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ARRIVE EARLY to experience the company participating in the Shakespearean pre-show rituals of dressing and preparing their makeup on stage in front of the audience, accompanied by music played live on traditional instruments.

Please be sure to arrive on time, as the show starts promptly at the time printed on your ticket.

Twelfth Night Broadway Play Tickets Mark Rylance

Twelfth Night Tickets

Belasco Theatre

111 West 44th Street

Between Broadway and 6th Avenue

New York NY 10036

Twelfth Night Summary

Direct from a sold-out run in London’s West End, the critically-beloved, Shakespeare’s Globe productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III come to Broadway for a 16-week limited engagement. Two of The Bard’s finest plays are performed in repertory by a remarkable cast featuring two-time Tony Award® winner Mark Rylance (Jerusalem, Boeing-Boeing), Golden Globe nominee Stephen Fry (Wilde, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) and Tony Award nominee Samuel Barnett (The History Boys). 

These classics are presented in the custom of how Shakespeare's plays were originally staged, with an extraordinary all-male company playing male and female roles; actors participating in the pre-show ritual of dressing and preparing their make-up on stage, in front of the audience; music played live on traditional instruments; and lighting created almost exclusively by 100 on-stage candles, adding to the intimate and authentic atmosphere. This is delightfully funny, timeless Shakespeare at its absolute finest, and it is not to be missed!

Outrageous high comedy ensues as the pangs of unrequited love affect the unforgettable characters of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. While the lovelorn Duke Orsino plots to win the heart of the mourning Olivia (Mark Rylance), an alliance of servants and hangers-on scheme against the high handedness of Olivia’s steward, the pompous Malvolio (Stephen Fry). When Orsino engages the cross-dressed Viola, who has disguised herself as a young man under the name Cesario, to plead with Olivia on his behalf, a bittersweet and hilarious chain of events follows.

Twelfth Night Special Information

Tickets for Richard III are sold separately. For performance dates/times and to buy tickets, click here.

ARRIVE EARLY to experience the company participating in the Shakespearean pre-show rituals of dressing and preparing their makeup on stage in front of the audience, accompanied by music played live on traditional instruments.

Please be sure to arrive on time, as the show starts promptly at the time printed on your ticket.

Twelfth Night Cast Members:

Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly, Peter Hamilton Dyer, Kurt Egyiawan, Stephen Fry*, Matt Harrington, Colin Hurley, Terry McGinity, Mark Rylance, Jethro Skinner, Joseph Timms, Angus Wright, Dominic Brewer, Tony Ward

*Please note that for the final three performances of Twelfth Night on Friday, February 14 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, February 15 at 2:00 PM and Sunday, February 16 at 3:00 PM, the role of Malvolio will be played by Terry McGinity.

Twelfth Night Creative Team

Author: William Shakespeare
Director: Tim Carroll
Designer: Jenny Tiramani
Original Music: Claire van Kampen
Producer: Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, Roger Berlind
Press Agent: Boneau / Bryan-Brown

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Twelfth Night Tickets

Running Time:

3 hours, including one intermission

Audience :

Appropriate 6 +
Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.

First Preview Date Opening Date
October 15, 2013 November 10, 2013

Box Office Hours

Currently not open. Beginning October 18:
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Sunday: Closed

Beginning November 15:
Monday - Saturday: 10am - 8pm
Sunday: Noon - 6pm (When there is an evening performance, open until curtain.)

No future sales 30 minutes before start of performance.

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Venue Policies
No weapons permitted on the premises. The use of cameras, recording devices, cell phones, and other electronic devices during the performance is prohibited, except as permitted for accessibility services.


Coat Room

Yes. No strollers or furs.