Shakespeare with a musical twist!

This updated presentation of The Winter’s Tale will be set in late1950s Las Vegas, featuring Jazz standards and Pop tunes from the era of Bobby Darin, Lena Horne and the Rat Pack in Act I, and move through an early 1970s Appalachian North Carolina in Act II, adding songs reminiscent of the cosmic bluegrass and country of the likes of Country Joe, The Band, The Grateful Dead, and Gram Parsons.

Considered a tragicomedy, The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s most problematic yet strikingly beautiful plays. Its colorful cast of characters deal with jealousy, wounded love, broken friendships, mistaken identities, young lovers, a man-eating bear, and a talking statue. The Winter’s Tale is ultimately a romance that will warm the heart with young love and reconciliation, and perhaps even have you singing along.

October 20-23, 27-30, 2011

O’Connell Theatre

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