Photo Flash: Inside 2014 'Simply Shakespeare' Benefit Reading with Rita Wilson, Paul Simon & More
Every year, a galaxy of stars join Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks to support the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to catch your favorite stars in an irreverent, impromptu reading of one of Shakespeare's comedies with musical accompaniment from the world's musical stars. This year's edition was held last night, September 22, featuring legendary musician Paul Simon and a reading of AS YOU LIKE IT. Below, check out photo coverage from the event, featuring appearances by Wilson, Colin Hanks, Martin Short, and more!
Simply Shakespeare supports Shakespeare Center's Will Power to Youth, a program bringing Shakespeare and job training to inner-city youths at, or below, the poverty line, and Veterans in Art, an employment initiative for Veterans in support of our summer residency at the Japanese Garden at the West LA Veterans Administration.
Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging
Steve Carell, Bill Irwin, Sam Waterson
Steve Carell, Bill Irwin, Sam Waterson
Sheldon Donenberg, Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton
Martin Short, Lisa Paulsen, Colin Hanks
Lisa Paulsen, Martin Short, Ben Donenberg
Bill Irwin, Richard Seigel
Richard Seigel, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton, Michael Davis
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Dancing Queens! A Mamma Mia Drag Musical Parody Hamburger Mary's (6/20-8/22) |