The Public Theater's Mobile Unit to Tour This Spring With CYMBELINE
The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) will bring Shakespeare's CYMBELINE, directed by Carl Cofield, on tour for the first time ever to venues across the city in a free four-week tour (April 16-May 15), as part of The Public's commitment to bringing free theater to all and deepening its engagement with communities across the five boroughs. The Mobile Unit's free tours bring Shakespeare and other works to audiences who have limited or no access to the arts by visiting correctional facilities, homeless shelters, social service organizations, and other community organizations. Following the tour to the five boroughs, there will also be a free three-week engagement of CYMBELINE in The Public's Shiva Theater running Monday, May 18 through Sunday, June 7, with an official press opening on Thursday, May 21.
Photo Flash: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Takes First Bows at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre!
The Public Theater's free Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing officially opened tlast night, Monday, June 16. The production will run through Sunday, July 6. Obie Award winner Hamish Linklater and Tony Award nominee Lily Rabe return to the Park as the wise-cracking, would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick in the beloved romantic comedy. Central Park becomes sun-drenched Sicily at the turn of the last century, where the heat of summer ignites the fevered passions of lovesick ladies in corsets and pining gentlemen spying from the verandah. Three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien directs this delightful skirmish of wit between two self-declared bachelors tricked by their mischief-making friends into falling in love against their will and in spite of their own hearts.
Check out photos from opening night below!
STAGE TUBE: Jonathan Groff on How to Get Free Tickets to the Public's Shakespeare in the Park
The Public Theater will begin previews earlier this week on June 3 for Much Ado About Nothing, the first show of The Public's 2014 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. Directed by Jack O'Brien, Much Ado About Nothing will run through Sunday, July 6, with an official press opening on Monday, June 16. Below, Jonathan Groff explains how to get free tickets -- and what to do while you're waiting in the queue -- for Shakespeare in the Park!
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Brian Stokes Mitchell & More for The Public's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The Public Theater will begin previews on Tuesday, June 3 for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, the first show of The Public's 2014 season of free Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte. Directed by Jack O'Brien, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING will run through Sunday, July 6, with an official press opening on Monday, June 16. Below, check out a first look at the cast, including Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and Brian Stokes Mitchell, in rehearsal!
Photo Flash: First Look - The Shelter's LILY & KOSMO LIVE, Now Through 6/30
The Shelter - a ensemble of theatrical artists - will conclude their fourth season with the world-premiere of LILY & KOSMO LIVE, a new play the blends the exciting adventure of 'Buck Rogers' and 1950s radio space operas with the youthful mischief of 'Our Gang' and The Little Rascals talkies, written and directed by Jonathan Ashley with preview performances beginning June 20th and running through June 30th at the Connelly Theater (220 East 4th Street) in Manhattan. Check out a first look below!
STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes - The Shelter's LILY & KOSMO LIVE Playwright and Director Jonathan Ashley
The Shelter - a ensemble of theatrical artists - will conclude their fourth season with the world-premiere of LILY & KOSMO LIVE, a new play the blends the exciting adventure of "Buck Rogers" and other 1950s radio space operas with the youthful mischief of "The Little Rascals". Below is the first in a series of short videos from the production. Learn more about Spacetronaut Davy C. Rocket - one of the LILY & KOSMO LIVE characters - in this exclusive, behind-the-scenes interview with playwright and director Jonathan Ashley. Click below!
The Shelter Presents LILY & KOSMO LIVE Beginning 6/20
The Shelter - a ensemble of theatrical artists - will conclude their fourth season with the world-premiere of LILY & KOSMO LIVE, a new play the blends the exciting adventure of "Buck Rogers" and 1950s radio space operas with the youthful mischief of "Our Gang" and The Little Rascals talkies, written and directed by Jonathan Ashley with preview performances beginning June 20th, 2013 prior to an official press opening of June 23rd at the Connelly Theater (220 East 4th Street) in Manhattan.
The Shelter Presents AN EVENING OF SCIENCE FICTION, 4/21
The Shelter - a family of artists creating original theatre for the New York stage - will present AN EVENING OF SCIENCE FICTION, featuring new works read live by The Shelter's ensemble, on Sunday, April 21st, 7pm at the Gloria Maddox Theatre (151 West 26thStreet, 7th Floor).