Patinkin Is Benedick in CSC Open Rehearsal Series Monday Night Much Ado

By Kenneth Jones
November 24, 2009

Classic Stage Company's annual open rehearsal series, Monday Night Much Ado, will feature Tony Award winner Mandy Patinkin as Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing in December. Artistic director Brian Kulick will direct the evenings Dec. 7 and Dec. 14.

Patinkin (Evita, Sunday in the Park With George, The Secret Garden) appeared last season at CSC in Shakespeare's The Tempest, directed by Kulick.

CSC's Open Rehearsal Series "offers audiences the opportunity to watch a company of seasoned actors and directors as they explore one act of a classic each Monday evening for four weeks."

Monday Night Much Ado will continue Jan. 18 and Jan. 25. Casting and directors will be announced shortly.

Monday Night Much Ado is presented in association with The Shakespeare Society.

Tickets to Monday Night Much Ado are $30 and are extremely limited. To order, visit classicstage.org, or call (212) 352-3101 or (866) 811-4111.

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CSC is currently presenting The Age of Iron, an epic retelling of the Trojan War, drawn from Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida and Thomas Heywood's Iron Age, adapted and directed by Brian Kulick. It plays to Dec. 13 only at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13th Street).

For more information on Classic Stage Company visit the theatre’s website at www.classicstage.org.