New York’s Public Theater announced its upcoming season at their Astor Place home as well as Central Park’s to-be-reopened Delacorte Theater where the Public will stage Twelfth Night, directed by Saheem Ali, in summer 2025.
In its 2024-25 season, the Public will feature productions by playwrights Caryl Churchill, Lisa Sanaye Dring, David Finnigan, James Ijames, John Purugganan and S. Shakthidharan. The line-up will include partnerships with theater companies Belvoir St Theatre, Kurinji, and NYU Skirball; Elevator Repair Service; and Ma-Yi Theatre Company and La Jolla Playhouse.
See the entire line-up below.
“In my 20th season at The Public Theater, I’m overjoyed to share programming that is as bold and ambitious as The Public’s mission,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, adding, “The season finishes with the reopening of The Delacorte Theater. We’re counting down the minutes until we can celebrate our revitalized home with a joyful production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
In its 2024-25 season, the Public will feature productions by playwrights Caryl Churchill, Lisa Sanaye Dring, David Finnigan, James Ijames, John Purugganan and S. Shakthidharan. The line-up will include partnerships with theater companies Belvoir St Theatre, Kurinji, and NYU Skirball; Elevator Repair Service; and Ma-Yi Theatre Company and La Jolla Playhouse.
See the entire line-up below.
“In my 20th season at The Public Theater, I’m overjoyed to share programming that is as bold and ambitious as The Public’s mission,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis, adding, “The season finishes with the reopening of The Delacorte Theater. We’re counting down the minutes until we can celebrate our revitalized home with a joyful production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
- 5/7/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Hell’s Kitchen, Alicia Keyes bio-musical, and David Adjmi’s Stereophonic, the roman a clef with music that bears more than a striking resemblance to Fleetwood Mac and the recording of the classic Rumours album received more nominations than any other production of the 2023-24 Broadway season. Each of those shows took 13 nominations this morning.
Coming in third was The Outsiders (at 12 noms), and followed by Cabaret (9) and Appropriate (8).
See the complete breakdown by number of nominations below.
The first six batches of select Tony Award nominees were announced on CBS Mornings at 8:30 a.m./Et. The remainder were announced at 9 p.m. Et on the Tony’s YouTube channel.
The 77th Tony Awards will be held on June 16 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City, airing on CBS. Ariana DeBose will host for a third consecutive year.
Here is the complete list of...
Coming in third was The Outsiders (at 12 noms), and followed by Cabaret (9) and Appropriate (8).
See the complete breakdown by number of nominations below.
The first six batches of select Tony Award nominees were announced on CBS Mornings at 8:30 a.m./Et. The remainder were announced at 9 p.m. Et on the Tony’s YouTube channel.
The 77th Tony Awards will be held on June 16 at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater in New York City, airing on CBS. Ariana DeBose will host for a third consecutive year.
Here is the complete list of...
- 4/30/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Hell’s Kitchen, the Alicia Keys musical currently play a sold-out run Off Broadway, will transfer to Broadway’s Shubert Theater this spring, producers announced today.
Directed by Michael Greif, Hell’s Kitchen will begin previews at the Shubert on Thursday, March 28, 2024 ahead of an opening night on Saturday, April 20. The musical features music and lyrics by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, and includes such Keys hits as “You Don’t Know My Name,” “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You,” “No One” and “Empire State of Mind,” among others.
Casting will be announced shortly. The critically lauded Off Broadway cast features Maleah Joi Moon as the Keys-inspired character Ali, and Shoshana Bean as her mother Jersey.
“Good things take time and for 13 years, I’ve been dreaming, developing and finding inspiration for a musical based on my experience growing up in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC,” Keys said in a statement,...
Directed by Michael Greif, Hell’s Kitchen will begin previews at the Shubert on Thursday, March 28, 2024 ahead of an opening night on Saturday, April 20. The musical features music and lyrics by Keys and a book by Kristoffer Diaz, and includes such Keys hits as “You Don’t Know My Name,” “Fallin’,” “If I Ain’t Got You,” “No One” and “Empire State of Mind,” among others.
Casting will be announced shortly. The critically lauded Off Broadway cast features Maleah Joi Moon as the Keys-inspired character Ali, and Shoshana Bean as her mother Jersey.
“Good things take time and for 13 years, I’ve been dreaming, developing and finding inspiration for a musical based on my experience growing up in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC,” Keys said in a statement,...
- 12/5/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The 76th annual Tony Awards were handed out Sunday night.
Kimberly Akimbo won best musical, Leopoldstadt was named best play, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog won best revival of a play, and Parade won best revival of a musical.
In the lead acting categories, Jodie Comer won best performance by an actress in a play for Prima Facie, while openly nonbinary actor J. Harrison Ghee made history (along with Alex Newell) for winning best performance by an actor in a musical for Some Like It Hot. Sean Hayes won best actor in a play for Good Night, Oscar, while Victoria Clark won best actress in a musical for Kimberly Akimbo.
