The Shakespeare Theatre Co. Presents AS YOU LIKE IT, Runs Through 12/20

As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Maria Aitken runs through 12/20/2009 at Sidney Harman Hall

Runtime: approximately 3 hours 0 minutes
with one intermission

The Shakespeare Theatre Company opened its new production of William Shakespeare's comedy AS YOU LIKE IT on Monday, November 23 at the company's newest stage, the Harman Center for the Arts located at 610 F. St. NW in downtown Washington DC.

Directed by Maria Aitken ("39 Steps"), AS YOU LIKE IT is set against the backdrop of classic American movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood filmmaking. This production features a score by Michael John LaChuisa.

"All the world's a stage!"

In the Forest of Arden, exiles from a tyrannical kingdom search for

freedom. And the irrepressible Rosalind, Shakespeare's most fully realized female character, finds freedom of a different kind as she pursues love in disguise. As You Like It is filled with the elements that make Shakespeare's comedies so much fun: a wise fool, beautiful poetry, a magical land, young lovers and ... wrestling? Maria Aitken will bring her signature directorial style that made her Tony Award winning production of The 39 Steps "the most entertaining show on Broadway." (The New York Post)

AS YOU LIKE IT performs through December 20. For performance and ticket information, call 202 547 1122 or log on to www.shakespearetheatre.org

Photo credit: Scott Suchman

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