Players Club Hosts SHAW AND SHAKESPEARE 4/25

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 (Daniel Jenkins) 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, Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton.

The ensemble cast includes Time Out New York/NY1 journalist David Cote, Daniel Jenkins (MARY POPPINS, BIG RIVER), 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 is currently directing Shaw's CANDIDA for the Two River Theatre Company in Red Bank, New Jersey (www.trtc.org/).

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.

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