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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23
Delacorte Theater Reopens With 2 Shakespeare Productions After Abbreviated 2025 Season
Updated
Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23

Delacorte Theater Reopens With 2 Shakespeare Productions After Abbreviated 2025 Season

3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 23

Summary

  • Central Park’s renovated Delacorte Theater has fully reopened, restoring Shakespeare in the Park with “Romeo and Juliet” running through Sunday and “The Winter’s Tale” set for July 25-Aug. 23.
  • The Public Theater is using the revived venue for a broader fall lineup, adding Public Works’ “Public Record” on Sept. 4-8 and Taylor Mac and Matt Ray’s “Bark of Millions” concerts on Sept. 18-20.
  • New York’s wider summer theater draw also includes Little Island premieres and events from July 29 to Aug. 30, including Qween Jean’s “Summer Legacy Ball” and Julio Torres and Martine Gutierrez’s “Marina.”
  • Upstate, Hudson Valley Shakespeare is leaning on its new permanent open-air theater with “King Lear,” “As You Like It” and “Les Misérables,” while New York Stage and Film in Poughkeepsie runs workshops July 10-Aug. 2.

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