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BAM Presents the U.S. Premieres of Royal Shakespeare Company's King Lear and the Seagull in a September Repertory Engagement Brooklyn Peter Jay Sharp Building Academy 30 Lafayette Avenue of Brooklyn NY 1121 7-1486 Music Telephone: 718.636.4129 Fax: 718.857.2021 press@ BAM .org Communications Department Sandy Sawotka Fatima Kafele John Wyszniewski Christina Norris BAM presents the U.S. premieres of Royal Shakespeare Company's King Lear and The Seagull in a September repertory engagement Acclaimed director Trevor Nunn leads an ensemble cast featuring Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Frances Barber, and William Gaunt King Lear and The Seagull are part of Classics at BAM presented by Band of America King Lear By William Shakespeare The Seagull By Anton Chekhov Royal Shakespeare Company Directed by Trevor Nunn Set design by Christopher Oram Lighting design by Neil Austin Music by Steve Edis Sound design by Fergus O'Hare Fights by Malcolm Ransom BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St) Sept 6-30 (see dates below) Tickets: $30, 55, 75, 90 718.636.4100 or BAM.org King Lear: Sept 6, 11 *, 13, 18, 19, 25, and 26 at 7:30pm; Sept 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 2pm; Sept 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 3pm The Seagull: Sept 7, 8, 12*, 14, 15, 20-22, 27-29 at 7:30pm *press opening "Ian McKellen is giving what is, surely, the performance of a lifetime. His Lear is psychologically complex, heartrendingly poignant., -The Independent on Sunday "Trevor Nunn has scored a direct hit with a Seagull suffused in romantic melancholia and darkened by middle-aged sexual scheming ... Romola Garai's Nina is a revelation ... The supporting performances reach superlative heights." -Evening Standard Brooklyn, NY/July 16, 2007-As a special fall event, BAM presents the Royal Shakespeare Company in a September repertory engagement of Chekhov' s The Seagull and Shakespeare's King Lear. The productions, which will have U.S. premieres at the BAM Harvey Theater, opened at Stratford-upon-Avon's Courtyard Theatre in March 2007. Additional U.S. engagements will take place in October in Minneapolis and Los Angeles. Performed by a single RSC ensemble company of 23 actors under the direction of former RSC Artistic Director Trevor Nunn, the productions feature renowned actor Ian McKellen in the role of King Lear; McKellen will also play Sorin in select performances of The Seagull. Fifteen performances of King Lear and eleven performances of The Seagull will take place in the BAM Harvey Theater from Sept 6-30 (see dates above). Tickets, priced at $30, 55, 75, and 90, can be purchased by calling BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100 or by visiting www.BAM.org. Director Trevor Nunn commented on the RSC productions: ''For many years now I have been hoping to return to my theatrical roots in the RSC, and for even longer, I have been looking forward to the fulfillment of the vow Ian McKellen and I made that one day we would do King Lear together. Add to that the fact that we both believe in ensemble work playing in repertoire, and you have the background of this exciting plan... '' Nunn points out that the company has relished the opportunity to act in contrasting styles-to play Shakespeare and Chekhov side by side. And he points out the two works' shared themes: "Both plays explore the fear that one generation has of another. The older generation fears the young taking over. The younger generation is impatient and in fear of having to continue with t~e older generation around. The characters in both plays are confused and frightened by their mortality. Both plays seem to believe that the idea of endurance is more important than any other human belief. It is necessary to endure." Variety comments that " ... almost every cast member of Nunn's cross-cast productions of King Lear and The Seagull uses telling line-readings to hone details unexamined by less rigorous directors. The result is remarkably lucid." The Royal Shakespeare Company has made seven previous appearances at BAM, beginning with a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1971 and most recently with Hecuba, starring Vanessa Redgrave (2005 Spring Season). Ian McKellen, who has appeared at BAM as Edgar in King Lear (1974) and in Richard III (1992 Spring Season), has had an acclaimed and versatile career that includes classical theater, Broadway (Amadeus, Dance ofDeath), film (Gods and Monsters, Lord ofthe Rings, X-Men), and television (Tales ofthe City, The Simpsons). Trevor Nunn, artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1968-86, has been a leading director of theatrical drama, musicals, television, and film since he came to prominence in the 1960s. As the youngest ever artistic director of the RSC, he ran the company for eighteen years, climaxing in his internationally triumphant production of Nicholas Nickleby, which swept the Tony Awards in 1982. Nunn has also directed successful musicals (including Cats, Les Miserables, Starlight Express, and Sunset Boulevard), opera (including Cosi fan tutte, Katya Kabanova, and Porgy and Bess), film (Lady Jane, Hedda, Twelfth Night), and television (Antony and Cleopatra), and both Macbeth and Othello with Ian McKellen. From 1997-2002, Nunn was artistic director of Britain's National Theatre. He was knighted in 2002, and continues a successful career in theater of every kind, most recently directing the smash hit new play by Tom Stoppard, Rock {n 'Roll. For press information contact: Sandy Sawotka at 718.636.4129 x1 or [email protected] Credits King Lear and The Seagull are part of Classics at BAM presented by Bank of America. Programming in the BAM Harvey Theater is endowed by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Leadership support for BAM Theater is provided by The Shubert Foundation, Inc. and The SHS Foundation. Additional support for BAM Theater is provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Francena T. Harrison Foundation Trust, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust, and the Billy Rose Foundation, Inc. BAM thanks its many donors and sponsors, including: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; The New York City Council; Brooklyn Delegation of the New York City Council; Brooklyn Delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives; Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz; New York State Council on the Arts; New York State Assembly Brooklyn Delegation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; Estate of Richard B. Fisher; The New York State Music Fund; Kovner Foundation; Independence Community Foundation; Booth Ferris Foundation; The Starr Foundation; Visa Signature; First New York Management; Carnegie Corporation ofNew York; Cunard Line; Forest City Ratner Companies; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The Florence Gould Foundation; The Skirball Foundation; Friends of BAM and BAM Cinema Club. New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is the official hotel for BAM. Yamaha is the official piano for BAM. RIGA is the sponsor for BAM.org General Information BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Rose Cinemas, BAMcafe, and Shakespeare & Co. BAMshop are located in the Peter Jay Sharp building at 30 Lafayette Avenue (between St Felix Street and Ashland Place) in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. BAM Harvey Theater is located two blocks from the main building at 651 Fulton Street (between Ashland and Rockwell Places). BAM Rose Cinemas is Brooklyn's only movie house dedicated to first-run independent and foreign film and repertory programming. BAMcafe, operated by Great Performances, also features an eclectic mix of spoken word and live music on Friday and Saturday nights. BAMcafe is open Fridays and Saturdays from 5pm-closing. Additionally, BAMcafe is open two hours prior to all Howard Gilman Opera House performances. (Note: BAMcafe is closed in July and August.) Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, Q, B to Atlantic Avenue; D, M, N, R to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette A venue Train: Long Island Railroad to Flatbush A venue Bus: B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stop within three blocks of BAM Car: Commercial parking lots are located adjacent to BAM For ticket and BAMbus information, call BAM Ticket Services at 718.636.4100, or visit BAM.org. ###### .
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