BAM: Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
A jealous king, an imprisoned queen, a banished infant princess and a man-eating bear. Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is classified as a comedy, but there’s some dark cruelty at its core. The characters are complex and conflicted, the play driven by themes of jealousy, redemption and reconciliation.
Director Edward Hall, with his British troupe, Propeller, made their American debut at BAM last year with a masterful all-male A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Devoted to performing Shakespeare in the style of his day, when women were not allowed on stage, the company displays delightfully skewed gender-bending, not disguising the actors’ obvious maleness.
LOVE, MUSIC, FOOD, COMEDY:
FIVE COURSE LOVE
Five Course Love is a new musical comedy described as “2 cups comedy, 1 cup melody, and heaping portions of delicious mouth-watering love.” Set in 5 different restaurants, 3 actors portray 15 characters whose amorous combinations are served up with spicy seasonings and sassy trimmings. The original music ranges in style from country and western to Berlin cabaret to 1950's doo-wop to Italian opera.
Half-Price Tickets at TKTS:
The TDF Connection
What is tkts?
TKTS is the name of Theatre Development Fund’s
discount ticket booths for same-day tickets to Broadway and Off Broadway shows.
Locations:
Times Square at Broadway and 47th Street
(Mon.-Sat., 3 pm-8 pm for 8 pm performances; Wed. and Sat., 10 am-2 pm for matinees;
Sun., 11 am-3 pm for matinees;
3 pm to closing for all evening performances)
South Street Seaport at the corner of Front and John Streets
(Mon.-Fri., 11 am-6 pm;
Wednesday and Saturday matinee tickets are only
available the day before performance;
Sat., 11 am-7 pm for all evening performances; Sun. 11 am-3:30 pm.
Please note that Sunday matinee tickets are available all day on Saturday and
up to one hour prior to the start of the performance on Sunday.)
What do I do when I get there?
• First, check the display boards at the front
of the booths to see what shows are on sale. It’s a good idea to keep a
few choices in mind in case a show is sold out by the time you get to the ticket
window.
• Get in line. You may wait from ten minutes
to one hour depending on how long the line is.
• When you get to the front of the line, you’ll
see a row of ticket windows.
• Tell the ticket seller your first choice. Most
tickets are 50% off the full price.
• The time the show starts and the address of the theatre are printed on
the tickets. Theatres open their doors a half-hour before the show begins.
Join TDF and log on to see the newest Broadway and Off Broadway
plays and musicals for less than $30 per ticket (a savings of up to 70% off box
office prices).
TDF membership is available to full-time students and teachers, and a copy
of your student or faculty ID is required for eligibility. You may join either:
1. Online at www.tdf.org/application or
2. By mail—
just send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
TDF Membership
1501 Broadway, 21st Fl.
New York, NY 10036-5625
and you will be sent an application.
For more information,
call TDF at (212) 221-0885
or visit www.tdf.org