Delacorte Theatre

Address:
81st and Central Park
New York, NY 10024

BUILT: 1962

SEATING CAPACITY: 1892
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Delacorte Theatre History

The Delacorte Theater, established in 1962, can be found just off of 80th street on the southwest corner of the Great Lawn. Located at the heart of Central Park, the Delacorte Theater is best known for The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park, one of New York City's most beloved summer traditions. Tens of thousands of New York natives and visitors come to the Delacorte to enjoy free Shakespeare. Two plays are produced each summer, at least one of which is traditionally a play by Shakespeare.

Shows at the Delacorte Theatre

DATES PRODUCTION

12/31/2025 - 12/31/2025 Twelfth Night (2025)
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8/27/2023 - 9/3/2023 The Tempest (2023)

6/8/2023 - 8/6/2023 Hamlet (2023)

8/10/2022 - 9/11/2022 As You Like It (2022)

6/21/2022 - 8/17/2022 Richard III (2022)

7/14/2020 - 8/8/2020 As You Like It (2020)

5/19/2020 - 6/21/2020 Richard II (2021) [Cancelled]
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8/31/2019 - 9/8/2019 Hercules (2019)

7/16/2019 - 8/11/2019 Coriolanus (2019)

9/4/2018 - 9/9/2018 The Gospel at Colonus (2018)

7/17/2018 - 8/19/2018 Twelfth Night (2018)

5/29/2018 - 6/24/2018 Othello (2018)

9/1/2017 - 9/5/2017 As You Like It (2017)

7/11/2017 - 8/13/2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017)

5/23/2017 - 6/18/2017 Julius Caesar (2017)

9/2/2016 - 9/5/2016 Twelfth Night (2016)

7/19/2016 - 8/14/2016 Troilus and Cressida (2016)

5/24/2016 - 6/26/2016 The Taming of the Shrew (2016)

6/12/2010 - 8/1/2010 The Merchant of Venice (2010)

6/9/2010 - 7/31/2010 The Winter's Tale (2010)

6/25/2009 - Twelfth Night (2009)

7/22/2008 - 9/14/2008 Hair (2008)

6/17/2008 - 6/29/2008 Hamlet (2008)

8/23/2007 - 9/9/2007 A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007)

6/19/2007 - 7/8/2007 Romeo and Juliet (2007)

8/21/2006 - 9/3/2006 Mother Courage and Her Children (2006)

6/14/2006 - 7/9/2006 Macbeth (2006)

8/28/2005 - 9/11/2005 Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005)

8/16/2005 - 9/11/2005 Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005)

7/12/2005 - 7/17/2005 As You Like It (2005)

7/13/2004 - 8/8/2004 Much Ado About Nothing (2004)

6/26/2003 - 8/10/2003 Henry V (2003)

7/18/2002 - 8/11/2002 Twelfth Night (2002)

8/12/2001 - 8/26/2001 The Seagull (2001)

6/17/2001 - 6/28/2001 Measure for Measure (2001)

7/6/2000 - 7/16/2000 The Winter's Tale (2000)

8/10/1999 - 9/5/1999 Tartuffe (1999)

6/17/1999 - 7/11/1999 The Taming of the Shrew (1999)

8/4/1998 - 8/30/1998 Cymbeline (1998)

6/12/1998 - 7/12/1998 The Skin of Our Teeth (1998)

8/1/1997 - 8/1/1997 On the Town (1997)

8/1/1997 - 8/31/1997 On the Town (1997)

6/13/1997 - 7/9/1997 Henry VIII (1997)

8/6/1996 - 9/1/1996 Timon of Athens (1996)

6/18/1996 - 7/14/1996 Henry V (1996)

8/4/1995 - 9/3/1995 Troilus and Cressida (1995)

6/22/1995 - 7/19/1995 The Tempest (1995)

8/4/1994 - 9/4/1994 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1994)

6/23/1994 - 7/24/1994 The Merry Wives of Windsor (1994)

8/5/1993 - 8/29/1993 All's Well That Ends Well (1993)

7/1/1993 - 7/25/1993 Measure for Measure (1993)

8/6/1992 - 8/30/1992 The Comedy of Errors (1992)

8/27/1991 - 9/8/1991 The Tempest (1991)

7/30/1991 - 8/11/1991 A Midsummer Night's Dream (1991)

