By Adam Hetrick
25 Apr 2013
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| Kevin Kline |
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| Photo by Monica Simoes |
The 1980 production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was adapted by William Elliot and choreographed by Graciela Daniele. It was first staged at the Delacorte by Wilford Leach in August 1980 prior to transferring to a Tony Award-winning Broadway run in December.
The original cast featured Kline (Cyrano, On the Twentieth Century, "A Fish Called Wanda") as the Pirate King, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel, Rex Smith as Frederic and George Rose as Major-General Stanley.
Additional casting for the gala performance has not been announced. Last summer, Kline co-starred with Meryl Streep in a gala reading of Romeo and Juliet at the Delacorte.
Sir Howard Stringer, Arielle Tepper Madover and Renée Beaumont will serve as gala co-chairs for the event.
As previously reported, the Public's Shakespeare in the Park season features The Comedy of Errors, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Hamish Linklater (May 28-June 30); and the new musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost, directed and written by Alex Timbers with songs by Michael Friedman (July 23-Aug. 18).
To receive an invitation to The Public Theater gala please call (212) 539-8547 or email gala@publictheater.org. Visit PublicTheater.org.
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