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Published on 7/23/08
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Henry V
FREE Riverside Park, see website for details (gorillarep.org). Subway: 1 to 79th St. Thu–Sun 8pm. Through Sun 5.
Christopher Carter Sanderson directs the Gorilla Rep in a mobile production of Shakespeare’s heartiest history play, in which a frisky young king goes to war over some unwanted tennis balls.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
FREE Delacorte Theater, Central Park at 81st St (212-539-8750). Subway: B, C to 81st St–Museum of Natural History. Tue–Sun 8pm. Tickets are free (two per person) and may be picked up only on the day of performance after 1pm at the Delacorte Theater and from 1 to 3pm at the Public Theater (425 Lafayette St between Astor Pl and E 4th St). A number of tickets are also distributed at various locations throughout the five boroughs on specific days (call for info). Through Sept 9.
Four crazy kids and a bossy Bottom get mixed up in a world of drugs and fairy sex in Shakespeare’s beloved family classic. Dan Sullivan (Doubt) directs a fine cast that includes Jay O. Sanders, Laila Robbins, Keith David, Martha Plimpton, Mireille Enos, Austin Lysy and Elliot Villar. See “Into the woods,” page 145.
A Mini Romeo and Juliet
FREE West Side Community Garden, W 89th St between Columbus and Amsterdam Aves (212-245-7498). Subway: C, 1 to 86th St. Sat, Sun 5pm. Through Aug 19.
Carson Grant directs a one-hour version of Shakespeare’s romance, snipping out the family feuding so that the lovers can waste themselves with all deliberate speed.
Much Ado About Nothing
FREE Municipal Parking Lot, 85 Ludlow St between Broome and Delancey Sts (212-877-0099). Subway: F to Delancey St; J, M, Z to Delancey–Essex Sts. Thu–Sat 8pm. Through Aug 18.
Shakespeare in the Park(ing) Lot crews for the Bard as Kathy Curtiss updates his tart-tongued romance to Fleet Week, because nothing says “lasting love” like a bunch of sailors on leave.
The Recruiting Officer
FREE Central Park, enter at 103rd St and Central Park West (212-252-4531). Subway: B, C to 103rd St. Thu–Sun 7pm. Through Aug 26.
The New York Classical Theatre breaks ranks with the hordes of outdoor Shakespeare productions by mounting George Farquhar’s 1706 comedy, in which dastardly army recruiters trick unsuspecting boys into donning uniforms. Grant Neale directs.
Romeo and Juliet
FREE Marcus Garvey Park, 124th St at Mount Morris Park West (classicaltheatreofharlem.org). Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to 125th St. Sat, Sun 8pm. Through Aug 10.
Do those crazy kids never learn? Considering the rash of Romeos this summer, surely the star-crossed lovers would have figured out their odds by now. Alfred Preisser directs the Classical Theatre of Harlem production, which plays in a different park each weekend; check out the CTH website for details.
The Tempest and Antigone
FREE Abrons Amphitheater, 466 Grand St at Pitt St (212-598-0040). Subway: F to Delancey St; J, M, Z to Delancey–Essex Sts. Wed, Sat 7pm. Through Aug 11.
Michael Raver gives a brave new whirl to The Tempest, in which a magician and his assistants screw with the Milanesi; the show runs in rep with Harriet Spitzer-Picker’s production of Sophocles’ civil tragedy, about unburied corpses and the women who love them.
