Shakespeare in the Park: This summer, The Public Theatre presents Shakespeare classics A Winter’s Tale and The Merchant of Venice. Unlike in years past, however, when one production would run for several weeks before closing to give way to the next, these two tales from everyone’s favorite bard will be running in repertory, meaning they'll switch off on a nearly nightly basis from June 9 to August 1.There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason as to which plays are performed on which nights, so I’ll break it down for you.
If you’d like to see A Winter’s Tale, your options are as follows:
June 9, 10, 15, 16, 19, 20, 27, 28, 29, 30
July 2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 17, 21, 22, 25, 27, 30, 31
If you’d like to see The Merchant of Venice, you can go on one of the following nights:
June 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26
July 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23, 24, 28, 29
August 1
All performances begin at 8 p.m., and tickets may be obtained free of charge starting at 1 p.m. on the day of the performance at The Delacorte Theater. There is also a new virtual ticketing option, through which you may request up to two tickets via an online system the day of the performance.
Click here for more information.
Central Park SummerStage: The privately-funded City Parks Foundation celebrates the 25th anniversary of Central Park SummerStage with 33 free concerts and 8 benefit shows featuring a wide variety of artists and performers. Here are some of the highlights.June 1: The first concert of the season features the New York Pops alongside jazz vocalist Melody Gardot.
June 8: A fundraising benefit featuring the music of Simon & Garfunkel performed by artists such as Shawn Colvin, Aimee Mann, Loudon Wainwright III, Joan Osborne, Dean & Britta, The Holmes Brothers, John Forte, Paula Cole, and more. Proceeds will support City Parks Foundation’s free year-round arts programming. Tickets may be purchased by contacting Jill Rothstein at (212) 360-8170, or by email at JRothstein@CityParksFoundation.org. In addition, bleacher tickets are available for $69 here.
June 14: Popular West African musician Baaba Maal plays a concert to celebrate Senegal’s independence.
June 15: The John Butler Trio and State Radio come together for another benefit concert. To purchase tickets, click here.
June 23: CareFusion’s Jazz Festival New York featuring the Mccoy Tyner Quartet with Ravi Coltrane and Esperanza Spalding, plus the Francisco Mela & Stanley Clarke Band featuring Hiromi.
July 11: Reggae star Dr. Jimmy Cliff performs with South Carolina native Trevor Hall and Burkina Faso musician Victor Deme.
July 17: Award-winning songwriter, producer, and performer Raphael Saadiq, known for his “old school” soul sounds.
July 23: Comedy Central Park presents The Daily Show and Friends, hosted by Lewis Black.
July 25: Bassekou Kouyate + Ngoni Ba, Burkina Electric, Fool’s Gold explore the past, present, and future of West African music.
July 26: Grammy-winning rockers The Flaming Lips' show is already listed as sold out, but one of the best things about a concert in the park is that you don't necessarily have to be inside the venue to hear it. Plus, there's always craigslist.
July 27/28: Indie pop rockers The Black Keys and The Morning Benders. Ditto the above regarding the show's sold-out status.
August 4: Electropop artists Hot Chip, Hercules and Love Affair, and Holy Ghost!
August 15: Infamous rap artists Public Enemy with Blitz The Ambassador and The 7th Octave.
August 21: Contemporary R&B artists Chrisette Michelle and Mario and Tamia.
For more information and the full schedule, click here.
Happy summer!
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