Oscar winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose returned to host the ceremony, which this year moved to the new location of the United Palace in New York City’s Washington Heights. See the red carpet arrivals here.
The show was split into two parts,...
Kimberly Akimbo won best musical, Leopoldstadt was named best play, Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog won best revival of a play, and Parade won best revival of a musical.
In the lead acting categories, Jodie Comer won best performance by an actress in a play for Prima Facie, while openly nonbinary actor J. Harrison Ghee made history (along with Alex Newell) for winning best performance by an actor in a musical for Some Like It Hot. Sean Hayes won best actor in a play for Good Night, Oscar, while Victoria Clark won best actress in a musical for Kimberly Akimbo.
Oscar winner and Tony nominee Ariana DeBose returned to host the ceremony, which this year moved to the new location of the United Palace in New York City’s Washington Heights. See the red carpet arrivals here.
The show was split into two parts,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Kimberly Nordyke
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Some Like It Hot, the musical comedy based on the classic MGM film, topped the Tony Awards nominations list with 13 nods.
The musical, which features a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, was nominated for best musical, best original score, best book of a musical (written by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin) and best direction of a musical, as well as in the acting categories, with nominations for both Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee in the category of best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical and for Kevin Del Aguila and NaTasha Yvette Williams in the featured roles categories.
The plot, which has been revised from the 1959 film, sees two struggling jazz musicians, Borle and Ghee, on the run after witnessing a mob hit. The two disguise themselves within an all-female band and, as they travel across the country, they explore their own identities,...
The musical, which features a score by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, was nominated for best musical, best original score, best book of a musical (written by Matthew López & Amber Ruffin) and best direction of a musical, as well as in the acting categories, with nominations for both Christian Borle and J. Harrison Ghee in the category of best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical and for Kevin Del Aguila and NaTasha Yvette Williams in the featured roles categories.
The plot, which has been revised from the 1959 film, sees two struggling jazz musicians, Borle and Ghee, on the run after witnessing a mob hit. The two disguise themselves within an all-female band and, as they travel across the country, they explore their own identities,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Refresh For Udpates: The nominations for the 76th Annual Tony Awards will be announced on CBS Mornings today by Funny Girl star Lea Michele and Mj‘s Tony Award winner Myles Frost. The complete list of nominations will be posted here at 9:10 a.m. Et./6 a.m. Pt.
The nominations announced so far:
Best Musical
& Juliet
Producers: Max Martin & Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd, Eva Price, Lukasz Gottwald, 42nd.club, Independent Presenters Network, Jack Lane, Library Company, Shellback, Shivhans Pictures, Sing Out, Louise!, Kim Szarzynski, Taylor/Riegler, Tenenbaum/Keyes, Barry Weiss, John Gore Organization
Kimberly Akimbo
Producers: David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, Lachanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, Aaron Glick
New York, New York
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Tom Kirdahy, Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, Crossroads Live, Playing Field, Stephanie P. McClelland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Waiting in the Wings Productions, Colin Callender, Gilbert and DeeDee Garcia/Sue Vaccaro,...
The nominations announced so far:
Best Musical
& Juliet
Producers: Max Martin & Tim Headington, Theresa Steele Page, Jenny Petersson, Martin Dodd, Eva Price, Lukasz Gottwald, 42nd.club, Independent Presenters Network, Jack Lane, Library Company, Shellback, Shivhans Pictures, Sing Out, Louise!, Kim Szarzynski, Taylor/Riegler, Tenenbaum/Keyes, Barry Weiss, John Gore Organization
Kimberly Akimbo
Producers: David Stone, Atlantic Theater Company, James L. Nederlander, Lachanze, John Gore, Patrick Catullo, Aaron Glick
New York, New York
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Tom Kirdahy, Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, Crossroads Live, Playing Field, Stephanie P. McClelland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Waiting in the Wings Productions, Colin Callender, Gilbert and DeeDee Garcia/Sue Vaccaro,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson-Wood (Slave Play) will take on the title role of Hamlet this summer, starring in the Public Theater’s extended, nine-week Free Shakespeare in the Park production at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Kenny Leon will direct.
Previews begin Thursday, June 8, with an official opening on Wednesday, June 28. The production runs through Sunday, August 6 as part of the outdoor theater’s 61st season.
The Public describes the production as “a riveting, contemporary post-Covid take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of family and betrayal, as enduring as the stars above Central Park.”
“I’m so happy to be at The Delacorte once again and to share something that binds us to one another,” said director Leon, who directed Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte in 2019. “A 500-year-old play exploring the need for a strong foundation of family, with music and words, Shakespeare’s Hamlet has...
Previews begin Thursday, June 8, with an official opening on Wednesday, June 28. The production runs through Sunday, August 6 as part of the outdoor theater’s 61st season.
The Public describes the production as “a riveting, contemporary post-Covid take on Shakespeare’s classic tale of family and betrayal, as enduring as the stars above Central Park.”
