Shakespeare’s 456th Birthday Marathon Brings Out Stars

RALPH FIENNES, RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, LEA DELARIA AND MORE TO JOIN IRONDALE FOR 456 MINUTE VIRTUAL SONNET MARATHON THIS WEEK IN CELEBRATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S 456^th BIRTHDAY

 

 

Artists from all disciplines will participate in this free epic live event held on ZOOM, on April 23 from noon to 8 pm, in honor of Shakespeare’s believed birth date. It will be a 7 ½ hour marathon (456 minutes) taking place while the doors of Irondale, a think tank artist driven theater, remain closed during Covid 19.

Joining Cady Huffman, Daphne Rubin-Vega, John Ventimiglia, Kenyon Phillips and James Whiteside, are Ralph Fiennes, Rufus Wainwright, Lea DeLaria. Guests will read or sing a sonnet, choosing from 154 of Shakespeare’s celebrated 14-line lyric poems written in iambic Pentameter (lines 10 syllables long with accents falling on every second syllable).

 

Streamed live on:

https://www.youtube.com/user/IrondaleEnsemble

 

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