Each year, the Public Theater’s festival brings droves of culture lovers to Central Park’s Delacorte Theater. First up this year is The Comedy of Errors (May 28–June 30), one of the Bard’s sillier farces, starring company vets Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) and Hamish Linklater (The Big C). The big news this year is a musical adaptation of battle-of-the-sexes comedy Love’s Labour’s Lost (July 23–Aug 18) from Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman, who last collaborated on the very fun Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. 212-539-8500, shakespeareinthepark.org. Tickets free, two per person; see website for details.
Come the warm months, there’s a wealth of free things to do in New York. And if you’re a cash-strapped arts aficionado looking for gratis theater, concerts, dance, comedy and more, this city is the place to be. Check out our list of the summer’s best no-cost fests, which offer everything from dance performances in Lincoln Center to rock shows in Central Park, all under the open sky.
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