“I’m so happy to be at The Delacorte once again and to share something that binds us to one another,” said director Leon, who directed Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte in 2019. “A 500-year-old play exploring the need for a strong foundation of family, with music and words, Shakespeare’s Hamlet has...
- 1/12/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Suzan-Lori Parks, the playwright who won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize for her Topdog/Underdog, will make her on-stage debut this fall in the world premiere Public Theater Off Broadway staging of her Plays For the Plague Year.
Parks’ performance in the production – the complete cast was announced today – will be yet another big moment in the playwright’s Fall season: A Broadway revival of Topdog/Underdog begins previews at the Golden Theatre on Sept. 27.
In the new Plays For the Plague Year, Parks will play a character called “The Writer,” joining other just-announced cast members Leland Fowler, Greg Keller, Orville Mendoza, Kenita Miller, Lauren Molina, Martín Solá, and Pearl Sun.
Directed by Niegel Smith, Plays For the Plague Year will begin a strictly limited three-week engagement on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Public’s Joe’s Pub venue, with an opening night on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The production will run through Sunday,...
Parks’ performance in the production – the complete cast was announced today – will be yet another big moment in the playwright’s Fall season: A Broadway revival of Topdog/Underdog begins previews at the Golden Theatre on Sept. 27.
In the new Plays For the Plague Year, Parks will play a character called “The Writer,” joining other just-announced cast members Leland Fowler, Greg Keller, Orville Mendoza, Kenita Miller, Lauren Molina, Martín Solá, and Pearl Sun.
Directed by Niegel Smith, Plays For the Plague Year will begin a strictly limited three-week engagement on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Public’s Joe’s Pub venue, with an opening night on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The production will run through Sunday,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
An Asian-American dancer en route to a first-performance celebration at New York’s Public Theater was attacked Wednesday night in what theater officials describe as the latest “disgusting and heartbreaking” incident “in a long history of violence against Asian Americans.”
The dancer, who was not identified, was attacked near Seward Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a short distance from the Chinatown apartment where Christina Yuna Lee was murdered on Feb. 13 in a violent attack that was the latest in a surge of high-profile crimes involving Asian-American victims.
In Wednesday’s incident, a performer with the Chinatown dance troupe Yip’s Dragon Style Kung Fu and Lion Dance was on his way to perform with the group as part of the festivities celebrating the first preview performance of the play The Chinese Lady at the Public Theater. The dance troupe had been invited to perform in the lobby of...
The dancer, who was not identified, was attacked near Seward Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, a short distance from the Chinatown apartment where Christina Yuna Lee was murdered on Feb. 13 in a violent attack that was the latest in a surge of high-profile crimes involving Asian-American victims.
In Wednesday’s incident, a performer with the Chinatown dance troupe Yip’s Dragon Style Kung Fu and Lion Dance was on his way to perform with the group as part of the festivities celebrating the first preview performance of the play The Chinese Lady at the Public Theater. The dance troupe had been invited to perform in the lobby of...
- 2/25/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Danai Gurira, the actress most widely known for her roles in Marvel’s Avengers franchise and AMC’s The Walking Dead, will play one of the stage’s great villains this summer when she takes the title character of Richard III for New York’s Free Shakespeare in the Park.
The Public Theater production, part of Free Shakespeare’s 60th anniversary season, will be directed by Robert O’Hara, a Tony nominee for Broadway’s Slave Play.
“Our dearly beloved Danai Gurira will be giving us her version of this extraordinary character,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis in a statement. “Shakespeare’s Richard created the model for politics as an extension of show business – with devastating results. As always, Shakespeare seems to be speaking directly into our contemporary dreams and nightmares.”
Gurira, the author of the Tony-nominated play Eclipsed, has portrayed General Okoye in several of Marvel’s Avengers cinematic universe films,...
The Public Theater production, part of Free Shakespeare’s 60th anniversary season, will be directed by Robert O’Hara, a Tony nominee for Broadway’s Slave Play.
“Our dearly beloved Danai Gurira will be giving us her version of this extraordinary character,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis in a statement. “Shakespeare’s Richard created the model for politics as an extension of show business – with devastating results. As always, Shakespeare seems to be speaking directly into our contemporary dreams and nightmares.”
Gurira, the author of the Tony-nominated play Eclipsed, has portrayed General Okoye in several of Marvel’s Avengers cinematic universe films,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Public Theater, one of New York’s premiere Off Broadway companies, has canceled its prestigious 18th annual Under The Radar Festival due to “multiple disruptions related to the rapid community spread of the Omicron variant.”
The Public announced the cancellation on Twitter today. Considered one of the top international theater festivals focusing on new work, Under The Radar 2022 had been set to run from Jan. 12-30.
“While our robust Covid-19 protocols have created a safe environment within our theaters,” the Public said in the statement, “multiple disruptions related to the rapid community spread of the Omicron variant – including artist and staff availability, artist and audience cancellations, major flight interruptions, and visa processing delays – have prevented a viable way to move forward with presenting Under The Radar 2022. This is incredibly disappointing, but we believe it is necessary given the continued surge and ongoing disruptions.”
