This yr’s installment of New York’s Shakespeare within the Park will probably be a real household affair for Lupita Nyong’o because the Oscar winner’s child brother will probably be starring alongside her within the manufacturing.
The Public Theater, which produces the annual present, introduced Thursday that Junior Nyong’o is among the many star-studded solid of “Twelfth Night.”
Emmy Award winners Peter Dinklage and Sandra Oh, in addition to Tony winner Jesse Tyler Ferguson, may even star in Saheem Ali‘s revival of Shakespeare’s basic romantic comedy about mistaken identities.
Lupita Nyong’o, left, and Peter Nyong’o arrive on the premiere of “The Jungle Book” on the El Capitan Theatre on Monday, April 4, 2016, in Los Angeles. (Picture by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Junior, who typically goes by Peter, will painting the position of Sebastian — the dual brother of Viola, who his sister will play. It marks the primary time the 2 siblings will star onstage collectively. Lupita was introduced to guide the forthcoming manufacturing of Free Shakespeare within the Park final July.
“Twelfth Night,” which additionally options Broadway alums Khris Davis, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Invoice Camp, will function the primary attraction on the Delacorte Theater when it reopens in August after two years of renovations.
Junior Nyong’o beforehand starred in a school manufacturing of the beloved play as a scholar at UC San Diego.
Junior had an early brush with fame when he grew to become a viral sensation on the 2014 Academy Awards after photobombing a selfie that host Ellen DeGeneres took from the viewers. He and his sister had been pictured alongside Bradley Cooper, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence, Jared Leto, Channing Tatum, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
Ellen DeGeneres poses for a selfie taken by Bradley Cooper with (clockwise from L-R) Jared Leto, Jennifer Lawrence, Channing Tatum, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong’o, Angelina Jolie, Peter Nyong’o Jr. and Bradley Cooper throughout the 86th Annual Academy Awards on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, Calif. (Ellen DeGeneres/Twitter by way of Getty Photos)
“He lives life in an exclamation point… he upstaged me… he’s quite the performer,” Lupita stated of her brother throughout an look on “Ellen” days after successful the Finest Supporting Actress Oscar for “12 Years a Slave.”
