PHOTO CALL: Public's Two Gentlemen of Verona Cast Preview Show for Press

By Ernio Hernandez
18 Aug 2005

Public Theatre's Oskar Eustis.
Public Theatre's Oskar Eustis.
Photo by Robert Simonson

Rosario Dawson, Norm Lewis and the company of the new Public Theater production of the 1971 John Guare-Mel Shapiro-Galt MacDermot musical adaptation of The Two Gentlemen of Verona offered the press a sneak peek of the new revival.

New Public Theatre artistic director Oskar Eustis introduced the cast which features David Costabile, Rosario Dawson, Oscar Isaac, Megan Lawrence, Norm Lewis and Paolo Montalban.

Dawson, who will play Mimi in the upcoming film of Rent, portrays Julia. Lawrence, a veteran of Urinetown, play Lucetta. The show's Valentine is Norm Lewis' (Dessa Rose at Lincoln Center). Constabile is played by Launce (Caroline, or Change).

The musical will plays through Sept. 11 at the Delacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park. Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs her first major assignment since winning a Tony Award for her choreography of Wonderful Town.

All photos by Robert Simonson.