The Tempest – Free Shakespeare in Central Park

The Tempest – Free Shakespeare in Central Park

by | Aug 8, 2023

With music and lyrics by Benjamin Velez and directed by Obie Award winner and Director of Public Works Laurie Woolery, this ambitious work of participatory theater explores the grief of being cut off from community, the desire for retribution, and the healing power of...
Shakespeare in the Park Will Stage ‘Hamlet’ Summer 2023

Shakespeare in the Park Will Stage ‘Hamlet’ Summer 2023

by | May 23, 2023

Returning once again to Free Shakespeare in the Park, director Kenny Leon commands The Delacorte stage with a nine-week, tour-de-force production of the Bard’s masterpiece, HAMLET, a riveting, contemporary present-day take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of family and...
Shakespeare in the Park returns for 2021!

Shakespeare in the Park returns for 2021!

by | Mar 18, 2021

The Public Theater has spent the last year getting ready for this year’s return to the stage at the Delacorte Theater with a performance of Shakespeare’s MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. “We’ve gathered brilliant artists to imagine summer under the stars in Central...
Shakespeare in the Park – Coriolanus

Shakespeare in the Park – Coriolanus

by | Jul 14, 2019

Delacorte Theater – July 16 – August 11 For the first time since 1979, Free Shakespeare in the Park presents CORIOLANUS, the Bard’s blistering drama about a general voted into power by a populace hungry for change, and the unraveling that follows. Tony Award...

SummerStage tribute to Greenwich Village in the ’60s

by | Aug 6, 2018

MUSIC + REVOLUTION: GREENWICH VILLAGE IN THE 1960’s hosted by Richard Barone From the beatnik riots to the summer of love, NYC’s Greenwich Village was the epicenter of a revolutionary movement in the history of American music. A new wave of writers and...

Central Park Film Festival 2108

by | Jul 18, 2018

Celebrate great New York films and filmmakers under the stars at the 2018 Central Park Film Festival.  This year’s lineup will include two of our Top Ten Central Park Movies – Hair and The Muppets Take Manhattan.  Rounding out the schedule is a classic...