The Public has announced that Shakespeare in the Park will not be returning to the Delacorte Theater in Central Park this summer, due to construction that will last until 2025. However, you can still celebrate all things Free Shakespeare in the Park, with The Public’s initiatives to bring Shakespeare to you. 

Mobile Unit's The Comedy of Errors 

May 28 – June 30, 2024 

Shakespeare’s most farcical play, “The Comedy of Errors”, will be having a bilingual musical adaption, and will be performed at outdoor sites in collaboration with The New York Public Library and Bryant Park, as well as the “Backyard at Hudson Yards presented by Wells Fargo” series at Hudson Yards. 

Check their site to see when a performance will be near you! 

Movie in the Parks 

Throughout June, July, and August 

In partnership with NYC Parks’ and The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s Movies Under the Stars program, and The WNET Group, The Public will be offering free screenings of THIRTEEN’s Great Performances on PBS Shakespeare in the Park performance of "Much Ado About Nothing”, in parks across all bouroughs.  

Check their site to see when a screening will be near you! 

Free Shakespeare @ Home 

Throughout May and June 

This summer everyone will have free streaming access to The Public’s Free Shakespeare in the Park productions of "Much Ado About Nothing” (2019), "Merry Wives" (2021), “Richard III” (2022), and the premiere of "Hamlet” (2023), captured live from The Delacorte Theater in Central Park by THIRTEEN for Great Performances on PBS. 

Check their site to see the screening schedule.  

To learn more, visit the Public Theater’s website. 

(Photo Courtesy of the Public Theater) 

Written by Sabrina Rollings