Martin scores 'As You Want It'

MartinSteve Martin will compose the background music for that Public Theater's approaching Shakespeare around the block manufacture of "As You Desire It," penning a bluegrass score for that Bard comedy. Helmer Daniel Sullivan's staging updates the experience towards the 1840s within the American South. Renee Elise Goldsberry ("Good People"), Omar Metwally ("16 Wounded") and Macintyre Dixon join formerly introduced topliner Lily Rabe within the cast, with Goldsberry drawn on to experience Celia, the cousin of Rabe's character, Rosalind. Sullivan has turned into a regular helmer of Shakespeare around the block choices. His 2009 staging of "Twelfth Evening," which starred Hathaway As Catwoman, incorporated live music in the band Hem. The General Public also offers set dates for that Shakespeare around the block program's two choices in the outside Delacorte Theater in Central Park. "As You Desire It" runs June 5-30, as the revival of tuner "In to the Forest" is skedded to operate This summer 23-August. 25. Further casting remains to become introduced for productions. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com