Roger Rees

What You Will: An Evening By and About the Bard
Written and Performed by Roger Rees

Wednesday, February 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Tickets $35 - 100 [purchase now]

What You Will is the one-man everything there is "to be or not to be" about William Shakespeare: the greatest soliloquies ever written next to side-splitting accounts of the funniest disasters ever perpetrated on the stage. There's Romeo, Juliet's foolish Nurse, gory Macbeth, Hamlet, and the oh-so-tragic Richard II, joined by the likes of Charles Dickens, James Thurber, Noël Coward, and Stevie Wonder.

"Hilarious! Masterful, virtuosic . . . a comic gem." San Francisco Chronicle

"Brilliance abounds! The funniest, smartest, most delightful show you'll see this summer." San Francisco Examiner

"A fabulous four hat ride through the good, the bad, and the funny—from Hamlet to hip-hop. This man is a treasure! Don't miss it!" Jan Wahl, KRON-TV

On Wednesday, February 29, 2012, Tony Award winner Roger Rees will perform his one-man show, What You Will, in a special appearance at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF. Rees replaces Brian Bedford, who will be unable to perform his one-man show, The Lunatic, The Lover and the Poet, as originally scheduled.

About Roger Rees

Best known to American audiences for roles on Cheers and The West Wing, Roger Rees won both the Olivier and Tony Awards for his performance as the lead character in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Rees began his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred in the original production of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard in London in 1984. In New York Theater, he has won a Tony Award, an Obie Award and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions.

In television, he played opposite Laurence Olivier in The Ebony Tower, starred in the British sitcom Singles, appeared in episodes of My So-Called Life and played British Ambassador Lord John Marbury on The West Wing. For a decade, he portrayed the dashing, feckless English tycoon Robin Colcord on the popular television sitcomCheers. His film career includes Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Frida and The Prestige.

Recently, Rees replaced Patrick Stewart as Vladimir in the revival of Waiting for Godot, alongside Sir Ian McKellen. He is currently playing Gomez in The Addams Family on Broadway. His upcoming work includes directing Peter and the Starcatcher, scheduled to open on Broadway next spring.