Ticket holders will be contacted by the Public via email.
The Public announced the cancellation on Twitter today. Considered one of the top international theater festivals focusing on new work, Under The Radar 2022 had been set to run from Jan. 12-30.
“While our robust Covid-19 protocols have created a safe environment within our theaters,” the Public said in the statement, “multiple disruptions related to the rapid community spread of the Omicron variant – including artist and staff availability, artist and audience cancellations, major flight interruptions, and visa processing delays – have prevented a viable way to move forward with presenting Under The Radar 2022. This is incredibly disappointing, but we believe it is necessary given the continued surge and ongoing disruptions.”
Ticket holders will be contacted by the Public via email.
- 12/31/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Like mariners shipwrecked in “The Tempest,” tormented by a conspiring God, or Macbeth at Dunsinane, the cast and crew of Shakespeare in the Park’s “Merry Wives” faced promethean odds. As told in the new HBO Max documentary “Reopening Night,” the Public Theater’s endeavor to open “Merry Wives” as the first large-scale theater event in New York City last summer was as Shakespearean as its subject.
“And here I was thinking this was going to be a boring documentary,” playwright Jocelyn Bioh, who reset the comedy among a diasporic African community in Harlem, told Variety last week at an intimate premiere for the new doc.
“Theater was the last thing on my mind,” she said, recounting when director Saheem Ali first asked her to retool the little known comedy into a needed telling of Black joy. “There were big questions for me: Why should we be doing this right now?...
“And here I was thinking this was going to be a boring documentary,” playwright Jocelyn Bioh, who reset the comedy among a diasporic African community in Harlem, told Variety last week at an intimate premiere for the new doc.
“Theater was the last thing on my mind,” she said, recounting when director Saheem Ali first asked her to retool the little known comedy into a needed telling of Black joy. “There were big questions for me: Why should we be doing this right now?...
- 12/22/2021
- by Michael Appler
- Variety Film + TV
Update, July 23 New York’s Public Theater has canceled tonight’s Free Shakespeare in the Park performance of Merry Wives, the third consecutive cancellation of the show after a member of the production tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this week.
In a series of Tweets today, the Public wrote, “On Wednesday, we learned that a member of the Merry Wives production tested positive for Covid, and in accordance with our existing protocols in the case of a positive result, we cancelled our July 21 and 22 performances.To support the artistic and logistical efforts required to restart performances, we are cancelling our performance on Friday, July 23.”
Today’s announcement also noted that the theater company will “continue adhering to the rigorous testing and daily health and safety protocols needed to support a safe and joyful experience for all at Free Shakespeare in the Park.”
Information on future performances will be shared soon,...
In a series of Tweets today, the Public wrote, “On Wednesday, we learned that a member of the Merry Wives production tested positive for Covid, and in accordance with our existing protocols in the case of a positive result, we cancelled our July 21 and 22 performances.To support the artistic and logistical efforts required to restart performances, we are cancelling our performance on Friday, July 23.”
Today’s announcement also noted that the theater company will “continue adhering to the rigorous testing and daily health and safety protocols needed to support a safe and joyful experience for all at Free Shakespeare in the Park.”
Information on future performances will be shared soon,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Merry Wives will begin performances next month with audience capacity at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater expanded significantly over what was previously announced.
Though masks will be required for audiences at the beloved New York summertime institution, audience size will be expanded from the previously announced 428 to 1,468, or approximately 80% of the 1,800-seat Delacorte.
“We are thrilled with the news that we will be able to welcome far more New Yorkers into The Delacorte than was previously possible,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. “What better sign that New York is returning than our theater in Central Park full of laughter, applause, and excitement.”
Eustis said that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent “decree to lift restrictions acknowledges a beautiful reality: we are finally starting to recover from Covid-19. And how gorgeous that when we gather, we’ll be in...
Though masks will be required for audiences at the beloved New York summertime institution, audience size will be expanded from the previously announced 428 to 1,468, or approximately 80% of the 1,800-seat Delacorte.
“We are thrilled with the news that we will be able to welcome far more New Yorkers into The Delacorte than was previously possible,” said Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. “What better sign that New York is returning than our theater in Central Park full of laughter, applause, and excitement.”
Eustis said that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent “decree to lift restrictions acknowledges a beautiful reality: we are finally starting to recover from Covid-19. And how gorgeous that when we gather, we’ll be in...
- 6/24/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
New York’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production this summer of Merry Wives, a comedy adaptation by Jocelyn Bioh of the Bard’s Merry Wives of Windsor, will feature an all-Black cast including Jacob Ming-Trent (HBO’s Watchmen), Gbenga Akinnagbe (Broadway’s To Kill A Mockingbird), Shola Adewusi (CBS’ Bob Hearts Abishola) and Susan Kelechi Watson (NBC’s This Is Us).