6/21/1991 - 7/14/1991 Othello (1991)

8/3/1990 - 9/2/1990 The Tragedy of Richard III (1990)

6/22/1990 - 7/22/1990 The Taming of the Shrew (1990)

8/4/1989 - 9/2/1989 Titus Andronicus (1989)

6/23/1989 - 7/23/1989 Twelfth Night or What You Will (1989)

8/5/1988 - 9/4/1988 King John (1988)

6/24/1988 - 7/31/1988 Much Ado About Nothing (1988)

8/27/1987 - 9/13/1987 Henry IV Part I (1987)

7/24/1987 - 8/16/1987 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1987)

6/24/1987 - 7/19/1987 Richard II (1987)

9/3/1986 - 9/8/1986 Medea (1986)

6/20/1986 - 7/20/1986 Twelfth Night or What You Will (1986)

8/4/1985 - 9/1/1985 The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985)

6/30/1985 - 7/21/1985 Measure for Measure (1985)

8/3/1984 - 9/2/1984 The Golem (1984)

6/22/1984 - 7/22/1984 Henry V (1984)

8/9/1983 - 9/4/1983 Non Pasquale (1983)

6/30/1983 - 7/31/1983 King Richard III (1983)

8/3/1982 - 9/5/1982 A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982)

6/25/1982 - 7/24/1982 Don Juan (1982)

7/31/1981 - 9/26/1981 Henry IV Part I (1981)

6/26/1981 - 7/26/1981 The Tempest (1981)

8/5/1980 - 8/31/1981 The Pirates of Penzance (1980)

6/27/1979 - 8/26/1979 Othello (1979)

6/22/1979 - 7/22/1979 Coriolanus (1979)

8/3/1978 - 9/3/1978 The Taming of the Shrew (1978)

6/29/1978 - 7/30/1978 All's Well That Ends Well (1978)

8/2/1977 - 8/28/1977 Agamemnon (1977)

6/28/1977 - 7/28/1977 The Threepenny Opera (1977)

7/29/1976 - 8/29/1976 Measure for Measure (1976)

6/24/1976 - 7/25/1976 Henry V (1976)

7/24/1975 - 8/24/1975 The Comedy of Errors (1975)

6/18/1975 - 7/19/1975 Hamlet (1975)

7/25/1974 - 8/25/1974 The Merry Wives of Windsor (1974)

6/20/1974 - 7/21/1974 Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1974)

7/31/1973 - 8/26/1973 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1973)

7/26/1973 - 8/26/1973 King Lear (1973)

6/21/1973 - 7/21/1973 As You Like It (1973)

8/10/1972 - 9/3/1972 Much Ado About Nothing (1972)

7/20/1972 - 8/6/1972 Ti-Jean and His Brothers (1972)

6/20/1972 - 7/16/1972 Hamlet (1972)

8/12/1971 - 8/29/1971 The Tale of Cymbeline (1971)

7/27/1971 - 8/8/1971 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971)

7/22/1971 - 8/8/1971 Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971)

6/25/1971 - 7/18/1971 Timon of Athens (1971)

6/25/1970 - 8/22/1970 Richard III (1970)

6/24/1970 - 8/22/1970 The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 2 (1970)

6/23/1970 - 8/22/1970 The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 1 (1970)

8/6/1969 - 8/30/1969 Twelfth Night (1969)

7/8/1969 - 8/2/1969 Peer Gynt (1969)

8/7/1968 - 8/31/1968 Romeo and Juliet (1968)

6/18/1968 - 8/3/1968 Henry IV Part 2 (1968)

6/11/1968 - 8/3/1968 Henry IV Part 1 (1968)

8/4/1965 - 8/28/1965 Troilus and Cressida (1965)

7/7/1965 - 7/31/1965 Coriolanus (1965)

6/9/1965 - 7/3/1965 Love's Labor's Lost (1965)

9/16/1964 - 7/4/1964 Hamlet (1964)

8/5/1964 - 8/29/1964 Electra (1964)

7/8/1964 - 8/9/1964 Othello (1964)

8/13/1962 - 9/1/1962 King Lear (1962)

6/19/1962 - 9/1/1962 The Merchant of Venice (1962)

- Much Ado About Nothing (2014)

- King Lear (2014)

- The Winter's Tale (2014)

