Take a look at the all press coverage we’re getting for What You Will!
WRTI 90.1 FM (2/14/09, 11-11:30am) Direct link to listen to show (about 22 minutes into the show)
Princeton Packet (2/17/09) review (2nd half of article)
U.S. 1 (2/18/09) review
Edge Philadelphia (2/19/09) review
U.S. 1 Blog (2/19/09) review + commentary
Trenton Times (2/20/09) feature article [...]
Recently, co-directors BRT Artistic Director Keith Baker and Donald Byrd and composer Justin Ellington sat down for a radio interview regarding BRT’s production of WHAT YOU WILL. Some fascinating details emerged. What follows is an excerpt of the interview as told to Jason Pfeifer, Arts/Theater Reporter for WRTI Radio.
Read the rest after the jump!
“It is not just about making Shakespeare accessible and understandable to the hip-hop generation but also making hip-hop and its generation’s points of view, perspectives, and sensibilities understandable to an older generation as well. In other words, this project is about mutual understanding, respect, and trust across generations; about how a different perspective might enrich a conversation around relevancy and shed light on common values and concerns. It is about communicating human values and the human condition, which are always relevant and eternal, regardless of how a generation chooses to articulate or express them. What we have in common, regardless of race, age, social background, music or literary preferences, etc., is our humanity and this project will hopefully help us recognize that.”
-Donald Byrd, Co-Director
On August 14th, 2008, a workshop for BRT’s What You Will took place at NOLA Studios on 54th Street in New York City. Here are some photos from the workshop. Stay tuned for videos featuring What You Will’s directors Donald Byrd and Keith Baker discussing the projects.
The actors included in the photos are:
From Equity:
Christin Sawyer Davis, Miriam Hyman, Kamilah Forbes, Brian Richardson, Neil Patrick Stewart and Ryan Holmes
Non-Equity:
Wade Allain Marcus and Brian Cheng
Pictured: Wade Allain Marcus (standing), Ryan Holmes (Equity) and Brian Richardson (Equity) (on the floor)
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