The Public Theater announced the complete casting today, along with new dates for the staging in Central Park’s Delacorte Theater: Performances will begin Tuesday, July 6 (instead of the previously announced July 5) and run through Saturday, September 18 (an extension of three weeks from the previously announced engagement). The official opening night is Tuesday, July 27.
The extension is designed to compensate for current social distancing procedures that will require limited audience capacity of 428 at the 1,800-seat Delacorte. The audience capacity could be expanded if state requirements for small- and medium-sized venues change before July.
The Public Theater announced the complete casting today, along with new dates for the staging in Central Park’s Delacorte Theater: Performances will begin Tuesday, July 6 (instead of the previously announced July 5) and run through Saturday, September 18 (an extension of three weeks from the previously announced engagement). The official opening night is Tuesday, July 27.
The extension is designed to compensate for current social distancing procedures that will require limited audience capacity of 428 at the 1,800-seat Delacorte. The audience capacity could be expanded if state requirements for small- and medium-sized venues change before July.
- 6/3/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of The Vagrant Trilogy, a Public Theater commission, written by Emerging Writers Group Alumna Mona Mansour. Directed by Mark Wing-Davey, The Vagrant Trilogy begins performances in the LuEsther Hall on Tuesday, March 17 with a Joseph Papp Free Preview performance, and will run through Sunday, April 26 with an official press opening on Wednesday, April 1.
- 12/17/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the world premiere of the new playCOAL Country, written byJessica BlankandErik Jensenwith original music bySteve Earle.Directed byJessica Blank, this riveting new work will begin performances in the Anspacher Theater with a Joseph Papp Free Preview performance on Tuesday, February 18.Coal COUNTRYwill run through Sunday, March 29, with an official press opening on Tuesday, March 3.
- 12/10/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced a second and final extension today for the New York revival of A Bright Room Called Day, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. Directed by Oskar Eustis, this scorching new version of Kushner's first play began performances in the Anspacher Theater on Tuesday, October 29 with an official press opening on Monday, November 25. A Bright Room Called Day was originally scheduled to close on December 8, but has now been extended twice through Sunday, December 22.
- 12/4/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlist Records has announced it will record the new musical Soft Power, the New York premiere production from The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham, for an original cast album to be released Spring 2020. Soft Power features play and lyrics by Tony Award winner David Henry Hwang and music and additional lyrics by Tony Award winner Jeanine Tesori, with choreography by Tony nominee Sam Pinkleton. A co-commission and co-production with Center Theatre Group, Tony nominee Leigh Silverman directed this groundbreaking new musical-within-a-play.
- 11/22/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced a fourth and final extension of the revival of for colored girls who have considered suicidewhen the rainbow is enuf, written by legendary playwrightpoet Ntozake Shange. Directed by Obie Award winner Leah C. Gardiner with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown, for colored girls who have considered suicidewhen the rainbow is enuf began performances on Tuesday, October 8 in The Public's Martinson Hall and officially opened on Tuesday, October 22. for colored girls who have considered suicidewhen the rainbow is enuf was originally scheduled to close on Sunday, November 17, and was extended four times to now run through Sunday, December 15.
- 11/21/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham will begin previews for the Mobile Unit's production of Shakespeare's Measure For Measure on Monday, November 18. Directed by La Williams, the free sit-down run of Measure For Measure follows a three-week tour to the five boroughs that brought Shakespeare to audiences who have limited or no access to the arts. Measure For Measure will run through Sunday, December 8 with an official press opening on Friday, November 22.
- 11/15/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced the full line-up today for the 16th annualUNDER The Radar Festival, running January 8-19, 2020. This popular and highly-anticipated festival of The Public's winter season will include artists from across the U.S. and around the world, including Australia, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, Palestine, Taiwan, and the U.K. Curated byUTR Festival Director Mark Russell, this year'sUNDER The Radar FESTIVALcontinues to expand to venues throughout New York City, in addition to The Public Theater's home at Astor Place. Tickets can be accessed now for Public Theater Supporters and Partners.
- 10/31/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced the third extension of the revival ofFOR Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicidewhen The Rainbow Is Enuf, written by legendary playwrightpoet Ntozake Shange. Directed by Obie Award winner Leah C. Gardiner with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown,For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicidewhen The Rainbow Is ENUFbegan performances on Tuesday, October 8 in The Public's Martinson Hall and officially opened on Tuesday, October 22. In its third extension,For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicidewhen The Rainbow Is ENUFwas originally scheduled to close on Sunday, November 17, and will now run through Sunday, December 8.
- 10/26/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
It was forty years ago when Shakespeare in the Park's Delacorte Theater was last invaded by The Bard's Coriolanus, but perhaps The Public's politically-minded artistic director Oskar Eustis thought this would be a good time to present a drama about an inexperienced politician who initially gains favor on a wave of populism, only to suffer downfall when his disdain for those outside of his privileged class is exposed.
