Created by Prospect Theater Company founders Peter Mills and Cara Reichel, the musical transplants Shakespeare's As You Like It to a setting in feudal Japan. The cast features Jose Llana (The King and I, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), Diane Phelan (who starred in Prospect's 2008 production of Honor), Ali Ewoldt (Les Miserables) and Paolo Montalban (Pacific Overtures), as well as original cast members from the 2008 production: Alan Ariano, Steven Eng, Ariel Estrada, Christine Toy Johnson, Brian Jose, Whitney Kam Lee, Jaygee Macapugay, Mel Maghuyop, Romney Piamonte, Dave Shih, Toshiji Takeshima and Robert Torigoe with newcomers Billy Bustamente and Jason Ma.
Ticket prices start at $75, which includes admission to the performance and after-party with the cast. There will also be a "Sushi and Sake" pre-show reception for Benefactor ($250) and Patron ($125) Level ticket holders, beginning at 4:30 PM. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.ProspectTheater.org or by calling (212) 352-3101.
Baruch Performing Arts Center's Engelman Recital Hall is located at 55 Lexington Avenue on 25th Street.
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Prospect Theater Company is a non-profit organization founded in June 1998 by five graduates of Princeton University. Prospect's goal is to "connect communities of artists and audiences to each other and to theatrical history by re-interpreting classic plays and musicals, and to use these connections to collaboratively create new works."