According to
Variety, Daniel, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Linda Emond and Mike Nichols have joined the lineup for the Public Theater’s “Courage in Concert” benefit, Oct. 19 in the Newman Theater in New York.
The show reunites the cast of the Public’s 2006 Shakespeare in the Park staging of Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and Her Children,” among them Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Jenifer Lewis, Austin Pendleton and Frederick Weller. They will perform songs and poems written by Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori.
This is a one-night only benefit concert to support the American Jewish World Service and Partners in Health. Tickets range from $250 to $2,500 and are available at the Public Theater website.
A limited number of $35 tickets to a live broadcast of the concert at Joe's Pub will go on sale on Tuesday, October 6 at 2:00 PM.