MIDSUMMER returns to B'way in 2011...with a cast of teenagers????

There's a 50/50 chance they were pulling my leg...their tone was a little insincere, but still, I am curious...has anyone else heard about a production of MIDSUMMER on B'way in 2011? Here's what they gave me:

- The cast will be entirely made up of teenagers.
- Puck will be only adult in the cast.
- Director's last name begins with 'F.'

Again, I have my doubts they were serious, but it did seem halfway legit and it is plausible...

If anyone can confirm, I'd appreciate a PM.

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Updated On: 6/24/09 at 05:39 PM

UGHHHHH. It's almost like Shakespeare only wrote four plays or something. I can forgive the proliferations of Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing, for I love them dearly, but this one is FAR from one of my favourites. And yet it's done so often! (And yet I'm going to see it AGAIN in a couple of weeks! Never let it be said we do not suffer for our theatre-going.)

Entirely teenagers sounds kinda wrong. I mean, I think I can see it working for Oberon and Titania, if we work on the assumption that fairies are like elves and live for hundreds of years without appearing to age a day, but you'd think we could at least get someone with a bit of authority for Theseus and Egeus at least. XP

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I wish they would bring Tina Landau's adaptation from a few years ago to NYC. It featured music by GrooveLily (which they recorded for their CD "A Little Midsummer Night's Music") and Lea DeLaria in the cast. I saw it at the McCarter Theatre in New Jersey and fell in love with it. I wish I could see it again.

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First of all, who's "they"?

Second of all, it's a wonderful idea.

My favorite MIDSUMMER was at the Globe Theatre in London a few years ago. It had an excellent cast who perfromed in pajamas.

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I'm doing an all-teen production of MIDSUMMER now, and my heart skipped a beat when I saw this. Too bad our director's last name begins with a D.

Still, this could be interesting.

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