Sidney Harman Hall (Washington, DC)
All the world's a stage as Shakespeare Theatre Company presents a colorful, unique, wildly entertaining production of As You Like It. Director Maria Aitken, best known for her work on Broadway's Tony-winning The 39 Steps, sets the story of the irrepressible Rosalind's quest for love and freedom against the backdrop of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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This is a sure-fire, bound-to-sell-out hit. It's wildly imaginative, fast-paced, wonderfully-musical, and gorgeously designed. You'd have to be as gloomy as Jacques (played by Andrew Long) not to fall in love with this production. The best "As You Like It" ever!
The sets were outstanding, the acting fine, but I wasn't very impressed with the attempt to stage the play in a totally original way. I'm afraid I just don't like the original script all that much.
This was my first time at Harman Hall and that in itself was a worthwhile experience.
On October 1, 2007, the Shakespeare Theatre Company opened the 774-seat Sidney Harman Hall in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. Together with the existing Lansburgh Theatre, the two venues form the Harman Center for the Arts, a 21st-century performing arts center and expanded stage for the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Washington 's performing arts community.
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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)
Since its founding in 1985, the Shakespeare Theatre Company has endeavored to be the nation's leading force in the presentation and preservation of classic theatre. Their core mission is to present classic theatre in an accessible, skillful, imaginative, American style that honors playwrights' language and intentions while viewing their plays through a 21st-century lens. With the formation of the Harman Center for the Arts, which includes the new Sidney Harman Hall and the existing Lansburgh Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre Company will become a national destination theatre offering a broad range of works to audiences in the greater-Washington area and across the nation.
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