http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/shows/the-tempest_160623/” target=”_blank”>The Tempest. The BAM engagement will continue until March 13, and will, followed by an international tour and the Old Vic in June 2010. The Bridge Project is a three -year series of co-productions by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Old Vic, and Neal Street Productions.

The company will include Ashlie Atkinson (Phoebe/Juno), Jenni Barber (Audrey/Iris), Michelle Beck (Celia/Ceres), Edward Bennett (Oliver/Ferdinand), Christian Camargo (Orlando/Ariel), Stephen Dillane (Jaques/Prospero), Alvin Epstein (Adam/Gonzalo), Jonathan Fried (Le Beau/Alonso), Richard Hansell (Amiens/Sebastian), Ron Cephas Jones (Charles the Wrestler/Caliban), Aaron Krohn (Silvius/Adrian), Anthony O’Donnell (Corin/Trinculo), Juliet Rylance (Rosalind/Miranda), Thomas Sadoski (Touchstone/Stephano), Michael Thomas (Dukes Frederick and Senior/Antonio), and Ross Waiton (Boatswain, Francisco, First Lord).

The shows will feature set design by Tom Piper, costume design by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Paul Pyant, sound design by Simon Baker, original music by Mark Bennett, and choreography by Josh Prince.

For more information, visit www.bam.org.