A
King of Infinite Space
By
Mando Alvarado, Directed By Jerry Ruiz
Adapted from Hamlet By
William Shakespeare
SummerStage Theater Presented
By Time Warner
Friday, July 06 - Saturday,
July 07, 2012
St.
Mary’s Park, BX
8:00
PM
Friday, July 13 - Saturday,
July 14, 2012
Crotona Park,
BX
8:00
PM
American rock collides with Shakespeare in the SummerStage commissioned, theatrical concert event, A King of Infinite Space. Noted playwright Mando Alvarado’s modern spin on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet places the plot in the Lower East Side, Manhattan for a more relatable take on the quintessential tale of struggling family dynamics, power, and revenge. Fusing the music and themes from American rock icon Pearl Jam’s ground-breaking album, 10, with a gritty Lower East Side dynamic, this concert event relates Shakespeare’s 17th century literature to 21st century New York City.
American rock collides with Shakespeare in the SummerStage commissioned, theatrical concert event, A King of Infinite Space. Noted playwright Mando Alvarado’s modern spin on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet places the plot in the Lower East Side, Manhattan for a more relatable take on the quintessential tale of struggling family dynamics, power, and revenge. Fusing the music and themes from American rock icon Pearl Jam’s ground-breaking album, 10, with a gritty Lower East Side dynamic, this concert event relates Shakespeare’s 17th century literature to 21st century New York City.
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Manhattan Shakespeare ProjectSummit Rock, Central Park, June 16–19, 23–26St. Nicholas Park, Harlem, July 6–8Sunset Park, Brooklyn, July 14, 15 and 17Bring a blanket and settle in at one of three NYC parks for a free performance of Henry V. The all-woman Manhattan Shakespeare Company, which was founded in March 2010, strives to bring the Bard to new generations and diverse communities, says its founder and artistic director, Sarah Eismann. Although the staging will be minimal—the company will rely on found objects for props, for example—the production will be far from simple, addressing the challenges of an all-woman cast taking on a play dominated by male historical figures. "We are still in the throes of war and recession and depression and economical strife," says Eismann. "The Bard's timeless language and the literary aspects of his work talk about that, about what it's like to experience the extremes of human emotion—especially now as some of our soldiers who go off to fight are women."
Last year's inaugural production, Titus Andronicus, drew crowds of about 30 to 50 people per show. Manhattan Shakespeare Project has added performances in Harlem and Brooklyn this year, with the goal of attracting more people from a range of backgrounds to experience Shakespeare. For more information, visit manhattanshakes.org.
