Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park)
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 25, 2009
Closed Jul 12, 2009
Opened Jun 25, 2009
Closed Jul 12, 2009
Directions & Map
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Shakespeare in the Park 2009 kicks off with a powerhouse production of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, Twelfth Night. This beguiling comedy follows the romantic adventures of Viola and her identical twin Sebastian, both shipwrecked in the enchanted dukedom of Illyria. At the helm of this time-honored story of cross-dressing and mistaken identity, all in the name of love, is Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan.
Academy Award nominee Anne Hathaway makes her Public Theater debut playing Viola, and is joined by Michael Cumpsty as Malvolio; three-time Tony Award nominee Raúl Esparza as Orsino; Hamish Linklater as Sir Andrew Aguecheek; four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald as Olivia; two-time Tony Award nominee David Pittu as Feste; and Jay O. Sanders as Sir Toby Belch.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
The Delacorte Theater
New York, NY 10023
The Delacorte Theater is located near Turtle Pond, just south of the Great Lawn, in Central Park. The closest Park entrance from the East Side is Fifth Avenue at 79th Street; from the West Side, Central Park West at 81st Street.
New York, NY 10023
The Delacorte Theater is located near Turtle Pond, just south of the Great Lawn, in Central Park. The closest Park entrance from the East Side is Fifth Avenue at 79th Street; from the West Side, Central Park West at 81st Street.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
Great fun!
I just saw this play last night with my husband and two teens. Even with a rain break twenty minutes into the show, it was wonderful. The set is lovely, and the whole cast seems to be having so much fun. I love to take the kids to Shakespeare; its so much more understandable acted than read. Definitely go and see it!
Reviewed by OV2444021
on Sunday, Jun 14th, 2009
Great fun!
I just saw this play last night with my husband and two teens. Even with a rain break twenty minutes into the show, it was wonderful. The set is lovely, and the whole cast seems to be having so much fun. I love to take the kids to Shakespeare; its so much more understandable acted than read. Definitely go and see it!
Reviewed by OV2444021
on Sunday, Jun 14th, 2009
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"If music be the food of love, play on." By the time this famous first line is spoken in the Public Theater's Shakespeare-in-the-Park production of Twelfth Night, now at the Delacorte Theater, the fraught relationship between Olivia (Audra McDonald), mourning for her dead brother, and Duke Orsino (Raul Esparza), who is set to woo her, has already been firmly established. He's hired musicians to serenade her at her brother's grave, an ill-considered move that doesn't win him any favors. It's a sharply delineated, wordless scene that makes for a terrific start to director Daniel Sullivan's delightful production of Shakespeare's romantic comedy.
The play kicks into high gear with the arrival[...]