- 8/6/2019
- by Michael Dale
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham Board Chair, Arielle Tepper announced casting today for The Public's Annual Gala,Women Of The PUBLIConMonday, June 3at the Delacorte Theater. Directed byLeigh Silverman,with music direction byMary-Mitchell Campbell,the highly-anticipated summer gala under the stars willcelebrate those who shaped our past and guide our future. The evening of dinner and performances at the Delacorte Theater will be hosted by Gala Co-ChairsKathryn Chenault,Faith Gay, Suzan-Lori Parks, Julie Rice, andLauren Rosenkranz.
- 5/14/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge will reprise their sold-out Off Broadway double-bill of solo one-act plays Sea Wall/A Life on Broadway this summer, producers announced today.
Originally presented in February at the Public Theater to strong reviews, Sea Wall/A Life will begin performances on Friday, July 26 at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, with an opening night set for Thursday, August 8. The strictly limited engagement will play through Sunday, September 29.
“This gorgeous, soul-stirring evening of theater deserves to be seen by as many people as possible,” said Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. “I’m so proud that Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal’s brilliant performances will live on at the Hudson.”
Written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne, with both directed by Carrie Cracknell, the double bill will be produced on Broadway by Nine Stories, Ambassador Theatre Group, Seaview Productions, Benjamin Lowy Productions,...
Originally presented in February at the Public Theater to strong reviews, Sea Wall/A Life will begin performances on Friday, July 26 at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, with an opening night set for Thursday, August 8. The strictly limited engagement will play through Sunday, September 29.
“This gorgeous, soul-stirring evening of theater deserves to be seen by as many people as possible,” said Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis. “I’m so proud that Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal’s brilliant performances will live on at the Hudson.”
Written by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne, with both directed by Carrie Cracknell, the double bill will be produced on Broadway by Nine Stories, Ambassador Theatre Group, Seaview Productions, Benjamin Lowy Productions,...
- 4/18/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Ferryman, Network, To Kill A Mockingbird and What The Constitution Means To Me are among the Broadway and Off Broadway productions taking nominations in this year’s New York Drama League Awards.
The 2019 nominees were announced today in the categories of Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Distinguished Performance Award. The roster was read this morning by the current stars of Broadway’s Waitress, Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan at Sardi’s Restaurant.
The 85th Annual Drama League Awards will be held on Friday, May 17.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Production Of A Broadway Or Off-broadway Play
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
by Jen Silverman
Directed by Mike Donahue
McC Theater
Dance Nation
Written by Clare Barron
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
Playwrights Horizons
Fairview
Written by Jackie Sibblies...
The 2019 nominees were announced today in the categories of Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Distinguished Performance Award. The roster was read this morning by the current stars of Broadway’s Waitress, Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan at Sardi’s Restaurant.
The 85th Annual Drama League Awards will be held on Friday, May 17.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Outstanding Production Of A Broadway Or Off-broadway Play
Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
by Jen Silverman
Directed by Mike Donahue
McC Theater
Dance Nation
Written by Clare Barron
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
Playwrights Horizons
Fairview
Written by Jackie Sibblies...
- 4/17/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the world premiere ofSOCRATES, written by acclaimed actor, director, and writerTim Blake Nelson. Directed by Tony Award winnerDoug Hughesand anchoring theOnassis Festival 2019 Democracy is Coming,SOCRATESwill begin previews on Tuesday, April 2, with a Joseph Papp Free Preview performance on Wednesday, April 3 in The Public's Martinson Hall. This powerful new play runs through Sunday, May 19, with an official press opening on Tuesday, April 16.
- 2/12/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
A new adaptation of Hercules based on Disney’s 1997 animated film and featuring additional music by Alan Menken and David Zippel, a new book by Glow writer Kristoffer Diaz and choreography by Be More Chill choreographer Chase Brock will conclude this summer’s season of the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare In The Park, the Public announced today.
Hercules will close out the season at the Delacorte theater in Central Park following productions of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by American Son director Kenny Leon, and Coriolanus, directed by Daniel Sullivan.
The Hercules staging will be the latest of the Public’s Public Works initiative productions that invite community groups throughout the city to participate in the development of theater works. Last summer the initiative produced the very popular Twelfth Night with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub.
“Our Public Works community promises to connect this brilliantly conceived story back...
Hercules will close out the season at the Delacorte theater in Central Park following productions of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by American Son director Kenny Leon, and Coriolanus, directed by Daniel Sullivan.
The Hercules staging will be the latest of the Public’s Public Works initiative productions that invite community groups throughout the city to participate in the development of theater works. Last summer the initiative produced the very popular Twelfth Night with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub.
“Our Public Works community promises to connect this brilliantly conceived story back...
- 2/6/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced the line-up today for the 2019 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, continuing a 57-year tradition of free theater in Central Park. Since 1962, over five million people have enjoyed more than 150 free productions of Shakespeare and other classical works and musicals at the Delacorte Theater. Conceived by founder Joseph Papp as a way to make great theater accessible to all, The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park continues to be the bedrock of the Company's mission to increase access and engage the community.
