Welcome to the first of what will be regular, brief posts highlighting specific things happening throughout the city. Please let me know what you think.
Although they are currently free to all subscribers, the video posts will eventually be available to paid subscribers only, as a bonus to the longer, more in-depth articles that make up “mad transit.”
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The Public Theater might not be presenting Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte as it undergoes a revitalization, but there are plenty of other places to catch the Bard for free, listed below. Note that some productions strongly suggest advance RSVP and involve moving to multiple locations during the performance.
Saturday, June 29
Public Theater Mobile Unit: A Comedy of Errors, the Peninsula in Prospect Park, Well House Dr.
Sunday, June 30
Public Theater Mobile Unit: A Comedy of Errors, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave.
Saturday, June 29
and
Sunday, June 30
New York Classical Theatre: Henry IV, Central Park, Central Park West & 103rd St.
Thursday, June 27
through
Sunday, July 21
Hudson Classical Theater Company: Coriolanus, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park
Saturday, June 29
through
Sunday, July 14
Boomerang Theatre Company: Romeo & Juliet, Central Park lawn, just inside Sixty-Ninth St. & Central Park West
Saturday, June 29
and
Sunday, June 30
Shakespeare at Sunset: Theater 2020 presents The Tempest, Granite Prospect, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 5:30
Tuesday, July 2
through
Sunday, July 7
New York Classical Theatre: Henry IV, Carl Schurz Park, East Eighty-Seventh St. & East End Ave.
Saturday, July 6
through
Sunday, July 28
The Classical Theatre of Harlem: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marcus Garvey Park, 6316 Mt. Morris Park West
Tuesday, July 9
through
Sunday, July 14
New York Classical Theatre: Henry IV, Castle Clinton, Battery Park
Thursday, July 25
through
Saturday, August 3
The Drilling Company presents Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Twelfth Night, 145 Stanton St.
Thursday, July 25
through
Sunday, August 18
Hudson Classical Theater Company: Twelfth Night, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Riverside Park
Saturday, August 3
through
Sunday, September 15
Theater for the New City: The Socialization of a Social Worker, or The Fight for Social Justice, parks and playgrounds across all five boroughs, 2:00 or 5:00
Wednesday, August 7
through
Saturday, August 24
Hip to Hip Theatre Company: The Winter’s Tale and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, nine parks in Queens, Jersey City, and Southampton
all the world’s a stage: free shakespeare in the parks 2024