13 Feb 2014
Romeo and Juliet
In this Broadway stage production, Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters in a modern adaptation of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet.
The Taming of the Shrew
The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.
Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.
Top Billed Cast
Simon Chandler Lucentio
Anthony Pedley Tranio
John Franklyn-Robbins Baptista
Frank Thornton Gremio
Sarah Badel Katherine
Jonathan Cecil Hortensio
John Cleese Petruchio
Joan Hickson Widow
Susan Penhaligon Bianca
Harry Waters Biondello
David Kincaid Grumio
Bev Willis Baptista's Servant
Angus Lennie Curtis
Harry Webster Nathaniel
Gil Morris Philip
Leslie Sarony Gregory
Derek Deadman Nicholas
Denis Gilmore Peter
John Bird Pedant
Alan Hay Tailor
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