- The Tempest (2015)

- Cymbeline (2015)

- The Odyssey (2015)

Videos

Shows at the Delacorte Theatre
DATES			PRODUCTION
12/31/2025	-	12/31/2025	Twelfth Night (2025) Click Here to Buy Tickets
8/27/2023	-	9/3/2023	The Tempest (2023)
6/8/2023	-	8/6/2023	Hamlet (2023)
8/10/2022	-	9/11/2022	As You Like It (2022)
6/21/2022	-	8/17/2022	Richard III (2022)
7/14/2020	-	8/8/2020	As You Like It (2020)
5/19/2020	-	6/21/2020	Richard II (2021) [Cancelled] Click Here to Buy Tickets
8/31/2019	-	9/8/2019	Hercules (2019)
7/16/2019	-	8/11/2019	Coriolanus (2019)
9/4/2018	-	9/9/2018	The Gospel at Colonus (2018)
7/17/2018	-	8/19/2018	Twelfth Night (2018)
5/29/2018	-	6/24/2018	Othello (2018)
9/1/2017	-	9/5/2017	As You Like It (2017)
7/11/2017	-	8/13/2017	A Midsummer Night's Dream (2017)
5/23/2017	-	6/18/2017	Julius Caesar (2017)
9/2/2016	-	9/5/2016	Twelfth Night (2016)
7/19/2016	-	8/14/2016	Troilus and Cressida (2016)
5/24/2016	-	6/26/2016	The Taming of the Shrew (2016)
6/12/2010	-	8/1/2010	The Merchant of Venice (2010)
6/9/2010	-	7/31/2010	The Winter's Tale (2010)
6/25/2009	-		Twelfth Night (2009)
7/22/2008	-	9/14/2008	Hair (2008)
6/17/2008	-	6/29/2008	Hamlet (2008)
8/23/2007	-	9/9/2007	A Midsummer Night's Dream (2007)
6/19/2007	-	7/8/2007	Romeo and Juliet (2007)
8/21/2006	-	9/3/2006	Mother Courage and Her Children (2006)
6/14/2006	-	7/9/2006	Macbeth (2006)
8/28/2005	-	9/11/2005	Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005)
8/16/2005	-	9/11/2005	Two Gentlemen of Verona (2005)
7/12/2005	-	7/17/2005	As You Like It (2005)
7/13/2004	-	8/8/2004	Much Ado About Nothing (2004)
6/26/2003	-	8/10/2003	Henry V (2003)
7/18/2002	-	8/11/2002	Twelfth Night (2002)
8/12/2001	-	8/26/2001	The Seagull (2001)
6/17/2001	-	6/28/2001	Measure for Measure (2001)
7/6/2000	-	7/16/2000	The Winter's Tale (2000)
8/10/1999	-	9/5/1999	Tartuffe (1999)
6/17/1999	-	7/11/1999	The Taming of the Shrew (1999)
8/4/1998	-	8/30/1998	Cymbeline (1998)
6/12/1998	-	7/12/1998	The Skin of Our Teeth (1998)
8/1/1997	-	8/1/1997	On the Town (1997)
8/1/1997	-	8/31/1997	On the Town (1997)
6/13/1997	-	7/9/1997	Henry VIII (1997)
8/6/1996	-	9/1/1996	Timon of Athens (1996)
6/18/1996	-	7/14/1996	Henry V (1996)
8/4/1995	-	9/3/1995	Troilus and Cressida (1995)
6/22/1995	-	7/19/1995	The Tempest (1995)
8/4/1994	-	9/4/1994	Two Gentlemen of Verona (1994)
6/23/1994	-	7/24/1994	The Merry Wives of Windsor (1994)
8/5/1993	-	8/29/1993	All's Well That Ends Well (1993)
7/1/1993	-	7/25/1993	Measure for Measure (1993)
8/6/1992	-	8/30/1992	The Comedy of Errors (1992)
8/27/1991	-	9/8/1991	The Tempest (1991)
7/30/1991	-	8/11/1991	A Midsummer Night's Dream (1991)
6/21/1991	-	7/14/1991	Othello (1991)
8/3/1990	-	9/2/1990	The Tragedy of Richard III (1990)
6/22/1990	-	7/22/1990	The Taming of the Shrew (1990)
8/4/1989	-	9/2/1989	Titus Andronicus (1989)
6/23/1989	-	7/23/1989	Twelfth Night or What You Will (1989)
