Central Park Updates
Central Park Grizzlies Debut at the Zoo
Betty and Veronica, the Central Park Zoo’s newest inhabitants make their official debut today. They’ve been busy exploring all the nooks and crannies of their new home, a radically redesigned enclosure that once housed Gus, the Zoo’s beloved polar bear who died in 2013.
Central Park Zoo’s snow leopard cub enjoys its first snow day
Despite frigid temperatures Central Park Zoo’s adorable snow leopard cub, 6-month-old Malala, enjoyed the light dusting of snow that blanketed Manhattan.
2014 Central Park Film Festival
Movies have been shot in Central Park for over a century now (the first was “Romeo and Juliet” in 1908). So what better place to celebrate the world’s most iconic park?
Ghetto Klown – John Leguizamo at Summerstage
An amazing night at Summerstage! Ghetto Klown is the next chapter in John Leguizamo’s hugely popular personal and professional story. It follows in the unabashed, uncensored, and uninhibited tradition of his Mambo Mouth, Spic-O-Rama, Freak, and Sexaholix…a Love Story....
John Leguizamo – Summerstage
JOHN LEGUIZAMO'S GHETTO KLOWN Mon. 07/28 | 8:00PM - Mon. 07/28 | 10:00PM EVENT DETAILS This is a FREE show. Tickets are not required. Patrons will be admitted first come, first in, until the venue reaches capacity. Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo, who has appeared...
Shakespeare in the Park – King Lear
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...
Shakespeare in the Park 2014 – Much Ado About Nothing
A brilliant new production of "Much Ado About Nothing" opened at the Delcorte Theater in Central Park this week starring Hamish Linklater and Beatrice Rabe. Along with John Glover, Paco Lozano, David Manis, Kathryn Meisle, Ismenia Mendes, Brian Stokes...
Summerstage Gala 2014 – the Music of the Beatles!
On Tuesday, June 3, City Parks Foundation presented the 2014 SummerStage Gala in Central Park. Honoring Andrew Tisch with the 2014 People and Parks Award, the evening helped raise significant funds to support CPF’s year round free arts, sports, and education...
Annette Bening cast in ‘King Lear’ in New York’s Shaespeare in the Park
Having recently completed one stage production in Los Angeles, Annette Bening has already set her next theatrical outing: a role in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” that New York’s Public Theater will produce this summer in Central Park. Bening will play the role of Goneril, one of Lear’s three daughters, in the Shakespearean tragedy. The production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will star John Lithgow in the title role. The outdoor staging at the Delacorte Theatre is scheduled to run July 22 to Aug. 17 “King Lear” will also feature actresses Jessica Hecht as Regan and Jessica Collins as Cordelia.
Shakespeare in Central Park 2014
The Public Theater will kick off its 52nd year next month featuring two of Shakespeare’s classic productions – “Much Ado About Nothing” and “King Lear”.
