Arnie Burton Joins Shelley, Stanton, Young & Cote At Project Shaw

Gingold Theatrical Group -- which made history as the first company ever to present every play (including full-length works, one-acts and sketches) written by George Bernard Shaw -- continues its sixth year of PROJECT SHAW with AN EVENING OF SHAW AND SHAKESPEARE on Monday,
April 25 at 7pm at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) in Manhattan.

Presented in celebration of the Bard's birthday. the
evening features a trio of Shaw's witty one-acts about William Shakespeare: DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS, SHAKES VS. SHAV, and CYMBELINE REFINISHED. David Staller produces and directs.

In DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS, The young Shakespeare (Arnie Burton) finds himself juggling the legendary 'Dark Lady' (Emily Young) and the even more legendary Queen Elizabeth I (Carole Shelley) in a riotous battle of wits. Some of Shakespeare and Shaw's most famous characters battle one another in the aptly titled SHAKES VS. SHAV in which George Bernard Shaw imagines a meeting between himself and the great Bard.

And in the rarely performed CYMBELINE REFINISHED, Shaw takes a wicked swipe at the final scene of Shakespeare's CYMBELINE -- by rewriting it! All the roles will be played by two actors, Arnie Burton and Robert Stanton.

Arnie Burton (PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, THE 39 STEPS) joins the previously announced ensemble that includes Time Out New York/NY1 journalist David Cote, Carole Shelley (BILLY ELLIOT, WICKED), Robert Stanton (A FREE MAN OF COLOR), and Emily Young (BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON), plus surprise guests.

David Staller produces and directs all of the PROJECT SHAW readings. He recently directed Shaw's CANDIDA for the Two River Theatre Company in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Tickets to PROJECT SHAW: AN EVENING OF SHAW & SHAKESPEARE on Monday, April 25 at 7pm at the Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South) are $25.

For reservations, call Theatermania at 212-352-3101 or visit www.theatermania.com.

For more information, visit www.ProjectShaw.com.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos