Theater 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ own professional stage company, presents As U Like It, a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy — the Bard’s script is here, but there is original music by Jason Wynn (no, not that Jason Wynn) — and a setting in contemporary Brooklyn.
Shakespeare tackles gender fluidity with comic gusto and director adaptor David Fuller embraces that in this romantic romp set in modern times. Meet some of the Bard’s most famous characters and speeches, including the guitar strumming melancholy Jaques (“All the world’s a stage”), the rapping jester Touchstone (who is joined by the puppet Audrey) and the most bountiful lead he ever wrote for a female, the cross dressing Rosalind.
Performances will be at The Great Room, ART NYC, at 138 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, all starting at 8:00 PM on the following dates: Friday, May 25 through Monday, May 28; Friday, June 1 through Sunday, June 3; and Fiday, June 8 through Sunday, June 10. Tickets are $25 ($20 for seniors over 64 or students with ID); you may purchase them here. You may also reserve by emailing theater2020@gmail.com or calling 718-624-3614 and paying cash at the door.
There will also be two free outdoor performances, no reservations required, on the War Memorial Lawn (north end; enter from Middagh Street) at Cadman Plaza Park, starting at 6:00 PM on Saturday, June 16 and Sunday, June 17.
For both indoor and outdoor performances, the play runs for 90 minutes without intermission.
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