Thursday, May 31, 2007

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Comedy of Errors

Almost 20:00 of PBS's very rarely seen Live from Lincoln Center 1987 broadcast of William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS from the Vivian Beaumont Theater featuring the circus skills and "New Vaudeville" talents of The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Avner the Eccentric and Jeff Raz...









========================================

Directed by Robert Woodruff
Sets by David Gropman
Costumes by Susan Hilferty
Lighting by Paul Gallo
Music composed by Douglas Wieselman with Thaddeus Spae
Sound by John Kolgore
Musical direction and arrangements by Mr. Wieselman
Production manager, Jeff Hamlin
General manager, Steven C. Callahan
Production stage manager, George Darveris
Stage manager, Chet Leaming.

Presented by Lincoln Center Theater, Gregory Mosher, director;
Bernard Gersten, executive producer.

At the Vivian Beaumont Theater, 150 West 65th Street.

The Janitor and Doctor Pinch ............... Avner Eisenberg
Duke of Ephesus and Luce ................... Karla Burns
Egeon ...................................... Daniel Mankin
Antipholus of Ephesus ...................... Howard Jay Patterson
Antipholus of Syracuse ..................... Paul Magid
Dromio of Ephesus .......................... Randy Nelson
Dromio of Syracuse ......................... Sam Williams
Balthasar .................................. Mark Sackett
Angelo and Second Merchant ................. Alec Willows
First Merchant ............................. Raz
Emilia and Courtesan ....................... Ethyl Eichelberger
Adriana .................................... Sophie Hayden
Luciana .................................... Gina Leishman
William Shakespeare ........................ Timothy Daniel Furst

Citizens of Ephesus: Steven Bernstein, Karla Burns, Bud Chase,
Ethyl Eichelberger, Danny Frankel, Timothy Daniel Furst,
Sophie Hayden, Gina Leishman, Paul Magid, Daniel Mankin,
Derique McGee, Randy Nelson, Wendy Parkman, Howard Jay Patterson,
Raz, Rosalinda Rojas, Mark Sackett, Douglas Wieselman, Sam
Williams and Alec Willows.

========================================


5 comments:

  1. wow!! shakespeare is big fun like this!

    i like it much better then al those ultra modern versions they do today.

    and avner the exentric is once more great like his style a lot.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I caught the very last performance of this at the Goodman in Chicago. It was close to 4 hours of inspired genius! I met up with Chas Elstner after the show (he was a year ahead of me on the Blue Show). And it was my introduction to Jeff Raz, who I later collaborated with on resurrecting the Pickle Family Circus.

    Does anyone know if this is available on DVD?

    Gary Peare
    Class of '79
    Blue '80

    ReplyDelete
  3. I saw this show twice, live, way back when in Lincoln Center. It is the best show I have ever seen. EVER! I wish they'd do a revival.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Does anyone know if this is available on DVD?

    Yup.

    ReplyDelete
  5. The most inspirational show I have ever seen. I got into Shakespeare, juggling, theater, literature and circus, even PBS. Very few shows can accomplish so much. An instant classic!!

    ReplyDelete