#Delacorte Theater

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A marvelous production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

I love Oberon's entrance!

From YouTube:

"I apologize for the poor condition of this video. I initially recorded this on a VCR. This play was performed in the summer of 1982 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, New York City. It also stars Christine Baranski - probably best known as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter on "The Big Bang Theory," Andreas Katsulas who played GKar on "Babylon 5," and Emanuel Lewis (10 years old at time.).

Here's a link to the full cast list: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084328/...

2:32 Opening Credits

4:10 Play Begins

2:30:28

End 2:31:42

Players take the stage

2:32:22 End Credits

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Literary NYC: Shakespeare Garden and Delacorte Theater, Winter 2024

The Delacorte Theater was being renovated and much of the Shakespeare Garden was covered by snow, but this was still an enjoyable visit to some of the Shakespeare-themed parts of Central Park!

Want to learn more about William Shakespeare, the Shakespeare Garden, and the Delacorte Theater? Check out these links!

NYPL

Much Ado About Shakespeare: Modern Adaptations & Retellings

Shakespearean Characters We Love to Hate

Royal Shakespeare Company

Folger Shakespeare Library

Poetry Foundation

Shakespeare in the Park

Delacorte Theater

Shakespeare Garden

[shakespearenews]

The Public Theater, the nonprofit organization that presents the annual Shakespeare festival, announced Tuesday that, instead of its usual large-scale productions at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater, this year it would send a smaller production of “The Comedy of Errors” to parks and plazas around the city between Memorial Day and the end of June, followed by outdoor screenings of a filmed production of “Much Ado About Nothing” in July, August and early September.

[freddieandersen]

immersion shattered by inaccurate details about my workplace! at the lesbian romance novel

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Data 356 - Apr 22, 2023

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Winter Hazel flowers and Northern Cardinal , near delacorte theater, Central park.

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Martin Short, Kevin Kline and Jonathan after the one-night only performance of Pirates of Penzance at the Delacorte Theater on June 11, 2013 

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PBS Great Performances: Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, featuring Tony Award nominee Ato Blankson.

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J. Smith-Cameron and Zoë Winters at the Opening Night Celebration of Free Shakespeare in the Park's "Hamlet" held at The Delacorte Theater on June 28, 2023 in New York City. 

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 4.5/5

Book Blurb: When it comes to romance, sometimes it doesn't hurt to play games. A fun YA romcom full of fake dating hijinks!

Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway. Crucial to this plan is to bring back her high school’s spring musical, but when Riley takes her mom’s car without permission, she's grounded and stuck with the worst punishment: spending her after-school hours working at her dad’s game shop.

Riley can't waste her time working when she has a musical to save, so she convinces Nathan—a nerdy teen employee—to cover her shifts and, in exchange, she’ll flirt with him to make his gamer-girl crush jealous.

But Riley didn’t realize that meant joining Nathan's Dungeons & Dragons game…or that role playing would be so fun. Soon, Riley starts to think that flirting with Nathan doesn't require as much acting as she would've thought...

Review:

When musical theater lover Riley is forced to work for her dad's game shop, the last thing she expects is to enter into a fake dating arrangement with the nerdy guy to help him make his gamer-girl crush jealous, or to even fall for him. Riley may have stolen her mom's car to go see Waitress with her best friend... despite not having a driver's license. When her mom finds out she grounds Riley and makes her spend her time working at her father's game shop. Riley can't think of anything worse, especially since her father and her are distant and he seems to care more about his game shop than actually spending time with her.... yet as she works there she begins to realize that maybe that's not the case at all. While working there she meets Nathan, a nerdy guy who loves D and D and has a crush on a fellow gamer-girl. When Riley runs into her ex, she pretends that Nathan is her boyfriend... and then they both come into a new agreement, Nathan pretends to be Riley's boyfriend to get her ex off her back and she'll help make Nathan's crush jealous so he can finally get with her. Yet the more time Nathan and Riley spend together pretending to fall for one another the more they actually begin to fall. Can they figure out what's real and all part of the game? This was a really cute romance read and I loved the chemistry between Riley and Nathan. It's a fun fake dating read and the theater kid x dnd nerd was a cute trope too. This was a overall really sweet read and a fun time!

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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elizabeth mcgovern as julia (with deborah rush, james goodwin, and thomas gibson) in the new york shakespeare festival production of “two gentlemen of verona” at central park’s delacorte theater (1987) | 📸: martha swope

[starqueen87]

Anna Maria Horsford (born March 6, 1948) is an American actress best known for her roles in the film Friday(1995), as Craig Jones' mother Betty, Thelma Frye on the NBC sitcom Amen (1986–91), and as Dee Baxter on the WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–99).

