Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park is set to return in the summer.The 60th season will begin with “Richard III,” directed by Tony nominee Robert O’Hara and featuring “Black Panther” star Danai Gurira in the title role.
It will continue with “As You Like It,” a musical that was originally scheduled for 2020 and delayed due to COVID-19.Production dates, performance schedules and complete casting for both productions will be announced at a later date.Since 1962, Shakespeare in the Park has been a New York City staple in the months warm enough to watch Shakespeare and other classical works and musicals at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
More than six million people have attended the roughly 150 free productions that have been staged in the past 60 years. “After last summer’s glorious and joyous ‘Merry Wives,’ this year, we are finally returning to a full slate of shows in the Park, and the artists and shows will be thrilling,” said Public Theater’s artistic director Oskar Eustis. “Robert O’Hara has been a member of The Public’s family for 20 years, as director and as playwright.
One of our greatest and most exciting directors, he will be creating a ‘Richard III’ unlike any you have seen before. Our dearly beloved Danai Gurira will be giving us her version of this extraordinary character.
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