Shakespeare's Sonnets at Peter Jay Sharp Building

Dates: (10/7/2014 - 10/12/2014 )

Theatre:

Peter Jay Sharp Building

30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn,NY NY 11217

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Phone: 718.636.4100

Tickets: $17.50 - $120.00

Running Time: 2hrs 45min (with intermission)

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Iambic pentameter gets a surreal makeover in this pop-opera romp through Shakespeare’s sonnets from director Robert Wilson and composer Rufus Wainwright. The Bard’s enigmatic poems are pared down to 25 selections, set to everything from medieval German Minnesang to cabaret rock and performed by Bertolt Brecht’s historic Berliner Ensemble. As pallid, genderqueer[1] dramatis personæ, the virtuosic performers smirk and sneer through expressionistic slapstick, while Wilson’s signature sculpting of time, light[2], and gesture evokes an absurdist dream.

Cast and Creative team for Shakespeare's Sonnets at Peter Jay Sharp Building

Berliner Ensemble
By Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright
Sonnet selection by Jutta Ferbers

Directing, stage design, lighting concept by Robert Wilson
Music by Rufus Wainwright
Costume design by Jacques Reynaud
Conducted by Hans-Jörn Brandenburg, Stefan Rager
Co-direction by Ann-Christin Rommen
Lighting by Andreas Fuchs and Ulrich Eh

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