She had dramatic roles on the FX crime drama The Shield playing A.D.A. Beth Encardi, and CBS daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Vivienne Avant, for which she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in 2016 and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2017.

Horsford appeared in a number of movies, most notable as Craig Jones' mother Betty in 1995 comedy film Friday and its sequel Friday After Next (2002). Her other film credits include Times Square (1980), The Fan (1981), Presumed Innocent (1990), Set It Off (1996), Along Came a Spider (2001), Our Family Wedding (2010), and A Madea Christmas (2013).

Horsford was born in Harlem, New York City to Victor Horsford, an investment real estate broker originally from Barbuda and Lillian Agatha (née Richardson) Horsford, who emigrated from Antigua and Barbuda in the 1940s. She grew up in a family of five children. According to a DNA analysis, she has maternal ancestry from the Limba people of Sierra Leone.

Horsford attended Wadleigh Junior High School and the High School of Performing Arts. After high school, she got into acting through the Harlem Youth for Change program.

Her first job out of high school was with the Joe Papp’s Public Theater, a part in Coriolanus at the Delacorte in Central Park.

On October 29, 2011, Horsford was awarded the title of Ambassador of Tourism of Antigua. She is also a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority.

Her first major role in television was as a producer for the PBS show Soul!, hosted by Ellis Haizlip, which aired between 1968 and 1973. One of her first TV appearances was in 1973 on the first run syndication game show of To Tell the Truth where she was an imposter for Laura Livingston, one of the first female military police. Horsford made guest appearances on such sitcoms as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Sparks, Moesha, The Bernie Mac Show, The Shield, Girlfriends, and Everybody Hates Chris.

Horsford currently has a recurring role as Vivienne Avant on The Bold and the Beautiful. For the role, she was nominated for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series in the 43rd Daytime Emmy Awards.

She began playing a recurring role on B Positive in the show's second-season premiere. She also has appeared in the TBS sitcom The Last O.G. featuring Tracy Morgan, as a recurring character (Tray's mother).

AWARD NOMINATIONS

▪1988 Image Awards (NAACP) Outstanding Lead Actress

in a Comedy Series (Amen)

▪2005 Black Reel Award Best Actress

Network/Cable Television (Justice)

▪2016 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Special Guest Performer

in a Drama Series (The Bold and the Beautiful)

▪2017 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress

in a Drama Series (The Bold and the Beautiful)

▪2021 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Performer

in a Daytime Fiction Program (Studio City)

[shakespearenews]

Finding her way back to acting through the Public Theater’s Public Works project after years of serving in the military has not only helped Lanisha cope with some of her PTSD symptoms but also has led to a fulfilling career that she has always dreamed of.

I've been part of the community since 2018. And then this year, this year was amazing. My first time ever doing theater in New York, in the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Oh, my God -- and Shakespeare. Never in my life would I thought I'd be doing Shakespeare, could never understand it! It still gives me chills.

[lboogie1906]

Lisa Arrindell (born March 24, 1969) credited as Lisa Arrindell Anderson, is an actress. Beginning her career in 1991 is known for her role as Vanessa Breaux-Henderson in Madea’s Family Reunion, Heather Comstock in In the House, and Toynelle Davis in Livin’ Large.

She was born in the Bronx and raised in Brooklyn. She attended the High School of Performing Arts. She earned her BFA in Theatre from The Juilliard School.

She made her film debut in One Good Cop. She appeared in Trial by Jury and Clockers. She co-starred in several made-for-television movies, including A Lesson Before Dying, and Disappearing Acts. She appeared in Big Momma’s House 2 and The Second Chance. She appeared in The Wronged Man. She appeared in The Sin Seer, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. She had guest starring roles on The Cosby Show, The Practice, The Steve Harvey Show, Drop Dead Diva, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Elementary. She had a recurring role in Saints & Sinners. She appeared in Our Kind of People.

She starred in 12 Angry Men And...Women and Favorite Son. She opened the revival of Law & Order in its first episode as Veronica King. She has guest starred on several other network series, including Random Acts of Flyness, Bull, Madam Secretary, Law & Order SVU, and Notorious. Some of her stage performances include the Broadway revival of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, Jubilee (Arena Stage), Reparations (Billie Holiday Theatre), Richard III (Delacorte Theater), Heliotrope Bouquet (Playwrights Horizons), and Earth & Sky (Second Stage).

