Steve Martin Composing New Music for Shakespeare in the Park, Because He Can March 8, 2012, 12:30 pm When you think of Shakespeare, you immediately think: bluegrass music. And when you think of bluegrass, you immediately think: Steve Martin. And if you don't think those things, you might at least be more inclined to connect those dots after this summer's Shakespeare in the Park season, for which Mr. Martin will compose original music for its production of "As You Like It," the Public Theater said on Thursday. The director Daniel Sullivan's interpretation of "As You Like It" will relocate the heroine Rosalind and her Forest of Arden to the American South of the 1840s, "where folk and roots music perfectly capture the mood of the time," the Public Theater said in a news release. The production will feature a live band that will perform the new compositions of Mr. Martin, who, when he is not writing, acting, tweeting or celebrating the arrival of new phone books, is also an accomplished banjo player who has recorded two bluegrass albums with the Steep Canyon Rangers. Lily Rabe, who was previously announced to play Rosalind, will be joined by Macintyre Dixon as Adam; Renee Elise Goldsberry as Celia; and Omar Metwally as Oliver, the Public Theater said. "As You Like It" will be presented at the Delacorte Theater from June 5 through 30. It will be followed by a production of "Into the Woods" directed by Timothy Sheader and co-directed by Liam Steel, which will run from July 23 through August 25.