A Midsummer Night's Dream

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This event can be purchased as part of a subscription. (Click here to explore subscription options, starting at $36!) On the Program Scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare Incidental music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Felix Mendelssohn musica pyralis Katherine Balch Night Music Howard Swanson Hero and Leander Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel Featured Performers New Haven Symphony Orchestra Perry So, Music Director James Naughton, Actor Elm City Girls’ Choir Lisa Williamson, Soprano About this Performance Experience Shakespeare’s enchanting comedy as selected scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream are brought to life alongside Mendelssohn’s original incidental music, performed by the full orchestra, Elm City Girls’ Choir, and soprano soloist Lisa Williamson. Inspired by the celebrated concert interpretation narrated by Dame Judi Dench, this special performance will illuminate Shakespeare’s magical text with a dazzling combination of theater and symphonic music. In a virtuosic one-actor performance, two-time Tony Award winner James Naughton will move among the play’s lovers, fairies, royals, and wonderfully hapless players as selected scenes are woven through Mendelssohn’s beloved incidental music. Meet the Guest Artists James Naughton, a graduate of Brown University and Yale Drama School, won two Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical: for City of Angels in 1990, and Chicago in 1997. He won the 1999 MAC Award as best male vocalist for his one-man concert show, Street of Dreams, presented by Mike Nichols. In 2014, he recorded his Live from Lincoln CenterSpecial for PBS, James Naughton Sings Randy Newman. He directed two Broadway productions, Arthur Miller’s The Price, which was nominated for a Tony, and Our Town, starring Paul Newman, which he also shot for Showtime. His film credits include The Paper Chase, Cat’s Eye, First Wives Club, The Good Mother, The Glass Menageriewith Joanne Woodward, and The Devil Wears Prada. On TV,…