- 2/6/2019
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Composer, actress and accordion player Shaina Taub will hang up her squeezebox – temporarily, rest assured – this Sunday when her acclaimed Shakespeare in the Park musical adaptation of Twelfth Night closes its month-long run, bringing an end to a two-year journey that had the now-29-year-old songwriter working with everyone from non-professional performers in all five New York boroughs to the artistic directors of Manhattan’s Public Theater (Oskar Eustis) and London’s Young Vic (Kwame Kwei-Armah).
No end-of-summer blues for Taub, though – well, not a lot anyway – as the 2009 NYU grad and original cast member of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 forges on with two fantastically intriguing projects: She’s collaborating with Elton John on a musical version of The Devil Wears Prada, and she’s continuing development of her own musical about the...
No end-of-summer blues for Taub, though – well, not a lot anyway – as the 2009 NYU grad and original cast member of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 forges on with two fantastically intriguing projects: She’s collaborating with Elton John on a musical version of The Devil Wears Prada, and she’s continuing development of her own musical about the...
- 8/15/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub’s musicalized “Twelfth Night” is the kind of outdoor summer theater that transcends bad weather. Even if the skies crackle with lightning and showers soak you in your seat (as happened to this critic), you’ll still leave Central Park’s Delacorte Theater beaming. The co-creators take Shakespeare’s themes and wrap them in an ebullient package, making sure everything about this production — from the inclusive casting to the use of American Sign Language to the invitation to the audience to come mingle with the cast on stage at the start — says “welcome.” With a score of catchy tunes and ardent performances, it’s a happy marriage of a classic play with a contemporary execution.
Presented here as part of the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park program, this “Twelfth Night” was created through Public Works, the initiative that sees members of community...
Presented here as part of the Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park program, this “Twelfth Night” was created through Public Works, the initiative that sees members of community...
- 8/1/2018
- by Nicole Serratore
- Variety Film + TV
A new musical featuring the songs of Bob Dylan and productions starring Glenn Close, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge will be among the 2018-19 offerings of Off Broadway’s Public Theater.
The West End hit Girl From the North Country, written and directed by Conor McPherson and featuring music from Dylan’s songbook, will make its North American premiere in September, with an American cast. (The photo above was taken at the Old Vic Theatre in London last July).
Also in September, Jane Anderson’s Mother of the Maid makes its New York premiere starring Glenn Close as the mother of Joan of Arc.
Gyllenhaal and Sturridge also are set to appear in a double bill of solo shows beginning in January. Sturridge will perform Simon Stephens’ Sea Wall, a monologue “about love and the human need to know the unknowable,” while Gyllenhaal stars in Nick Payne’s A Life,...
The West End hit Girl From the North Country, written and directed by Conor McPherson and featuring music from Dylan’s songbook, will make its North American premiere in September, with an American cast. (The photo above was taken at the Old Vic Theatre in London last July).
Also in September, Jane Anderson’s Mother of the Maid makes its New York premiere starring Glenn Close as the mother of Joan of Arc.
Gyllenhaal and Sturridge also are set to appear in a double bill of solo shows beginning in January. Sturridge will perform Simon Stephens’ Sea Wall, a monologue “about love and the human need to know the unknowable,” while Gyllenhaal stars in Nick Payne’s A Life,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced the line-up today for The Public's 2018-19 Season at their landmark home on 425 Lafayette Street. The iconic New York destination, which includes five theaters and Joe's Pub, as well as The Library restaurant, has been home to over 50 years of revolutionary theater, and continues this season with new work by Emerging Writers Group alum and 2017-18 Tow Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Patricia Ione Lloyd, Public Studio alumni Hansol Jung and Jordan E. Cooper, Master Writer Chair Suzan-Lori Parks, Conor McPherson, Simon Stephens, Nick Payne, Jane Anderson, Tim Blake Nelson, and Luis Alfaro, as well as the continuation of year-round and community engagement programming Mobile Unit, Public Works, Under the Radar Festival, Public Studio, Public Forum, Public Shakespeare Initiative, Emerging Writers Group, and the beloved Free Shakespeare in the Park.
- 6/5/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham will begin previews for a limited eight-week run of the Abbey Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre's acclaimed production of Cyprus Avenue on Saturday, June 2. The new play, written by David Ireland and directed by Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone, features Stephen Rea, who last performed at The Public in 2008 in Sam Shepard's Kicking a Dead Horse. The run at The Public follows encore engagements at Dublin's Peacock Stage at the Abbey Theatre April 30-May 19 and the Mac in Belfast May 23-26. Cyprus Avenue will run through Sunday, July 29 in The Public's LuEsther Hall, with an official press opening on Monday, June 25.
