Michael Sexton News

Red Bull Theater announces their fall season with the return of 'Revelation Readings,' an Obie Award-Winning reading series exploring new and classic plays of heightened language, a major new revival of Christopher Marlowe's Edward the Second, a new play workshop called In The Raw, and a second full production to be announced later this season.

Atlas Theater will present Illuminating Veronica by Rogelio Martinez, with Michael Sexton directing.

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will celebrate Shakespeare's 443rd Birthday on Monday, April 9th from 6:30-10:00 PM with the second annual FREE Shakespeare Birthday Marathon, featuring comedy, music and romance, at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (69th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues).

The Shakespeare Society (Michael Sexton, Artistic Director) will present SHAKESPEARE ON BROADWAY, a 90-minute musical celebration of the American Musical Theater's adaptation of Shakespeare.

The Shakespeare exploration 'A Question of Genius,' featuring scenes performed by Richard Easton and Linda Emond, will take place on June 5th

Elizabeth Marvel and Bryon Jennings will enact scenes from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra while Shakespearean expert Kristin Linklater will moderate the reading on September 26th

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will kick off its 38th season with a new production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare starring renowned actor Michael Cumpsty.

Plays by 16 rising playwrights will be performed as part of the SPF 2005 Summer Play Festival, which runs from July 5th to July 31st at various Theatre Row venues

How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, which will play for one June 6th performance at Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse, will offer a scholarly discussion and scenes

The Shakespeare Society will present Shakespeare's Fathers and Daughters, moderated by Harvard Professor Marjorie Garber, author of the acclaimed Shakespeare After All, on Monday, April 18th at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th Street between Park & Lexington Avenues) from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. Directed by Michael Sexton, Tony Award-winners Richard Easton (The Invention of Love) and Maryann Plunkett (Me and My Girl) along with Elizabeth Marvel (NYTW/Hedda Gabler) and Cherise Booth will perform scenes from several of Shakespeare's plays, including King Lear, Pericles, Much Ado About Nothing, and Romeo and Juliet.

Producer Betty Ann Besch Solinger presents the World Premiere of 'the seminal school year of 1968 and the students who were making a difference' in LEARNING CURVE by Rogelio Martinez, directed by Michael Sexton. This limited engagement begins Thursday, February 10th and ends Sunday, February 27th.