She married Basil Anderson (1993-2015). Together, they have two children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #womenhistorymonth

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'Hamlet,' Kenny Leon's Dynamite Version, Free Shakespeare in the Park

Ato Blankson-Wood in Hamlet (Joan Marcus) There are more iterations of Hamlet presented globally in the last fifty years than are “dreamt of in your philosophy.” To that point director Kenny Leon’s version of Hamlet, currently at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park until August 6th, provides an intriguing update of the son for whom time is so “out of joint,” he is unable to seamlessly and…

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Tick, Tick... Boom! Filming Locations

Some people have too much time on their hands. I am one of those people.

One of the things I love about Tick, Tick... Boom is the obvious affection the filmmakers have for the NYC theater scene, an affection shared with the film's subject Jonathan Larson. To that end, I recently decided to try to identify some of the filming locations in the film.

One thing that was extremely helpful in this process was the "special thanks" list in the film's credits, which names a lot of the orgs that were used in location shooting and from which I was able to make some really good guesswork.

Note that this is mainly for location shoots. Things like the recreated Moondance Diner, which was done on a set, are not included in this.

508 Greenwich Street - Jonathan's apartment

(from MWhiteShelley on Twitter/X) This is probably the most obvious location: Jonathan Larson's actual address. While interiors of the apartment itself were filmed on a set in a soundstage, it is obvious on viewing the film that there was some location shooting at the building, most prominently in "No More" when Jonathan and Michael enter and climb the stairs.

The Underground Theater at Abrons Arts Center - The musical theater workshop scene

(from their website) You'll probably recognize this brutalist theater from the Stephen Sondheim workshop scene (which, according to this video, was one of the last scenes shot) – it also briefly appears a few shots earlier in the scene where Ira Weitzman is observing Jonathan rehearsing. The Abrons Arts Center is located in the Lower East Side and is part of the Henry Street Settlement.

The Strand Bookstore - "30/90" and Sextet

(From an article by The Guardian, photo by Bruce yuanye Bi/Alamy) The Strand is instantly recognizable to New Yorkers, maybe less-so for others unless you've visited as a tourist. It's a giant independent bookstore located two blocks from Union Square. Prominently featured in "30/90" and visited by Jonathan during the "Sextet Montage" where he tries to sell some of his records.

Teatro LATEA at the Clemente - Susan's dance recital

(from their Instagram) This one was a little harder, because obviously it's just a black box theater and how many of those are there in NYC? What clued me in was 1) the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, where Teatro LATEA is located, is thanked in the credits and 2) those chairs (a little bit more obvious in this photo). I've seen and worked a fair number of shows in that theater, and as soon as I noticed the very distinctive chairs for Susan's dance recital I was able to look more closely at the scene and immediately could map out the layout of Teatro Latea.

The Delacorte Theater - "Why"

Another easily recognizable location for locals, the Delacorte is the amphitheater where Jonathan sneaks in and sings "Why". It doesn't get named in the film but it does in the stage version.

Hunter College's Thomas Hunter Hall Sixth Floor North Dance Studio - The Superbia workshop

(from Facebook) This was, without question, the hardest location to find. In the film it's identified as being in the Theater District, specifically at Playwrights Horizons (an Untapped Cities article about filming locations even claims this, and uh, basically gets everything wrong). However, if you've ever been to the modern Playwrights Horizons, it looks very different, both on the inside and the outside, and while they do have rehearsal spaces in a slightly less-remodeled building on Lafayette Street, none of the spaces there look like that. The reference to Hunter College in the credits narrowed it down, and then it was just a matter of finding photos of the studios (this gallery of recent restoration work shows the different angles that you will recognize from the movie), discovering an architectural plan of some planned renovations in the building, and then looking out the windows of the building and comparing it to Google Maps street view to figure out which side of the building it was on.

...I have waaaaay too much time on my hands.

I do want to point out, Thomas Hunter Hall is actually located on Lexington Avenue between 68th and 69th, quite a few blocks northeast from the Theater District depicted in the film.

New York Theatre Workshop - The framing scenes

(from a New York Theatre Guide article) The real Jonathan Larson's artistic home, where he performed both Rent and the original version of tick, tick... BOOM! thirty years ago. Both the theater's exterior (at the start of "Louder Than Words") and interior (the tick, tick... BOOM! performance scenes) feature prominently in the movie.

Fun fact: when they were shooting the film in March, they originally planned to film the NYTW scenes inside a recreated set because there was a show playing at the theater at the time (though not referenced in the linked video, I happen to know that the show was Endlings by Celine Song, the writer/director of the recent Oscar contender Past Lives) but when filming restarted the theater was available again because of the shutdown.

Any other locations you recognized that I didn't include? Let me know! Currently trying to figure out where Michael's apartment building (Victory Towers) was located – the scene in the car leading to the arrival at teh building makes me think it's somewhere near Central Park, but that footage could also have been filmed separately.