What You Will (World Premiere)

A daring and bold take on Shakespeare’s classic comedy Twelfth Night, What You Will is created by BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker and collaborator Donald Byrd, acclaimed choreographer of Broadway’s The Color Purple and Artistic Director of Seattle’s Spectrum Dance Theatre. In this World Premiere production, Shakespeare’s original language is heard with a distinctively contemporary American voice as the worlds of modern urban and classical theatre are fused. Music by composer and hip hop producer Justin Ellington completes the marriage of text, high-energy movement and heart-pounding music. Ellington also composed music for Will Power’s acclaimed The Seven and is a member of the multi-platinum production company Bangladesh which has created songs for artists such as Ciara, Kelis, Marsha (Floetry), Lil Wayne and Ludacris