8/5/1988	-	9/4/1988	King John (1988)
6/24/1988	-	7/31/1988	Much Ado About Nothing (1988)
8/27/1987	-	9/13/1987	Henry IV Part I (1987)
7/24/1987	-	8/16/1987	Two Gentlemen of Verona (1987)
6/24/1987	-	7/19/1987	Richard II (1987)
9/3/1986	-	9/8/1986	Medea (1986)
6/20/1986	-	7/20/1986	Twelfth Night or What You Will (1986)
8/4/1985	-	9/1/1985	The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1985)
6/30/1985	-	7/21/1985	Measure for Measure (1985)
8/3/1984	-	9/2/1984	The Golem (1984)
6/22/1984	-	7/22/1984	Henry V (1984)
8/9/1983	-	9/4/1983	Non Pasquale (1983)
6/30/1983	-	7/31/1983	King Richard III (1983)
8/3/1982	-	9/5/1982	A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982)
6/25/1982	-	7/24/1982	Don Juan (1982)
7/31/1981	-	9/26/1981	Henry IV Part I (1981)
6/26/1981	-	7/26/1981	The Tempest (1981)
8/5/1980	-	8/31/1981	The Pirates of Penzance (1980)
6/27/1979	-	8/26/1979	Othello (1979)
6/22/1979	-	7/22/1979	Coriolanus (1979)
8/3/1978	-	9/3/1978	The Taming of the Shrew (1978)
6/29/1978	-	7/30/1978	All's Well That Ends Well (1978)
8/2/1977	-	8/28/1977	Agamemnon (1977)
6/28/1977	-	7/28/1977	The Threepenny Opera (1977)
7/29/1976	-	8/29/1976	Measure for Measure (1976)
6/24/1976	-	7/25/1976	Henry V (1976)
7/24/1975	-	8/24/1975	The Comedy of Errors (1975)
6/18/1975	-	7/19/1975	Hamlet (1975)
7/25/1974	-	8/25/1974	The Merry Wives of Windsor (1974)
6/20/1974	-	7/21/1974	Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1974)
7/31/1973	-	8/26/1973	Two Gentlemen of Verona (1973)
7/26/1973	-	8/26/1973	King Lear (1973)
6/21/1973	-	7/21/1973	As You Like It (1973)
8/10/1972	-	9/3/1972	Much Ado About Nothing (1972)
7/20/1972	-	8/6/1972	Ti-Jean and His Brothers (1972)
6/20/1972	-	7/16/1972	Hamlet (1972)
8/12/1971	-	8/29/1971	The Tale of Cymbeline (1971)
7/27/1971	-	8/8/1971	Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971)
7/22/1971	-	8/8/1971	Two Gentlemen of Verona (1971)
6/25/1971	-	7/18/1971	Timon of Athens (1971)
6/25/1970	-	8/22/1970	Richard III (1970)
6/24/1970	-	8/22/1970	The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 2 (1970)
6/23/1970	-	8/22/1970	The Chronicles of King Henry VI, Part 1 (1970)
8/6/1969	-	8/30/1969	Twelfth Night (1969)
7/8/1969	-	8/2/1969	Peer Gynt (1969)
8/7/1968	-	8/31/1968	Romeo and Juliet (1968)
6/18/1968	-	8/3/1968	Henry IV Part 2 (1968)
6/11/1968	-	8/3/1968	Henry IV Part 1 (1968)
8/4/1965	-	8/28/1965	Troilus and Cressida (1965)
7/7/1965	-	7/31/1965	Coriolanus (1965)
6/9/1965	-	7/3/1965	Love's Labor's Lost (1965)
9/16/1964	-	7/4/1964	Hamlet (1964)
8/5/1964	-	8/29/1964	Electra (1964)
7/8/1964	-	8/9/1964	Othello (1964)
8/13/1962	-	9/1/1962	King Lear (1962)
6/19/1962	-	9/1/1962	The Merchant of Venice (1962)
	-		Much Ado About Nothing (2014)
	-		King Lear (2014)
	-		The Winter's Tale (2014)
	-		The Tempest (2015)
	-		Cymbeline (2015)
	-		The Odyssey (2015)

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