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Shakespeare's Greatest Hits
by Rebecca Hopkins and Richard Hopkins,Arrangements by Jim Prosser
Shakespeare's Greatest Hits
by Rebecca Hopkins and Richard Hopkins,Arrangements by Jim Prosser
“Brush Up Your Shakespeare” with the best of the Bard! This tongue-in-cheek musical revue is a collection of songs inspired by the world’s greatest playwright.
From relevant to irreverent, from soulful to sinful, from “Get Thee To A Nunnery” and “Othello’s Rap” to “What A Piece of Work is Man” and “Tonight,” when it comes to William Shakespeare all the world truly is his stage and his work will play on and on!
Running Time
Delightful oddities
Cast
Dane Becker
Gil Brady
Samantha Joy Pearlman
William Selby
Jim Prosser
DANE BECKER is thrilled to return to FST. Past shows here include: Older Than Dirt, Inspired Lunacy, and Hairspray (Link Larkin). Elsewhere: I Love A Piano, The Boy From Oz (Winner of six Ovation Awards and LACC Awards), Band Geeks!, Maddie (Boyfriend #1), Into The Woods, Chess, The Opera Car Ride: The Story of Ann and Gary, and The Civil War. Dane has also workshopped several new works recently including The Impossible Club and Section 60 at the Winter Park Playhouse. Dane can be seen in Grease: Live! on the Fox Network. Proud graduate of CCM Musical Theatre.
GIL BRADY So glad to be back! Seven shows at Florida Studio Theatre including: Outside Mullingar, Inspired Lunacy, Steve Martin's The Underpants, and Spamalot. National Tours: White Christmas, Annie; Off-Broadway: Shear Madness (Davenport Theatre), National Pastime (Playwrights Horizons). Regional: Baskerville and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Syracuse Stage; Mamma Mia! at Capital Rep (Berkshire Theatre Award Nomination); Grease at Fulton Theatre; Boeing, Boeing at Seven Angels Theatre; Jesus Christ Superstar at Cape Fear Regional; Rabbit Hole at Human Race; The Crucible and Comedy of Errors at North Carolina Shakespeare; Around The World in 80 Days at Theatresquared; Hello, Dolly! at Westchester Broadway Theatre. TV: "My Affair..." (Lifetime Movie Network), "All My Children," and "Law and Order: SVU." www.Gil-Brady.com
SAMANTHA JOY PEARLMAN was most recently seen as Mary Jane Gumm in the pre-Broadway lab of Chasing Rainbows, a new musical about Judy Garland’s life. She has performed at prestigious venues such as Paper Mill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, George Street Playhouse, The Kimmel Center, and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. Samantha has performed her original show, Devotedly, Sincerely Yours: The Story of the USO, at the Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and Forestburgh Playhouse. Her original show Summer in the City: The Music of Regina Spektor sold out Feinstein’s/54 Below last spring. BA: Wesleyan University. www.samanthajoypearlman.com
WILLIAM SELBY happily returns to Florida Studio Theatre, having appeared in the revues Older Than Dirt and Laughing Matters, Vol. 5, here in the Court Cabaret. Recently: Bernadette in the Gateway and Ogunquit Playhouse co-productions of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Broadway World Award nomination), and Luther Billis in South Pacific at the Ivoryton Playhouse (Broadway World & CT Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor). Bill performed for many years in the Off-Broadway smash revue, Forbidden Broadway, and has directed 18 productions of the show across the country. Off-Broadway: The Daring Duo (Bridge Theatre), Nerds (NY Musical Theatre Festival), Forbidden Hollywood (Triad), Juba (Vineyard), The Apple Tree (York). NY Workshop: Finding Nemo for Disney (Mr. Ray, Gill). Regional: Barrymore, The Presidents (with Rich Little), Hot n’ Cole, The All Night Strut.
JIM PROSSER This season marks Jim’s 23rd season as resident pianist in FST’s Cabaret, where he has arranged and co-developed many shows including: Dancing In The Street, By Gershwin, European Cabaret, That’s Life Again, British Invasion, Too Darn Hot, Older Than Dirt, and this season’s Mack the Knife and Blue Suede Shoes. He has served as Composer/Music Director for FST’s Education department, writing numerous scores for children’s shows such as Androcles and the Lion, RAP-Punzel, The Velveteen Rabbit, and the WRITE A PLAY Elementary Tours. Jim is also a Music Director for FST Improv, for which he has played many shows including the improvised musical When X Meets Y.
Creative
Director | Richard Hopkins
Music Director | Darren Server
Choreographer | Dewayne Barrett
Sound Designer | Thom Korp
Lighting Designer | Thom Beaulieu
Costume Designer | Susan Angermann
Scenic Designer | Bruce Price
Sound & Light Board Operator | Maddie Lugenbeel