Friends, Romans, Countrymen — and residents of Meadowlark Hills — lend Penny Senften your ears!

It may be a bit of “midsummer madness” (Twelfth Night), but the Manhattan Summer Chorus will be performing music in honor of William Shakespeare at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the Community Room!

Shakespeare has been described by Ben Johnson, “not of an age, but for all time,” and is one of the most quoted authors in history. In recognition of the 400th Anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, the program will focus on pieces of music that have a connection to Shakespeare in some way, including modern takes on some of his most famous plays (e.g. Bernstein’s West Side Story after Romeo and Juliet; Cole Porter’s Kiss me, Kate and The Taming of the Shrew).