LONG BEACH, CA — A new, modern adaptation of William Shapekpeare’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ is coming to Long Beach’s Helen Borgers Theater in March.
Directed by Christian Lee Navarro (13 Reasons Why), this reimagining of the tragedy “strips away spectacle to reveal the raw human core beneath the legend,” according to the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, which is putting on the production.
“Rome and Egypt do not merely clash as superpowers — they fracture inside the hearts of two rulers trying to be everything at once: warrior and lover, sovereign and soul,” the LBSC said in a statement.
“At its heart, Antony and Cleopatra is an exploration of love and duty — and how devotion to one demands the sacrifice of the other,” the statement continues. “The greatest soldier of the ancient world and its most powerful queen bind their empires — and their fates — together, chasing a fleeting sense of eternity found only in the quiet of midnight.”
Performances run Friday through Sunday, March 7–22. General admission is $30, and student admission is $20.
Tickets are available at the Helen Borgers Theater, 4250 Atlantic, Long Beach, CA, 90807, or at www.LBShakespeare.org.