- 5/17/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Ghostlight Records has announced it will record the new musical Miss You Like Hell, the New York premiere production from The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham, for an original cast recording to be released later this year. With book and lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, and choreography by Danny Mefford, the new musical was directed by Public Theater Resident Director and Founder of Public Works Lear deBessonet, and stars Daphne Rubin-Vega and Gizel Jimenez. The recording is being produced by Erin McKeown and Kurt Deutsch.
- 5/16/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of Fire In Dreamland, written by Rinne Groff. Directed by Marissa Wolf, Fire In Dreamland continues The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work and the 50th Anniversary of Hair. Fire In Dreamland begins performances on Tuesday, June 19 and runs through Sunday, August 5 in The Public's Anspacher Theater.
- 4/30/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the 2018 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Othello beginning Tuesday, May 29 at the Delacorte Theater, continuing a 56-year tradition of free theater in Central Park. Directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Othello will officially open on Monday, June 18 and will run through Sunday, June 24.
- 4/23/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today a two-week extension for the world premiere of Mlima's Tale. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and directed by Obie Award winner Jo Bonney, Mlima's Tale continues The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work and the 50th Anniversary of Hair. Mlima's Tale will now run two additional weeks through Sunday, June 3.
- 4/19/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham presents the New York premiere of Miss You Like Hell. With book and lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, and choreography by Danny Mefford, the new musical is directed by Public Theater Resident Director and Founder of Public Works Lear deBessonet. Part of The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work at 425 Lafayette Street and the 50th Anniversary of Hair, the musical will now run an additional week through Sunday, May 13.
- 4/11/2018
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public TheaterArtistic Director,Oskar Eustis Executive Director,Patrick Willingham presents the New York premiere ofMiss You Like Hell. With book and lyrics by Quiara Alegria Hudes, music and lyrics byErin McKeown, and choreography byDanny Mefford, the new musical is directed by Public Theater Resident Director and Founder of Public WorksLear deBessonet. Part of The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work at425 Lafayette Streetand the 50th Anniversary of Hair, the musical will now run an additional week through Sunday, May 13.
- 4/11/2018
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today that The Public's Annual Galawill be a performance of the groundbreaking and thought-provoking musical Runaways by Elizabeth Swados on Monday, June 11 at the Delacorte Theater. Directed by Sam Pinkleton with choreography by Ani Taj, and creative advisement by Jeanine Tesori, the highly-anticipated summer gala under the stars will celebrate the 40th anniversary of this milestone production that first premiered at The Public in 1978 and continues to be a definitive moment in Public Theater history.
- 3/27/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today a one-week extension for the American premiere of The Low Road, written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris. Directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif, The Low Road is part of The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work and the 50th Anniversary of Hair. The Low Road will now run through Sunday, April 8.
- 3/14/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Sex is to Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones what money is to Bruce Norris’ Jim Trewitt, also a foundling living in the 18th century. One of the many remarkable things about Norris’ picaresque tale “The Low Road,” which opened Thursday at the Public Theater, is that this playwright is able to make the unbridled accumulation of wealth as luridly engrossing as lots of sex. Picaresque tales work much better in novels and movies. On stage, they tend to lack the needed narrative drive. A program note from the Public’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis, calls Norris’ comedy an “anti-‘Candide.'” Thematically, that’s true....
- 3/8/2018
- by Robert Hofler
- The Wrap
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today a one-week extension for the world premiere of Kings, written by Sarah Burgess and directed by Thomas Kail. Part of The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work at 425 Lafayette Street and the 50th Anniversary of Hair, Kings officially opens on Tuesday, February 20 and will now run an additional week through Sunday, April 1.
- 2/20/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of Miss You Like Hell. With book and lyrics by Quiara Alegr a Hudes and music and lyrics by Erin McKeown, the new musical is directed by Public Theater Resident Director and Founder of Public Works Lear deBessonet, with choreography by Danny Mefford. The musical will begin previews in The Public's Newman Theater on Tuesday, March 20 and run through Sunday, May 6, with an official press opening on Tuesday, April 10.
- 1/24/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of The Low Road, written by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris. Directed by Tony Award nominee Michael Greif, The Low Road is part of The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on Lafayette Street, celebrating 50 years of new work and the 50th Anniversary of Hair.
- 1/9/2018
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Variety recently asked Lin-Manuel Miranda to write a tribute to Oskar Eustis, one of 50 people to make their New Power of New York list.
- 10/4/2017
- by Stephanie Wild
- BroadwayWorld.com
As previously announced, Nyu Skirball will present a series of free events and post-show conversations with artists, writers, educators and Middle East experts, including the newly added Kathleen Chalfant, alongside Oskar Eustis, Tony Kushner, Jim Nicola and Alisa Solomon.
- 10/4/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Skirball Talks, a new series presented by Nyu Skirball, will feature two evenings of conversations with renowned theater artists, including Jason Robert Brown, Lisa Kron, Steven Lutvak, Alex Timbers and Laurence Maslon October 2 and Tony Kushner, Oskar Eustis and artists from the Palestinian Freedom Theatre October 16.
- 9/27/2017
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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