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The Public Theater has produced over 120 plays and musicals at the Delacorte Theater in New York City's Central Park since the theater's opening in 1962. Currently the series is produced under the brand Free Shakespeare in the Park, and all productions are staged at the Delacorte.
Shakespeare in the Park in July 2021. The production is Merry Wives. Shakespeare in the Park (or Free Shakespeare in the Park) is a theatrical program that stages productions of Shakespearean plays at the Delacorte Theater, an open-air theater in New York City's Central Park.
Independent Shakespeare Co. (commonly known as Indyshakes or ISC) is a nonprofit theatre company, based in Los Angeles. [1] They most frequently stage theatrical productions of the works of William Shakespeare and other Elizabethan and Jacobean classics, in addition to modern classics and developing new devised , musical , and solo works.
As the New York Theater industry pulls itself out of the COVID era, every baby step feels like a milestone. But perhaps no other reopening will carry the same symbolic weight as the return of the ...
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" runs Aug. 2-4 at Trestle Park. John MacNaughton is the producer, and Steve Kiersey is the director.
The original Shakespeare in the Park was founded in 1954 by Joseph Papp as the New York Shakespeare Festival, which eventually led to free public performances in Central Park. [12] Since 1961 an outdoor amphitheatre, the Delacorte Theatre, has accommodated these productions. Many celebrity actors have worked the Delacorte. [13]
The building is a New York City Landmark, designated in 1965. [20] It was one of the first buildings to be recognized as such by the newly formed Landmarks Preservation Commission of New York City. [21] In 2009, The Public began its "Going Public" campaign to raise funds for a major renovation of the historic building.
The Delacorte Theater is a 1,800-seat open-air theater in Central Park, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is home to the Public Theater 's free Shakespeare in the Park productions. As of September 2023, it has been closed for renovations that are expected to complete in spring 2025.