Shakespeare in the Park Archives

ILLYRIA – the story of Joe Papp and Shakespeare in Central Park

by John Moore | Oct 11, 2017

It is 1958, and New York City is in the midst of a major building boom; a four-lane highway is planned for the heart of Washington Square; Carnegie Hall is designated for demolition; entire neighborhoods on the West Side are leveled to make room for a new...

As You Like It at the Delacorte Theater

by John Moore | Sep 2, 2017

With Ato Blankson-Wood (Orlando), Darius de Haas (Duke Senior), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Rosalind), Joel Perez (Touchstone), and Shaina Taub (Jaques) Community Partners: Brownsville Recreation Center (Brooklyn), Center for Family Life in Sunset Park (Brooklyn), DreamYard...

Shakespeare in the Park 2017

by John Moore | Feb 15, 2017

Time to start thinking about the 2017 Shakespeare in the Park season. This summer, Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis will helm a production of the Bard’s Julius Caesar; following that, Public Works founder Lear deBessonet will direct A Midsummer Night’s...

Shakespeare in the Park – How to get Tickets

by John Moore | Jun 8, 2015

Jonathan Groff explains how to get free tickets to Shakespeare in the Park. For more info visit publictheater.org

Sam Waterston to return to Shakespeare in the Park in The Tempest in Summer 2015

by John Moore | Jan 30, 2015

The Public Theater has announced the lineup for its 2015 season of free Shakespeare in the Park productions playing at the Delacorte Theater. This season in Central Park will feature feature Shakespeare’s late romances The Tempest, directed by Tony Award nominee...

Shakespeare in the Park – King Lear

by John Moore | Jul 25, 2014

Revenge, rage, grief and delusion thunder upon the Delacorte as Tony® and Emmy® Award winner John Lithgow takes the stage as one of theater’s great tragic heroes, KING LEAR. Tony winner Daniel Sullivan directs Shakespeare’s classic drama about a King who loses...

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