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Displaying all articles tagged:
Shakespeare In The Park
theater review
Aug. 30, 2023
A
Tempest
in the Park That’s (Mostly) No Thoughts, Just Vibes
In tone and temperament, this production owes much more to Disney than it does to Shakespeare.
By
Sara Holdren
theater review
June 28, 2023
A
Hamlet
in the Park That Puzzles the Will
Kenny Leon’s production gestures at a lot without capturing any one thing.
By
Jackson McHenry
theater review
July 11, 2022
A
Richard III
Made Not So Glorious
The production works against the best qualities of its star, Danai Gurira.
By
Helen Shaw
theater review
Aug. 9, 2021
In
Merry Wives
in the Park, the Real Housewives of Windsor Take Charge
Falstaff falls back as the women step up.
By
Helen Shaw
theater
July 15, 2021
In Marcus Garvey Park,
Seize the King
Reimagines
Richard III
This summer, Classical Theatre of Harlem puts up Will Power’s contemporary verse play built on very old bones.
By
Helen Shaw
shakespeare in the park
Mar. 16, 2021
Shakespeare in the Park Plans to Return to New York This Summer
The Public Theater has announced an adaptation of
The Merry Wives of Windsor
.
By
Jackson McHenry
theater review
July 23, 2020
This Sceptered Dial:
Richard II
on the Radio
Shakespeare in the Park in your headphones.
By
Helen Shaw
shakespeare in the park
Apr. 17, 2020
Shakespeare in the Park Canceled as Public Theater Furloughs Staff
Richard II
and
As You Like It
were planned for this summer.
By
Jackson McHenry
theater review
Aug. 6, 2019
Theater Review: A
Coriolanus
Amid the Wreckage
After the apocalypse in Central Park.
By
Sara Holdren
theater review
June 11, 2019
Theater Review: In the Park, the Warring Wits of
Much Ado About
Nothing
Shakespeare in the Park’s latest production.
By
Sara Holdren
chat room
May 15, 2019
Danielle Brooks Turned Down a Movie Role to Do Shakespeare in the Park
“Getting to play this part is opening doors to young black women that look like me.”
By
Jackson McHenry
disney musicals
Feb. 6, 2019
A
Hercules
Musical Will Go the Distance to Central Park This Summer
Bless my soul!
By
Jackson McHenry
theater review
July 31, 2018
Theater Review: It’s Always Sunny in This
Twelfth Night
In the park, not a cloud in the sky.
By
Sara Holdren
theater review
June 18, 2018
Theater Review: In the Park, an
Othello
in Which Love Conquers Little
Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s production for the Public is finely wrought though not wildly inventive.
By
Isaac Butler
July 31, 2017
Theater Review:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
That Never Touches Earth
All the froth, none of the underlying dread.
By
Sara Holdren
shakespeare in the park
June 23, 2017
What It Was Like to Star in the Trump-Themed
Julius Caesar
Corey Stoll, who played Brutus, writes about his experience in the controversial production.
By
Corey Stoll
protests
June 19, 2017
Protesters Interrupt Shakespeare in the Park’s Trump-Like
Julius Caesar
Again
The production closed Sunday night.
By
Jackson McHenry
controversies
June 17, 2017
Protesters Interrupt Trump-Themed Production of
Julius Caesar
“You are all Goebbels,” one protestor shouted, referencing Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s minister of propaganda.
By
Halle Kiefer
the public theater
June 12, 2017
Public Theater Issues Statement Amid Controversy Over Trump-Like
Julius Caesar
“Our production of
Julius Caesar
in no way advocates violence towards anyone.”
By
Jackson McHenry
theater
June 11, 2017
Delta Drops Shakespeare in the Park Over Trump-Inspired
Julius Caesar
The airline has ended its sponsorship over the play’s “graphic staging.”
By
Halle Kiefer
theater reviews
Aug. 9, 2016
Theater Review: Can
Troilus and Cressida
Be Saved?
Plus:
Men on Boats,
played by women not on boats.
By
Jesse Green
theater review
June 13, 2016
Theater Review:
The Taming of the Shrew
Phyllida Lloyd gives it a try in Central Park.
By
Jesse Green
theater
Aug. 10, 2015
Theater Review:
Cymbeline
in the Park, With Some Streamlining
A strain of rareness.
By
Jesse Green
theater review
Aug. 5, 2014
Theater Review:
King Lear
, Starring John Lithgow
This production is a statue not fully liberated from the stone.
By
Jesse Green
theater
June 16, 2014
Theater Review:
Much Ado About Nothing
In the Park, in the rain.
stage dive
Aug. 12, 2013
Theater Review: A Singing, Summery
Love’s Labour’s Lost
On musicalizing an odd Shakespearean comedy.
By
Jesse Green
stage dive
June 18, 2013
Theater Review: An Economically Robust
Comedy of Errors
What’s today’s dollar-ducat exchange rate?
By
Scott Brown
stage dive
June 22, 2012
Review: Shakespeare in the Park’s
As You Like It
There’s nothing here but pleasure and pleasantry, making it a fine but minor dish.
By
Scott Brown
shakespeare in the park
Jan. 26, 2012
Into the Woods
,
As You Like It
Headed to Central Park
All the world’s a stage. Particularly if your world includes Shakespeare in the Park.
By
Margaret Lyons
stage dive
July 1, 2011
Shakespeare in the Park, Twice Over (Plus Once in Greenwich)
Shakespearean weddings, in and out of town.
By
Scott Brown
broadway
July 26, 2010
Merchant of Venice
Starring Al Pacino Moves to Broadway
Starting in October.
By
Willa Paskin
theater
Dec. 7, 2009
Jew — Ahh!
Al Pacino will play Shylock in Shakespeare in the Park’s 2010 production of ‘The Merchant of Venice.’
By
Lane Brown
chat room
Aug. 11, 2009
Jonathan Groff on
Taking Woodstock
,
The Bacchae
, and Keeping His Clothes On
“The other day in rehearsals I slammed a stick on the ground and it hit me in the head. If you’re playing a god, you just can’t let that happen.”
By
Jada Yuan
chat room
Aug. 11, 2009
Anthony Mackie Talks Shakespeare in the Park and the One Movie He’s Bad In
“I did this movie where I felt I was pretty bad in it, and a friend of mine just watched it two weeks ago and TOLD me I was bad in it.”
By
Rebecca Milzoff
raccoons
June 12, 2009
Acting Raccoon Returns to Shakespeare in the Park
Next year they should give this little guy an audition.
By
Lane Brown
the industry
Apr. 16, 2009
Will Ferrell Will Do Just About Anything to Promote
Land of the Lost
Plus: Megan Fox, heroin smuggler.
By
Amos Barshad
good times
Feb. 12, 2009
Anne Hathaway to Cross-dress in Central Park This Summer
Hathaway? WAY.
By
Michael Alan Connelly
news reel
June 19, 2008
Shakespeare in the Park Plagued by Bad Weather, Raccoons
One of the great thrills of live outdoor theater is knowing you could be attacked by a raccoon at any minute.